Retail Exclusive: Hochelaga
Warm musk with soft leather, a dusting of dry wildflowers and herbs, sweetgrass, sage, shagbark hickory, and Canadian balsam.
In decant: floral leather, balsam, green and floral. Tart, and faintly spicy-sweet. The leather and balsam give it a masculine edge, but the florals make it feminine, so it's neither one or the other. Not entirely "neutral" though. I'm confused, I know.
Wet on skin: leather, musk, balsam, florals and greens. Definitely more masculine, maybe about 60%. It's a clean scent, slightly spicy, and pleasingly herbal/green. Not entirely my thing, I can tell right now.
Dry: hmm. I'm getting a note that makes me think "patchouli?" although there's nothing in its components that say that. I'm also getting a "bright" herbal scent, but no idea what it is: sweetgrass? sage? And...deep whiffs make my stomach turn. :s Dry, this blend is now decidedly masculine for me, mostly leather and balsam and that sweet/spicy/bright herb; and as it stays longer on my skin, the leather note strengthens with the rest supporting it and acting as a kind of highlight.
Verdict: nope, decidedly masculine. I'm not too sure I'd like this on a man either, specially because I love smelling my men and if I can't do deep whiffs that's a definite no-no ;) (...uh that sounded rather wrong...)
In decant: floral leather, balsam, green and floral. Tart, and faintly spicy-sweet. The leather and balsam give it a masculine edge, but the florals make it feminine, so it's neither one or the other. Not entirely "neutral" though. I'm confused, I know.
Wet on skin: leather, musk, balsam, florals and greens. Definitely more masculine, maybe about 60%. It's a clean scent, slightly spicy, and pleasingly herbal/green. Not entirely my thing, I can tell right now.
Dry: hmm. I'm getting a note that makes me think "patchouli?" although there's nothing in its components that say that. I'm also getting a "bright" herbal scent, but no idea what it is: sweetgrass? sage? And...deep whiffs make my stomach turn. :s Dry, this blend is now decidedly masculine for me, mostly leather and balsam and that sweet/spicy/bright herb; and as it stays longer on my skin, the leather note strengthens with the rest supporting it and acting as a kind of highlight.
Verdict: nope, decidedly masculine. I'm not too sure I'd like this on a man either, specially because I love smelling my men and if I can't do deep whiffs that's a definite no-no ;) (...uh that sounded rather wrong...)