Picture yourself enjoying the day outdoors as you wear the scent of Duc de Vervins, an eau de toilette spray for men by Houbigant. Launched in 1985 from the centuries-old French fragrance house of Houbigant, this classic masculine scent brings to mind a leathery aroma. Elegant, tart bergamot and soothing lavender help open this fragrance composition and introduce the heart featuring sweet nutmeg and pungent, pine-like rosemary. Dark, earthy, woody patchouli melds with other base notes to close this rich scent.

An enduring testament to the House of Houbigant’s prescient, ingenious master perfumers, Duc de Vervins commemorates the northern French city where in-house fragrances had been manufactured at the moment of its creation in 1985. Worldly-wise, urbane, sophisticated and mannered, the noble scent recalls illustrious, indomitable, well-tailored, cosmopolitan men. Magnetic and charming, it speaks of industrious, modern individualists who cultivate the finer things in life, and handle all facets of existence with assurance, wit and strength. Presented in a fresh, green frosted glass flacon, its burnished, gold cap and gilded edging affect a strikingly-rich, masculine aesthetic. The folding-carton packaging of heavy paper carries deeply-embossed gold lines that allude to the precious fragrance’s noble origins. The Extrême version enhances pure olfactory essences in higher concentrations than the Eau de Toilette, which ensures longer-lasting wear and an amplified presence.