Bogart by Jacques Bogart

cherryred80

I love strong fougeres, real blast-from-the-past scents, but this one is just awful. So dry it sucks the life force out of the wearer, with a musty smell like an old garage. If you can imagine what a dead wino's funeral suit smells like, this is it. Oddly, it's quite intriguing from the bottle, but noxious on my skin.

Malegria

It should be sold with a label - Caution!
Apply with a toothpick!

It is definitely a powerful aromatic fougere, despite of the spices in it. This is a rare case of spices humbly standing aside while rosemary is having a blast.If you over-apply (and that`s what a lots of people do, hoodwinkled by a a fresh lemony scent from the bottle), you will never, ever experience no cloves, no nutmeg and absolutely no woody base.The rosemary and mega-concentrated lemon blossom will knock you over way before that.

The only one other component that dares to raise it`s head is leather, it gives Bogart a pleasant masculine twist that will strictly remind you that it`s a scent for a serious grown up man, not some pagan rosemary potion.

I heard a lots of compliments from the ladies on this scent here and there - but please, I beg you, if you ever wear it...See above :)