A sheer beauty, Annick Goutal was a pianist and a renowned model. Her intriguing essence for powerful scents and fragrances played a major role in her business attics and helped her to launch a Parisian line of fragrances, soaps and bathing oils. The label achieved success in a very short span of time, with celebrity following including Madonna, Leonardo Dicaprio, Michael Douglas and admirably more. The label’s first fragrance was launched in the year 1980. The brand’s perfumes are eminently prominent not only because of their fragrances but also for its varying and unusually beautiful packaging. After Annick’s demise in 1999, her daughter Camille continued the work in collaboration with Isabelle Doyen and launched successful perfumes dedicating her mother.
Here are some top recommendations from this fragrance line for Men:
Bois d’Hadrien
It is a woody aromatic fragrance called “Bois d’ Hadrien” by Annick Goutal. One can experience a citrusy woody aroma with pine essence composed with it. The scent is warm, esthetic and settling on one’s skin. The incense present in the fragrance has a very strong and powerful base. The perfume is more likely to be a summer fragrance. The scent smells like, unwrapping Italian scented vintage candles. The opening of the perfume is with a grassy green accord which then settles to the dry down of a spicy layer on menthol. The scent has a zesty, shocking and yet a pleasant aroma on the skin.
Fragrance Notes : Pine, Cypress, Fir, Ivy, Lime, Spicy Notes and Woody Notes
Classification : Woody Aromatic
Classification : Woody Aromatic
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Eau de Monsieur
The perfume “Eau de Monsieur” was launched by Annick Goutal in the year 2013. The fragrance belongs to the family of Citrus Aromatic. This refreshing fragrance opens with bright and appealing fresh lemons. It then blends with the spicy and musky notes but the citrusy flavor is still constant in the background. The floral, sandalwood and mint notes together blend as the base of the fragrance. The perfume can be used as an excuse in the bright sunny days of summer. It can also be considered as an old school classic fragrance.
Top Notes : Bergamot, Mint and Mandarin Orange
Middle Notes : Geranium
Base Notes : Sandalwood and Patchouli
Classification : Citrus Aromatic
Middle Notes : Geranium
Base Notes : Sandalwood and Patchouli
Classification : Citrus Aromatic
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Duel
“Duel” is another successful fragrance from the line of Woody Aromatic from the house of Goutal. The perfume is a dry summer cologne with a refined, subtle and yet appealing fragrance. It is a unique blend of fresh spicy, woody, leather and herbal accords. The top notes include petitgrain and holly which then blend with the heart notes of Artemisia and Orris Root. The first sniff of the perfume is a mixture of green tea with fresh cut lemon in it. The dry down includes the beautiful white musk with leather, keeping the scent soothing and warm.
Top Notes : Petitgrain and Holly
Middle Notes : Artemisia and Orris Root
Base Notes : Musk, Guaiac Wood and Leather
Classification : Woody Aromatic
Middle Notes : Artemisia and Orris Root
Base Notes : Musk, Guaiac Wood and Leather
Classification : Woody Aromatic
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Eau du Fier
It’s a mechanical scent from the house of Goutal. The name refers to “Fire Water”. It has a magnified aroma of green, smoky, woody complex notes. As the name offers it has a fiery effect on the skin, it comes with a gasoline, rubber tires smell. The scent consist the opening notes of Mint and Bitter Orange. The heart travels us to the spices, with tea, salt and cloves. The birch base is an amazing dry down to the fragrance. Indeed a delightful, warm touching scent for a man.
Top Notes : Mint and Bitter Orange
Middle Notes : Tea, Clove, Salt and Osmanthus
Base Notes : Birch
Classification : Woody Spicy
Middle Notes : Tea, Clove, Salt and Osmanthus
Base Notes : Birch
Classification : Woody Spicy
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Eau d’ Hadrien
“Eau d’ Hadrien” is an ultimate classic from the label Annick Goutal. This perfume was launched in the year 1980. The perfumers behind this beauty are Annick Goutal and Francis Camail. The scent opens with an essence of fresh cut lemon. It’s a classic and elegant combination of lemon with citrusy fruits together, feels like a warm sunny summer breeze. The fragrance notes include Ylang Ylang, Mandarin Orange, Grape fruit and different lemon essences.
Fragrance Notes : Cypress, Citron, Grape fruit, Mandarin Orange, Ylang Ylang, Lemon and Sicilian Lemon
Classification : Citrus Aromatic
Classification : Citrus Aromatic
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