Gentleman (1974 Original)
Woody Aromatic · 1974 · Paul Leger
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Long
- Reported sillage
- Moderate
- Typical occasion
- Romantic/Evening
- Typical season
- Summer
These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.
Modelled profile
Honeyed leather sits on a bed of patchouli and oakmoss, dry and classically structured. It carries the weight of an older style, earthy and composed, warmth held in check by the moss.
Taste Profile
The Anchor
The Slow Depth
A rich and warm centre of gravity. Change is part of the journey.
Everything around you may shift but this stays constant. The depth here takes time. It opens slowly and rewards patience. Some things get richer the longer you stay.
How Gentleman (1974 Original) smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Gentleman (1974 Original) keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure.
Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.
Gentleman (1974 Original) sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 72nd percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Gentleman (1974 Original) sits mid-range on projection. That is 82nd percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Gentleman (1974 Original) is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 19th percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Gentleman (1974 Original) feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 80th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Gentleman (1974 Original) keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 5th percentile for sweetness across 5,283 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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