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So of the three I've tried, Derviche was my favourite. I love the leathery, tobacco and what I perceived as castoreum (but is apparently civet according to this?) with a sweet, boozy, animalic richness. Now perhaps I could be critical and say this is a modified formula of some vintage perfume I'm not aware of but I'm a bit too fond of being unfair to Manuel Cross like that, he's fulfilling a demand for this type of fragrance and his audience love it, so fair enough. Again this is quite heavenly in the opening an less exciting/acomplished in the base which is quite backwards for my personal experience of artisan fragrances. There's a smoothness and complexity to them at first, which gives a good first impression and then unravels a bit later on. I like this, but I still have an issue with marketing as anti IFRA, it's difficult for me to get around that. I shall give it a proper wear and report back here with an update soon enough.
