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The review numerical ratings mean little to me when it comes to edts. YMMV. Certainly the quality is there and PdN frags are fairly priced for their quality. I do not much care about any scent bottle. This one looks fine in a classic manner. The atomizer is perfectly fine. The bottom line is this is excellent juice, to me.
The PdN web site has this to say:
To me it has this great mint and green rush at the beginning that settles fairly quickly down into mint and lavender, similar to C&S O&C. The lavender hangs in there and what seems to me like vanilla comes up, but that it apparently some of the other ingredients, which seem fascinating and very complex. So there is a time in there when it seems very close to Caron 3d Homme (or is it the Caron Pour Homme, I forget). But then it keeps evolving and seems more woody, and tobaccoy, mossy--classic masculine edt stuff--to finish, but the mint and lavender never completely disappear. Good tenacity.
All of this makes it sound like it is strong or heavy or aggressive. But most interesting at all, it really keeps a lightness to it. Seems versatile and day timey to me. Fine for the office. Elegant. I do get the references above to complex and serious underneath a deceptively light exterior though. Part of it is, I think, that those opening mint and green notes are so fresh and light, and uplifting, before it goes deeper into darker, more complex stuff.
It does keep a PdN vibe throughout, for sure! How is it that it does that given how different the various PdN scents are? Very different than New York, for instance.
The PdN web site has this to say:
A cool wind blows through this enigmatic scent. It opens with icy mint and galbanum, then soft woods, geranium, amber and an understated tobacco appear in a beautiful, autumnal chord. Nicolai pour homme is not quite melancholy, but there is a thoughtful seriousness about it -- a hint of shadows and complexities just beneath the serene surface. A light aromatic that is not at all simple, that would suit a man who is just as cool and intriguing.
Nicolai Pour homme Notes
galbanum, China mint, lavender, geranium, jasmine, moss, amber, spruce, cedar, tobacco, benzoin, labdanum
Nicolai Pour homme Notes
galbanum, China mint, lavender, geranium, jasmine, moss, amber, spruce, cedar, tobacco, benzoin, labdanum
To me it has this great mint and green rush at the beginning that settles fairly quickly down into mint and lavender, similar to C&S O&C. The lavender hangs in there and what seems to me like vanilla comes up, but that it apparently some of the other ingredients, which seem fascinating and very complex. So there is a time in there when it seems very close to Caron 3d Homme (or is it the Caron Pour Homme, I forget). But then it keeps evolving and seems more woody, and tobaccoy, mossy--classic masculine edt stuff--to finish, but the mint and lavender never completely disappear. Good tenacity.
All of this makes it sound like it is strong or heavy or aggressive. But most interesting at all, it really keeps a lightness to it. Seems versatile and day timey to me. Fine for the office. Elegant. I do get the references above to complex and serious underneath a deceptively light exterior though. Part of it is, I think, that those opening mint and green notes are so fresh and light, and uplifting, before it goes deeper into darker, more complex stuff.
It does keep a PdN vibe throughout, for sure! How is it that it does that given how different the various PdN scents are? Very different than New York, for instance.
This would be a good alternative to Creed's Erolfa if you want to avoid the marine notes and go with an earthy direction that can still feel coastal.
