11 community ratings

High Desert

Name: High Desert
Brand: Boyd's

2017Unisex

6.8/ 10

Community score
11 ratings

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Boyd's High Desert is a unisex scent that sets the brightness of coriander and Texan grapefruit against a smoky, resinous base of vetiver, birch tar and labdanum.

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How does it perform?

From 14 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

6.7 /10

Keeps you company for a few hours, a quick refresh fits nicely.

Sillage

7.2 /10

People close to you notice, nobody gets overwhelmed.

Bottle

7.0 /10

Sits nicely on a shelf.

Blind buy risk

Medium risk

64% of votes are positive, the rest are more reserved.

Notes

They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.

Top notesfirst 15 minutes

Coriander

Texan grapefruit

Heart notesfirst few hours

Cedar

Herbs

Base noteswhat stays into the evening

Vetiver Birch tar Labdanum

Canary Islands juniper

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Citrus
Green
Spicy
Woody
Resinous
Earthy
Smoky

What does High Desert smell like?

Its longevity is rated moderate and its sillage good, and nearly half of those who rated longevity find it strong. Season and occasion votes are too thin to point to a particular time of year, but it reads as neither strictly masculine nor feminine.

It opens with coriander and grapefruit, citrusy, green and spicy. In the heart, cedar and herbs add a woody, green note. The base of vetiver, birch tar, labdanum and Canary Islands juniper dries down earthy, smoky and resinous.