Neroli sauvage lasts all day for me. The following day if I smell my arm, there is a very fine and subtle sandalwood basenote clearly detectable. However, after the initial blast, this scent has quite low sillage and projection. It becomes a subtle, close to the skin scent, something which people would definitely notice (human smell is quite sensitive) but not necessarily to the extent of being conscious of it, unless they were very close. This is fine by me, it has one of my favourite smells and one of my favourite perfumes.
I see this perfume criticised often for lack of longevity, I postulate instead that the objection people have is that of a lack of projection over a long period. I think this has to do with the type of scent under consideration. Due to its construction (and maybe the nature of its fine smelling ingredients), this scent will behave in certain ways; the top notes are citric which by definition are short lived and volatile, the middle is green (petitgrain dominated) which serves to link all the notes and blend the development and the base is of sandalwood, a heavy dense basenote which naturally has low projection. I understand the nature of this fragrance and don't expect it to do things it cannot (i.e. be a sillage monster for 16 hours), instead (after the first 2-3 hours) it is an excellent perfume for my wife and I and anyone I kiss or stand very close to that day to enjoy.
I feel that often people miss the point that there are many different types of scent. Not all are for every day day and not all are for everybody, but it is easy to miss fragrances of very high quality when judging them by inapproprite criteria.
Thoughts anyone?
I see this perfume criticised often for lack of longevity, I postulate instead that the objection people have is that of a lack of projection over a long period. I think this has to do with the type of scent under consideration. Due to its construction (and maybe the nature of its fine smelling ingredients), this scent will behave in certain ways; the top notes are citric which by definition are short lived and volatile, the middle is green (petitgrain dominated) which serves to link all the notes and blend the development and the base is of sandalwood, a heavy dense basenote which naturally has low projection. I understand the nature of this fragrance and don't expect it to do things it cannot (i.e. be a sillage monster for 16 hours), instead (after the first 2-3 hours) it is an excellent perfume for my wife and I and anyone I kiss or stand very close to that day to enjoy.
I feel that often people miss the point that there are many different types of scent. Not all are for every day day and not all are for everybody, but it is easy to miss fragrances of very high quality when judging them by inapproprite criteria.
Thoughts anyone?
