Mmmmm...this is a yummy gourmand! I love it when vanilla comes out like this, it's soft but beautifully deep at the same time. Serendipitous has a chocolately vanilla wafer nature which reminds me of Montale chocolate Greedy and vanille Absolu. Great stuff lasts very well but I need to wear it again to test longevity and projection against vanille absolut, love this though.

I really don't understand why this fragrance has got such bad votes on here and it's not even my cup of tea! That's presuming the majority of contributors are voting on the smell of the perfume and not how offended they are by the flacon. Very briefly on that...I don't know about the issue enough to pass comment really? I will say this I'm not someone who enjoys the unnecessary suffering of animals nor would I argue that it's a necessity to eat them or parade around wearing them but there's many things in the world I don't like or agree with but endure them anyway. I hope that doesn't sound ignorant or could be accused of hypocrisy, I simply don't know enough about the specifics of the issue concerning this perfume to form an opinion. Anyway...A Rebours is not what I'd expected. It's a strong floral musk which is animal in nature but no where near to the extent I was anticipating. The opening is one of orange blossom, freesia, carnation and powder, the musk is strong as well but never sours the florals, well blended stuff. The over all feel is one of a talc, powdery, white floral and with a hint of violets. From this I was waiting for a dirty animalic dry down like that of Amouage Gold Man but it never came thank heavens! The civet and castoream are tame and just give a warm comforting base to what is a pretty unremarkable scent given all the hype and controversy. Lasting power is good but not epic like I previous thought and projection is pretty big when first applied then settles down. So there you have it A Rebours is a perfect marriage between musk and flowers and it gets the balance right for me. Not my scene but worth checking out if you like this sort of thing.

4160 Tuesdays? Seriously that's the name of your fragrance house? I don't care if you've got the best explanation in the world, that's a stupid name. The name of this juice however is quite inviting, I like all things Cuban and was expecting a great scent. Opening is so sweet it goes beyond anything I've encountered, I'll give it this it's unique but opens horribly. The main thing I get is vanilla a huge dose of vanilla and a strange tobacco accord which comes off more like a badly done chocolate and takes a while to settle which to be honest never really does. This fragrance is on a knife edge between divine and down right awful and it can't make it's mind up. The coffee note is not evident when you smell it directly but from a distance an occasion whiff of coffee would drift in my direction. The main thing is that the dark heart of old Havana doesn't sit right. The drydown is a bit better a sweet sugary vanilla and even a hint of coconut I should be creaming over this fragrance but it still has an unpleasantness which I can't explain.

Birdie opens badly! I'm not a huge fan of patchouli at the best of times but I can appreciate it on occasion, however not in this creation. The opening reminds me of the smell you get from a stale old tent you've had in a shed for years. Even the green notes in this are strange and sand? Is that because of the golf theme? Odd! It's slightly dirty earthy and even a bit of the sea in there as well. The dry down isn't too bad the patchouli matures and takes on more of a familiar character but still not something I like or could ever envisage willingly putting on my skin. Update: hmmmm...second time around and it hasn't gotten much better. However this is a very interesting and evocative patchouli. There's a super natural smell to me which reminds me of hanging out in fields as a kid getting upto no good. A faint misty smell of farmers fields, grass, hay, evening air a fishing pond perhaps maybe the canal...it's quite vivid. All this was within close proximity to a golf course so the theme kinda stands up. I don't know what it is but I've started to get a real appreciation for earthy fragrance but would still never wear this one.

Massively strong boozy opening of whisky and I mean malty, to me this doesn't smell of rum. It has got a leather accord mixed in there with Guaiac wood and oud adding to the overall highland, cask aged single malt feel. I don't think this perfume is beautiful or balanced just quite harsh especially in the opening but it does dry down to an interesting, luxurious and powerful scent. So Gold Leather is a full on fragrance, no holds barred on the leather front either, it's pretty intoxicating in more than one sense of the word! I'd have to try it again but it's certainly a contender for my collection because of it's uniqueness. It might be a little too much on the boozy side though for me...only time will tell.

A really nice fragrance and one of my first adventures into Atelier cologne. Quick comment on the bottle, it's big and quite bland but with a nice touch of that leathery feeling stopper. Pleasant warm oriental notes, resinous benzoin and with slightly floral top notes mixed with mandarin orange. Ambre nue is very nice but doesn't blow me away it's a solid effort. A bit of a typical slightly more feminine leaning amber with a slight feel of Elixir des Merevilles, this is better though. All in all very good...plenty of nice amber scents out there.

Amazing fragrance!!! Absolutely amazing!!! This is simply brilliant The JTC has a third knockout! Ivory route, More than words, now this what a treat. My first impression was PRADA LUNA ROSSA EXTREME, I love that fragrance and never imagined a classier more upmarket version that was released over a year before...this is it! 40 Knots has a marine accord without the tiresome awful cheapness of designer marine fragrances(excluding LUNA ROSSA), it is even a little salty at first. It's so much more than I'd anticipated, 40 knots has a deep amber base which shines throughout, it feels opulent and warm. It even has a hot sweetness of cinnamon or clove running through it. Projection and longevity were very good. I would wear this... if I could afford it. I can't get all three... that would be ridiculous! I'm not sure I want any either? I'm on the fence as much as I've enjoyed them. Fingers crossed Birdie will excite me too because that would top off a predominately good range of fragrances from Xerjoff. Are they worth the money? These are for people that if you have to worry about the price you can't afford it!

Wow!!! The JTC collection has just stepped it up a notch, what a fragrance this is!!!! Gorgeous! Stunning!!! Wonderful!!! The opening is one of dried fruit, a creamy patchouli and Labdanum, the rose steadily grows after that, all the while my senses tingling with excitement...because I know what this fragrance is delivering. Rose/Oud combo of the highest quality with a dimension of patchouli, the sharpness of labdanum and I detect a bit of frankincense and myrrh. Have I smelled anything like this before? Of course I have... But it's a winning formula. Something about the opening of this fragrance sets it apart a little bit from the likes of Armani Rose d'Arabie (which is incredible too) to which it is very similar. I think the rose in this is strong yet quite subdued it's as much about oud and resin for me. Xerjoff have created a truly brilliant (if not very original)thing here and about time too because after trying a fair few of their fragrances now I'm still on the fence about them as a house.

This is a weird fragrance the progression of notes seem to go backwards! The opening is incredibly woody and Oud was the first thing I recognized but it's overpowered (no mean feat)and literally after a minute or so...Gone! This fragrance then begins to morph completely into a crazed scent which reminds me of public toilets. Really hate that analogy, it makes me sound like a philistine because this juice is one of the most opulent things I've ever smelled but unfortunately it has that eye watering thing of highly concentrated/industrial strength cleaning products. One tiny application and I can tell already this is up there with the strongest perfume I've ever got the chance to smell. It's not quite the urinal cake of Amouage Ciel man it's actually bearable. I get the rose aroma but it's very unconventional more like Turkish delight! Seriously that's what Nemer smells like and of course I assume they flavour Turkish delight with Turkish roses...so it makes sense. I know I'm a genius! :) So odd that the woods come on so strong at first and then transition not so subtly into a complete sharp floral bomb! I love saffron and I suspect that's where the sharpness is coming from, although with so many strong elements in here I couldn't pick it up for sure and I'm normally very sensitive to saffron. I thought Tigerwood was a golfer? well no wonder he gets laid so much if he smells this good, the woody element to this fragrance opens strong then sits gentle underneath for the duration of the experience. I can't help but admire this fragrance for it's gutsy approach and I'm positive many fragrance lovers will be bowled over by it, I am but not in the right way. It's weird because it doesn't smell of any of the component parts but all at the same time all of them at once...usually the mark of a great composition. Very high quality ingredients have been used and Nemer is a unique combination but everything is fighting for the limelight to my nose and as such nothing shines. Update: Oh yes the woods have come back out to play and the drydown is really really nice a such a contrast to that turbulent opening which lasts several hours.

To me this is a sugary floral, Tiare flower and ylang ylang with a thirst quenching hint of aquatic seabreeze and an exotic cocktail type feel to it. I'd largely disagree that this fragrance is all about the lime margarita thing which it does vaguely conjure up in the opening but soon becomes apparent Batucada is more about the flowers. It leans toward the feminine for me but do you know what...that doesn't bother me in the slightest. I love this fragrance...I really love it. Not sure I could pull it off with such a butch reputation to uphold, another wear and I may have an answer. L'Artisan is a good house offering quality and invention at a slightly more reasonable price this is yet another good one. Update: Oh yes!!! Wearing this today and I have cemented my position finally. I will be purchasing Batucada it's tropical wonder juice so, so good and really unlike anything I have currently. It was between this and Antigua which came in a close second place.