Cotswold 2021

Cotswold by Pineward
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7.6 / 10 82 Ratings
According to EssenceVitae Research Team A popular perfume by Pineward for women and men, released in 2021. Furthermore The scent is smoky-woody. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Fragrance Notes

SmokeSmoke Oak woodOak wood Ponderosa pine needle CedarCedar VanillaVanilla

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7.682 Ratings
Longevity
8.473 Ratings
Sillage
7.475 Ratings
Bottle
7.655 Ratings
Value for money
7.227 Ratings
Submitted by Chizza, last update on 04.05.2024.

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Chizza

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Top Review 41  
Forests covered with smoke patina
Klausi Kotzwald moved to England a few years ago and since no one could pronounce his name, they called him Cotswold. Anyway, every few years he travelled back to his home in Aicha vorm Wald in Bavaria to visit his now elderly parents. Now he sat handcuffed in a police van. The parents both murdered. The bloody knife was covered with Klausi's DNA. Next to him a still perplexed inspector Wensker. Accompanied by the two buffoons Schubert and Haller, who scalded each other's crotch today in the local bakery when they poured vice versa very hot coffee into each other's loins as a joke. Wensker now had to find out the truth before Polli Polumna from the local cheese paper opened up and the news spread through the village. But what was that smell, anyway? Later this smell then stylised into a scent would be called Cotswold but let's stay in the here and now.

"Ok, Mr. Kotzwald....what smells so good here, like burnt wood with vanilla? And also, did you kill your parents? Brought them over the Jordan? Knifed them?"
"What do you think you're doing? Of course no! I was baking. I had already scraped out the vanilla. Suddenly my oak board was on fire and that smoke, I must have ingested it."
"Smells really good. Ok but let's get to the 50 knife stabs."
"Slipped while scraping out a vanilla bean, that was an accident."
"Fifty times?"
"What can I say? I'm a bit of a klutz."
With that, Klausi Kotzwald laughed mischievously.
"Ok...don't you think you kind of smell like singed pine needles too?"
"Oh, that's because I use them to garnish my roasted meats, I kind of like the roasted flavors."

Wensker stood up wordlessly and gathered His thoughts. Could such a thug really have accidentally committed this act? Just like that, out of the blue? He smelled good, granted. That melange of smoky wood, the little addition of vanilla that made the scent seem aromatic. The man smelled like a wooden hut, years old, always very well maintained but still not hiding the age. Madness! But he digressed. It was about the murder, after all. What would Kojak do now? Or Inspector Drebin? Bingo! "Mr. Wensker?"
Wensker was snapped out of his thoughts. "Yes please?"
"Take a look at this."
The men stared at the screen and actually saw Klausi Cotswold accidentally slip permanently and apparently it ran in the family. The parents were constantly shooting themselves in the knife again like in a bad clown show.

"Should we release him?"
"No. He has to stay a little longer because of his scent."
So Wensker noted to himself the mellowing of the scent. The slight withdrawal of smoke to allow room for green sprinkles. The vanilla, which almost offered the little too much, but then always walked on the border, but did not cross it. Or on the knife's edge, as Wensker jokingly thought. An aromatic ride, in which the forest was clearly visible, but at the same time not because of the smouldering fire. It wasn't burning, it was smoking. The cones and needles took on a dirty patina of smoke. Beautiful, he thought. He was going to ask Wool if he could create something for perfume. And they'd call it Cotswold. Everyone would think of the English countryside, but no one of Klausi Kotzwald. Ingenious, Wensker thought.
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Gschpusi

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Top Review 18  
The heart of the forest
Cotswold, also known as the heart of England.
A wildly romantic area with green hills and dreamlike backdrops.
Braveheart, Pride and Prejudice, James Bond and even parts of Harry Potter were filmed there.
An island with beautiful stone houses, vast landscapes, small inns and a few tea rooms. The Cotswolds became wealthy through the wool trade and there is even a breed of sheep called the "Cotswolds Lion" because the lush wool looks like a lion's mane. The landscape itself is green and hilly and wild flax grows here. Small streams and rivers run through the landscape. Yes, you start dreaming. A place where you can come to rest and switch off.
But what does this have to do with the Cotswold fragrance? Nothing really. At least it doesn't make sense to me. The fragrance has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with the place. It's actually SO ONE fragrance for me again. Magical, wild, just for witches.
A fragrance that also radiates tranquillity if you let yourself in for it.
Smoke, resin, conifers and vanilla.
Smoke that flows through the woods like fog on a cold night. Dark, light, quiet and then dark again like a barely smouldering piece of wood. Resin that slowly trickles, no, rather glides, from the sturdy trunk of a tree and is coated in smoke. Conifers that give you protection from the cold, the heat, the outside world. Vanilla that doesn't let you disappear completely into the darkness. Not too sweet. Like little cones that burst open and spread their seeds through the forest. I love this kind of scent. Not so much as a perfume, but more as a scent that you dab on to ground yourself, sort out your thoughts and take a little distance from the hustle and bustle of the world. Ah, ok, now that I'm writing this, I realize. THAT is what the Cotswold scent has in common with the island. You can come to rest. It's like yoga for the nose.
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MartTobacco

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MartTobacco
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Semi-sweet and semi-smoky. Well balanced.
Cotswold IMO is a good entry fragrance to the darkest of the line, including Murkwood, Brokilan, Fanghorn II or Eldritch. Not that dark as the ones mentioned, but gives you a nice overview what darker Pineward are about.

Cotswold to me is spicy, a little bit sweet and smoky. It has conifers that you can detect in other scents from the line, but it's also got ponderosa, I think it's Nick's experiment with that note and led to creation of a perfume called Ponderosa.

Longevity is around 9-10 hours, sillage is quite good.

In general: semi-sweet and semi-smoky. Well balanced.
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Zuc84

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Zuc84
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cotswold
particular perfume, my partner hates it I like it, animalic opening on my skin, after 10 minutes it disappears and I feel licorice, smoky resin, it has a good duration and also an excellent persistence, not for everyone :D
Notes: cedar, smoke, oakwood, ponderosa pine needles, vanilla.

A rough-hewn cabin nestled deep within the woods; cedar logs ablaze in the hearth and a hot mug against the weather.
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Landshark321

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Landshark321
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Sweet, smoky, resinous, dense - apt for cooler weather
Sampling Pineward Cotswold, a smoky, sweet, resinous mix featuring cedar, vanilla, oak, and pine, noticeably less green and fresh than Boreal, and with less pine than Bindebole, and without the apple of Apple Tabac. It’s a layered yet straightforward blend that really works for the cooler weather and strikes me as a staple, agreeable offering for fans of natural, dense blends like this, midway between and spicy while being dark and resinous throughout, the resin itself being unclear but not giving me a distinct vibe of, say, myrrh or olibanum.

Some immediate comparisons that come to mind, while not remotely replicas, are, with their more distinguishing notes in parentheses: Kerosene Broken Theories (tobacco), Slumberhouse Ore (pepper), and Imaginary Authors Memoirs of a Trespasser (myrrh), as each has a vaguely similar arrangement of vanilla/woods/resins while having a notably distinct aspect/note of its own. Cotswold is more agreeable and central than any of the others, so it’s an easy recommendation to try even if it is less boundary-pushing than the comparisons.

Overall, I love Cotswold, and it hits the mark, even if I feel like I’ve smelled it before somewhat in other fragrances. Performance is great, and the pricing is the same as the rest of the line, at $135/80 for 37/17ml.

I could see this being a crowd favorite of the line, particularly for those looking for something less pine-centric.

8 out of 10
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EnomisCVDEnomisCVD 1 year ago
A nice dense, woody vanilla.
Slightly fermented and smoky, with slightly green aspects.
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MartTobaccoMartTobacco 1 year ago
Semi-sweet and semi-smoky. Well balanced.
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BoBoChampBoBoChamp 2 years ago
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A warm and cozy spicy-woody Winter fragrance, with an intense and boozy, smoky green-woody opening. Definitely oak-forward and masculine.
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