Spanish Leather
Truefitt & Hill (1830)

This is an excellent fragrance and I believe far and away the best from Truefitt. Firstly, I think it has significant natural components which make it warm, friendly and comfortable. It doesn’t have unitary-eternal-shower-proof chemical endurance like eg Grafton (which smells great but never changes) but instead develops naturally as a fragrance should through layers of integrated goodness.
It’s not meant to smell like leather itself, but the perfume that was used to scent leather in Spain. I can’t attest to the accuracy of that - but this smells of spice and citrus up front, with a big woody/cedar and patchouli with some geranium, softened with resinous notes, musk and vanilla underneath. The overall accord is an excellent fougere. Robust yet soft and elegant.
I’m a big fan.

Best on the market as far as my nostrils go.
"Reminds me of a stronger Sex Appeal" ha ha, thats a good start.
Fresh leather with hints of citrus and base notes of cedar, a long lasting scent that always seems to get raised eyebrows and compliments where-ever I wear it. Lasts up to 5-6 hours, quite strong to begin with, but a good eye - opener on the lazy tube trip to work.

Reminds me of a stronger Sex Appeal

Another member I know proclaimed this stuff to be completely devoid of leather, and I see what he meant in the sense of how soapy and sweet it is. The very top notes are surpsingly dry and citrusy, with spices way down underneath as in Trafalgar. The lavender comes out in front, so as usual I feel like I need to wait it out, but it doesn't take long for a sweet resinous leather/soap to emerge, with spices similar to those in Bel Ami but not as overdone. It does get sweeter and soapier into the mid notes, and less truly leathery, but for those of you like me who hate things as nightmarishly sweet and floral as Creed Royal English Leather, it's not nearly that strong. Still, a little bit of the bubblegum note from REL is in here, and it gives a slight candy vibe which I could do without. There's a lot of vanilla in the base as well, which doesn't help. This fragrance is trying to wear many hats, and not entirely succeeding with all of them. I think it's trying to have more leather content than Trumper's ill-named Spanish Leather, but it doesn't quite know how to do it. Ultimately, I still like it because the end result of this failed multitasking is a very creamy wood fragrance, close to Davidoff's Zino, but you have to be careful with it because it's so sweet.

A spicy and sweet opening that quickly develops into a castile soap smell. This becomes more pronounced as the scent develops with some underlying musk present. Way too soapy for me and I detect absolutely no leather. I much prefer GFT version as at least there is some leather undertones in that and it smells more like saddle soap.

Spanish Leather = a light Kouros Fraicheur.Wears close to the skin like an after-shave. Doesn't last long, which is typical for Truefitt & Hill fragrances.Why settle for this when there's so much better out there?