The florals that follow – fruity (rose and osmanthus) and fresh (jasmine and geranium) – are given a subtly spicy twist with earthy nutmeg. Wearing this fragrance was absolutely great experience! The "nose" behind this one is Chris Maurice, guy well known for his brilliant creations for houses like Xerjoff/Sospiro/Kemi, Jazeel and many more, then of course house of Nishane. Each NISHANE fragrance is designed as a tribute to different emotions and moods to ensure you remember the moments you loved. NISHANE sees perfume creation as an important art form and has created a brand where storytelling goes hand in hand with scent. Revisiting my samples, both are fantastic & worth owning alongside BDJ. I love all 3 & to me, they each fit a mood, although they're entirely interchangeable to suit yours. All 3 are going to be general crowd-pleasers. Because of how Tempfluo also behaves I urge you to not make the mistake to just smell it from the bottle or from a blotter as that will most certainly give off the wrong impression. Tempfluo needs to be tried out on your skin.

To sum it up the vibe of Tempfluo it is modern, cool and fun with a clash between the beautiful beach and the dusty urban city while at the same time harbouring the possibility of becoming something timeless. But you have got to be ok with also the somewhat clashing urban notes in the composition. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, business, casual, home. This is an office-friendly fragrance. Here the combo of saffron with florals and herbs and sweet spices stand out more and pushes the saffron to the max as this is a strongly projecting fragrance. The impact is prominent to say the least not to use the word bomb… Firstly, I do not like or own YSL Libre, which is why I held off buying this fragrance. Sometimes, what one person smells is not what another person does. Having said this, I did blind buy this based on the notes of mandarin, Jasmine, cedar, cashmere wood, vanilla and bergamot, and I’m glad I did. VERSATILITY: 7/10. This is a relatively inoffensive fragrance, the woody and spicy accords are not harsh.

Preferences

I personaly think that B-612 is extremely underrated. It works perfect in hot weather and in office or work surrounding. Notes are lavander, geranium, cypress, cashmeran, sandalwood, cedar, oakmoss, musk, patchouli and tonka bean. Most prominent ones are sharp lavander, maybe the most natural one I ever smelled then cypress, cedar and patchouli in the dry-down with oakmoss, tonka and sandalwood to soften up the edges. Very high up in my "barbershop" Fougere collection. Very similar to, and right behind in my collection, Penhaligon Sartorial. Fougere D'Argent is closer to Sartorial in scent profile than to its Tom Ford cousin Beau de Jour. Beau de Jour is #1 in my collection, but they are different enough to not be redundant in a collection. D'Argent is closer to a traditional Fougere to me than Beau de Jour, probably with more sweetness than a classical Fougere. Guess they swapped out the traditional Fougere

Fougere d'Argent, as its name implies, is a post-modern fougere, aka a fougere created to immediately spark the idea of what you are smelling is a fougere, just in case 'fougere' being part of the name wasn't clear enough to prepare you for what you are going to smell. In chapter 4 of the world-famous work "The Little Prince" by A. de Saint-Exupéry, the narrator wants to know that the main protagonist is actually from the asteroid B-612. Be-six-douze actually exists, even if under a different name. A fragrance from space. I'm curious... It is a blind buy as 90% of my collection and i was pleasantly surprised given the average grade many reviewers have given this.B-612 reminded me of what niche perfumery generally is to "designer-heads" such as myself; natural, realistic, and creative. This is not sexy. It is not beast mode. It is a simple, high quality fragrance that you catch slight wisps of for 8+ hours that remind you that you are clean and interesting. Omg i love this!! Huuugeee love for me. I think every house should have something wearable, versatile and universally pleasing. Like do you always need a weird crazy smell? My perception of B-612 is more terrestrial than its inspiration. I see it as a very interesting way of bringing a new sensation through the manipulation of a very traditional ingredient such as lavender. And now that the weather is warming up, it's been my addiction for the past two weeks and a very comforting, energizing scent. The core of the fragrance is a combination of lavender with cypress. The lavender is rich and rounded and the cypress is fresh and balsamic, with camphoraceous aspects that come from the synergy of the two materials. It's this synergy that creates a simple magic, a very natural feeling that also seems effortless. B-612 has this freshness that is new, modern and dynamic, while still nodding to classics such as Caron's Pour un Homme, a lavender icon. But while Pour un Homme is more vanillic, B-612 goes deeper into the woody vibe. It suits most occasions and it has a clean, hint of powdery smell. The plum is front and center, rose extremely smooth and ethereal.

Out of all of the suggested reminders up here I would say Gozo from Jeroboam comes closest. Gozo is however more sweet, powdery and floral, a lot less spicy and is void of the urban twist that makes Tempfluo so unique. Gozo is also more feminine in my opinion a lot because of the makeupey powdery ness that you can’t find any of in Tempfluo. Gozo has however believe it or not an even stronger longevity! Perhaps due simply to the labdanum/coumarin pairing, Fougere d'Argent is noticeably sweeter than most fougeres (or even most near-fougeres like Chanel Pour Monsieur), and perhaps that's in the more modern trend of masculine fragrances leaning sweeter. This is branded unisex by virtue of its inclusion in the Private Blend line, but even a deviation from the traditional fougere rings masculine. Nishane as a brand is not for the faint of heart in my opinion. On me this lasts easily 8-12 hours with strong projection and I will still feel it the day after I have used it until I shower. And on clothes until you wash them…The execution is impressive, which should come as no surprise as the scent was created by Cécile Zarokian. The Paris-based perfumer has produced standouts such as Amouage Epic Woman, Jovoy Private Label and Masque Milano Tango, as well as the delightfully powdery Nishane Nanshe. This is another barbershop with lavender and a bit of citrus in the top. The base has wood but I find it dominated by coumarin. In fact, I find the entire composition dominated by heavy coumarin, and that gives it (to my nose) a cheap, designer, mall-scent profile that I can't get past. I view this as Beau du Jour 1.0 - an experiment to make a classic barbershop masculine updated for today's nose. Take the classic profile, jam of a bunch of sweet synth molecule in it, wrap it together, and sell it today's man who came up on Eros and Invictus and the like but is older, has a nicer car, and makes more money. Where BdJ succeeded, TF d'Argent failed, at least somewhat. This isn't a bad scent - it's pleasant enough if you can tolerate that synthetic sweet/vanilla note - but it feels a bit like the first attempt at modernization and they didn't get it right, at least not to me. An East-meets-West oriental, it makes a grand statement from the start with contrasts of powdery honey and violet, the leathery spice of saffron and gourmand-ish fig. After some time, Gardenia, jasmine makes the whole heart floral and soon it mixes with orris which balances the sweetness.