I am a fan of Montales, having Black Aoud, Dark Aoud, Cuir d'Arabie, Louban, and Red Aoud. This is a variation on the Black Aoud fragrance, minus the blast of oud, being replaced by a blast of...
This sweet cherry honeyed fragrance is not bad at all. Powdery vibe going on with this one. Kind of reminds me of Pure Havane minus the powdery vibe. I detect the hay which gives this a slight...
Frapin 1270 is a delicious gourmandish scent. The sweetness is soft, yet creamy, caramely with some nuts in the middle. Overall, it is warm, boozy, and intoxicating with a nice vanilla drydown....
The love at first whiff is not so much because of the cumin (and note that to me is home-like, comforting, earthy and sensual), but more so with how it is orchestrated with iris and earthy-ambery...
This is classified as a woman's fragrance, but it falls on the line between woman and unisex. It is (in my opinion) a floral chypre with an opining of floral, salt, and a slight odor of sweat. ...
Sarrasins (Serge Lutens) today after La Myrrhe last night. Wow and wow! Glad I blind bought them (after sniffing the wax sample). Serge Lutens really has some incredible treasures (exclusives).
SotE is Roja Dove's Enslaved and occupied with the comparison between this and Habanita EdT and Extrait... a tough one (maybe worth a thread some time)