Awful!!! I'm not a knee jerk reaction sort of guy I like to give fragrances a chance to charm me. Also I'm a massive fan of Amouage on the whole and even the ones I don't like I appreciate the craft and how nuanced and generally complex the fragrances are and what they have to offer. Ciel however has an accord that I will describe very simply and please folks don't think I'm a philistine but I can help the imagery my nose conjures up! The smell of a men's toilet when you urinate directly onto a BLUE URINAL CAKE (I think that's what they're called?) and some of the fragrant lavender scented blocks give off pungent vapour mixed with the smell of your own juice. So sorry for the powerful imagery but I can't get past that...was going to say worst Amouage ever but then I remembered Gold man! It's a complex one and is better in the dry down there's something nice behind the awful smell that I'm trying to sniff beyond but I just can't! Shame.