Eloge du Traitre (for women and men)

Eau de moi

Woods, leather, sweat. Eloge du traître. Might sound funny but my first thought after smelling the heart notes was "This really smells like treachery". The scent coming out of the skin of the one who stabbed another one in the back. More masculine than feminine (A woman will never stab another woman in the back? Right?) ;-)

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Éloge du Traitre = Eulogy of the Traitor. Strange name, which is seemingly chosen at random because it has little to do with the perfume. (The ad copy promises "A tricky, alluring, deceptive fragrance of laurel, cloves, geranium, jasmine, patchouli and leather: dark animal cunning concealed beneath a fresh sharp greenness" so I guess the deceptiveness is where the Traitre comes in)

Many ELDO scents have a slight plasticky or artificial seeming component which I can't put my finger on. It's present in this one, too. It doesn't necessarily bother me, but it's part of the house style, I guess.

The scent is like a forest in a bottle. Pine dialed up to full volume, with medicinal-y herbs and earthy notes in a supporting role. I don't like pine much, so whether it's a good pine or a bad pine is really all the same to me. The pine does make way for a slightly less green heart, in which I maybe recognize some leather.

It comes without gender designation, and either gender could wear it, really. The only condition is you must like pine. A lot.
I like the bottle, though.