He Wood (2007)
by Dsquared2

I was not impressed with DSquared2 He Wood. It is too close to Kenzo's KenzoAir but without the Anise seed. The opening is nice, fresh and airy, but lasts only five minutes (at least on me with my chemistry) the heart is all violets...very floral; as much as I like florals, there should be more complexity to this scent. The dry down is still all violets until the dying end where the cedar or wood finally sneaks in...and I do mean sneak in, especially with a whisper. The wood is very soft, almost undetectable.

I do not recommend this fragrance if you are not a fan of violets...I like them but in moderation, mixed with other aromas. This one is too much of a good thing.

This is an inoffensive scent. Very wearable on the weekends, into the office, anywhere.

Sample first before purchase. There are other fresh-florals outthere that would impress more so.

THis fragrance boasts three accords: air, water, and wood. I don't get the air accord. I do get watery notes with an intense vetiver (and less intense cedar). I don't like this. First, I am not fond of watery accords. Second, I find that the vetiver is a bit harsh. Third, I find the watery notes clash with the vetiver/wood accord. In short, I don't like this at all.

Ermmm… Where’s the wood?! All I’m getting here is a very watered down Gucci pour Homme with ozonic notes…

[Original submission date: 13 April 2008]

Wow! This has been a very nice discovery for me last summer. It is a nice woody scent, which is not smoky or too earthy. It has some fresh notes, which are at the same time sweet, but you still cannot decide what they are. This fragrance has a " je ne sais quoi" I like very much. It is calming, a great alternative for fizzy drink-like summer fragrances or overdone aquatics. It is great also because it is not very popular.

I didn't smell cedar or any kind of wood. I smelled something soapy that I couldn't quite put my finger on, but it was powerful and it made me kind of nauseous. Luckily, it wore off fairly quickly.

An uninteresting cedarwood based fragrance, in a mildly interesting package. This is a lazy production, offering little in the way of creativity or ingenuity. It would seem that the majority of the budget for development went into the rather kitsch bottle. A rich, slightly sweet, floral opening,leads into a vast expanse of cedarwood. This fails to evolve or indeed hold your interest beyond the first hour. This might be called "He Wood", but I wouldn't.