Oxygène Homme by Lanvin

A pleasant opening where a nice citrus is combined with juniper berry, the latter being equally pleasant. Then cypress and a gently restrained coriander arrive in the drydown accompanied by a cool and salty sea breeze impression, but apart from  touches of white pepper a bit later and a whiff of a light musky basenote - white musks that it -  there is only limited development on my skin.  At times the initial citrus phase it reminds me of L'Eau d'Issey.

Good silage and projection for the first couple of hours, but then it collapses and remains very close to my skin, only be be perceived by very close sniffing for another seven hours. A total longevity of nine hours is tremendous for such a summery aquatic scent indeed. Overall, however, fairly standard and a tad unexciting and generic.

Launched 2001 and now discontinued. 

2.75/5