It's one of my favorite sandalwood based frags. I don't get much rose from it. I like to use it in the fall and winter.
...other times I feel the scent seems dated.
It's funny how we equate certain scents with being either old or up to date. Some of my favorite scents are quite old, yet to me smell like they could have been made yesterday (Penhaligon's English Fern and Douro come to mind), whereas other old scents to me just smell kind of...well, old. I'm not sure why that should be. However, given what I consider to be the dreadful state of most current designer fragrances, smelling "dated" is probably one of the higher compliments I could offer a scent.
Egostie is a fantastic fragrance. I haven't smelled Trumpers Sandalwood cologne, but I do have the shaving cream. There are some similarities there.
Interesting you should say that. The Trumper sandalwood cologne is noted by a number of reviewers, myself included, for its similarity to Egoiste. However, the Trumper sandalwood shaving cream is quite different from the cologne, and I don't see too many similarities between the cream and Egoiste, FWIW.
Be sure to let us know what you think.
I think that ebay may not be the best place for me to buy fragrances. The Egoist arrived and I gave it a try; not sure exactly what I have, but pretty sure it is not what it is supposed to be. The fragrance is very nice and I seem to note a hint of rose, but if it is the real deal I'm guessing it has been watered (alcohol maybe) down to a lighter mix than most of my aftershaves. I tried 3 good sprays to my mid-section and within an hour or so it had mostly faded. Upside is that I only paid $12 for what I'm guessing is ~60% of a 50 ml bottle and had it been what is was supposed to be I would have felt like I got a steal. First bad 'bay experience in a while and guessing I was just due. Now I am going to have to find a sample of the real stuff just to know what I missed out on trying.
I wore it last night and thinking it was a bit week gave myself 4-5 good sprays to the midsection--SURPRISE and in a good way except that next time I may use a bit less.
LOL...yeah, if it's real, 4 -5 sprays of Egoiste is a lot! I bet you stunk up the joint, although it was no doubt a good stink.