Broderie, is a perfume that is highly sophisticated, kind of Classy, and famously known as "the Jewels" of the body. It is very rare and you can hardly see another perfume that has similar smell....
My initiation with perfumes in High School was Aqua Velva (wasn't everybody's then) but became bored pretty soon, I moved up to English Leather (still in HS) but after just one bottle I couldn't...
I got a sample of this one from the Imaginary Authors website. This one is a smokey, woody vanilla fragrance. It kinda reminds me of cocoa, since it is very dry and has a bittersweet smell to it....
Could've been Boss, Gucci, Versace, CK for a solid sum of dollars, but it's not. He is James Bond 007 cheappie and that's the only thing that's cheap - the price. Quite cool fragrance, I have to...
As a big fan of the first Liz Earle fragrance I had high hopes for this, but I am very disappointed. The mandarin lasts about five seconds, then a couple of minutes of a, not unpleasant, generic...
With all due respect, those are their opinions. what matters most is your own, if you like it, wear it. if it doesn't stop women in their tracks don't worry about it, it won't get you dirty looks or insults either.
It's a decent enough scent ... but I rarely reach for it. There are so many better scents out there in this category ( Soprani Uomo or Creed Vetiver 1948 to name a few ).
I'd say it depends on how cheap you can get it. Maybe if you don't like it, you could put it on your swaplist. I think it smells a bit like Platinum Egoiste, Paco XS and stuff like that, so if you like these but don't have them...