Héritage (1992)
by Guerlain

Excellent fragance for winter.
Based in woods and vanilla.
You can used in the office, but dont exaggerate because this sttuf is to powered.
Very classic.

This really is a truly beautiful fragrance; it is just such a pleasure to wear. It is masculine, but there is a great deal of softness in the base due to vanilla and the 'Guerlainade' accord as people call it. I would say that it is somewhat stronger than Habit Rouge, but this is a great thing! Whereas Habit Rouge dries down to more of a powdery vanillic-amber base, Heritage maintains a woodiness in the drydown thanks to cedarwood and patchouli. Heritage is very rich and powerful, and might give some a headache if overapplied, but utilized in moderation, it projects a very seductive and confident and refined aura around the wearer. It is one of those scents where you just have to stop and admire the quality of the blend. I have the utmost respect for Guerlain as a house, as over the past decades they consistently put out perfumes of extremely high quality and character, with only a couple of flubs or weak offerings (L'Instant and the new Homme come to mind). Despite being a mainstream house, most of their products have as much character and eccentric personality as Creeds do, despite Creed being a niche private company. Guerlain belongs up there with Creed among the best of the best in perfumery. Heritage is another in their long list of classics. It is authoritative, sumptuous, and very refined, and has exceptional longevity as well; a spray or two should last well over 12 hours!

Overdried herbs in th opening are over powered and repelling but it grows into a softer sweeter and mature scent. Reminding me many other herbal pine nose burning masculine scents which i do not like. If you like M7, yatagan etc. you can like it too.

Héritage may have been an homage to Guerlain's past, yet it bridges the past into a modern sensibility quite deftly. Spicy, boozy, rich and restrained. It balances sweet spicy and woody throughout its development. The opening of spiced-up lavender guides us into the heart of oh so delicately spiced rose hidden masterfully behind the base of woods, vanilla and guerlinade dry down. Seamless, sophisticated and lovely to smell.

Guerlain sure makes some good feminine perfumes. They keep making the same things over and over. Uh, oh... yeah this is a men's fragrance. Good for formal wear I suppose but everyone else there would probably be wearing it if they had any class. Disgustingly bright up close in the opening. Better to be smelled from far away. Absolutely not my style but it looks like it works for others.

There’s not much that I can add that hasn’t already been mentioned but Heritage is one of the best classy / formal fragrances currently on the market. It successfully merges the best of both the modern and traditional (or classic) worlds of perfumery - an amazing achievement.

IMO, it's far superior to Bois du Portugal (too dated) and Boucheron pour Homme (too sophisticated and not versatile enough). Just make sure you get the EDP version (if you can get it) – it’s deeper, richer and longer lasting than the EDT (but less 'bright' in the opening).

An absolute classic.