Van Cleef & Arpels pour Homme (1978)
by Van Cleef & Arpels

I think Van Cleef and Arpels pour homme is the best green fragance of the market, without doubts.
Complex and not for all people, this fragance is a must on my list.
Do you want more information? Its not necesarily.

Thumbs Up.....Very Up.

PS: Only for experts and royal customers.

A luxurious scent recalling excesses, perfect for a romantic night?

The botle is still in my wardrobe, its content almost unaltered. It was a gift from my parents made back in 1981 (!).

I remembered I did not like it at all. Still, many times before going to bed I insistently poured minimun amounts of it on my skin just to analyze the scent. Even though my efforts, I could not understand the designer's criteria: perceptions revolved around ideas of oriental luxury: excesess (well, the 1970's was a decade of excesses).

It was marketed in duty free shops under a premium price policiy. I will save you socio cultural explanations as to connotations of "rich" in Argentina, just to be straighforward, it is associated with bad taste - just picture yourself a "capo di mafia", celebrities or whatever (the sort of people that makes you ask yourself "who are these ones?"), and you'll get the picture.

So, I always imagined that wearing it while in an elevator would asphyxiate the rest of the passangers or, worst still, someone would arrive to conclusions about personal disposable income management.

Now, on the positive side, I can't stop associating top notes with intimate physicial occasions cleverly recalling romantic aspects through its basenotes.

Thus, I would suggest using it with care when having sex with your lover. One or two drops in key body parts can make the trick... if your partner likes it, of course.

Dark, sharp, mystic scent, like a smell from some unwritten edgar allan poe poem... So much animalic energy! In the end VC&A is like a ultraquality soap, so clean, masculinum... Very similar to trussardi uomo. I like them both. A shortcut to the aristocracy! High society!

Much too green and sharp for my taste. I agree it's an elegant fragrance, but it has nothing special in my opinion.

Cloves and compact opulent darkness with initial slightly offputting soapiness. It's for a city milieu that does not exist anymore. A slower paced life in dusty silent places. Apply sparingly and you can use it anytime anywhere. A qualitative and affordable alternative for graveyard poets who never smile.

An old fourgere. An old powerhouse. Wait this is as "old" as I am! What am I talking about? Haha. Spicy and lush scent and very potent yet has that watery feeling I get with other fougere style fragrances. Just feels out of place amongst the new offerings.