Ormonde Man (2004)
by Ormonde Jayne

There's a slight resemblance to Pascal Morabito's OR Black for about five and a half seconds after the top notes settle, then it's wood-bland nothingness. Not horrible by any means but let us remember that the line between the uderstated and the boring can be easily crossed. For me, this one crosses it to the wrong side.

Being of the wrong gender to review it personally, I can only review it most positively from the chemical effect it has on me when husband choses this.

A low sillage green and woody scent that you can get for nearly half the price by getting 212 Men. This is much better by why spend more?

If Ormonde Man were a color, it would be charcoal gray. It goes on dusty-dry and herbal, smelling of rosemary, pepper, and sage. A tightly integrated oudh accentuates the peppery accord, which is sweetened only slightly by spices in the background. All of this rests upon foundation of sharp-edged woods and vetiver, and though no incense notes are listed, the combination of oudh and spices leaves me with the impression of a dry, craggy incense fragrance. Ormonde Man’s mossy, vetiver-flavored drydown is both rugged and austere – I only wish it lasted longer. The fragrance runs its course within two or three hours, even when applied generously. After a few days’ wear I've decided that I like the stuff but it hasn’t knocked my socks off. And at Ormonde Jaynes’s price point and two hours duration, it would need to leave my toes showing.

Very woody smell like a cigar box, but was a sweet dry down. Not bad but not great either it's more for the older crowd.

If given the choice, I’d choose Isfarkand over this any day. It’s a pleasant, although short-lived, scent that lacks the necessary qualities to sustain any personal interest. It’s well constructed but, for the hefty price, I expected much more than that.