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A linear masculine scent. It is fresh and spicy and stays that way for hours. Whoever wears it must love it, because it does not change and does not solicit approval with shimmering nuances. It is definitely very close to the classic Drakkar Noir, although the pyramid of scents does not give it away. Amber and sandalwood are probably the common ground. The spiciness obviously comes from different herbs. I wonder how this can work at all without bergamot and lavender. Probably the information above is not quite complete. The composition looks like the original, the black Viking dragon boat, as fresh after the shower and that all day long. Drakkar Noir was one of the most successful and best-selling fragrances in the 1980s, and rightly so. More, especially younger men should dare to wear such statements again!

The novel Wood is the first new publication of the 20's in Zegna's Essence series
Four kinds of conifers make you sit up and take notice, and all woods and their associated needle leaves deliver a warm, elegant scent embedded in Italian spices.
Whether it actually smells like this in Roman forests is something I cannot judge. But you get an idea how such a conifer forest could smell in sun and drought.
For me there is a certain bond with the Italian Cypress, although it seems to be much darker to me.
The Roman Wood is characterized by more sun and warmth and a more harmonious finish. But both stand next to each other, both have their authorization.
The Roman Wood starts with fresh spice, The Cypress is not superficial, but is well balanced with Sage and Rosemary, which is closely related to Sage anyway.
The coniferous wood note intensifies, although olfactorically I cannot distinguish whether pine or cedar are in the foreground. The otherwise so often attempted pencil association is not served here.
The pine adds another typical coniferous note, but far from everything we know from mountain pine oils. The fragrance becomes warmer and softer with vanilla and musk, but without losing the woody and spicy base.
Roman Wood is a fragrance for elegant gentlemen over 30, it is not a lumberjack scent, nor is it anywhere near the smell of a sawmill.
The heavy, somewhat unwieldy and dark bottle is refined with a noble label of fir green and gold. The heavy magnetic cap fits to the valuable overall picture.
The scent does not want to excite or make announcements. It is rather made for understatement and that is why I like it.

For the 100th anniversary of Bentley Motors on June 07, 2019, Eight & Bob launched a perfume limited to 500 bottles. Created according to the company's own commitment for owners or lovers of vehicles of this brand, which is probably the most exclusive in the VW Group today. After all Bentley supplies state cars and is supplier to the court of the British royal family, among others
I don't think anyone can deny the style and elegance of luxury vehicles. Since 1919 and also or even more so after the merger of Bentley and Rolls Royce they stand for noblesse and exclusivity like no other brand.
So I was all the more pleased to be able to purchase one of the 500 flacons, exactly the number 012, as can be read on the genuine silver label engraved by hand. And no, I'm not a Bentley or Rolls-Royce driver. At least not yet, because you can still dream. The fact that I like elegance in cars has "only" been enough for Jaguar so far, but that's another story and the elegant cat of prey has its own scent homage.
The black heavy bottle with heavy silver cap is noble and valuable, not least because of the silver label, on which the typical radiator grille of the brand is shown.
The flacon is delivered in an elegant, oversized packaging, understatement is different
Now let's talk about the scent. An elegant vetiver representative. It does not develop, it is immediately present with one of the softer vetiver notes and the tonka bean adds a certain aromatic sweetness to the fragrance, which would otherwise seem too masculine for a unisex scent.
If you like vetiver, you should try it. It doesn't come close to Roja's vetiver, which I like a lot, and reminds me rather distantly of Encre Noir Sports, but it has something special about it. Maybe it is really the fine tuning of both notes. I would have expected more pomp and circumstance, more pomp and fireworks. But it remains elegant and yet linear. Perhaps the creation stands for exactly the connection between high engineering skill in the drive, the solidity of the chassis and the elegance of the bodywork, which is so characteristic of the noble cars.
I see, or rather smell, the fragrance more on the elegant gentleman over 40, but ladies who like vetiver could also take it to their hearts.

L'Homme Rochas is one of the new releases from 2020.
And I have the rare pleasure of being the first owner of a bottle on Parfumo. He'll be in German perfumeries first.
L'Homme is a fresh men's fragrance, clear and pleasing. It starts off fruity. You can see all the fruits very well.
Geranium and basil are finely balanced. It becomes somewhat synthetic for me from the heart note on and approaches some long known scents. The juniper was just a little farther away. Personally, I would have liked more of that,
On my skin it changes from fruity fresh to spicy-synthetic after about 90 minutes into a warm, through Tonka also sweetish scent. In this phase he acts almost romantic
What I already noticed with other fragrances, L'Homme describes a bit of a daily routine.
The freshness in the morning to wake up, either from fruity shower gel or the smoothie for breakfast. In the office it appears clear and structured, almost synthetic, unobtrusive and likeable. Towards the end he becomes warm and cuddly. You would just have to make sure that you are already out of the office and rather in the restaurant, in the café. Otherwise he might ask the wrong people to cuddle.
It is nothing completely new overall, it is also not a fragrance for nostalgics, because there is nothing classic about it. It is also not made for charismatics, unless you want to dim the charisma down.
Nevertheless a good fragrance for the modern man, more dark blue single-breasted than leather jacket or casual. It's not the black suit in the evening either.
The bottle is designed to fit. Dark blue glass, only slightly translucent, unlike the Moustache crosswise and finely ribbed.
The metal badge and the metal lid give a clear line and coolness.

Since 2017, Penhaligons has dedicated a character fragrance exclusively to Harrod in its portrait series. Beside many members and friends of the family around Lord George the supplier of the high nobility finds entrance into the history around a very interesting and very English family constellation.
Without a doubt, the fragrance is dedicated to the department store founder Charles Henry Harrod, who actually made it to court supplier and built one of the most successful and famous luxury department stores in the world. How does the remarkably successful merchant, who made a considerable fortune, now find himself in the story of Lord George and his family?
The imagination knows no bounds here. Mr. Harrod is portrayed on the once again beautifully designed perfume box as an elegantly dressed, moustachioed man of the best age with his avatar, a large brown bear. Both because of his reliability as a supplier of the finest goods, as a wealthy bourgeois with the finest manners and almost aristocratic features, he will have become a welcome guest in the house of the lord. Especially the ladies of the house, especially Lady Blanche, like the company of this successful charismatic man, who after all also equips the royal house with all the goods that such a house needs.
Very nicely represented in the background is the parent house in the upscale London quarter Knightsbridge, which was built in the style of eclecticism after a fire of the previous building around 1900. In addition to tropical plants in the nobly furnished salon you will find tropical fruits, fresh local fruit, a barrel of the best tobacco, bags and leather goods, fine candlesticks and selected silverware. Everywhere the salon is freshened up by flowers, especially white flowers and colourful butterflies.
It is probably supposed to represent a part of the goods which Mr. Harrod so successfully brings to the customers of the high nobility and the upper middle class
But why the bear? This can probably neither be explained by the character attributed to him in fables, in which he seems nice, friendly, good-natured, a little bit naive and simple-minded. Not exactly what you would expect from a successful businessman.
Nor can it be the role of the bear in the stock market, for the bear attacks from top to bottom and describes a falling price, and this was certainly not compatible with Mr Harrods success.
It's probably the courage, the strength, the persistence that Mr. Harrod brought to this Avatar
And so we approach the scent. I must admit that I would have expected a completely different scent in view of the Avatar, the brown bear. What does success and wealth smell like? On the other hand, I honestly do not want to know what bear smells like. To my surprise, the fragrance is clearly fruity-floral in design.
The fragrance picks up the fruits exhibited in his salon, plums, raspberries. I could also swear I smell pineapple and maybe even peach. The fruit and a light note of cinnamon, which goes well with the plums, set the tone. Is that the smell of the Food Halls on the ground floor of Harrods, where exquisite food is offered?
Without the fruit noticeably retreating, noble warm woods and white-flowered trees join in. And I do not only smell jasmine, there is at least a hint of lily of the valley or another early bloomer.
The fragrance becomes sweeter and harmoniously rounded off. Oud and tobacco are used very sparingly and do not stand out clearly.
I would have liked these more clearly. A little cocoa, coffee or even tea could also have refined the range, perhaps even a noble leather note.
But here the perfume remains true to its time in the 19th century, when men confidently wore flowers in their buttonholes and the scarf around their neck or breast pocket handkerchief was splashed with flower extracts.
Elegant and stylish is this time always. It turns the heads of the ladies of the house and flatters the nose. The scent is unisex for me, too. It is noticed on an elegantly dressed gentleman as well as on a lady who is not afraid of bears.
The fragrance has an outstanding performance and should be used sparingly.
The flacon is like the whole portrait series with the golden animal head very noble, a little playful, but very detailed designed, for me a must-have in the collection.
Unfortunately only available exclusively at Harrod's directly, which is probably why he remained somewhat unknown.