Witness (1992)
by Jacques Bogart

Wow.

Witness reminds me of my youth.

Specifically, the time I soiled my diaper and was too embarassed to come in and tell my Mommy, so I continued to ride my tricycle around the block all afternoon. Hoping that no one would notice...

This is the one they really should have named "Dirty."

It smells like someone didn't wipe, and just sprayed cologne down there to cover it up.

No thank you!

Nice modified chypre with a fun touch of cinnamon. Longevity is good. Another good one that's discontinued.

I got a whiff of this contraption & needless to say there is to much cinnamon in this frag for me. I am glad I did not buy this bottle or I would be highly p'd off! I quickly gave this to a neighbor who is a senior citizen & he says he enjoys it. Well im glad he did bcause that mess was going straight in the GARBITCH! There is nothing attractive about this & I dont think it was aimed for those in there 20's!

Wow! This one is special. Not much to add to the previous reviews. Excellent longevity and the sillage is just right (for me at least). I'll also mention that I got a splash EDT, and I thought there was something that just wasn't working, so I put some in an atomizer and that seemed give it that extra something that seemed to be needed.

Aldehydes, citrus, herbals, and lavender with a potent spice background — not a spectacular opening but a solid, captivating one that sets the program for the whole fragrance. Its midnotes are strongly cinnamon and geranium, with fir contributing its woody coniferousness, and rose and jasmine providing its masculine florals. To me the base is mainly woody with its cedar, sandalwood and patchouli. It’s a rich and deep fragrance and it is an excellent EDT — its Oriental spice / amber / wood texture stays rather linear through the run of the fragrance, and it is rich and intriguing enough to keep me sniffing almost compulsively for a long, long time, because it lasts for hours. Witness is another fragrance that had escaped under my radar for a long time — I would have been wearing this one for years had I known about it.

Along with Baie de Genievre, Witness has one of the most masterful uses of cinnamon out there. And it's not the cheap, mass produced Cinnabon variety, either -- this is spicy, warm cassia for very little money. A bit of a patchouli monster, granted, but that's QUITE all right with me. I've gone through four 1 oz. bottles of this stuff in one year alone, and will keep buying it so long as I can keep getting it for the small price I have to pay for this idiotically discontinued little treasure.