Year: 2003
Notes: bergamot, lemon, orange, rosemary, myrtle, aniseed, liquorice, lavender, neroli, tea, tobacco, leather, frankincense, labdanum, immortelle, oakmoss
Comment: Eau de Toilette review
Meant to be an olfactory evocation of Napoleon, Eau de Gloire is an unusual old-school Eau de Cologne in Eau de Toilette concentration.
The initial mentholated herbal-citrus blast quickly dissipates to reveal soapy aromatic mid notes, as a lavender accord is accompanied by a generous serving of liquorice, aniseed and tobacco. With some tea softly lingering in the background, the drydown reveals a light leathery smokiness emitting from a bountiful base of labdanum, immortelle and oakmoss.
Quintessentially masculine, Eau de Gloire is largely about the liquorice, aniseed, tobacco and immortelle, with a leathery oakmoss foundation. However, while it's an interesting effort, its structure, as well as the inclusion of black liquorice, simply fails to generate much excitement.
Both longevity and sillage are reasonably adequate.
The initial mentholated herbal-citrus blast quickly dissipates to reveal soapy aromatic mid notes, as a lavender accord is accompanied by a generous serving of liquorice, aniseed and tobacco. With some tea softly lingering in the background, the drydown reveals a light leathery smokiness emitting from a bountiful base of labdanum, immortelle and oakmoss.
Quintessentially masculine, Eau de Gloire is largely about the liquorice, aniseed, tobacco and immortelle, with a leathery oakmoss foundation. However, while it's an interesting effort, its structure, as well as the inclusion of black liquorice, simply fails to generate much excitement.
Both longevity and sillage are reasonably adequate.
