SOTD: Ormonde Jayne Isfarkand · Brotherhood Of Scent

SOTD: Ormonde Jayne Isfarkand

Well guys, my search for a classic year-round versatile scent led me down a rabbit hole and I stumbled on a pretty interesting scent that I’ve really been enjoying while test wearing: Ormonde Jayne Isfarkand.

We have a niche boutique here in Seattle and I was perusing their shelves, just going down the Ormonde Jayne line sniffing potential candidates until I picked one up and was like whoa, what is this???

Isfarkand has a really unusual yet appealing scent profile for me. It has a bit of a citrusy open but kind of launches straight into this extremely smooth, woody mildly peppery and mossy vibe that is just savoury and delicious to me. It’s pretty linear and projection is very soft and limited; I get maybe 2 hours of half foot projection and maybe 4 more of just above the skin. But it’s really pleasant and I’m really enjoying wearing it. Apparently the founder of Ormonde Jayne created it to be a signature scent for her husband - it is definitely a masculine versatile scent that can be worn year round.

Jomashop has an 85ml bottle for $130 — by no means cheap, but feels like a good deal for a high quality, well blended and unique fragrance. I think this is full bottle worthy in a large collection, I just need to figure out if it fits in mine or if there’s something else I should get instead. I feel like Santal 33 or maybe Byredo Gypsy Water could be contenders with a similar woody versatile vibe, although I think I like this one more.

Has anyone tried this one? What do you think?

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