Les Nombres D'Or - Musc by Mona di Orio, 2010

Musc is a bit of a departure from the family base scent Mona di Orio has used for most of the other Les Nombres d'Or releases. It definitely has a subdued rose that sits in the background, dominated by heliotrope and musk notes. The musk here is a relatively clean but strong musk that blends relatively well with the rose and heliotrope to produce a pleasantly wearable unisex scent. Musc is rather linear, extremely strong (one to two sprays max should easily get it done), has superb longevity on my skin in excess of 15 hours, and has above average projection and sillage. The bottom line is Musc is a very good scent, but it is not one of Mona di Orio's best in the Les Nombres d'Or line, IMO. I give it about 3.5/5.

First up neroli followed by wafts of heliotrope, a dash of rose and tonka plus a clean white musk . Powdery ,light musk veering towards feminine . It's heavy on the heliotrope for quite a while. I think lovers of almond and heliotrope plus clean subtle scents will enjoy this one. Its like a fluffy souffle or pastry - sweetish ..a touch of gourmand. Definite inspiration from the House of Guerlain here - in particular - their 'muscinade' in their newer scents -for example Cruel Gardenia . The Guerlain scents are better. This Musc is not original but it's quite well done.