Ted Lapidus
Ted Lapidus
75 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The bergamot-lavender-mint combination opens with citrus brightness and herbal snap, immediately suggesting something clean and business-like. The mint adds a peppy quality, though it feels applied rather than organic.
Within minutes, the lily of the valley blooms with soft, almost soapy sweetness, accompanied by vanilla that softens everything into powdery compliance. The cedarwood attempts to anchor proceedings with dryness, but it's immediately overpowered by the floral's sugary embrace.
By the fourth hour, what little sillage remains has vanished entirely, leaving only a faint musky sweetness that clings desperately to the skin before evaporating into complete absence within six to eight hours.
Ted Lapidus' 2003 composition is a curious artefact of early-2000s masculine perfumery—a fragrance that reaches for sophistication but never quite achieves liftoff. Maurice Roucel has constructed something fundamentally soft-focused here, a powdery floral that feels more like a whisper than a statement.
The opening salvo of bergamot, lavender, and mint promises briskness, but the lily of the valley that emerges in the heart immediately domesticates proceedings. This is where the fragrance reveals its true nature: a delicate, almost feminine sweetness anchored by vanilla and cedarwood. The interplay between the floral and woody accords (88% and 64% respectively) should create tension, yet instead they blend into something pleasantly forgettable—like standing in a chemist's aisle on a Tuesday afternoon. The vanilla rounds every edge; the cedarwood never asserts itself with real warmth or spice.
Add fragrances to your collection and unlock your personalised scent DNA, note map, and shareable identity card.
3.6/5 (82)