Yerbamate (2001)
by Lorenzo Villoresi

wow :) one of my favorites from this line. easily one of the best herbal, hay, tomato, tea and mate based scent. if these notes doesn’t interest you, then steer away kind sir! This ones powdery green with touch of hay and green tea leaves and mate..the rawness of tomato leaves can be used as reference in this scent. this one stays pwdery right out of the spritzer till the end. overall. a lovely scent which is grossly underrated and easily one of the finest out there. two thumbs up.

incomparable.

irritating, sharp, fresh, sour, unpleasant, unique, cloying, crazy, citrusy, soft, powdery...

a must have.

I've yet to come across a scent, from this house, that blows me away and this one's no exception. Although Yerbamate mainly consists of baby powder and green (or herbal) notes, there's also a sharp wax accord that compels me to scrub it off my wrist as quickly as possible.

[Original submission date: 10 April 2008]

I recently became hooked on a variation of the actual drink yerbamate made by a local tea company Honest Tea. It has fast become one of my favorite drinks. Their Yerbamate has a small bit of limeade in it, which perhaps makes it so appealing, and deliciously sweet (without being bad for you, they're an awesome company) and this cologne is in many ways very, very similar.

Very pretty, I would love to smell this on girls my age (nineteen). The opening is nice and sharp, and being raised with a father who wears Guerlain Vetiver, I find myself very fond of somewhat sharp(ish) green openings. This is sweeter than it is sharp but is certainly green, but in a somewhat dry kind of way, like grass and hay, which most certainly agrees with the notes shown above. Powdery and slightly feminine it is a great gentle scent that is more meadow than chunk of grass and earth. I sense a "whiteness" about it, maybe the powder, but it is very fresh and I can agree with ludwigslady, there is a slight creamy cooked sugar/vanilla lurking somewhere in the background to my nose that kinda does remind me of creme brulee. Maybe the overall effect really is a sweetened yerba-mate drink.

Very nice, any girl or a guy with a nice tan could pull this off.

A super blast of powder soon gives way to a magnificent blend of hay, woods, yerba mate, and incense. I'm sure it's not for everyone, but it's certainly original and unique. My only complaint is the longevity, which on my skin is only a couple of hours at best. So it's not going to the top of my "to buy" list, but I can see a day when I'll break down and decide that I want to be able to smell like this at will.

Wow! I'm 9 years old again and sitting in the barberchair at Bill's Barbershop. He's just finished my buzz cut, unwrapped the paper collar, and swept the hair off my neck.

This is without any doubt whatsoever what I think of when people say "barbershop smell".

I don't care what ingredients are in this or what the notes are supposed to be, all I get is powder (not baby powder though), clean, some sweetness, and dry hair.

Not bad at all, complex, surprisingly good sillage. But not one for me. I really don't need to go back to Bill's Barbershop too often.