I found this to be lovely. Really nice. The balance, the subtlety, everything is in it's right place and complementary. Opens like a very delicately flavoured Turkish delight. I don't even like Turkish delight, never have, never will do, the Gelatinous texture, the infusion of rose, the sweetness, all if it! NO!!!! But this smells of it and even evokes it so vividly but I find the fresh light, rosewater effect and hint of sweetness even the implication that it's powdered like they are, everything! There's even a light effervescence, which looking at the notes here, champagne is included and I get that too! Could a certain green cognac material be in here? Okay Mr Alan this is some good work. We haven't even reached the kicker of chocolate. It is a chocolate accord too, not a after thought or a cacao note which leaves me a bit cold sometimes, this smells like a rich coco with the right balance of earth to it. All together then we have a bit of a trope. It's roses and champagne and chocolate, it's valantines day in a bottle, and clearly Alan nods to that in the title. It's a more sophisticated paint by numbers, things like Chocolaty patchouli is often paired with rose as well as the champers or a certain booziness but hey perfumery is sometimes about nailing classic stuff just because you can, but mainly because folks like it, there's a reason why scales and chord progressions exist in music. I actually think this is more interesting than commercially similar efforts like Noir de Noir by Tom Ford and more than likely something by Montale. I'd reach for this though because it shows a nice degree of craft and restraint. Haven't worn it yet so migh update when I do but I've smelled it a few times now and still think it's great!