Hello BNers, I have been a known Kouros making-fun-of enthusiast for years. Ever since my first tester strip encounters in 2006-2007 early cologne collecting era I have been put off by its urinal cake nature.
However, since then I have gotten very much bored with 90 percent of colognes and decided I needed something more daring, more unique,...something with balls-- I so bought a bottle of Kouros.
I wore it and at first spray instantly the linoleum cleaner/urinal cake phenomena hit me and I was taken back to the days of my being a young airman cleaning latrines as punishment. Afterwards, I could smell the tonka bean, vanilla, and sweetness (no honey, though) which complimented the bitter woods and civet; this juxtaposition, I suppose is what makes it a fougere.
Its important to note that my initial experience back in the day, when I though it was canned pee, was biased and that the pee is overexxagerated and only really is true on a tester strip. However, along with the mythical pee peeness being dispelled, so was the idea that this is Logan/Wolverine in a bottle. In contrary, this is a lot more tame. Actually, there is a elegance to Kouros that rarely gets praise or noted in reviews. For example, when I asked my little sister (20 years old) what she though of my new cologne I was poised for a reaction equivalent to Shirlee Temple witnessing a meth'd out biker gang fight in a pit of rusty syringes and broken glass, but instead, she responded simply, "thats nice, it smells like babypowder." BABY POWDER? Not Kouros!?!
......While it does have an elegant nature pronounced by sweet powdery accords, this does not mean it was NOT a masculine scent. However, rather than it being the smell of uber-macho grizzled, feral power, I found it to be masculine more to the effect of a healthy and virile young man; one athletic and full of youthful vigor and energy...slightly human smelling ...llike one who just returned from a match of soccer or wrestling--and winning.
Well thats it.
However, since then I have gotten very much bored with 90 percent of colognes and decided I needed something more daring, more unique,...something with balls-- I so bought a bottle of Kouros.
I wore it and at first spray instantly the linoleum cleaner/urinal cake phenomena hit me and I was taken back to the days of my being a young airman cleaning latrines as punishment. Afterwards, I could smell the tonka bean, vanilla, and sweetness (no honey, though) which complimented the bitter woods and civet; this juxtaposition, I suppose is what makes it a fougere.
Its important to note that my initial experience back in the day, when I though it was canned pee, was biased and that the pee is overexxagerated and only really is true on a tester strip. However, along with the mythical pee peeness being dispelled, so was the idea that this is Logan/Wolverine in a bottle. In contrary, this is a lot more tame. Actually, there is a elegance to Kouros that rarely gets praise or noted in reviews. For example, when I asked my little sister (20 years old) what she though of my new cologne I was poised for a reaction equivalent to Shirlee Temple witnessing a meth'd out biker gang fight in a pit of rusty syringes and broken glass, but instead, she responded simply, "thats nice, it smells like babypowder." BABY POWDER? Not Kouros!?!
......While it does have an elegant nature pronounced by sweet powdery accords, this does not mean it was NOT a masculine scent. However, rather than it being the smell of uber-macho grizzled, feral power, I found it to be masculine more to the effect of a healthy and virile young man; one athletic and full of youthful vigor and energy...slightly human smelling ...llike one who just returned from a match of soccer or wrestling--and winning.
Well thats it.
Grrrrrrrrr.
Well said! I got some for Mr cathodera yesterday. On him it smells really good, sort of at once incense-adjacent and fresh and green.
but i dont get urinal cake with this frag, but i see how the honey makes it smell of urine...also i occasionally get a fecal note with this one?
