This brought to you by the letter R, for reading, 'riting, and ranting

Before I tell you about a perfume I've smelled recently, I'm going to rant at you for a minute about K-12 language arts instruction in the U.S.

( to read makes our speaking English good )

To cleanse our palates, I will now share with you what I think of Robert Piquet Bandit. Fragrantica says, Bandit is a classic "chypre" with dark animal notes and aggressive leather accord. It also lists smoke, white flowers, and vetiver as notes. I have written in my notebook that an unidentified website (probably the Robert Piquet site, which is down right now so I can't check) elaborates on the floral notes, listing neroli, orange, ylang ylang, jasmine, and tuberose.

I think aggressive is a very good word for this perfume. It's too much for me. It smells exactly like cigarette smoke and strong leather. It's green; I get the vetiver with a kind of mentholated zing behind it. I also detect a hint of gasoline (why do so many things smell like gasoline to me? *wails* Like, really and truly, just like gasoline), and the flowers are so faint, they're barely detectable to me.

I'm glad I smelled this, but it's not for me. :)

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