No.157 Guilty

No.157 takes on Gucci Guilty Pour Homme, a modern aromatic-woody signature built on citrus, lavender and patchouli. It opens crisp with lemon and lavender, moves into an African orange flower heart, and dries down to patchouli, cedar and vanilla. The core structure lines up well with the original - the lemon-lavender freshness and the warm patchouli-cedar finish are both present and recognisable - but the dupe runs quieter and shorter on skin, with the orange flower heart thinning out faster than Gucci's more rounded transition. Longevity here sits in the moderate range rather than the original's confident all-day projection, so it suits daytime or early-evening wear better than a scent meant to carry into a long night out. For anyone who likes Guilty's fresh-woody direction but doesn't need designer-level throw, this is a workable everyday stand-in that nails the opening and settles into a pleasant, if understated, patchouli-cedar base.