Francesca Bianchi Extrait de Parfum opens with a darker, dirtier patchouli that is joined with plush leather, dry woods, and cinnamon that later find themselves running over a musky, somewhat animalic note. There is also a powdery element that made the patchouli seem dusty at times. The drydown is...
Xerjoff More Than Words Eau de Parfum is primarily a sweet, jammy rose and moderately animalic oud fragrance. The composition sweetens with resinous notes and lightly spiced woody notes in the middle and drydown phases, but it was a fairly linear progression overall, so if you like the first hour,...
Xerjoff Cruz del Sur II Eau de Parfum is a mix of tropical fruits with a greener apple that often dominated for the first hour but the pineapple and mango, along with musk and floral aspects, were the stars from there. The base was musky, slightly woody, and it wasn't until the drydown that it was...
Slumberhouse Mond Extrait de Parfum is warm, dark apple cider with a generous spoonful of warm, wintery spices sweetened with honey and poured over smoky, aromatic woods. It was a fragrance that developed and shifted throughout the first several hours of wear, though perhaps less dramatically...
Slumberhouse Fjerne Extrat de Parfum is a soft gourmand that utilizeds the earthy, cocoa powder qualities of patchouli paired with honeyed amber and vanilla, nuttiness, and and milkiness. It is creamy, milky, and sweet like coconut with soft touch of vanilla and cocoa, while other times it is...
Jovoy Pavillon Rouge Eau de Parfum opens with whiskey and sweet tobacco before getting darker, richer, and earthier with spice, leather, and woods, the latter getting a little more dominant over the first hour or so of wear before sweetening with benzoin, and then drying down to soft, spiced woods...
Amouage Jubilation XXV as a more aromatic opening with soft, blurry orange and blackberry tea with undertones of smoky leather that are quickly joined by cinnamon and clove. Then honey and a rose-something-rather make their way in with the majority of the wear being a spiced, honeyed cedar and...
Profumum Roma Acqua Viva Eau de Parfum is for lemon lovers; it starts with bright, zesty lemons with a hint of greenness before citrus blossoms emerge. The lemon turns almost candied at times, which lasted for four hours, and then the citrus florals started to takeover until they were the star in...
Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier Santal Noble Eau de Parfum is a love letter to sandalwood, rich and smooth, a little musky and sweet. It opens with mix of spices (predominantly cumin on me) with smoky incense and a sense of nuttiness. The patchouli is subtle throughout, adding an element of earthiness...
Rania J. T. Habanero Eau de Parfum is a celebration of oud and tobacco, in that order, accentuated with pepper and cardamom in the opening, and then myrrh, incense, and leather shortly after. In the drydown, the oud pulls back, the myrrh ramps up, and the sandalwood softens and adds a creamy, woody...
