Notes: immortelle (helichrysum), cinnamon, vanilla, sandalwoodMarketed as a man's scent, Sables is both sweet and woodsy, with an overall quality like honeyed tobacco. But the star of this show is the immortelle, a note that has been compared to maple syrup. I completely get the maple, but to my nose, it's far too dry (almost but not quite powdery) to be syrup. It makes me think of something I tasted in my childhood, something that I am remembering as a flat circular wafer-type thing. I can't recall if it was a candy or not; perhaps it was some sort of vitamin supplement? Regardless of my weird memories, immortelle is more like maple sugar candy than syrup.
In the drydown, I can smell the cinnamon more and my thoughts turn to crunchy cinnamon sugar-topped pastries (ok, I think about food a lot).
I can also see how Sables is a fragrance for men, but I'd say it's a fine gourmand-type scent for women as well. It would be particularly lovely worn in the fall, when the air is crisp and the leaves turn red and gold.
