Arsene Lupin Voyou Eau de Parfum Guerlain for men

Astounding perfume. I have to disagree with people saying that this is a common or synthetic smelling fragrance. The opening is incredible. It smells like a mix of sanded wood with a touch of creamy vanilla/pepper. It projects really well and last 12+ hours. It's very realistic in my opinion when it comes to the woods and spices. The vanilla background adds some sort of smooth sexiness to it. I get tons of complements when wearing this fragrance. I believe it deserves a lot more love!

Goes on powdery and has a pleasant sandalwood/peppery smell. After some hours it turns to balmy powder - no pepper. It's nice but it's unremarkable and not worth the $200+ premium that Guerlain is asking for it.

Eeeewk! A total scrubber! Harsh and strongly synthetic woody-patch-sandalwood combo with dreadful spicy notes thrown-in! MEH With a notes list like that, how can they do it wrong?

No No No!

Rating: 4/10

A torrid and eccentric mix of sandalwood with pepper, manages to be creamy and dry at the same time, something quite different in my nose, but at the same time balanced and refined.
Absinthe comes in dosages calculated for us not hallucinating :) A background with a light touch patchouli in drydown.
But as always, Guerlain me hallucinate alone

Guerlain's Arsene Lupin Voyou is apparently being pulled from the boutiques and stores due to a copyright infringement, however at this present time I don't know full details. All I know so far is that it is heavily reduced and listed as discontinued stock in Australia.

I hate to see this fragrance go. It's one of the loveliest sandalwood and pepper scents on the market, and although marketed as a masculine, women can most certainly wear it too.

The sandalwood accord in Arsene Lupin Voyou is both creamy and dry. It goes on smooth and fresh when you first spray it, however the pepper and sage accords spice it up during the heart, providing an interesting richness and complexity.

It's a really warm and comforting scent on my skin, perfect for Autumn days. I also adore the packaging, with the wood encasing a rectangular glass bottle. Everything about this fragrance is impressive.

The Guerlain sales representative was quick to point out to me that Arsene Lupin Voyou was purchased by more females than men. She was all for gender-bending this fragrance, and admitted that she too wore it, and had put the very last bottle on hold for herself.

It's a fragrance for all lovers of sandalwood. It is also a fragrance created by none other than the famous Jean-Paul Guerlain, the man himself. Both the longevity and sillage are superb. I highly recommend.

LeDandy86, a wonderful review, thank you! Voyou is one of the favourite Guerlains to me. It is woody, creamy and masculine at the same time. It really smells like newly felled trees: when I shave the wood with a plane, I feel the same smell. A masterpiece, and I don't understand why there is no love for it in the Internet.

Elsewhere on the web, fragrance enthusiasts have described this scent as conventional and unremarkable—needless to say, I disagree. It's familiar in some ways, sure: it's pleasant woodiness and that creamy suggestion of the Guerlinade, but the inclusion of the rose and the dry (almost throat tingling) patchouli makes for something a little more unpredictable. Whatever the case, it smells like newly felled trees, and attracts more complements that almost any other fragrance in my 100+ collection. And once you realize that it may well be JG's last fragrance, it becomes a must-have for the aficionado. I wear it with love; perhaps you will too?