Upon application I got the freshest wet, herbal top notes of cypress and rosemary then the smokey deep notes start to pile on. Cardamom, Charred wood and smokey, cypriol, Copu balm and then a sweetness of myrrh form a swirling mid-pyramid. The oud base is not at all strong or long lasting after such a heady journey through the notes, it's over far too quickly for my liking. When Galaad brings all that smoke it started to remind me a little of Profumum Fumidus but then becomes tamer and much more manageable, just as quickly as it developed. It promises so much and smells really good briefly in that opening, complex, balsamic and plain wonderful then dies down to a soft leathery drydown...shame.