Aramis Devin Eau de Cologne - 100 ml

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This lighter touch is, for me, anyway, also relatable to newer formulations I’ve tried of Azzaro in that I cannot really detect a leather as such, though the smoothness of labdanum and the cool, dank rustle of oakmoss (the real thing, halfway through the ingredients list on the back of the box) help to hold a place for the idea. I already have plenty of scents from this era so I'm debating on whether to go full bottle; it will only delay my delight from wearing the others.

Yatagan is leather alright, smelly, dirty leather like the filthy saddle that had been sat upon by some unwashed Saracen horseman for a number of years. It blends it's animalistic note with the body odor and make the whole sillage thing mysterious and exotic.Again fragrance has no gender, I do get that this is a perfectly masculine perfume, but I think that if you are a woman who likes older style fragrances, woody perfumes, and Aromatics Elixir, you should try this. Maybe a crackling fireplace and some aged oak table sitting in the den, maybe its just rained and its morning and you're opening that book with a cup of tea in your hand.

This is in no way hobo or shabby chic to me but I do think it works well on a guy (perhaps especially a guy) with an outdoor spirit, with the outdoors in question probably being somewhere temperate, well west and north of--I don't know--Jordan, maybe.

I would have worn this myself but the pine needle-patchouli-too much oak moss thing gave it such a masculinity as to make me want to smell it on other men, or as I had previously mentioned, on a future son. Also I was recently complimented on my "drover style"--full-length cowboy-friendly coat, distressed leather fedora, etc. Devin is perhaps more an English or Irish field in cool weather, while Equus wouldn't seem out of place on The Horse Whisperer. Owning one does not make the other redundant as they are both different interpretations of the same concept.

I really can't smell any carnation, but there is a strong floral note, jasmine, it's more sweet and less white/indolic. for me, it’s average, and I respect others who think this is incredible, I just can’t get there at all.The magic of this scent is when it settles you have a green plant like aromas with dry cedar that mixes in with the florals. There is something similarly animalic and a bit rubbery lurking around, be it civet or indolic jasmine, but it's very well behaved and all the comparisons to horse manure and other "horsey" or "fecal" fantasies are totally beyond me.

The genius of Bernard Chant is that in his works, he tapped into all of these qualities, thereby making his work smell so natural that the average Joe may be taken aback: "this doesn't smell clean, this isn't safe and antiseptic. These gradually fade, making way for middle notes of carnation, cinnamon, jasmine, caraway and pine.It's definitely retro, kind of soapy and mossy, but not cheap smelling -- it's actually very put together. First, a misting into the air yields strong, bitter citrus reminiscent of burnt orange as in caramelised marmalade.