Yuzu Fou • Parfum d'Empire

I've been wearing this for a week now and the dry-down is what keeps pulling me back—the cedar and musk settle into something warm that lasts through my whole workday. The mint adds a cool edge to the citrus that I didn't expect from a summer fragrance. Glad I took a chance on a 2008 release.

The opening burst of kumquat and verbena is incredibly refreshing, and the cedar-musk dry-down gives it surprising depth for a citrus. I keep catching whiffs of it hours later and smiling.

The bamboo and cedar dry-down keeps this from being just another fleeting citrus cologne—it lasts a solid six hours on my skin. I wish the mint came through a bit stronger, but the neroli and musk balance is lovely for warm days.