I am not a fan of overly powdery scents, and that is the only note that I could get from this fragrance. It is very strong, and a little cloying. With the heavy powder scent, I think this perfume leans more towards feminine. I would NOT recommend this as a blind buy.
This is just a fantastic cologne. This is one of my big compliment getters. The longevity is decent, and it projects decent. Suitable for any occasion, any season, this is a must grab. The retail cost is quite high, but you can find this on some discounters for a reasonable price. If you are to have only 4 colognes in your collection, make sure this is one of them. It's incredibly popular for a reason.
To say that scent is similar to Dior Sauvage would be a disservice to Sauvage. There are subtle similarities. But, these are two very different scents. Asad has a powerful opening of pepper and iris. The scent dries down quickly. There is nowhere near the lasting power and projection that Sauvage has. The licorice note is also missing. It seems that Lattafa tried to chemically mimic the licorice scent, but it went in another direction. If you get this hoping to smell like Sauvage, save your money for Sauvage. If you want a decent scent that stands on its own, this is a safe play.
One of my friends let me sample this one the other day. Without a doubt my favorite scent from Creed. It takes aventus and puts a darker and warmer take on it. If you love Creed Aventus then you will definitely love this fragrance.
A beautifully crafted dark Smokey Cherry with a dark chocolate undertone . Smells amazing and lasts long.
A better stronger version of ultra male. Very nice and appealing great going out scent
Imo, smells a nicer version of Dior Sakura. cleaner original smell of it with a soapy undertone usually found in OJs
Straight booze barrel out of a pirate ship. Can be linear but good for layering . The booze is borderline alcoholic smell but just before that territory. very nice underrated booze
Overall very nice scent, boozy cherry note . More boozy than cherry. Silage and longevity are okay. Would advise over spraying . Only complaint is the bottle is a velvet top which gets dusty if left
Can’t go wrong with This as a smw dupe
This is in the top perfumes I've ever smelled or owned, and if I had to pick a perfume to wear every single day I'd probably choose this. It is wildly versatile, and changes with each season and gives you something new to enjoy.
It is so absolutely beautiful, creamy, aromatic, clean, fresh and all the while full of nuance and character that makes it really feel like something special. An absolute thing of beauty.
Also as someone who hates men's fougeres, this is not that. This is a real salute to lavender in the best way possible.
A conifer tree. Dried tree bark, a sweet sappy cone, green tree needles.
This to me is what a green scent should be.
It smells like a place in time. A walk in the forest.
This has the same spirit as the now devastatingly discontinued Magenta Pop. The fruity animalic genre is a deeply underappreciated genre, and this is another sublime addition. Very rich in juicy strawberries, a concoction of other red fruits and tarty cocktails, with that same yeasty twist that makes Magenta Pop so alluring. I really wish Prin would expand on these two and add more to the line up in the same vein as this.
So many times I try a fragrance that someone says is animalic, and I always disagree. However THIS absolutely has an animalic element in it. It smells like animal fur. It's not sweaty or dirty, it just smells like I've picked up a small animal and smelled it's fur.
Here's the thing though, you only get that note if you stick your nose right into skin. In the air it smells rich in violet petals. It smells so clean and smooth, and in such a way that no gender applies to it.
It's a cozy scent. When I first tried it, I blew this off as being boring, floral and not very animalic. I'm glad that I had a sample that I could then come back to a few months later. It's dirty in an actually animalic way. I smell like I've rubbed an animal all over me. It makes me feel like I've been transported back 100 years, and it's a fascinating sensation to experience.
I've always loved the idea of gourmands but I often find them too sweet, sickly and overbearing. I was close to writing off gourmands completely until I smelled this.
This was just a random blind by from a sample set with no expectations. On strip I just got some gentle animalic notes and not too much else and put it to the side. Decided to spray it on skin and give it a full go, and I'm delighted to discover how wonderful this is on skin.
The opening hits you briefly with a strong dose of warm nutmeg and spices, that admittedly I'd have loved to get more than a couple of seconds of as I keep wanting to reapply, and then after a few seconds the spices settle and you are finally met with a wall of strong clean waxy ambergris and cacao that comes together to smell like a high-end chocolaterie. There is no cheap sugary sweetness to it at all. Just a warm cacao with a vanilla blanket. Underneath all of this is an animalic base that never becomes stinky or dirty. The hyraceum just adds this warm hug to the overall experience creating a close and comforting feel, and giving it a wonderful character to the body of the fragrance. It has synthetic castoreum, but definitely in very low amounts and hard to detect. It's a very well balanced experience.
It's not a punchy fragrance by any means though. It settles down quickly into a skin scent so you'll definitely need a few sprays to get it to the point it will jump out at you as you wear it, as one spritz on the skin may leave you hungry for more.
If you like warmer scents but not too big on scents that creep into the gourmand territory I still think it's worth looking into as you may surprise yourself.
The image this paints for me when I wear it is a small town old beach-front shop in the UK that's full of inflatables and plastic buckets and spades warming up in the light of the summer sun, mixed with an air of slightly melting sweets. The warmth of the old wood frames in the old building releasing a nostalgic warm wood scent, the creamy smell of warm lotion-soaked skin, all being washed over by a fresh sea breeze coming in through the door.
Despite what you may think from the notes, this is absolutely a scent to wear in WARM WEATHER. Pick a nice day where the temperature is in the low to mid 20's celsius and sunny. The ozonic and melon notes really come out and sing, and the darkness in the backbone of this become more like a creamy skin vibe in the warmth. In the winter this can go a bit flat and not really punch the same, and feels like you're not getting the full blast of what this scent is all about.
Absolute genius perfumery, with I think a reputation plagued by people's aversion to what's on the notes list. Ignore that and just try it.
Sweet, fruity, addicting, sparkly, warm, incense stick adjacent. Civet-y twang adds a yeasty beer-like vibe to the whole thing that's incredibly addictive.
Sadly discontinued, so stocked up on multiple bottles.
Don't get to wear it as much as I like, as my partner thinks it smells like an underpass wall drenched in stale piss. I strongly disagree.
Warm, complex, spicy vanilla fragrance. Brings a sense of being cozy on first spraying like you've come home to a place both familiar and welcoming in the best possible sense. It develops some woody facets as it progresses but maintains a vanilla undertone throughout. Not ground-breaking but very well put together!
Powerful.
If ADG isn't strong enough for you, give this a go.
Citrus notes try their best to brighten up the maelstrom in the deep sea which is threatening to pull everything into it.
There's almost a white wine note here, and something like gasoline and metal in the distance.
Some spicy peppery notes mingle around dark salty aquatics thanks to an overdose of Ambroxan.
The calone and hedione introduce a small balance of watery sweetness and florals, but are par on par with the salty green seaweed, woody notes, and musk.
Overall, it's a dark and spicy acquatic scent with woody and smoky incense notes. The citruses do come through the depths quite often.
I really enjoy this - but I can see why others wouldn't.
There’s something cheap, thrifty and throwaway about this fruited musk perfume but it’s somehow elevated to minimalist, elegant, and deliberate by the fact I love this brand. So I’m disclaiming there with a bit of admission to confirmation bias Truly santa and truly Italian Angeli has a very clean æsthetic, soapy, white musks driving the mid. The top consists of a very understated melon note blending into a suitably clean and tidy floral accord, can’t really get the exotic edge of jasmine or ylang from this, smells quite the moist, yet aerated ‘white’ floral. I like this balance I think the melon works with the floral works with the musks, it’s a holy trinity, a fragrant SOP which just works and flows perfectly. I like it. Great for spring and summer, fresh and unlikely to offend anyone, they’ll probably just think you smell like you’ve had a wash, which not a bad thing at all.
Not my favorite. Way too piney and so much frankincense. Super strong though and lasts forever.
So unbelievably good And one of my all time favorites. Tonka bean, plum, vanilla…what’s not to like. Plus it’s really strong. Just hard to find and get here in the states.
tuberose jasmine and ylang ylang coming together to maximize their joint slay
A very marketable oud. The opening has a little metallic and medicinal twinge on my skin, maybe the saffron?
The passionfruit is bright and sweet with a little tang and stays throughout the scent.
A lovely fruity oud, with warm balsamic notes, hits of leathery rose.
