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Jack Lumber's down time
This is a really cool fragrance. Incredibly woody and well blended, it has some unique facets that I don't smell very often, yet the entire composition seems absolutely familiar.
The opening is beautifully boozy bringing to mind a realistic glass of oak-matured whiskey, on a bed of what is quite obviously the same astringent vetiver used in Bentley's Wild Vetiver, JV's Artisan Pure and even Encre Noire a l'Extreme. Over time, the vetiver only becomes more prominent and confirms what the colour of the bottle would suggest - that this is predominantly a vetiver fragrance.
Within a couple of minutes, that booziness almost completely disappears and is replaced by the exact same maple accord that Epinette used in my beloved Citron d'Erable from Atelier Cologne. The overtly woody mix of the two - maple and vetiver - gives me this musty green and almost earthy feel like sinking down into a soft recliner made of old brown sod. The amber is also quite obviously a woody amber molecule too, adding to that slightly pungent side of the underlying vetiver.
But the crazy thing is that, as the piney woody amber gives sparkle to the edges of the maple in the mid, it pops up once in a while for a peek giving the sillage a whisper of deep maple syrup. I love that. Unfortunately, if there's peach, it's only a supporting note because nothing in this fragrance is outright fruity. A bit of general warm musty spiciness bulks out the cedar, but it's also not very obvious on skin. On paper, the clove and coffee pop much more.
Overall though, this is clearly a woody amber-vetiver fragrance given character by maple and warm spices. If you enjoy the other perfumes mentioned above, chances are that you'll enjoy this one - or at the very least parts of it. Personally, I find the opening and mid a welcome change from the usual cacophony of citrus, but the base is really nothing new. A decent fragrance for someone who loves the outdoors or relaxing after a long hike in the woods. But if you're looking for something less woody, more floral, soily and natural, look to Vetu de Vert from Motif Olfactif. Same genre, more complex. Personally, I think I like both equally. Not a bad scent!
