Kolnisch Juchten
by Parfums Regence

Oh geeze. This is absolutely GLORIOUS...like the guys have said - birchtar and oiled leather of the club chair variety with a waft of roses? Can that be powder.... ? VERY tao...light and dark, soft and strong...aggressive and retiring...and did I mention the leather?

Girls you gotta try this...call Andre and be sweet. He's a pussycat.

Thick and rich dark, animalic, sticky leather, tar, patchouli and incense notes. This stuff is so butch it makes Robin William's chest hair look like Patrick Stewart's head. The list of ingredients would suggest that this would be overpowering but it's rather average in that aspect but average is a good thing when considering something so dark. Mazzolari Lui too much for you but need something equally as masculine? Try this supposed 300 year old formula.

I'm surprised so few BN'ers know about this juice. 300 year old formula? I don't doubt it. There's a wonderfully magisterial feel to this one comparable with Blenheim Bouquet or Vintage Tabarome, but far more suited to a knight of old.
One who is chivalrous and courteous but refuses to bear any insults.
Are you sure it's not older than 300? While I can see Cyrano wearing this light and poetic leather as his signature scent, it would not be out of place for El Cid either.
Be forewarned, Kolnisch Juchten is a joy to lovers of leather scents but if someone exhibits ordinary urban rudeness towards you, do try to refrain the impulse to throw down a leather glove and ask " Are you challenging me to a duel, sir? "

Dark strength mixed with gentle soft edges . . . Kolnisch Juchten by Regence is a quintessential masculine fragrance of the strong silent type. You get a dark birch tar leather scent wafting through a warm boot polish darkness. The fragrance stays very dry and smokey leather in a bed of gentle light softtness. The soft sweetness in the base of KJ coming from a bit of amber or vanilla? Kolnish Juchten compares favoroubly to a group of very dark serious masculine scents - Lonestar Memories, Le Labo Patchouli 24, Bois d' Ombrie and even Armani Prive Bois d' Encens. The darkness of this group comes by way of frankincense, birch tar, or patchouli or some combination of the above. But, very unlike these dark masculines Kolnish Jucten has a light softness surrounding the dark center that causes it to feel soft and warm through its strength. Amber is undoubtedly the base that softens the birch leather. The softness is enhanced also by the controlled use of the birch tar elements - it is strong and soft at the same time. This one is a keeper!

The fragrance is reportedly a 300 year old formula that is now being produced by a company called Regence and is available from Jacqueline Parfumerie in San Francisco - 415-981-0858. A great review of this one is on Perfume Smellinthings at - http://perfumesmellinthings.blogspot.com/2006/02/perfume-review-parfums-regence.html.