Takis
by Farmacia SS. Annunziata

The opening smells mostly of vanilla, honeyed musk, and sweet hay. It's somewhere along the lines of Chergui with a bit of Antico Caruso / Le Male, but without the complexity and artistry of Chergui. However, in just a few hours, it turns into a skeletal nondescript vanilla, musk, and a touch of green herbal something I can't really tell. It's decent but comes off as false bravado. Get the real deal instead.

21st December, 2011.

Lemon? Thyme? Rose? …in the opening?? …anywhere else??? …You can’t prove it by me! The pyramid is pretty much a work of fiction, as far as I’m concerned. I get musk; I get vanilla; and I strongly suspect lavender. These three notes form an accord that pretty much stays linear except that it grows more and more powdery as it moves toward its uninspired finale. For a vanilla / musk fragrance, Takis is nice enough, but it is nothing original or nothing special.

4th October, 2010.

I really like how deep, dark and woody this seemingly linear vanilla is. All the other notes take a backseat on my skin and I get such a rich, dark woody vanilla that all the other notes that are listed here are irrelevant. I like it because it's the kind of vanilla I like: woody, second to vanilla combined with incense.

13rd July, 2009.