Esencia pour Homme

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• Wendigo

  January 25, 2021

  

  My father’s usual perfume, a masterpiece born in a different world, where different laws operated and there were other canons. There was a time when the most elegant smell for a man was undoubtedly found in the realm of fougere fragrances; this essence wasn’t even something groundbreaking in its origins, quite the opposite, it was the culmination of a trend in its most accomplished work. For that reason, decades later, it remains one of the most chosen perfumes by men in Spain; it still conveys that maturity and class, not devoid of much seriousness, and at the same time a clean and neat aroma. As for the legion of declared notes, they form a great composition; for me, the pine and cedar stand out above all, sometimes too harsh, but the base note of patchouli adds softness to them. It’s an elegant perfume but at the same time warm and close. As for performance, a real beast. Four sprays are enough to smell it all day. It’s an ideal office aroma, but it requires having reached a certain age to not wear it and make a fool of yourself. It’s not what a kid would wear to hit on someone at 19 in a bar. Well, right now, what they would wear is a mask. And not even that, because bars don’t open. But in a normal context either, it would make a fool of you because its aroma would proclaim attributes that obviously only exist in the project of having them. For that, they already have Paco Rabanne.

• Manelfa

  February 26, 2021

  

  Hi, I know this one well; it wasn’t for nothing that it was my signature fragrance for many years. I wore it to go out at night, when Le Male, Acqua di Gio, or Mugler’s A Men were in fashion; this was reserved for established and mature people, not for a young man in his twenties like me, but I just liked it because it gave me a touch of maturity and worldliness, something I wasn’t. It was a perfume a step above designer perfumes when the term ‘niche perfume’ didn’t even exist. To the point: this perfume in its beginnings was a beast, as they say today. Back then, I smoked, almost everyone did when you went out, including me, and it remained there perennial until the next day. It was complex, strong in its opening, three-dimensional, green, soapy, leathery, balsamic, with those characteristic pine needles, and very masculine; it had a quality that very few fragrances possess: being timeless and classic. Over time, I started using it daily; I noticed some slight changes with the batches, but nothing worrying. I decided to take a break, and the last time I bought it was in 2013, and until very recently, I kept a little bit of the last bottle. During all this time of testing fragrances, I never gave myself the reason to try Essence again because I thought I knew it well enough. Until recently, when I tried it again, and honestly, Loewe has ruined it; it’s a simple, one-dimensional, monotonous aroma, without complexity and without any duration or sillage. I even gave it to my wife to try, and she didn’t recognize it, having been my signature fragrance for years, what a disappointment!! I always thought people exaggerated or mythologized perfumes regarding reformulations, but this has made me open my eyes. The rest I wanted to give myself with Essence was knowing that sooner or later I would possess it again because it has been part of very important moments in my life, and damn, it smelled fantastic. To conclude, I would say that Loewe, as well as others, should respect their classics, sirs; Loewe, don’t deceive any youngling; no one is going to buy Essence just because they want to update it in this way; it’s made for another age target; this type of fragrance is bought either by people who have used it for the last 30 years or by perfumery experts who give a damn about smelling like vanilla, tonka, or anything that’s the latest. If they haven’t respected even their name, calling another perfume from their house by the same name, and for more Inri, it’s a copy of the famous Aventus, anyway. Until next time. Edit: if Essence was already a caricature of what it was, putting it in that bottle to cut costs is directly not respecting neither the fragrance nor its clients. I think I’ll get an old bottle from some second-hand website and keep it like gold in a cloth, crossing my fingers they don’t cheat me, but that’s another story…

• egarza12

  March 15, 2021

  

  THE BEST OF THE LOEWE HOUSE. I HAVE ONE WITH A HARDWOOD CAP FOR AN ETERNITY. OPIMUM, ANTAEUS, THESE THREE ARE MY FIGHTING HORSES, VERY HARD TO FIND NOW THAT THEY AREN’T THE REFORMULATED ONES.

• monsieurleather

  March 15, 2021

  

  This is my 100th review, and I’ve reserved it for the fragrance that is most special to me for various reasons. But first, let me say that I don’t usually acquire batches beyond 2015, the date by which it had already changed but still retained dignity and aroma. The recent ones, especially from the white boxes, smell soft but recognizable at first, then evaporate in a sigh; they have destroyed ONE OF THE BEST FRAGRANCES OF ALL TIME. Thus, in all caps. I already had fragrances like Dior’s Dune, Atkinsons’ Lavender, Adolfo Dominguez’s Agua; I was 20, and then I met the first great love of my life. We used to meet on the streets and in pubs, and many people had taken notice. But one magical New Year’s Eve, she was mine, and we started a stable relationship. Although I had met other girls, that first love, like every first love, was very intense for me; the force of that energy was very powerful, and I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. And she, young like me and in full bloom, wore Opium by Yves Saint Laurent. Nothing more, nothing less. I wanted to smell this incredibly well, and also manly, because Opium was an intoxicating, sensual, very feminine fragrance of a certain category. So, within the limitations of the existing offer at the time, I went to the perfumery determined to find a perfume that would accompany me as a personal signature and as a companion to Opium by the side of the woman to whom I dedicated my devotion. And Loewe’s Essence was the chosen one, or rather, I was the chosen one. Just like the Opium of old, Loewe’s Essence was an intense, complex perfume, full of nuances, overflowing with quality and charisma. It was dense, green, spicy, balsamic, earthy, woody, a symphony of 200 ingredients that emanated masculinity, speaking of passion, honesty, energy, nature, vigor, commitment, a fragrance of intense romanticism. I adored smelling her neck fragrant with Opium, and she loved to lie on my chest and smell my Essence. One day, just as spring begins and goes on dying until it reaches winter, that relationship ended. It left me some scars (the scar that only a first love can leave), more maturity and wisdom, good memories, and a perfume for a lifetime: Loewe’s Essence. Nothing lasts forever, but sometimes it does. Au revoir!

• juma

  April 3, 2021

  

  I was surprised when I couldn’t find Loewe’s Essence in stores; the salesperson showed me they had changed the bottle, and I was stunned to see such a rectangular green ‘military’ bottle. It was an option for me to buy, but I won’t forgive them sacrificing the format. Fortunately, there must still be some in online stores. The ‘pure’ green aroma is surely very identifiable today since it’s a scent present in many classics, but it seems to be more than that, and you can notice small sparkling particles of scent that aren’t based solely on a linear green. This is due to the immense catalog of notes it has, making a harmonious set but also with surprises throughout its development. Green, fresh with a classic touch that will make you look elegant according to how you view it, mature and concise without seeming old. It’s a pity they took away so much personality with the bottle change.

• Ambroxio

  April 7, 2021

  

  Essence arrived to me by rebound. My father had it given to him, and with his permission, I appropriated it. The good thing about being from the provinces is that back then, you didn’t associate Loewe with anything specific: neither financial sharks, hostile monks, consumist yuppies, nor Madrid’s mountainous streets. Something about the leather goods and expensive bags rang a bell. Those were the days of the ‘give-me-two’ Spanish tourists in New York, and more than one wore Essence in a wild style. ‘Look how well this Yankee smells, hehe, it’s actually Spanish, from Loewe’. ‘Spanish? Yeah! Come on, come on!’. If I remember correctly, I was using Vorago at the time. I had picked up a cologne set and a milky after-shave balm, very pleasant. As for the cologne, no friend had smelled anything weird, but my mother… she hated it. It smelled bad to her. And when I switched to Essence, her words were: ‘Ahaha… That’s a real man’s cologne, just as it should be!’. Back then, one used one for everything, whether it was dark or light, if the heat pressed down, if sharp thorns rained, or if it snowed. Signature. Two or three at most, and always a cheaper one to keep the fire going. With the change of century, I alternated it with Hermès’ Rocabar for evening, which I snagged at an airport after seeing an ad for a night bonfire, a horse in the background, and a checkered blanket nearby (I’m sure I still have the little thing that wrapped that square bottle shaped like a flask in some drawer). One is hooked on all things green and its color, in all its shades. Mountains and valleys crossed by clear, fast-flowing streams, rounded stones visible and jumping trout, ferns on the bank, mossy stones, lichens, and old watermills. The deep ocean and the firmament also please me, but they impress me too much and I feel like an amoeba embryo; the idea of the infinite, eternity, and nothingness overwhelms me. Mine is the green of foliage, the browns and ochres of the solid earth, and the metals extracted from it by the cesarean method. Like those golden letters stamped on the thick glass of a densest green that seemed made by a master artisan. A density that warned you in advance of what was to come next. And it wasn’t lying, not at all. Loewe’s Essence was a fragrance of classic cut, not outdated, of a wild noble Carpeto-Vetonic, Celtiberian character. Complex and evolving, dry, sour, very green and aromatic. With a strong opening that hit hard, based on citrus mixed with lavender, mountain herbs, and leaves and berries from humid forests that Lorenzo makes radiate healthy vapors. It didn’t reach a knockout, but you could tell it had a heavy hand. Then some wildflowers and lots of pine, oak, cypress… ¡Uuaaa, what a blast! In the end, it left a smell like old shaving soap and a hint of good brand leather gloves. It gave vigor and, it may seem silly, it gave security. It cured contraction spasms, functional apoplexies, and even night terrors and various frights. So much was its vitality. I married it, what else should I tell you? Well, I married who I married, but I used this on that day. Oh, I’m getting tangled up… I feel great respect for Emilio Valeros’ work, but his version from a few years ago doesn’t compare to the original (by Olivier Cresp?). It carried a myriad of ingredients. They knew their trade, they knew how to work for real. Now the very honorable and praiseworthy crab that founded Enrique Loewe, associated with José Silva and Florencio Rivas, property of the M. Arnault group, has become more like the Mr. Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants. Something could be understood in the name of traceability, allergic pathology, and biodegradability, but… on top of that, it comes in an impersonal little bottle and the grace of a flaky armpit? Mutilated and watery? Will it be ordered like in a grocery store? ‘Yes, that one. Put me down for a quarter and a half if you’ll do the favor. And by the way, fifty of the Essence carafe, which is for pouring into the wardrobe to freshen the bedclothes’. Of course, if it didn’t cost what it costs… For me, the Essences are over. Goodbye, very well, and thank you very much.

• Patrick Suskind

  April 29, 2021

  

  I’m not sure if they reformulated it, but this is something else entirely. We’ve gone from Challengers to ATP matches. There’s a qualitative leap compared to regular perfumes. The opening is curious with herbal, spicy, saline, and seed notes. Gradually, it gives way to floral notes (not feminine), from the undergrowth, as if you were at a scout camp with the wind blowing. It has a very marked marijuana accord. It also has a balsamic note that, combined with the rest, creates a very fresh vibe, like near a lake surrounded by pines. It’s heavily loaded with vetiver. It has good projection and sillage if applied correctly. It’s an old-school aroma, from niche perfumery, with a classic touch that might turn off those who don’t like it. My wife reminds her of her father (he’s 75, so to speak), keep that in mind. Tremendously masculine. Not something to buy blindly, but worth trying because it’s a great perfume and a true all-rounder. It might just be made for you. A retro in top form.

• monsieurleather

  June 15, 2021

  

  It bothers me that they changed the image on Fragrantica; I want my classic bottle back. This new one is an insult to the original and leaves much to be desired: it smells like watery cologne. I thought the white-box ones couldn’t get any worse… I was so wrong! Au revoir… Forever? I’ll stick with my green bottles.

• pericondecai

  September 10, 2021

  

  The new version is a wonderful green. It starts fresh and then adds warmth to that green note. It reminds me of the Galician mountains, with ferns, hazelnut trees, and sweet blackberries. It’s very complex; every time you smell it, something new emerges. It lasts a minimum of 8 hours and projects 4 to 5 hours. It has completely won me over. I can’t even think about the old one.

• xafbcn

  September 28, 2021

  

  Hey, sorry to bother you, but this opening smells like burnt electrical wire. It’s a scent I recognize all too well, and I absolutely hated it.

• Diegos

  October 24, 2021

  

  Bottled complexity… A scent that’s not easy, with many nuances that constantly shift depending on the skin. Reviewing it is subjective; if you ask what Kouros, Antaeus, or Fahrenheit smell like, you can define it, but with this, it’s impossible. Curiously, as it dries down (after about 7 hours), it smells like a burnt wire; I don’t remember that happening with the previous version. It’s a deep, EXQUISITE scent of sublime quality… I’ve heard the vintage (or at least from 2005) and don’t recall major differences with this new presentation. You put it on and you transform into George Clooney, at minimum… I think you need to dress elegantly to give the impression it was created for. They say it’s one of the perfumes with the most notes, and I have no doubt. At first glance, it smells of juniper berries, pine, moss, and lemon. Then petit grain, Neroli, vetiver, leather, patchouli, and well, there’s so much… That’s what I detect, and there’s something else you discover as you go. It’s quite fun for collectors and perfume lovers. Why? Because it surprises, it has everything it should: longevity, good performance, good sillage, etc. It’s not easy, I don’t recommend it blindly, but if you have a trained nose and are used to 80s masterpieces, you’ll love it, I promise you. As mentioned below, I found a burnt wire scent when it dried down, which didn’t happen with the vintage… Mmm, something strange is going on…

• Primus Pilus

  January 21, 2022

  

  My introduction to this world was with this perfume; I wore it for an uncle I loved dearly. The scent and aura were incredible, projecting an elegance I haven’t felt since, along with maturity and personality (speaking of the old formula). I remember going up the stairs at home and smelling it gradually, knowing my uncle had arrived; it was an indescribable sensation. When I grew up, I searched for a long time without knowing what it was, not even the brand or references, until one day my heart skipped a beat after so long without smelling it, just like when you run into the girl you like outside your usual circle, you greet each other, start a conversation, and then you smell it on an acquaintance. Finally, I got the old round dark green bottle, which I used occasionally but left me with the feeling that it wasn’t my uncle’s scent. I researched and discovered the reformulations (this answered many doubts, haha), and found out this was one of the affected ones. Less than a year ago, after years of searching, I literally thought I had been searching for years, finally found a 50ml bottle of the old formula, the same dark green but rectangular with old screen printing… Wow, this was the perfume that smelled like my uncle when I was young… no words. The current version has many ingredients from the old one, but I think IFRA took away the soul with certain ingredients that the new one lacks. The old one has soul; I don’t know how to describe it, plus longevity and projection: with 3 sprays you’re amazing all day, and you can still smell it the next morning; it’s pure art. Damn reformulations.

• Memoquique

  February 12, 2022

  

  Oh my god, will you forgive me? How many negative comments just because of the bottle change… Gentlemen, it’s a perfume, not a shirt. What does the packaging matter? What matters is the inside, and this Essence definitely delivers. Kids, stay away. Mature men who know how to dress, welcome to one of the greatest fragrances of all time. End.

• Victor - Perfumaniac

  March 1, 2022

  

  REFORMULATED?… THIS IS ZARA VIBRANT LEATHER. I tried this recently and don’t know what the previous versions were like, but this smells 99% like Zara Vibrant Leather and 93% like Creed Aventus. I know both fragrances, and honestly, this is ZVL, with the only difference being that this one lasts a long time. If you can’t afford an Aventus and hate the terrible longevity of ZVL, consider this; it gives great results and seems like a better clone than CDNI or Explorer.

• Jpert91

  March 2, 2022

  

  I would define this fragrance as EXQUISITE, speaking of the previous presentation with the green box, batch 2016; in some phases, it reminds me of the classic Loewe 7.

• monsieurleather

  March 2, 2022

  

  Victor-Perfumaniac, you got the wrong product page. The one you’re talking about is the EDP version (which is completely different from the EDT and is indeed a clone of Aventus).

• monsieurleather

  March 9, 2022

  

  The ones with ‘Esencia’ in big letters and ‘Loewe’ in small are older than the ones with ‘Loewe’ in big and ‘Esencia’ in small (the green round bottles). The one in the description is the latest formula and format. This applies to other fragrances like 7 Anónimo. My advice: look for bottles where ‘Esencia’ is above ‘Loewe’ in larger letters.

• odorante

  June 10, 2022

  

  I tried it when I was young and was fascinated by that intense, unique scent. It was expensive, modern, and sophisticated for its time. I bought it again in 2021 (the old bottle) and noticed it’s been watered down—looser and simpler. It’s no longer my old Loewe (nor am I the same person, like the river), but it remains a gem. I’m horrified that Loewe is standardizing all the bottles. What a loss of personality! I loved that little green bottle with the leather cap.

• Luis R.

  June 16, 2022

  

  Esencia, you are green, green like the glass of my Heineken, green is the field of my California, green is the grass of Sánchez Pizjuán, green I want to see all of Spain, and even Real Sociedad. Oh, oh, oh, oh!

• Oiram

  January 13, 2023

  

  Brutal fragrance, one of the jewels of history. What a shame the reform has been slowly taking its soul away. I don’t know which batch the real Esencia Loewe is from or if it’s even available anymore, but I’m signing off with a broken heart. Rest in peace, Esencia Loewe.

• Mijauju

  April 4, 2023

  

  I’m confronting it in its primitive form with an Armani and a Boucheron Homme also in primitive form, and it beats them a thousand times. This Loewe Essence is singular and overwhelmingly beautiful. I see it as a unisex and carnivorous perfume.

• TinDines

  May 21, 2023

  

  ESSENCE ONLY in Uppercase. Simply fabulous, a masterpiece forever. An indescribable aroma combination… You have to feel it, because it’s a dense flood of fresh, green, leafy aromatics at the opening that subtly but overwhelmingly takes over the air and clothes. Pure olfactory pleasure in the heart notes. An orchestra of notes that feel natural, sounding at once in an explosion of green, fruity, soapy, creamy floral chords, very pleasant, evoking a potent but excessive-free conjunction, maintaining a medium-high tone within a great perfumery ensemble. The aroma mainly has the density of oriental perfumes but doesn’t leave aside fresh and fruity sensations like orange pulp. Its performance is long-lasting and always dense; it moves from its green opening to its fruity, tasty, and elegant body before becoming woody in a mossy and elegant way with nuances that leave no space uncovered, accompanying and modulating the slow and soft evolution, giving you the sensation that many ingredients are intervening in unison. Personally, I perceive it as a ‘CONFETTI’ type aroma 🎊 that maintains its structure linearly from start to finish. A fantasy citrus-fruity herbal amber semi-floral bright fleshy, slightly spicy creamy, aldehydic, and clean scent. As I said, you have to feel it to describe it adequately, because many distinct modulating notes are perceived but with the same intensity. If they were colors, it would be an orange-pink pastel-toned composition. Masculine cut but usable by women with personality. Versatile and timeless due to its mostly fresh orange tone. In my opinion, its main value and virtue is that from the start it feels familiar and natural, blending with the ambient smells and adding without ‘covering up’ many nuances that improve the olfactory perception. An aroma that works very well in summer and winter, being ‘chameleon-like’ and slightly changing according to the environment, making you perceive subtle notes you didn’t know were there. In short… An all-rounder with elegance

• antuanoro

  May 29, 2023

  

  This perfume, in its current formulation, smells too acidic/sour on my skin from the dry-down phase to the end. Regarding the burnt cable smell mentioned, as an anecdote, today at the hair salon they commented that it smelled like something burnt without realizing I was wearing this perfume. Not for me.

• PepeRB

  October 9, 2023

  

  A beautiful classic (clarifying that I have the old bottles, though I tried a new one at a counter and didn’t think there was much change, but whatever…), a distinguished, timeless perfume for the silver-haired alpha of the room. This smells like Dad, haha.

• Fausto_Brumas

  February 8, 2024

  

  Today I was dressed in Essencia de Loewe in an old format but not the original. For me, this fragrance has a very special meaning in addition to a superb, green, humid, leafy, and wild woody aroma. It’s special because, as far back as I can remember, it was the ‘fixed-up’ perfume my dad used, alternating on less showy days with Victor’s Silvestre and then Massimo Dutti pour Homme. With them, he covered 100% of the spectrum I moved through, ‘Formal’ or ‘Very formal’ 😅. He was always a man of noble character, calm, neat, and discreet, yet very effusive, affectionate, and playful with his six children. He was the archetypal man/father/husband with strong hands, spotless nails, always well-shaven, rarely drank, didn’t smoke, ate what was necessary, and never spoke ill. He abhorred pomp and flourish, liked what was natural and simple, and appreciated above all quality and sincerity (of materials and people). That’s how Loewe smells to me; a noble, high-quality aroma of the old school.

• Nicolás.a.b

  March 27, 2024

  

  Classic mossy green. Mature. When I first smelled it, I was surprised; I felt a very familiar aroma (maybe because of a relative). I feel it’s a bit mature for me, but I still like it; I’ve worn it to work a few times. 4×4 of the seasons; today I only see it during the day; at night it would feel very outdated in fashion. Good performance; I can’t think of anything more masculine than this.

• Yu Tsun

  June 4, 2024

  

  It gives me the feeling of a delicate green, a subtle forest full of notes. It’s a very formal and mature scent, really something unique and different.

• Monty Phyton

  July 8, 2024

  

  It has that light halo that hooks you; it smells like a mature man from the 90s… For a reflective, prudent, sensible, even family-oriented adult. That’s how my uncle Jose smelled back then, a serious and elegant man who left a trail wherever he went. I can’t distinguish the individual notes; it’s the perfect combination to highlight masculinity. I wouldn’t buy it again because lately I’ve seen it everywhere, though it’s more than enough part of perfumery history. 🕯️ 8/10.🔥

• TinDines

  July 27, 2024

  

  I have an old review of this fragrance and need to clarify that I was referring to the Eau de Parfum (dark bottle). It seems Loewe is passing the base from one version to another. In this one (green bottle), I only find 30% of the described notes and the work of Olivier Cresp; the Eau de Parfum version is the one with the most essence. I feel that the EDP samples have more concentration and a slightly rosier scent. The ELIXIR version adds an un-macerated herbal green note, seeming like a layering of the essence with a rush-made green supermarket cologne for Christmas. If anyone finds the authentic essence without those cheap greens added to stretch the liquid, please review it. It’s a pity we have to sift through versions to find a good job among so many attempts to scam us. They should be happy with such a beautiful and balanced composition that’s worth ten times its price, but this quail hunt generates distrust. They take away, we keep buying, they take away more, until you lose confidence and say it’s no longer what it was. Loewe Essence kept getting greener and greener, and I wouldn’t buy another bottle today 🤷 Greetings 🎉

• Egresiv

  August 2, 2024

  

  I’ve been wearing this since my teenage years; I love those powerful, rough-guy scents that were the standard of the time and bring back memories of my family and friends. It has never been missing from my wardrobe, and even this 200 ml bottle, while a bit more contained, is still a beast and an incredible fragrance. It’s a must for any serious collection and will always have its place in my wardrobe.

• ManuXur

  August 5, 2024

  

  I received it as a gift and didn’t like it. Very strong opening, a green scent reminiscent of pine air freshener, with a resinous and synthetic dry-down that, for my taste, smells like an old doctor’s waiting room. I gave it a shot at the office for its formal vibe, and someone commented it smelled burnt. I gifted it to my dad; I think it’s more suitable for someone over 60.

• Javi De Palma

  October 31, 2024

  

  The king of fougères. Normally, great perfumes have few notes, but this is the exception: one of the most noted in the market that creates a delight for lovers of the classics and isn’t a dated aroma, but a current one, although its price might be its biggest drawback. A must-have in my collection, a scent that never tires me, smelling clean, of vegetation, of nature. Clearly masculine and very masculine; women and children should abstain.

• maggan

  November 30, 2024

  

  One of those fragrances that swallows you whole. Your partner has left (for a moment, hours, or an eternity)… but their presence remains. You smell it, you feel it, you dream of it, you carry it with you. You walk into a perfumery, put it on, and just to open the olfactory channel of what you know was, is, or will be again… It’s perfect.

• Carcanuelo

  January 3, 2025

  

  Others have already said it’s perfect, but I want to add that if there’s a perfume that has spawned clones and none have managed to match the aromatic quality and finesse of the original, it’s this one. It’s another world.

• Joccars

  January 27, 2025

  

  A classic barber-shop fragrance that brings back memories of my town’s barber when I was 8. It starts green, like pine or cypress, a bit strident and chaotic, but soon calms down and becomes balsamic, like the barber’s cream. I wear it to feel fresh post-gym, and with all that sweetness, vanilla, Invictus, and other cheap crap, everyone ends up spraying it on me. I spray it angrily so they know. The pity is it doesn’t last more than a sigh on the skin.

• Carles Avilés

  June 4, 2025

  

  It’s a green symphony, an aromatic tapestry woven with the precision of an ancient garden and the passion of a warm heart. It opens with a herbal-citrus burst, like crossing a perfumed hedge at dawn: crisp lavender, bright lemon, sharp galbanum, and savory whispering bitter notes. The heart blooms with baroque nobility: neroli and rose converse with basil and nutmeg, while jasmine and valley lily add a melodic purity, almost spiritual. It’s not a bouquet; it’s vegetable architecture: complex, orderly, alive. Finally, it settles with gravity and elegance. Sun-cured leather, earthy vetiver, noble woods, and a whisper of amber and tonka, like the echo of a forest that has learned to speak softly. Whoever wears this fragrance knows the value of time and shadow, of silence and the scent of old books. If it were classical music, it would be a Mozart Divertimento with a serious undertone: elegant, lively, with a serene intelligence that never imposes. In jazz terms, it sounds like Enrico Rava on ‘Rava on the Dance Floor’: sophisticated, melancholic, with an Italian melody that caresses rather than shakes. As for color? Forest green with reflections of leather and dry moss: deep, textured, timeless.

• Kylow Ren

  October 23, 2025

  

  Holy crap, disaster. I have a bottle from around ’98, the real deal, the kind you wore and filled the whole room with, that super characteristic and unmistakable scent… I tried the current one and it’s just a faint memory, weak, nothing like the original… What a shame. Nowadays, the EDP is much better.

• Pedrens

  January 24, 2026

  

  You can tell it’s different from the old one, but I still think it’s a great fragrance within the style. It’s my favorite of the Essences. Perfect for autumn and winter.

• Mortadelo mishogino

  February 3, 2026

  

  My grandma used to gift me perfumes from her era at the drugstore. I ignored the first one because of that aggressive pine note I couldn’t appreciate. Carlos Rubio changed my mind with the vintage green round bottle… I’ve worn it more than 20 times now, with a coat, polo, or shirt, because the fear of it running out is driving me crazy. And it’s not true: six women have already told me I smell good. At first, they praised the herbal vibe, but once it dries down, it leaves a tonka bean trail—a clean scent (that’s what they said hours later). It’s a fougère with surprises underneath: starts aggressive and potent, but then turns gentle and sweet, hard to explain. I don’t know what the new bottle will be like, but I’m sure it’s a treasure.

• Dani Tor

  February 17, 2026

  

  I’m going with the classic bottle, the usual flattened green one with the gold cap. Old school aroma, masculine, from another era. A classic fougère with character, green and slightly bitter, featuring a dry, intense herbal profile. At first, it smells like that fresh green, resinous pine accord, like walking through a damp forest—natural and pure. As it dries, dry woods emerge, earthy and deep, with a touch of leather and a base of oak moss that reinforces that classic, manly vibe. It evolves into something warmer and more elegant, always keeping that traditional style. It’s not for current tastes or young people; it’s more mature and those who connect with the classics will enjoy it. A classic fragrance with a very defined profile, clearly from another time. Rating: 7/10.