Elizabeth Arden Men Sandalwood EDT

I really like Arden’s Sandalwood, and I love sandalwood, but I can’t say this will appeal to your average sandalwood fan. That’s because the sandalwood in this is not the warm, sweet, milky grade of sandalwood we’re all used to. Instead, the sandalwood here is dry and soapy, and it’s not until a couple of hours into your wearing this that the sandalwood loses its astringency and starts to develop a semi-creamy texture. The drydown is almost all sandalwood, and it is smooth, but it never becomes sweet. The sandalwood is austere, rather than soothing.

However, that’s not a problem for me. I like this scent because it’s a total throwback, old-school fragrance that is representative of its 1950s birth era. For the first hour or two, it has as much lavender as it does sandalwood, and together they create a scent that is at once soapy and powdery. Arden’s sandalwood is the antithesis of hip.

Open minded sandalwood fans would do well to check this out, since it is an atypical presentation of sandalwood. Fans of old-school colognes like English Leather or Kanon, however, are sure to enjoy this.