Vermeil for Men
by Vermeil

This is a true heavyweight powerhouse right here folks. It comes raging out of the bottle with those great macho smelling notes that I honestly couldn't tell you what they all are, but I for sure know tobacco and moss. It eventually settles down a bit, but it still projects strongly for a long time. After about 12 hours it becomes a skin scent.

If you could imagine a giant old school stereo system with all the little levers that move up and down, but instead of bass, mid, balance, ect, you have the notes of fragrances. Then say you are smelling Quorum well turn the tobacco lever way up, the leather lever down a bit, the power, and longevity levers up about 2 notches you will kind of get the idea of what Vermeil smells like. Excuse my French but it's bull shit that this has been discontinued.

22nd October, 2011.

This is a wonderful fragrance.

At first you think it's going to be a standard macho fragrance, but noooo, it's not. The dry down is absolutely fantastic. A terrific tobacco note mixed with what I am sure is some rose.

Absolutely an under-rated classic. Love it to bits and will always have this in my wardrobe.

16th October, 2011.

I got this for fathers' day and am very pleased with it! As others have noted, it is animalistic and definitely a tobacco fragrance. Imagine mixing Cigar by Remy Latour and Kouros and then adding a sharp note, you would have an approximation of Vermeil's opening. As these are two of my favourite fragrances, I love this one.

Vermeil is as Shamu1 said 'Forceful', but it's intensity does drop of quite quickly (as Bigsly noted) and after 3 hours I am struggling to detect it. Perhaps as some have noted it's olfactory fatigue. This can be found very cheaply online (around $22 for 100mL) and is a great deal. I would give it 8/10. It only loses points because of its longevity.

4th September, 2011.

I like the bottle a lot, its good to have in the collection. But I think the website I got it from must have sent me a really bad/old bottle of it. It came in a plastic box with mold growing all over it...and smelled awful. So i took out the bottle from the moldy box and sprayed it on. It is strong at first but settles into a nice tobacco scent. I only truly "like" this scent after about 4 hours after application. It starts off just being to strong, overpowering, and the top notes just don't fit my style. I dont wear it often, but whatever...the bottle rocks!

27th May, 2011.

This is definitely a powerhouse, and the next best thing to the original Davidoff. If you love your fragrances strong and macho, you need to try this.

Vermeil For Men has one of the most forceful presentations of tobacco I've ever smelled. This isn't Burberry London styled happy sweet tobacco. This is nasty and animalic, and the lime notes in this just add to the overall acidic smell of this cologne. No one will EVER mistake you for wearing a unisex fragrance with this. Just like Lapidus Pour Homme and Aramis Havana, Vermeil For Men is all about PRESENCE and establishing your turf.

This is the perfect cologne to wear at a cigar dinner in a restaurant (as was popular back in the 1990s), drinking scotch and smoking the hell out of the place. The combination of cigar smoke and the scent of Vermeil For Men will be enough to give you olfactory fatigue for a month. Awesome fragrance here, guys.

MY RATING: 8.5/10

15th April, 2011.

I bought this early in my frag hobby, and initially I liked it. Then I developed a sensitivity problem and this was just too much, so I swapped it off, though I kept a small sample for reference. After reading this, I decided to try it again. The citrus and animalic notes (civet and castoreum, I'd guess) are very strong and continue for a long time. There isn't much development. There's also a clear, dry, tobacco leaf note that is very good. I can't really detect any other strong notes, but moss, wood, and leather seem likely. It's fairly natural, but comes across a bit creamy, though I'm sure many people like this effect. The main problem I have is that it's too sweet. The citrus and juniper, combined with whatever is making it so sweet, creates a fruity type of accord that is a real "sinus rocket," as some say. This prevents me from fully appreciating the rich base, and becomes cloying over time, if not outright nauseating. No question that it's worth the price it's selling for now, if you can tolerate the sinus rocket aspect, but clearly it's the antithesis of the fresh/aquatic masculine fragrance. A more "modern" idea, for a tobacco fragrance, is Latino Tobaco, which is listed as unisex (sort of a toned down B*Men with a tobacco note added). Projection/"sillage" is very strong at first, then drops off quite a bit within a couple of hours, meaning that olfactory fatigue could be an issue for many. Longevity is very good as more of a skin scent after a while. I'll give it a positive because if it's what you are seeking you'll be quite happy with it, but it possesses qualities that I prefer not to deal with.

24th February, 2011.