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White Jasmine & Mint by Jo Malone
by rogalal
Green tea essence with mint on top. I don't smell jasmine, but there's a generic milky floral quality that registers to me more like a creamy ylang. I don't really like green tea perfumes or mint perfumes, so I suppose there was never any chance ...More
Amber & Lavender by Jo Malone
by rogalal
It's got the basics you'd expect from the genre: sharp lavender over leathery patchouli and myrrh, over a minty, herbal chypre core. Things that smell like this are usually much stronger and longer-lasting, but this is a fairly thin cologne streng...More
Gianfranco Ferré for Man by Gianfranco Ferré
by The Cologne Cabinet
Gianfranco Ferre for Man (30ml spray) - I recently discovered long discontinued Charles Jourdan Un Homme and now this one! Wow, they share much of the same DNA with a very satisfying green herbs and fern heart on down to the woods, moss, and leath...More