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My sister has now given me fragrances from S Oliver, Mexx and co for several years in a row. This is probably the punishment for not telling her about my extensive collection. She should have noticed by now that I own one or the other fragrance, because she likes to complain about my being a hick - she is very sensitive (but she wears this disgusting Eternity herself)
But I don't want to bash the fragrance or this kind of fragrance. Before I became a perfume junkie and got a hardened or dulled nose, I could get something out of these very light scents. Not everyone is as crazy as we are. To me, they're utilitarian. For people who just want to feel fresh and well-groomed in their everyday life without taking any risk of being annoying or disturbing anyone. It's better than overdosed fishing rod in a cramped office or something. So they certainly have their raison d'être
Now to the concrete scent - it smells a bit citric, slightly fruity, woody, slightly sweet. I can't describe it more closely. Smells pleasant, nice, but nothing special. Would I wear it? Sure, if I didn't already have a closet full of fragrances. I'm sure we could come up with better and better alternatives from my collection. A verse, for example, which is perhaps a little bit in that direction in terms of style, is simply much better. So in the end, I'm not wearing the S. Oliver.

In slow motion this scent runs. For hours the phase of slowly decreasing soapiness of the aldehydes lasts, paired with an indefinite fruity floralness, the rose probably. The fruity rose becomes juicy in the further course, vetiver, or more precisely vetiver acetate pushes this rose forward and gives it radiance and conciseness. This phase in turn seems to last forever, the power hardly ever diminishes. The next morning I wake up with her.
For me a perfect business fragrance, distant but not unapproachable, brightly beautiful but not erotic, not playful

Stinky? Urinous? Fecal? Not really. Challenging? Absolutely! Hard to carry, that's how it is sometimes with works of art. For a while now, I've been calling the scent my own. If the bottlings probably would have lasted until the end of my life, at least a 40ml bottle would have been necessary, just as a matter of principle.
A beautiful birch tar-smoky leather scent with the right dose of salty animalism. When I spray it on, a slightly moronic grin comes over me
It performs particularly well at cool temperatures in the single-digit range.
I hardly wear it in real life. I don't think it's right for the office. Maybe an outdoor scent. For the winter hike. Or just to enjoy at home. You don't need practical justification to own Leather Oud

Well, I own a decant of this scent. Have given it a few full wearings meanwhile. My first impression was "Terre d'Hermès". However when trying it more thouroughly I can see lots of differences. I do smell the incense here - I don't get any incense at all in TdH. I don't get the green and salty notes that I get in TdH pure perfume. I don't get the flintstone from TdH EdT, or say much less flintstone. I don't get Iso E Super in this one. Then the citric notes are different - probably due to the ginger notes. Vetyver incenso is not as loud as Terre d'Hermès. In the drydown I do get greenish notes of vetiveryl acetate, which I don't get in TdH. They blend extremely well with the incense. Overall, I think vetyver incenso is the more elaborated and sophisticated of the two. Definitely worth a try. If it is worth the extra price tag is up to you. I got a decant for a good price, bought blind, so that's ok. Don't judge this scent by the first impression. Give it the chance to dry down for a couple of hours and you'll see that it is NOT a copy of Terre d'Hermès but rather a more refined descendant!

I got a sample vial of this one when I ordered at AlzD. The description sounded very promising to me.
Actually I have no clue what Mandragore is and how it usually smells like.
This one is a true unisex scent, maybe leaning a bit to the masculine side. It smells very natural. Maybe too natural. To my taste some of the Goutals lack abstraction. Sometimes I feel as if I was in a herb garden.
In the beginning I get a lot of anise, which I like. The scent is very herbal, and there is a beautiful incense note.
The drydown gets interesing and is better balanced. The herbal feel fades slightly but I still smell a slight herbal bitterness.
Can't say much about the longevity because I haven't had a full day trial yet. I got the impression that it stays close to the body, a still water. But close to the skin it has presence.
A beautiful scent, but not a clear buy. But I'll try again.

Update december 2011:
I tried again and liked it. I noticed a slight rubber note. But somehow it doesn't get me. When I had put it on my sisted asked me to stay away for her (well, don't take it too seriously, she hasn't got taste *lol*). She said that I smelled of cloves. Strange, it is not listed. Don't know if there was some Equipage lingering on my collar.