Fou d`Absinthe L Artisan Parfumeur for men

What an amazing scent. It's uplifting in a nice and happy way. Drunk, artistic and a little crazy. It will be perfect for a night of clubbing in my hometown.. Amsterdam :-D

I have a sample Fou d'Absinthe since last spring. I have tried it on several times. I am not sure If I want to smell this green-medicinal myself, but I do enjoy the smell, I like to sniff it in. It cleanses, soothes. I clearly smell pine, anise, incense, and nutpeg. Another male/female perfume.

a day later I have to add:
It's really a man's smell, not intended as male/female to begin with, now I get the picture. But that's ok, I've had male scents before. After sniffing again and again, I am sure I want to smell like this on specific occasions. After a day in the SPA, staying at home, my body all clean inside and outside, dressed in nothing but pure silk and fou d'absinthe. I can also imagine wearing this scent on cold sunny days, walking in the woods, wearing my hiker shoes, and elegant white, sporty outfit. And I would definitely love my man to smell like this, all clean and spicy.

Alcholic for sure, but this is not the scent of absinthe to me -- it's more like icy-cold gin, mixed with crushed pine needles. I agree with many of the other reviewers that it goes on a little medicinal. You could easily rub this on your chest when you had a cold to open your sinuses -- and I bet it would work!

It gets spicier and a little sweeter as it progresses, with a pleasant hot/cold effect, and a light rich woodiness in the base. Extraordinarily refreshing, and to my nose easily worn by a woman or a man. This is what you'd wear to smell like winter.

Fresh and clean as a whistle...

Frankly, if I had never tried this but only read the notes here, I would definitely not go for it, cause it 'looks' like a heavy woody, spicy one. But fortunately, I tried it. And it became my personal favorite fragrance of all time!

Fou d'Absinthe starts with pine-y, fresh and slightly spicy notes. Soon the star anise begins to come up with the pepper and angelica support behind. It may sounds like some spicy-aroma food seasoning here but the smell doesn't actually remind me anything of food dishes.

The interesting part is, I can sense some amazing sweetness and acidity at the same time as it develops on my skin, I think it's the black currant and angelica. Longevity works fine for me, 2-3 sprays makes me smell like a delicious fir tree all day.

Not just for gents. This smells amazing on my skin and I get more compliments wearing it than I do with some of my more traditionally "girly" fragrances.

It's an incredibly fresh and green smell; like someone picked a big bunch of unripened bananas and put the entire bunch up to your nose while you are sitting on an old hippie's tapestry rug in a patch of glistening, mountain trees.

Fou d'Absinthe goes on medicinal, initially herby and headshop-y, but that concoction is quickly overtaken by the Vick's Vap-o-rub menthol note. The Vap-o-rub note gradually fades into a balmy, resiny scent that makes me think of Egypt for some reason. I like this stage, but within thirty minutes, the scent changes yet again, growing sweet and medicinal, a little fresh and a little rotten. In four hours, it has become a sweet skin scent. This low-silage phase is not musky, but herby and sweet, and it's my favorite part of the journey (perhaps the calm, settled feeling after drinking?). It's also the longest lasting, continuing on for a few hours before evaporating.

This is a journey kind of scent, but it's a rather confusing journey. Perhaps the evolution of this scent is meant to mirror the state of mind of someone drinking absinthe. If that's the case, then L’Artisan Perfumes has succeeded in their mission.

I can't say that this is a fragrance I'd wear, although it is wearable and not a novelty scent. I suspect those who are more into the green/nature kind of scents will enjoy this more than I do.

Very masculine (at least to my nose), piney, sweet -herbal-boozy. It's very well made - and some people are going to love it - but I personally can't tolerate the smell of strong pine due to it's long and unfortunate association with toilet cleaning products here in the UK.

This fragrance does not (thankfully) smell overly much like the drink absynthe, which is as vile smelling a brew as has ever been concocted. Think Sambuca with gasoline in it. The part it retains of the drink is a mysterious, herbaceous, heady characteristic.

Fou d'Absinthe is green, spicy, piny, mysterious and ever-so-slightly floral, like a spicy lavender. I'l definitely agree with the nutmeg people have mentioned below. It's very strong off the top. I'm not getting as much anise or fennel notes as it would take to get a real "absinthe" smell. This is an eau that needs a full spray on each wrist and the neck to last, which it does beautifully on my skin - unusual as my skin seems to dispense with eaux relatively quickly. The development is really gradual and interesting.

Very, very nice.

Green and spicy with bitter herbal notes that presumably include artemesia. A number of culinary spices clearly are present including nutmeg, anise, cloves, and pepper. Initially there’s something that smells like fresh rubber bands, but that quickly goes away.

At first the dominant note is definitely nutmeg, almost an overdose of nutmeg.Tthe other spices take a back seat, subdued but clearly there. The pine needles are barely perceptible in the background. As it dries down the pine, lavender, and herbal notes become somewhat more prominent and the nutmeg gives way to clove. By this time the scent has taken on a slightly after-shave feel. It remains in the men’s cologne mode for several hours, during which time it gradually disappears. I really like the spicy, herbal beginning and wish that part stuck around longer.

So, here we go. First of all - absinth is one of my favourite drinks. I know, it's unbelievable, but it's a second favourite after white russian.
L'artisan's Fou d Absinthe is one of the most mouthwathering scents I've tried lately - it's spicy, there is the fantastic anise note working together with spicy clove + sweet patchouli. It's wonderful and yes, very masculine, but girl's can pull this off as well - it's very complex and smoky so a lovely "femme fatale" could rock this perfume.

Very unique, very rich and expensive smelling, i'm just amazed.

Jummy! Must drink absinth NOW.

Muy poca duración, apenas se siente a ras de piel a las pocas horas de aplicarlo, y eso que la muestra que he probado era agua de perfume.

De cualquier forma, para mi es un perfume totalmente prescindible, más aun teniendo en cuenta su precio.

Being a HUGE fan of absinthe/artemisia in general, I was very anxious to try this scent, and have actually added quite a few scents with this note to my collection of late (and am anxiously awaiting the arrival of Absynthe for men by Christian LaCroix-Thanks members). This, more than any I've smelled so far, catches the spirit of the drink and essence of The Green Fairy...

This begins sweet (currants) and warmly green (angelica) very much like the liquer. A cube of sugar is placed in a slotted spoon to pour the absinthe over, as it is so bitter, hence the inclusion of the sweet dark fruit to this. The opening has an almost silvery vapor to it I find exquisite. In the main body of this scent, the spices are the stars: cloves (warm & raw), nutmeg(smooth),anise(sweet and aromatic) and pepper(bitter-hot) really warm things up as ginger adds a frshness to it and patchouli keeps it dark and mysterious. The drydown is truly green and bitter with the balsam fir and pine needles, incense adds yet another aspect of the mysterious and a different sort of warmth (more resiny)to it all. Those who do not like overly spicy/herbal aromatic scents may want to pass on this; though, I find it quite unique and very inviting, not to mention alluring and dangerous...

Sillage: good
Longevity: okay
Overall: 4/5

I really like my first L'Artisan scent and feel I picked one very suited to my skin (and preferences). It is quite aromatic, yet I feel it does not have the necessary green/woody floral component to be a fougere, although the conifers add some of that. Regardless of what family it is in...it's absolutely a wonderful and stunning creation that truly would be excellent for cooler temperatures and darker times of the year. I hope this does not spoil me for LaCroix's Absynthe...

I visit this fragrance. My chemistry turns this herbal, alcoholic to a fresh, sweet, feminine, spice which I love. For me, it's a bit fall/winter. I think it's now time to get it. It's just smells so different on my skin than from the bottle.

L'Artisan Parfumeur FOU D'ABSINTHE is really a scrumptiously gorgeous oriental woody fragrance to my nose, and I have no idea why it is said to belong only to men. Fie!

Could it be the inclusion of pine which led to this erroneous categorization? No, no, no, I must protest: the pine is far too light. This is not a bracing polo-playing male cologne at all. Far from it, in fact. This really is an oriental woody perfume--I swear. The fir, pine, and incense mingle together as woods, and the nutmeg, anise, clove, ginger and pepper form a seamless spice blend which lightly dusts the wood and other notes.

Believe it or not, this composition is a second cousin to CHINATOWN and related Bond no 9 chypres (BRYANT PARK and LEXINGTON AVE). Partly the connection is the anise; partly the patchouli. I find FOU D'ABSINTHE to be an incredibly appealing blend--which I would love to add to my collection.

Ahhh, it doesn't get any fresher than this. I was on the fence for about a half a second before purchasing a full bottle. The reason being was all the masculine comments and reviews. I'm someone that isn't even really into unisex fragrances.

This to me smells like a pine version of Iris Pallida. There that's all you need to know. If you've obsessed over IP like me, you know the effervescence it has and the pure quality of the perfume. These two are in the same family. Only one iris and the other pine.

This is sex in a bottle! I'd ♥*~*♥purrrrrrrrrrr♥*~*♥ if a man wore this around me. Very sexy as a intimate date perfume for a male.

Great pine-peppery stuff!
L'Artisan are making amongst the most beautiful fragrances! BUT, unfortunately, they don't have any longevity nor sillage... This one is not an exeption.
I like it anyway.



8/10

Really wanted to try this since I enjoy the Christian L. absynthe. This does give a real quality absynthe note and furthermore with boreal forest feelings. the amazing smooth spicey quality that comes through when settled makes me want to find many occasion to wear this and would love to dose my significant other in it.
Good lasting power really recommended for fall winter wear. If you try really hard you can smell all the notes that lend there own qualities but everything is so well blended that I don't want to spotlight a single one.
Great example of a aromatic fougere one that I will hold others up to in comparison.
picture Sophisticated and gentlemanly but not even close to being boring.

The conifers are not as dominating as I thought they would be, but I can definitely smell them throughout. They are well blended. All the Pine or Fir notes are smoothed over by light Nutmeg, Clove, Anise, and Patchouli.

It softens up over time, but keeps it's light conifer notes. During the dry down the incense comes through lightly, and the Patchouli picks up some strength. The Anise note is present right through to the dry down. Very aromatic. Good quality.

I had the opportunity to smell this on a blotter piece of paper. The pine needle notes are amazing and real smelling (like a freshly cut Christmas Tree). It blends well with the pepper, incense, ginger and nutmeg notes.