Sweet, powdery and just... Pleasant to wear
Pure vanilla opening, followed by cocoa, chocolate and rum. There's a mustiness to counteract the sweetness that must come from the cumin. Unexpectedly, vetiver emerges, along with a rose note, I'm sure, although it's not listed. There are toasted nuts and a sheen of PVC over it all.
What all this has to do with frustration I have no idea, unless it's counteracting all your frustrations by gorging on your favourite edibles and drinkables while dressed in a polyvinyl gimp suit. Like most ELDO fragrances, it's not as edgy as the description promises, but it's a very pleasant and mildly eccentric creation, and I like it a lot (though probably not enough to invest in a full bottle.)
Oakmoss centred chypre with a musk of juniper berries offset against citrus. There's a slight pepperiness hidden in there, a hint of amber and a woody base. But this is really all about the oakmoss, so the success or failure of this composition for you will entirely depend upon how you feel about that particular ingredient.
Me? I'd bathe in the stuff, had I the chance, and have been known to press my nose up against the mossed trunks of trees when it's wet and the ground is loamy, just to inhale a lungful of the scent.
It dies down quite quickly but lingers close to the skin for a decent period after that. There's something almost crystalline in the clarity of the composition that reminds me of the work of Jean-Claude Ellena, which is a pretty high bar to hit. So lovely stuff overall, with the slight caveat that I'd have liked the projection of the opening to have lingered a little bit longer.
Pear and watery rose rolled in brash smelling pink pepper.
Gradually, a metallic tang emerges along with slightly rubbery notes. It's fairly linear and doesn't develop so much as gradually lessen in intensity.
Synthetic smelling (this is a description, not a criticism), the projection and longevity are huge and the scent is resolutely unsubtle. This, combined with the linearity, is what prevents it being an outright love for me. It is so persistent and so naggingly in your face that it grows to be a little tiresome. Still, it's a brave and unusual designer scent that strays relatively far from the mainstream.
Alas, despite the imagery in the notorious advertising campaign it does not turn me into a muscular leather-clad hottie straight out of Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising.
Look, I'm not even going to hide the fact that this is my favourite perfume of all time, or at least it's in that upper echelon where my favourite swivels between a select few fragrances.
I'm also not going to hide the fact that, in all likelihood, you will hate this, this being one of those compositions that is polarising in the extreme, with its detractors outweighing its admirers. To which I say, I don't care, I love it and my taste is, of course, much, much better than anyone else's (this is said with a deadpan expression).
This is the smell of the sea, not in an aquatic blue way, not in a beach summer holiday vibe, nor is it the mineral marine scent gaining in popularity of late. No, this is the smell of the sea at its fringes, where the water gathers in still, slightly stagnant rock pools, and the seaweed clings to the underside of piers and on slipways, drying and pungent in the almost-sun. It's the cutting, somewhat bitter odour of tenacious plants that somehow survive growing from rock faces and on cliff tops. As for actual ingredients? Who cares, when they combine to produce this magic, but they include real oud and ambergris.
I wore this today while walking by the sea shore. It was still and overcast and the tide was in, carrying with it a thick slip of marine debris on the water's surface. What struck me was how different this perfume was from the frankly odorous water, yet was also somehow fully suggestive of it.
On a Q&A a while back, Christophe Laudamiel suggested both this and Carre Blanc as his two perfumes most suitable for a workplace environment. The wag. The latter has a nuclear tenacity, while this is as far from a crowd pleaser as can be imagined.
Like all the perfumes in the Strangelove range, this is very expensive, but you should at the very least sample it a couple of times, if the opportunity arises. It's quite unlike anything I've encountered before.
This was one I sampled from Sephora in Kohl’s in the middle of a day of yard work. It was really clean, refreshing and enjoyable. I don’t think anyone will get offended by this. It’s really likeable. More Aunts and Moms should be gifting this to their sons and nephews. Skip the Sauvages, The Bleu De Chanels, and the Dylan Blues. This deserves more of a presence in public. Update: I tested this again the second time and I’m bored with it. It’s pretty safe and simple. Glad I didn’t buy it. Not bad, just doesn’t move me. Good longevity though.
Tom Ford is clearly giving a nod to fragrances of the past with this one. Really strong stuff. For me the sharp woody spicy pine combines with the soft spicy rosemary and patchouli gave it a sort of mature medicinal smell that wasn’t one that I ended up enjoying on myself. It felt a little too mature for me, and I love older stuff like Agua Brava (1968). Smells like an explorer or a professor that spends his days either in a study surrounded by mahogany furniture and old maps. One that laughs through his big mustache “Hmbrr brr mbrr!”
Very happy I blind bought this. Quite a beauty. I can’t see anyone not liking this. It’s polite and well behaved. It’s fresh and clean, slightly floral, and just unique enough to warrant a purchase. The bergamot and basil stand out to me the most. Does it have a distinct personality?… Maybe not as much as others in my wardrobe, but this is a great starter fragrance for a collection. It will blend into a crowd and be enjoyed by others. If you are buying the one pictured here with the tall frosted glass and the silver domed atomizer, hoping it smells like Bowling Green, it doesn’t. I’m guessing that was the vintage one? Either way this one gets slept on and it deserves more play in public. I probably wouldn’t drop more than 40 bucks on it personally, but I’ll enjoy it on warmer days and it performs really well on skin and lasts a long time. Appropriate for any age really. Might end up giving this one to my son, or at least letting him wear it whenever he likes.
I went to the Paris boutique today and I'm wearing this on one wrist. It's not a soupy tonka (although it's sweet), it has more of a burnt sugar, woody feel, very nice. I expected it to resemble Tonka Impérial or Fève Délicieuse but it doesn't, other than being a strong tonka scent. While it's a departure from the usual Dusita floral bent, it still retains something of their DNA. As for the aforementioned Guerlain and Dior cult classics, I prefer this to either of them, as it's less scratchy than the Dior and less saccharine than the Guerlain. Pissara never misses, and this is no exception! Also, I thought I wasn't getting the white chocolate, but it comes out after an hour or so, really lovely. Despite the gourmand note list, it still smells like perfume rather than simply being cakey/foody, and the almond gives a boozy edge.
Phoenix Flame extrait de parfum has been my most worn perfume since its release back in November and I find it a thoroughly enjoyable experience, particularly at this time of year! Firstly, as the name would suggest, you should expect PF to be smoky (it's representative of renewal). And it really is. It’s not an in-your-face choke-you-out smoke. There are however several curls of sultry black soot rising from my forearms right now. I jest, but it is smoky. Secondly, there is a magical, magnetic natural oud which feels woody and a touch medicinal. Of course the oud % has been measured quite deftly, but it’s there and it’s gorgeous. PF is also incensey. Not main accord incensey, nothing much in this perfume is. The resins here, frankincense and myrrh (work beautifully with the amber accord and the spices of cardamom and cinnamon to provide the heat of the phoenix rising from these smoky ashes. And then there’s the sumac which really grows into the drydown. Tangy and deep with a hint of earthy sweetness and floral citrus notes, it counterbalances the rest of the very warming notes and provides something delightful and unique. Phoenix Flame is an amazing perfume and one that has clearly been developed and developed over a long period, something rare that always pays dividends. This is proper perfume created by a hugely talented artist and I’d highly recommend you all check it out.
As soon as HWY 1 hit my nose, it was an instant love for me. Ideal in every single way. At times during the mid and dry down I picked up Jub XXV vibes bc it has that heady camphor resin thing going but, with a focus on Hinoki wood. For me projection and sillage was decent at 3-5 hours. Sure, I wish for a little more oomph, but this fragrance can be had for a decent price. In that regard it's an EXCELLENT purchase.
I call it Hwy 1 because it reminds me of that beautiful highway in Northern California. This perfume smells like the redwood forest with its mossy base. Earthy, crisp air and dark woods. It also just sounds better than however you say Hwyl
I love almost everything Georgio Armani when it comes to cologne. This fragrance has a very nice aquatic scent with some subtle fresh spice additions. The scent is phenomenal. Unfortunately, on my skin this fragrance has no lasting power, nor protection. I find myself using 15 sprays minimum. It sits very close to my skin. If I could muster more than a few hours of longevity on this fragrance, it would definitely be a 5 star.
Cheap great fresh fragance
This is a criminally underrated fragrance. The coffee note is quite subtle, but very pleasant. The citrus note from the bergamot is noticeable right off the bat, but doesn’t carry throughout the day. The subtle coffee dry down is partnered with a touch of woody notes from the vetiver. The scent profile is ridiculously simple, but effective. This fragrance would easily be a 5 star across the board, but the longevity is poor, and the projection is poor after the first hour.
I didn't expect to fall in love with a green tea scent in the year 2025, but I think that is what just happened. I've spent years avoiding green tea fragrances, having mentally filed them away with air fresheners and fancy dish soap, the sanitized accord of late-90s department store counters or the chemical approximation haunting hotel lobbies.
One Day Jasmine Tea opens with that unmistakable aroma of a jasmine green tea steeped just a minute too long. There's an emotional precipice there— an elegant pleasure on the verge of becoming bitter, bleak, and brooding on the tongue. But...not quite.
This is the scent of Uncle Iroh's teashop after hours, the quiet moments when he sits alone, brewing one final cup while dust motes drift through evening light. The jasmine here isn't some overly sweet and sultry floral but a stubborn, complex presence that blooms with the same quiet certainty as Iroh's wisdom. "The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all," he might murmur, though I think that's actually from Mulan.
There's a transparency to the composition that cuts through any lingering cloying or animalic concerns – a herbaceous clarity like the mind clearing before a moment of mediation. Something earthen anchors the lightness, the way roots hold soil against rain, preventing erosion without calling attention to their essential work. Between these elements weaves an oolong note, a citrusy orchid thread that connects high and low like the lightning Iroh teaches Zuko to redirect – neither diminishing nor amplifying the current, simply guiding it to where it needs to go.
The fragrance stays steadfast, refusing sentimentality and yet somehow feels like an embrace that contains multitudes. It carries Iroh's complexity—grief for his son, hope for his nephew, and the particular wisdom that comes only after you've lost everything and rebuilt from scratch. It manages to embody everything that made Uncle Iroh a steadying hand on the tiller, regardless of whether you first met him as a child or discovered him as an adult seeking comfort in animated wisdom.
When evening falls on the Jasmine Dragon, what remains is the ghost of petals suspended in cooling liquid, a clean mineral afterimage lingering on skin; an echo of a proverb that only reveals its truth years after you first heard it.
It's definitely not just "hot leaf juice."
Hands down the nest Pear fragrance. It smells like a fresh pear shampoo.
The subjective experience for people who spaff a load of money on LV perfumes is always superlative, it seems. Every scent is "the most stunning" of its kind and "absolutely blind buy safe". What this tells me is that these people indeed blind bought these perfumes and are now gaslighting themselves into believing they weren't ripped off for some generic, schmaltzy dross. I haven't smelled a single LV perfume that I'd pay 70 euros for, let alone the crazy deluxe prices (even grey market). This is cuckoo bananas BS.
Smells like a kids' perfume or like some sort of theme park ride (Professor Burp's Bubble Works for anyone who grew up near London in the 90s).
So bland. What is the deal with these LV perfumes? To me they all smell like copies of much cheaper, much hackneyed scents I've smelled over and over again.
This smells like a generic ambery blue designer perfume. Perhaps once you spend this sort of money your brain isn't capable of being objective any more, but I just had a sample and I doubt I'll even use that up. If I'm being generous I'd say it stands up to Uncut Gem, but I prefer Uncut Gem, it's more interesting.
Nice
Great for woman
Perfect for a date
Best tonka. Period!
It's a very fruity, sugary, vanilla type of scent. Amazingly powerful, more than Ultra male I think.
But this is very synthetic to my nose, and there is something wrong with this scent. It gives me a bit of headhashes.
It's worth the price. But it's not for me.
The accords notes says "Animalic" and I definitely join on this !
This scent has a wild aspect. It's loud and heavy but not in a bad way.
It's a beautiful scent, but I'd not wear it everyday.
