Champs de Provence
Eight & Bob (2017)

This has a very pleasant citrus opening, heavy on the bergamot, bright and winsome, with an effervescence that extends into the heart with orange blossom. The florals are quite lovely further in, and it is all rendered more musky in the dry down.

Well done, but I do have more than my share of floral citrus lovelies that satisfy me in my life. Great stuff though, and I imagine this would be a delight to wear on humid summer days.

Eight & Bob Champs de Provence is a light, fruity, floral, musky mix that immediately seems to be a similar category to Memoires de Mustique but distinguishes itself more so for its varied fruitiness and champagne-like brightness and effervescence. In that respect, it's fresh, fairly agreeable, and apt for warm weather wearing.

It's rather linear to me, unlike some of the house's other offerings. A fun opening of bergamot, pear, and orange gives way to a dry down of jasmine, musk, and ambroxan ever so slightly but it's pretty consistent throughout. I still get much of the top notes after several hours of wearing, albeit close to the skin. I don't get much rose and am not familiar with maté tea.

While being a little more interesting than Memoires, Champs is a little too safe, too under-performing to warrant the standard Eight & Bob price tag of $175 for 100ml. It's also fair to note that it's less replaceable than Memoires, as well. I'd love it at a lower price point but might only consider a travel size at this rate.

7 out of 10

I'm a huge neroli fan, and this fragrance is simply bad. It smells very nice and similar to Neroli Portofino - for about 3 minutes. Then it smells like some strange rotting orange peel. Didn't like it at all.

3/5