Reviews of Let Me Play The Lion (2006)
by LesNez

With just a touch of rough, scratchy vetiver this is a very sexy scent. I gave someone special a decant, and it's always a delight to come across. If it gets used up I'll be tempted to buy a bottle.

There are a few ambivalent reviews here, however this ranks as the closest I have come to finding anything that might be deemed to be a 'holy grail'. Bone dry, this smells to me of dust, hot coals, incense and seared wood. Whilst sheer, this is one of the few fragrances that lasts a full day on my skin - very tenacious, just as you think you've lost it, you catch the trail again.

What I love about this one is its subtle, shifting quality. Not many fragrances are able to sustain that quality for the life of the scent like LMPTL does. It appeals to my Piscean water nature very much. It is like watching incense smoke curl lazily through a sunbeam as it wafts, disappears, and returns, the same notes in a new layering. It is haunting in its mysterious wooded incense quality. It touches your nose, tantalizes, then backs off. Yes, I wish it were stronger, but that might ruin the very character I love, so I'm content for it to be the way it is. I find it Zen-like, grounding yet rejuvinating. This is how one should construct a subtle incense, wood and spice fragrance - make it just like the nature you're trying to express.

lovely woody scent. dark, but not evil. almost, leathery. i enjoy this scent very much. :-)

I can't imagine this on a woman- to my nose it's definitely masculine, but to each their own. The first thing I notice is the smell of freshly cut cedar. There's something slightly sweet in there...possibly anise? incense? The overall effect is dry, woody, and spicy. The composition is light, yet tenacious (long lasting), and even sensual. Let Me Play The Lion embodies everything I look for in a fragrance- masculine, elegant, sexy, versatile, natural, different...with good sillage and longevity.

I'm going with those who think this is the best of the three. I love the dry, woody scent. Every now and then I get a whiff of balsa or wood under the woodburning tip. Spices, not too sweet. Lasts all day. But as much as I like it, I'm not sure it is full bottle worthy.

Very pleasant. Powdery, dusty. Is there orris here? Some spices, maybe cardamom or anise. Incense resin and vanilla. Resembles a mixture of hardwoods, dry like sawed lumber. Smells like a stroll through a furniture store. Needs to be much stronger.

Let Me Play the Lion is the warmest and spiciest of the LesNez trio. It opens with a burst of cayenne pepper – dry and warm, notes of burning cedar and dusty frankincense. It can be compared to other perfumes that contain cayenne pepper – Piment Brulant, Poivre Samarkand, etc. – only softer. My associations run between a dusty, temperamental desert lion, yet with a mane so soft you want to sniff it, to a secluded cabin in the forest where the fireplace is burning with fragrant cedar and I am meditating with frankincense incense…

An excellent richy, woody, spicy scent with no off notes - reminds me of Passage L'Enfer. My favorite of the three...I will enjoy wearing this in the Fall and Winter.