I want to say that this fragrance is terrible/awful whatever, because it's egregiously saccharine opening is only matched by it's appalling creamed tobacco drydown. Not only that but quite impressively it manages to shoehorn in the irritant that is the apple note/accord and yes you can smell that too despite all this other mental noise, including waxy floral note banana jasmine/ylang which lasts the first 30mins or so! And yet somehow I don't hate it. Yeah. Bizarre. I think I'm having a stroke or something? I mean it's bad. It's objectively bad but there's almost something admiral about the fact it concisely conveys all these things in one stonking, lump of a perfume. It's not for me, but it might be for someone. (with no taste, or who like I think I do, likes it ironically or for kitsch value)
LOVE this scent its so smooth. My only knock is it becomes a skin scent on my body after 4 hours but I prefer this EDP version to the extrait because it can be worn on summer nights without cloying.
I love Intense Red Tobacco and this is a better, smoother version. it’s slightly sweet with the peach and a little boozy with the rum. Great fragrance.
I have been waiting that days are getting colder and I can wear this amazingly delicious fruity scent. I love it because it’s not light, girly nor boring like so many fruity scents. This is much more complex as well than many others with attempting fruity notes but not complexity with clearly three different stages but all the notes are blended perfectly instead. It’s sweet and many people would put it into the gourmand category but I don’t. The middle and the base notes make this scent a little bit mysterious keeping it easy to love regardless and it never gets dark. The scent cloud around the wearer is huge like is the scent trail. Those are not the most important thing for me but I have to say that if this scent would not have it, I think I would have never fallen in love with it. Peach and Apple are there from the start until the dry down which is not always the case in these kind of perfumes. Rum is not sharp and alcohol smelling, it’s utterly soft and enjoyable. Tobacco is not clearly smoky one, nor harsh, it’s charming with the sweetness from Vanilla. Neither of them, Rum nor Tobacco, dominates. This is one of my rare perfumes which my husband doesn’t like so much. If he says “so and so” the perfume is too sweet and crowd pleasing which is not always a bad thing. What about the scents with whose people are comparing this one: I can't stand Red Tobacco, it's a terrible synthetic bomb. And Carlisle? No, it's not the same. It's not bad but I would never buy that one. And this is not any PR. Thank you for reading and if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
Over the course of my fragrance journey I’d seen endless hype around Triumph of Bacchus and so I was very keen to see what all the excitement was about. I was underwhelmed to say the least. It’s a pleasant, sweet and boozy gourmand with fruity elements - in a similar vein to Side Effect but better. The rum accord is nice I’ll admit, it’s not too strong but noticeable enough to give the scent some edge. The juiciness of green apple with dry peach creates a sweet aura which is then furthered by the creamy indulgence of vanilla and tonka - I don’t really get much tobacco. It’s a pleasant scent and an enjoyable wear but if I’m honest my expectations were higher. I’ve heard the extrait is better so maybe I’ll give that a go, but for now I will enjoy my sample but have no interest in buying a bottle.
Good fruity sweet tobacco opening, with a wonderful vanilla peach and tobacco drydown! Good for fall and winter!