Eau de Cologne Helmut Lang for men

I bought this a decade ago, largely due to my love of Helmut Lang's sense of style. It works for me as a daytime scent, augmenting my day, reminding me I'm interacting with the world around me.

Perhaps it has a bit of a barbershop cheek-slap aftershave thing happening, but a refreshing one, and it connotes that fresh, clean shaven tight haircut essence with style, class and verve.

My wife loves how this evolves on my skin throughout the day and it keeps her close and cuddly.

I keep very few scents of my own, this is one of them. Love the simple, Chanel-esque packaging.

So fresh and so clean...

I highly admire Maurice Roucel. He is a genius, he can materialize feelings and put them in a bottle. His perfumes are not exactly complex, they rather have a quite straight forward simplicity which sometimes can be a bit misunderstood and this is exactly the point. I couldn't agree more with Sissel Tolaas: " Smell provokes. And if it can provoke then there is hope."
In this one, Roucel plays masterfully with the jasmine and heliotrope, placing it on a base of vanilla and sandalwood and white musk of course, to offer us a dry and airy powdery floral, which gives you the feeling of a clean and neat man who can, however, easily break your heart in million pieces..
Now, I cannot understand why this one has been discontinued. I just hope that the new Helmut Lang will reconsider and give it back to us. And better make it quick..

I had to get rid of my bottle because of my wife who used to call me 'Flap Jack' whenever I wore it!

i think its similar to blv the original for men

I agree, this is very soapy and powdery fragrance for a man. My sister ended up using this as I found it a bit feminine. There were woodsy undertones but the powdery/floral were a little too overpowering.

Much better and lighter than the ladies´one. My going-out scent.

strong and woody!one of my favorites.seems like the girls finds it irresistible too.to me the only irritating point is that it's somehow soapy.I also found out that when the strong woody top notes fade it becomes so sweet(rose,lily of the valley and jasmine),even can be considered as a female perfume.