Venezia Uomo opens with a clean lemon and bergamot tandem before quickly adding relatively soft lavender to the mix. As the fragrance reaches its early heart phase the aromatic lavender takes...
A nice green top note develops into a good iris scent with a hint o light wood - a bit synthetic but all right. Gone after ninety minutes on my skin. Nice while it lasts and quite unlike others.
An all right citrus-vetiver freshness, counterbalanced by pepper, wood and later in the drydown some incense notes. A standard theme played out often and nothing special.
The original vintage version:
Amongst the classic chypres this is a more floral one, with touches of citrus, rose and jasmine in the top notes. Woody and leather becomes more obvious in the...
Goldy, is a perfume that when used draws a lot of attention, making it an eye-catching and head-turning fragrance. It evokes a soothing feeling, and brings a level of comfort to the person...
At least, that's what I get out of it. It's like a thinner, less rich, more synthetic take on Tonka Imperiale. While not a perfect replacement, I've never smelled something closer to Tonka Imperiale.
Iisagree.
I find the Guerlain to be sweeter, more refined, a touch floral, just overall a little more "feminine", while EdB is denser, thicker maybe a little corniferous?
Count me in as an Eau des Baux fan. Some similarities to Tonka Imperiale, though, like timaru, I find TI to be a bit sweeter and leaning a little towards the feminine side of unisex. Eau des Baux is a little more broody and heavy. I like both equally.
Maybe more now than before. I'm not a person that calls reformulation on most thing, but EdB has definitely changed, and to my nose for the worse. It used to be greener, and borderline sweet. Now it has went way past that border. Unusably sweet for me
Iisagree.
I find the Guerlain to be sweeter, more refined, a touch floral, just overall a little more "feminine", while EdB is denser, thicker maybe a little corniferous?
After seeing EDB almost unanimously defeat Burberry London in a "What should I get?" poll earlier this week, I'm becoming very interested in it. Never heard of it until this Monday.
eh, unless I'm missing something, I wouldn't really compare these two... I find the EdB has a sort of raspy dryness in the opening, and the T.I. has a cherry liquor accord, so those two aspects don't compare at all.
I don't know what formulation I have - it's a sample I got in a swap awhile back. I'm not saying it's a dead-ringer for Tonka Imperiale, but there's a strong tonka presence in my Eau des Baux, and that, mixed with a coniferous element, draws a lot of parallels to TI with its rosemary and tonka. I get a noticeable dose of IES in the drydown of EdB though, and it definitely is thinner and more masculine than TI.
I just think that fans of one would probably be fans of the other.