Onto the fragrance. I was fortunate enough to be able to obtain a sample of this through a generous BN'er. In my quest to find a cheap alternative to Philosykos, This one was not what I was...
I LOVE this fragrance...well at least I did until my most recent purchase from Nordstrom. I first purchased TDH back in 2009 and it quickly became my signature scent...I couldn't get enough of...
It took me awhile to warm up to Pure Shot and was even more of a reach as a blind buy. When I first tested it back when it was released I didn't care for it at all due to the projection and...
Although I get quite a bit of apple freshness in the top note, this scent never becomes sweet or overly fruity. In the drydown flowery touches with a woody note emerge, and some vanilla and...
Yes, it's yet another flanker and most of them do smell very similar. This flanker is more of the same, but I enjoy this because the floral note is muted and there's more of a focus on the...
I admire you for liking it right off the bat, Rosehavn. Avignon took me several wearings to really appreciate and I can't say even now that I find it all that appealing as a fragrance to wear. I do love to spray some on my arm and consider it, though. It is just about as straight-up, solemn and uncompromising a frankincense as there is. Glad the stuff exists.
Avignon and Ouarzazarte are my favourites from the Incense series. Kyoto is too nondescript. Zagorsk is too nostril-crunchingly resinous. Jaisalmer is essentially an olfactory stereotype.