To My Father
To My Father by Vilhelm Parfumerie is an unisex eau de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with ambrette seed, bitter orange and davana, moves into cabreuva, whiskey and birch tar and dries down to aetoxylon, oakwood and leather. Expect around 8 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Ambrette Seed The only natural musk. Pear-like, warm and slightly boozy.
- Bitter Orange Marmalade without the sugar. Sour and slightly medicinal.
- Davana Odd and gorgeous — apricot jam, rum and dried herbs at once.
Heart
- Cabreuva A soft Brazilian wood oil. Gently floral, like fresh-planed timber.
- Whiskey Boozy, oaky, a little smoky. Warmth you can almost taste.
- Birch Tar Smoked, tarry and campfire-like. The classic way to build leather.
Dry-down
- Aetoxylon A rare Indonesian wood with an oud-like depth, but smoother and without the barnyard edge.
- Oakwood Dry, toasty barrel wood. Closer to a whisky cask than a forest.
- Leather Smoky, dry and a bit animal. Can be a new jacket or an old saddle.
Smells like this
- Arquiste No.57
- BORNTOSTANDOUT Smokin' Gun
- Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille Parfum
- d'Annam Japanese Whiskey
- Hermès Barénia Intense
- Atkinsons 1799 24 Old Bond Street
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