Hate to be a philistine because the other fragrances I tried from this brand absolutely blew me away and I consider them to be brilliant. This to me smells exactly like the smell when you walk into a carpet shop. Not that that's a bad smell...just a weird thing to want to smell like. I suspect the dry down is better and reveals more but I couldn't get past that opening.

Well the first time I tried this I promise you it smelled like a carpet shop I even had my girlfriend smell it and when asked what it reminded her of without prompting she said 'A carpet shop.' So I'd had my first review validated... to a degree. I have to say I've worn a healthy application of this juice a couple of times now...so a fair trial one would imagine. And I've concluded it doesn't smell like a carpet shop. Honour man is remarkably fresh, I get a floral pink peppery, mild incense nothing heavy or jarring in here and it's nice, and reasonably powerful. That is all though, I didn't get monstrous longevity or the power you get from the likes of the recent Interlude. This to me is a more palatable version of Fate, if you like the general middle eastern lite TM feel of Amouage scents but don't want a powerhouse of woods and density then this would be a good choice.