Very interesting fougere, kinda on the darker side but not the sweet, annoying, tobacco cliche the name might suggest and of course it wasn't going to be from Nicolai. It's got lavender in it, and a kind of chunky, licorice smell, with a tobacco character and heaviness no doubt but a definite cleaner, Barbershop, urinal cake sort of vibe. I sort of like it, but I'm kinda passing on it. Unless wearing this perfume properly (instead of on my wrist a couple of times) yields any different results I will be sure to update this review below, but I can see my mind changing from ....meh...next! Update: 01/12/23 Undoubtedly there's stuff I like about this fragrance, the 'soft spicy' being the top of the accords on this fragrantica page being one element of that, and it's clearly continuing Patricia's traditional yet also unique approach to fragrance, I get an impression of way more complexity to her formulas than the end result conveys on first sniff. The bit I can't get away from with this fragrance is the smell of baby wipe factory. Yes, specific I know, but also not because I work in this area and the wipes and various surfactants, detergents, compounds and fragrances used in these places are pretty varied but when amassed they have this ubiquitous hyper soapy smell, which at first not unpleasant, starts to knock you sick shy of the hour mark, then you become somewhat accustomed to after a few hours (if you can stand it) That's the bad bit though, close to the skin you do get this less diffuse, blonde, TABAC smell, I like it, it sort of flips for me and that be kinda intresting but also a bit demanding of the wearer and I find some Nicolai's to be hard work and I don't always want that.