Monsieur de Givenchy for men

Scent story

To me this smells like a Parisian gentleman in 1959 — lemon and carnation and cinnamon and pepper opening with old-world charm, and then lavender and lemon verbena in the heart, herbal and refined like a well-kept garden. Sandalwood, musk and oakmoss dry it down into something warm and mossy, like a well-worn tweed jacket that has seen better decades and doesn't care. The house's first men's scent, and it still smells like good manners. The lemon verbena keeps it sparkling and green, like a gin and tonic served on a terrace that overlooks the whole of Paris. Beginner-friendly.

✓ Beginner-friendly