Kilian Forbidden Games Eau de Parfum is a sweet, fruity peach-heavy perfume that has a floral background that eventually loses focus and becomes more honeyed peach with vanilla cream. It is described as being "honey-drizzled peach" with "cinnamon bark" with a "floral nectar heart" that also includes...
Francesca Bianchi Extrait de Parfum has a greener side to it that really came through for the first few hours, which was initially paired with a bouquet of sweet florals and earthy patchouli. The bouquet turned powdery, almost buttery, and floral, before aromatic and spiced woods emerged with hints...
Dior Tobacolor Eau de Parfum is a smoky tobacco and sweet peach affair. Initially, the smoky tobacco, which was less sweet and more like lit tobacco, seemed at odds with the sweeter, candied fruits and honeyed warmth of the opening. The smokiness resolved over time and seemed more blended and woven...
Xerjoff Golden Dallah Eau de Parfum is an aromatic, spiced coffee and cocoa concoction with creamy vanilla. It was definitely heavier on the spices--particularly clove and cinnamon for me--through most of the wear, though they were more dialed down in the drydown when the amber started to amplify.
It...
Francesca Bianchi Extrait de Parfum is a medley of sparkling mimosa, sweet pineapple, and rich coconut that start off boozy but get creamier and smoother, almost feeling like body lotion. There was a salty, ocean breeze that ran through the fruits, which dissipated as honeyed sweetness deepened the...
Francesca Bianchi Extrait de Parfum has a more herbaceous, somewhat medicinal, opening that is heavy on black pepper and warm cumin before a salty breeze, soft leather, and aromatic, resinous woods temper the spices and lavender. A floral veil seemed visible but out of reach at times, while the...
Ex Nihilo The Hedonist Eau de Parfum is one where I feel like either it's been significantly reformulated or my skin chemistry completely obliterated the scent profile, because instead of an aromatic, woody, musky kind of scent, I was bathed in a fruity, pear-apple-ginger melange with some musk and...
Papillon Bengale Rouge Eau de Parfum has a brighter zing of lemony citrus that gets drizzled over thick, raw, unfiltered, unheated honey--the kind where you can tell where the bees have been because it positively blooms with subtle floral notes, but here it was like a medley of lemony roses and...
Papillon Spell 125 Eau de Parfum manages to be a darker, more soldering scent that has a lightness about it. It starts with smoky, damp pine with salty-sweet, dark resins that alternates between being salty and sweet, smoky incense and incense and resinous. The drydown saw creamy, smooth sandalwood...
Xerjoff Luxor Eau de Parfum kicks off with heavy spices and sweeter, animalic oud that is leathery, resinous, and earthy with some mustiness but by no means the full spectrum of the pungency of a real barnyard can have (which oud can give off). I found the oud to be central player throughout the...
