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Davidoff Adventure, L'Artisan Fleur d'Oranger 2007 ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 23 October 2007 31 Comments

Davidoff Adventure cologne for menDavidoff will introduce a new fragrance for men, Davidoff Adventure, next February. The ad campaign will feature actor Ewan McGregor:

“The fragrance is about what I’m about,” said McGregor. “My greatest passion is motorcycling, which I see as a huge adventure. This fragrance appeals to people’s sense of adventure, and I am very flattered to be associated with it.”

Davidoff Adventure is a "fresh, woody and spicy" scent, and was developed by perfumer Antoine Lie. The notes include mandarin, lemon, bergamot, black sesame, pimento, cedar, vetiver and white musk. It will be available in 50 and 100 ml Eau de Toilette and in matching grooming products. (quotes via cosmeticsint.co.uk, additional information via prnewswire)

Update: more eye candy, for those of you who are so inclined...

Ewan McGregor for Davidoff Adventure fragrance

And a few additional notes for Davidoff Adventure ~ maté leaves, black pepper, cardamom. Davidoff expects Adventure to "become a second pillar for the brand behind its consistent top-five global line brand Cool Water", but we won't see it in the US until fall 2008. (via cosmeticnews)

Update: see a review of Davidoff Adventure.

L'Artisan Parfumeur Fleur d'Oranger perfume 2007L'Artisan has launched Fleur d'Oranger 2007, a new fragrance in their vintage harvest series (see also: Iris Pallida 2007). Fleur d'Oranger 2007 is a new variation on the 2005 Fleur d'Oranger, and like that scent, was developed by perfumer Anne Flipo.

L'Artisan Fleur d'Oranger is a limited edition, and the 100 ml bottle is $295. It is available now at luckyscent.

Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: anne flipo, antoine lie, celebrity perfumes, davidoff, ewan mcgregor, harvest, lartisan parfumeur, limited edition

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  1. Anonymous says:
    23 October 2007 at 11:00 am

    Heh, does it make me a total hypocrite when all the female actresses pushing fragrance annoy me – but I would be happy to buy *anything* he wants to sell? Do I care? LOL!

    Just got my samples from L'Artisan yesterday, I think I'll stay away from falling in love with bottles that are $300 for now. I was surprised you haven't reviewed some of the ones I have, but then again they have a crazy number of scents!

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  2. Anonymous says:
    23 October 2007 at 11:15 am

    It is completely true — there are many male actors who I think could sell *any* women's fragrance. Too bad Davidoff Adventure is for men!

    We've reviewed tons of L'Artisans, but we may never catch up…

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  3. Anonymous says:
    23 October 2007 at 12:30 pm

    Aw, he's so cute. I surrender to the marketing.

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  4. Anonymous says:
    23 October 2007 at 1:09 pm

    That was easy ;-)

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  5. Anonymous says:
    23 October 2007 at 2:37 pm

    Oh lord, now you've got me making a mental list of the actors who could say 'buy this perfume and I'll drop at your feet' and have me reaching for my wallet immediately.

    Lovely Euan is definitely one of them, bless him. Even after 'that' toilet scene in Trainspotting. (Feel free to make your own gags about EDTs…)

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  6. Anonymous says:
    23 October 2007 at 6:36 pm

    I, too, surrender to the marketing. Must be a little of that Obi Wan mojo at work….

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  7. Anonymous says:
    23 October 2007 at 7:13 pm

    For a perfume called Adventure, he's sitting so creepily still.

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  8. Anonymous says:
    23 October 2007 at 8:25 pm

    LOL — true! Perhaps we'll get more action in the TV spot, assuming there is one :-)

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  9. Anonymous says:
    23 October 2007 at 8:27 pm

    LOL — give that man a light saber, and he'll sell even more :-)

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  10. Anonymous says:
    24 October 2007 at 6:49 am

    Very clever marketing by Davidoff. I wouldn't have looked twice at it had the lovely EM not been associated. The girl who did my colour at the weekend used to work in films/tv and she's done his hair/make up and said he was just the nicest guy. Nothing flashy – just really nice. Sigh. He's playing Iago at the Donmar soon – might have to slide along for a viewing..

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  11. Anonymous says:
    24 October 2007 at 11:45 am

    How nice — hope you will get to see him!

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  12. Anonymous says:
    24 October 2007 at 12:53 pm

    I agree. It would be so much more effective to reverse the roles. Witness all the swooning we're doing over this ad campaign for something that isn't even targeted towards women, versus all the snarkiness we engage in when discussing Brit or Paris…

    Ewan McG sounds like a class act. I have to admit I'll be looking for this next Feb. Too bad they won't be releasing it for the holidays.

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  13. Anonymous says:
    24 October 2007 at 4:05 pm

    Exactly! Although I can think of some male celebs that would have me rolling my eyes, of course ;-)

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  14. Anonymous says:
    24 October 2007 at 10:20 pm

    The notes on the Davidoff sound near perfect to me.

    I will wait and see how the black sesame plays out against the rest, but if you exchange the black sesame for “linden” or “violet leaves” or well.. BOTH.. there you have my dream scent!

    I agree that ewan is a good case for celebrity endorsement.

    It's the same thing as when I heard that Cindy Crawford used Phytotheratrie products for her hair… If it made that mane glow like that… It sure was good enough for me to buy!!!.

    p.s.: I had my ewanfatuation back on the trainspotting days, or back in the “shallow grave” era, so now I am free from his Jedi Mind Tricks! :-) Just a cool dude to me. hehehe.

    Plus when he smiles with his saxon teeth, he reminds me of Jabberjaw!!! (the cartoon)

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  15. Anonymous says:
    25 October 2007 at 9:21 am

    I don't know what black sesame smells like, although I've cooked with them, back when I used to cook. Ah well.

    I am realizing after reading all these comments that EM is way more popular than I thought! Just checked his filmography and realized that Star Wars is about all I've seen — guess I need to rent a few movies!

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  16. Anonymous says:
    25 October 2007 at 2:43 pm

    I wondered about the sesame too. I had black sesame on sushi rolls the other day, they taste the same as white to me. Dark sesame oil has such a rich scent, and at least it's something different!

    Rent Big Fish or Moulin Rouge (Trainspotting is just damned disturbing). :)

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  17. Anonymous says:
    25 October 2007 at 8:46 pm

    Hmm, Ewan's a charmer, but this all makes me wonder how you any of you felt about Clive Owen hawking Hypnôse Homme; the marketing materials made him look pretty darn good (we should all have such skilled portrait photographers immortalizing us…).

    I'm actually becoming more and more smitten with Hypnôse Homme — keep spritzing myself every time I walk through a department store and may succumb to buying a bottle. I find it unique and I'm really not sure if I love it or loathe it (always a good sign), and definitely not the typical men's fresh marine scent.

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  18. Anonymous says:
    26 October 2007 at 9:20 am

    Sesame oil — that is a lovely scent. And thanks for the movie recs — will check Netflix!

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  19. Anonymous says:
    26 October 2007 at 9:23 am

    I need to give HH a good try. Don't like the women's version so didn't give much attention to the men's.

    But Clive Owen got a few comments as well:

    http://tinyurl.com/28pkd5

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  20. Anonymous says:
    26 October 2007 at 11:36 am

    Ah… so I see everyone already got hot and bothered over Clive. Not sure if HH has any similarity to the women's (do they ever?), but as I said, there's something about it. It's summarized as an “amber lavender,” but it really doesn't scream lavender to my nose at all. I'm trying to train myself to fully understand the concept of “amber” (I still feel like a major neophyte), but if that's what the dominant note is, it's certainly something I find very compelling and hard to describe but also a bit difficult to love in the way that I love citrus, green, or wood notes. Do try to snare a sample.

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  21. Anonymous says:
    26 October 2007 at 7:54 pm

    Ah, well — amber lavender. Maybe that is why I don't even remember it, those aren't my favorite notes! But will give it another shake.

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  22. Anonymous says:
    29 January 2008 at 7:45 pm

    If Ewan bottled cat pee and wanted to sell it to me, I'd buy it. Come what may…

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  23. Anonymous says:
    30 January 2008 at 10:05 am

    LOL!

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  24. Anonymous says:
    16 February 2008 at 9:43 am

    hey people i'm really looking forward like crazy for the song of the ad,im dying for this song , i cant find it nowhere,its so cool, it will be great if someone there knows the name of the song and can help me pleazzzzzzzzz, thnks
    cheers

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  25. Anonymous says:
    16 February 2008 at 11:49 am

    Sorry, no idea!

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  26. Anonymous says:
    6 March 2008 at 6:57 am

    Very unhappy with this one. It does smell good, if you can smell it. It is very weak! Adventurous? yes, there is a bit of momentum and fast paced-ness coming through, but it was just to weak to elicit a heart beat from me. One of the notes (not sure which) quickly drove me to reach for my bottle of Dunhill Pursuit…now that was done right: manly adventure!

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  27. Anonymous says:
    6 March 2008 at 10:13 am

    Haven't smelled it yet, thanks for the input!

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  28. Anonymous says:
    1 June 2008 at 11:38 pm

    hullo! just smelled this one! did anyone else get a promo in their country, free Binoculars with purchase of 120g EDT Adventure!?hahaha what great marketing

    this is such a boring fragrance, typical men's style with a whack of coconut. it's nice. but as usual, a safe scent to plaster a celebrity face on. he is hot tho :)

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  29. Anonymous says:
    2 June 2008 at 10:20 am

    I still haven't seen it, but I also haven't been to the mall in weeks…must get to the stores. Sorry to hear it's dull!

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  30. Anonymous says:
    17 June 2008 at 1:31 pm

    Ewan looks like a chastised child in the ad copy.

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  31. Anonymous says:
    17 June 2008 at 10:17 pm

    LOL!

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