Eau De Rochas by Rochas, 1970

I know for a *fact* this was released originally as the Rochas 'house' Eau. A shared fragrance, though this was advertised as discreetly as the shared nature of Dior Eau de Cologne Fraiche (upon which moder Eau Fraiche EdT is designed, though somewhat different in smell). The only people I've ever smelled this on are my grandfather and some of my uncles. I love it. I tend to avoid the vast majority of feminine fragrances not because I don't have the balls or the gall to wear them, or because I follow/swall marketing lines/intentions/hype, but because I feel they were created specifically with women in mind, and that's great, we should have less gender-bending these days, what's wrong in being a man if you're a man, a woman if you're a woman? Free country, but a different story. Eau de Rochas and l'Heure Bleue (but the latter ONLY in EdP form) are the only two so-called "feminines" I wear; both appeal to me for different and various reason. But Eau de Rochas is something that I can't imagine NOT appealing to something in us all. Its fresh. Its clean. It has this "warm-cool-crystaline-powdery-crisp-fresh" dynamic going on. Its versatile, but best in the heat of summer. Its great. I *love* spritzing this (decanted from a big splash bottle) one after a hot wet shave. I keep it on the bathroom display cabinet alongside SMN Colonia Russa, Hoyt's Cologne, Eau du Coq, all great fragrances epitomising the 'cologne water' of each house (except of course Hoyt's--not a house, but still smells gorgeous in its own way!). In summation: thumbs way up.