Frederic Malle – French Lover

Hello, cedar! I see you’ve met my friend high-quality incense. I believe somewhere around here there’s some damp earth or the remains of last night’s campfire, but only in the best possible way.

Somehow these all combine into something that’s very nice at best, totally inoffensive at worst. I neither see how anybody could hate nor fall head-over-heels in love with this scent. It’s uniformly very, very good. Nothing synthetic or unbalanced about it, nothing mind-blowing either. I wouldn’t pay hundreds of dollars for a bottle of this, but I’d probably wear it occasionally if it was less than that or if it was gifted to me. It’s definitely nice, a high-quality if somewhat restrained scent. Wear it on a date to the movies, and your date will probably think you smell good for the whole two hours, and never find it overbearing. I wouldn’t wear it to the office, though, it’s maybe a little fancy for that, subdued though it is.