Diptyque Eau Duelle Eau de Parfum is an easy-to-wear, soft, spiced vanilla with a hint of woods. The vanilla is the star here, and it starts off more spiced and woody before drying down to something more powdery and veil-like. It's gauzy, subtle, and intimate with a fairly linear journey, making it...
Penhaligon's The Bewitching Yasmine Eau de Parfum starts with a mix of cardamom, rich vanilla, and coffee with smoky incense and subtle jasmine, which reads spicy, sweet, and nutty. The oud joins the scene and gets amplified throughout the rest of the wear, shining the most about halfway through and...
Profumum Roma Rosae Mundi Eau de Parfum is an ode to tea roses surrounded by woody stalks, fresh green leaves, and rich soil. The rose was the star, merely supported by the other notes, through the majority of the scent's life on my skin, though the drydown was progressively woodier over time.
Xerjoff Uden Eau de Parfum starts off with lightly sweet citrus notes that soon blend with boozy rum, then sandalwood, and finally vanilla and musk. Worth noting, the drydown was musk-heavy, which was a strong shift away from the more citrus-leaning phases prior.
Parfum d'Empire Fougere Bengale Eau de Parfum is a real romp from opening to drydown with an interplay of notes that start as black licorice before quickly morphing to ginger tea, hay, and maple syrup in the opening moments. It gets more honeyed, less gingery and spiced, over time but maintains a...
Profumum Roma Alba Eau de Parfum is a softer gourmand that made me think of lemon-drizzle almond cake but someone went for reduced sugar, because it didn't have a genuine, cake-like sweetness to it; the fragrance was airier, smoother, and creamier. There were light spices that were hard to discern...
Nobile 1942 Fougere Nobile Eau de Parfum has a sharp, peppery citrus and lavender opening that was fresh, spicy, and as crisp as winter air. The lavender gains strength and blended with with soft florals, and as the lavender does so, the whole composition is smoother, more blended, and softer,...
Profumum Roma Sorriso Eau de Parfum is all about the chocolate! It starts off with darker, almost bitter, chocolate paired with sharper orange. The chocolate turned drier, more powdered, then sweeter with creamy vanilla. As the scent developed, the chocolate became milkier, sweeter, and the orange...
Nobile 1942 La Danza delle Libellule Eau de Parfum seems like it would be most suitable to gourmand lovers and those who want their apple so amped up that if it ended up being so intense that it had to be coming from something synthetic, that wouldn't be a deal-breaker. There was no suggestion of...
Profumum Roma Arso Eau de Parfum is heavily smoked woods with a resinous undertone that gets less smoky and smoother, drier, and a little spiced and sweet as the heart unfolded. Initially, the pine was the most dominant wood but then dry cedar met it and harmonized as a duo of woods. The smoke...
