Loewe Esencia Eau De Parfum 100ml

Product Information

This is very masculine in a similar vein to Azzaro PH but it's more refined, less rugged. It's masculinity comes from the fresh green notes, herbs, berries and woods, rather than musky animalic notes, so you can actually wear a fair amount of it and take advantage of its 'powerhouse' nature without feeling that you're cloying the air around you with crotch notes or schmooze vapour. I got a test vial of this, applied liberally to one wrist and I was prepared to chalk it up as a "no" based on the tar-smoke-green opening which I didn't like too much, there was a bitterness and acidity that I don't experience in other scents that use the sweeter side of smoky aroma (as with those that invoke incense). I know very little about this fashion house. Quite a rare thing to have a chance to smell and test Spanish perfumery on the market. I haven't had any chances, at least. Well, there are some perfumes from Loewe lines that I simply don't like, but I appreciate the craftsmanship and the quality as well. The perfumery here smells very natural, very much Hedione based in my opinion. Lightness, airiness are quite typical for this brand. Very skilled perfumery, regarding citruses. I think, perfumers' work in Loewe brand needs appreciation.

As for the performance, here I think it is going well. It is powerful, especially at the start. Coarse and squeaky. I think that much more than the "Aventus" itself and even the unbearable (for my taste) "Club de Nuit Intense", which is the one that has reminded me the most, for that squeaky look. In the cardboard, although it has lost strength, I still smell it 24 hours later. This fragrance does not strike me as being as fresh and green as other reviewers seem to find it. I get more of an orange, peachy, pink colour from it. The next phase is lively with many different notes rising and falling. But, for me, the main players are bergamot, petitgrain, neroli and jasmine underpinned by iris and rose. It’s not discontinued. I’ve just literally got home from Tenerife. It’s 351am (UK), and we flew just after 9pm (Canary islands are on the same time line as U.K.), having sprayed this at the airport store! Long lasting and lovely,green minty sophisticated vibe.

My Account

Update: worn it some more, lasted about 3h and became a skin scent way too early. This was in Spain, at 20+ degrees. Unacceptable at its price. Such a shame. I assume that some of the initial spray had gone stale in the sprayer tube and this was what I got.

I have both a vintage sample and a newer version in the Dark green frosted glass bottle. I can't say what this smelled like in 1988, but both of mine smell very similar to my nose. This scent is very unique and yet familiar and I like it very much. It smells sweeter and a bit cleaner than other piney-mossy fougeres in my opinion. Summer follows with a deeper and less crisp green with the warmth of Geranium and very soft floral touches supporting the green pine elephant in the room. The florals warm up the green a bit. Subsequent wearings have been far more successful and have drawn compliments. The bottle can be seen fairly frequently on my “wearing today” indicator on Fragrantica. Update 5-6 weeks later I received my own bottle. I was very disappointed as my first impressions were very different from those experienced with the airport tester including a very poor longevity. I have erased and replaced what followed next, rather than leave up an incorrect and unintentionally unfair appraisal of this fragrance. I was sitting at a terrace here in Spain, 9pm having tapas. We were the last table in the terrace, nobody next to us.People here complaining about it not lasting, should really step away from fragrances for more then a month and go softer the next time they use fragrances. They are most probably those ones that smell from 1Km and nobody that far wants to smell them perfumes. An advise for those people would be, stop being that guy and start wearing less fragrance. Anyway, some people might get nose-blind to it, but that does not mean others won't smell it, and if you spray to much, well, choke on it. Old Spice and Tabac are examples of porcelain bottles still being produced....as iconic as those scents. I know Procter&Gamble changed the porcelain bottle of Old Spice to plastic but Mäurer & Wirtz didn't for Tabac. I was going for a meeting with my manager, and when I entered his office, my nose immediately went “is that...Aventus...?!!”. It was very pleasant, and definitely fills a room! I'm not that kind of person who throws around statements such as "best ever", "best of" ," top three", "best of its kind" because i firmly believe that each and every perfumer puts his or her best effort and knowledge into every single one of their creations. So it would be unfair to other green creations if go over board with praise for this Loewe's creation. When we finished eating, i put my mask to hide some embarrasing, went to the table and asked... “buenas noches! some of you guys have a beautiful perfume and i would like to know if it’s cool water?” One looked to the other saying “i don’t wear perfume today” (crazy guy lol), and the other said it’s esencia de loewe.

Autumn shows up after a while where dry woods and a herbal touch support the pine and fir to signal this fragrant year is nearly over. My final thoughts are that this thing literally spreads some beautiful elegant smart man waffles around u. I would be really really attracted by this The result is Loewe-style spanish aromas (wide, juicy, medium strong but lots of flavors), with a refreshening top and a GREAT drydown.I have also heard about severe reformulations..., but this is quite a common problem in the industry nowadays. A little spoiler: I hope the longevity of Esencia would be appropriate, because this was constructed masterfully. I do not understand the comparison to Polo other than the color scheme of the original bottle. Both fragrances transport me to lush-damp forest, but they do it in very different ways. Polo is the scent of forest floor in late Autumn whereas this is the scent of winter air amongst high altitude evergreens. Polo is dense whereas this is much lighter in structure and feel.