I got some of this in the mail today in a Pinaud sampler. Wow, this is strange and funky (literally) juice. It smells like a room air freshener or a soap that a woman might use now days, the sort of "lilac and sweet peas" stuff I see at Bath and Body Works. It's also incredibly light and airy, top note heavy.
If you wear this, you might smell like a man, I suppose, but perhaps more of a French Third Republic gentleman and less of the cowboy or working class hero imagery you get in American cologne ads. Maybe something like this guy:
Anyways, I don't know much French but that old movie (Moulin Rouge) set in La Belle Époque was memorable so that what pops into my mind when thinking of Lilac Vegetal.
I could see how this cologne could be extremely polarizing. Personally, I am skeptical this could ever be a favorite, but I am willing to give it more time. In fact, it seems to be giving me a curious buzzy feeling in my head, like alot of cheap air fresheners do.
If you wear this, you might smell like a man, I suppose, but perhaps more of a French Third Republic gentleman and less of the cowboy or working class hero imagery you get in American cologne ads. Maybe something like this guy:
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - Wikipedia
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Anyways, I don't know much French but that old movie (Moulin Rouge) set in La Belle Époque was memorable so that what pops into my mind when thinking of Lilac Vegetal.
I could see how this cologne could be extremely polarizing. Personally, I am skeptical this could ever be a favorite, but I am willing to give it more time. In fact, it seems to be giving me a curious buzzy feeling in my head, like alot of cheap air fresheners do.
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