Ormonde Man by Ormonde Jayne, 2004

A great woddy aromatic perfect for everyday use. Its very versatil you can wear in any ocasion and any weather (on summer just a couple of sprays will do the trick). Its not linear but it doesn't evolve significantly eather. It opens very green and fresh, I detect cardamom and juniper the overal felling is woody, dusty and has hints of cut grass I also smell somenthing sparkling and earthy here almost like coke. Then the aromatic accord fades and you are left with the dry woddy heart. Now here its all about ceder, sandalwood and I dare say oud (eventhoug i'm not sure it is realy here) Its very creamy, dry and cedery, like if you where smelling wood that was recently cut, and I must say it is somewhat a bit resinous too. Very whell done! Now the bottom is the olnly part that I don´t love, but I like. Its very sinthetic and almost cheap, but they menaged to escape the green sinthetic woods accord that you find in other fragrances, and I guess this is mostly because of the sandalwood used here. Its like walking on a fine line withouth falling (writting this I just remembered the french guy who crossed the Twin Towers on a line). I think Ormonde Jayne managed to create a chic and modern fragrence perfect for the young english gentleman 4 out of 5

Ormonde Man opens with a soft pink peppercorn and juniper, supported by a very subtle bergamot undertone. Joining the pink peppercorn in the early heart notes as the juniper and bergamot recede are a combination of coriander, cardamom spices and cedar wood. The spices take the fore with the cedar acting as the backbone of the scent. As the heart develops, the spiced cedar almost becomes incense-like, as it mixes with sandalwood and musk from the base, giving the scent a relatively smooth woody incense vibe that is ever-so slightly sweet, but only just so. Projection is below average and longevity is average. Ormonde Man is an extremely well-done composition of subtle spice, gin-like juniper and incense-like sandalwood spiked cedar. The combination of the cedar and spice is hardly earth shatteringly innovative, but the difference here is in the superior execution. The parfumier Pilkington really gets the balance of the scent "just right", and her skill really shows just how important that is when you witness it done properly. The sandalwood and musk in the base notes really also meld quite well with the wood and spices giving the composition just a bit more structure. Ormonde Man has gotten a lot of love by many and is well-deserving of its high praise, earning an excellent 4 stars out of 5.

Grey-green by an "aqueous-fluidy" kind of citrusy vetiver, herbal, slightly barber shop, averagely resinous and woody-incensey with all those listed high quality ingredients. Located in the middle of an ideal olfactory  line conjoining fragrances as Monocle Scent One: Hinoki, some Dsquared2,  CDG  2 Man and others, Ormonde Man is basically an aqueous (lemony-cedary) and dusty vetiver with dark mossy and smokey accents, a touch of bitterness and a widespread freshness from coriander, resins of pines and balsamic mountainous elements. It starts so minty and piquant with that peppersack full of dry spices (cardamom, juniper berries, pink pepper and coriander), aromatic notes, resinous conifers and herbs. The cardamom is prominent and imprints a sort of cool, mystic and exotic far in the memory aura around. This kind of introduction , with the support from citrus and bergamot and yet barely sweet, is compelling but restrained and moderately intoxicating. The juice  proceeds  piney, spicy, herbal and complex but in a subtle and refined way that i would call so british  but in a modern sense. The woody presence starts soon to express its reasons, some oudh turns out delicately woody rather than strongly medicinal or gassy and some soft, spicy and  cedary mildness comes out with elegance in the general shadowy atmosphere with a touch of soothing balsams, labdanum (or oakmoss?) and incense. The scent holds on cool, austere, boise' and basically sharp. The sillage is medium. Refined.