Some time ago Marlen, one of the moderators on the basenotes forum, dissed my new favorite, Ormonde Jayne Isfahan, in a post on the men’s fragrance board. To provide another viewpoint, he included a copy of my review from this blog in his post. We thought it might be fun to see what else we disagreed about, hence this review of Royal Water, which was released by Creed in 1997 as a tribute to Princess Diana. It features notes of mandarin, bergamot, peppermint, cumin, basil, juniper berry, and musk…
