Its heart notes are organised around an extract of lavender, an all-important essence in men’s fine fragrance.

If you choose to send this piece as a gift, you have the option to include a note with a personal message. As if on a foggy morning with hoarfrost on the branches and grasses, "L'Insoumis" smells like a walk through a quiet suburb. For me, it will be hard to get rid of my bottle, simply because I love Lalique's bottle designs/quality.The heart reveals other main fougère notes, the aromatic Lavender and Salvia Sclarea accord, which is invigorated with a spicy yet powdery Black Pepper. Albeit I wore L'Insoumis in this middle winter working day, a typical foggy and cold Northern Italy weather, and it performs very well, I have to admit that I slightly prefer wearing fougére scents during the fall season.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. For a charismatic, elegant, authentic and modern-day adventurer, who doesn’t follow trends: he creates them. The whole thing is then carefully sliced and chopped up in a good mood and prepared with vinegar and oil, or grated on a greased chicken breast, or even vegetarian zucchini cut into slices, onions added, a dash of white Burgundy or Veltliner added to the pot and then slightly steamed. The sprayer is extraordinary, a broad and deep spray with micro drops that fall on your skin like a steam's cloud. Yet the Mirto effect is hindering in the background, not overstanding the heart's notes, rather sustaining them.Lalique reinvents the most masculine of fragrance families: the Fougeres, which blend Aromatic freshness with the subtle potency of Ambery Woods. A wooden chopping board with a mountain of freshly picked kitchen herbs from the lovingly planted garden on it. The French born brand Lalique evokes the brilliance of jewellery, the wonder of transparency and the brilliance of crystal. I've had this on for about 10 minutes and already it's clear that I have about as much understanding of this linear, phoned-in scent as I need. Freshly sprouting ferns and grasses, the fireplace, which produces a smoky woody scent, is only fired on very cool evenings.