FallintoStars has always been my favourite from Strangelove, I find it simply magical. In oil form, it is equally as beautiful, somewhat softened around the edges and smoothed out as a whole, which I find to be a similar case with all of these oils, but overall is absolutely gorgeous and daring. It conveys the same feeling with a familiar backbone of notes which dominate in the EDP - the thick, indian oud alongside intense balsams creates this powerful oily accord which is redolescent of black olives to my nose. Alongside this you've got the characteristic dense waxiness which blankets the other notes enough to smother them, but not suffocate them. This comes from the slightly honeyed feel of jonquil nectar, a derivative of narcissus. However, from here it's where things start to change; for one I feel like the gentle warmth of saffron and rose is suddenly more noticeable, alongside the creamy allure of rosewood - notes I cannot really pick up from the EDP. Also benzoin and labdanum, beginning to shine through the cracks like a subtle leathery sweetness behind the shadowy veil of oud. I absolutely love it, as always it's noticeably smoother than the EDP and while it smells absolutely beautiful, I find the punchy brutishness of the EDP part of the FallintoStars charm if you will - it's my go to when I'm craving a powerful oud fragrance to blast the environment around me.
DeadofNight is already a rich and beautifying experience even in EDP form, but in this stunning oil format it seems to transform from what I thought I knew about this scent. It's almost as if this is how it was meant to be experienced, that the oil is it's true format - which I suppose is the case for a lot of perfumes which depend on a great number of raw materials. This is oud rose at it's best, simplicity at it's best; celebrating the wonderful and enigmatic glory of these stunning notes. Deep, rich and slightly smoky oud takes centre stage, nuanced by the hidden warmth of smooth sandalwood and amber. It feels quite thick and dense, almost as if the composition has to bottom to it - just and endless pit of gloriously oily woods and other exotic materials. Rose is the other star here, thankfully it is neither jammy nor soapy like some roses can be; it is simply exactly where it should be. The rose provides a delicate balance to the powerful clutches of this dark, almost incense-y oud, a glimpse of crimson light amongst the dark. Violet leaf is also listed as a dominant note, but it doesn't scream to me, merely lingering alongside the warm amber, vanilla and sandalwood. This is oud-rose at its core and needs nothing else in the way. Overall I feel that the oil format of DeadofNight is, as I said before, the way the scent was intended to be smelled. It's noticeably smoother, richer with all the edges softened perfectly. The only downside is it seems to be the softest out of the oils I have tried in terms of projection and longevity, but the scent itself is a downright daydream.
AMOUAGE LYRIC MAN Daniel Visentin 2008 And some words about Lyric Woman. This pair is a great example how you shouldn’t stare at the genders on the bottle. I would say that the both of them are totally unisex but at least Lyric Man is not more masculine than the women’s counterpart. I have written earlier a review of Woman like the comparison as well of an old formula vs the new one. Those are under Lyric Woman . Some words more of it (new): the more time goes by the more deep, dark, round and polished the juice is. The dark petals of the roses are easier to detect and the base is perfectly blended, the spices are still wrapping everything inside them. I love it more and more very time when I wear it. Lyric Man is a chameleon. When the weather is cold, it’s quite simple scent with citruses and roses and it feels very soapy. You may start to think that it’s feminine or “what a perfect scent for summertime”. But when the summer arrives and the weather gets warmer its personality changes. The whole scent is darker, more mysterious and more unisex. The base of Man smells familiar from Lyric Woman since they share all those 4 base notes which Man has (Musk, Sandalwood, Frankincense and Vanilla). The base creates complexity together with the spices but the overall aroma remains fresh - not exactly like in the cold weather but fresh anyway. Pine continues the freshly green aroma together with Galbanum and together they make a big difference between these two scents. Although the base does not achieve the equivalent complexity with Woman it’s enough to build a beautiful oriental Rose scent. It is simpler mainly because of there is missing the half of the base notes when Musk takes over and a refreshing citrus opening found in Man is enriched in W straight away with Cardamom and Cinnamon. The idea of Lyric Man is the same though: roses in a woody base with Amouage’s signature Francincense, everything covered in a spicy veil. If I describe the scent simply: In cold it's Roses with citruses in a clean musky base. In warm it's fresh spicy roses in distinctly oriental base. If you have been overlooking Lyric Man I recommend you to try it and make sure you experience it’s both amazing facets. Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
So feminine! I love it 🥰
One of the rare from Clive Christian which has full bottle worthy uniqueness and the pleasant scent and I don't talk about the price, I don't think about the price when considering if something is full bottle worthy. Opening is very strong but intoxicating and it gets the positive attention immediately. It's mostly smoky and spicy with a little bit of subtle sweetness but it's not fruity. Just to mention since I love Peach so much and it's not present here as a Peach. The feeling is like sitting next to the fireplace. The smoke dissipates in 15 minutes and the scent evolves into the smooth blend of spices, not so boozy rum and a sweet, resinous, woody aroma from Labdanum. It's not leathery her at all. This is not a strong scent at all, it's only in the opening. The scent is not actually oriental at all but if thinking the definition of gourmand, it's not exactly that either so the name "gourmande oriental" is fine, it's some kind of mix of those styles made in a unique way. The scent is totally unisex, very wearable and versatile and it's office safe as well as long as you don't spray it at the office. The sillage is moderate and the longevity is good. This review is based on a sample. Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
Chef’s kisses all round! Mpwuh mpwuh mpwuh! You can totally go ham on this motherjammer! It is work safe (got a slew of compliments today at work and people asking what it was). So far my new bottle has disappointing longevity. Let it macerate if you can, and see if it gets better. If someone notices it, they’ll like it. I frickin’ love it. It was an instant love. It’s really well blended and basically a blue collar Cartier Declaration. I have smelled all of the Declaration flankers and this beats em’ all by a lot. One of the best blind buys EVER! I’ll be buying a backup bottle for sure. I never want to be without this. Update: I didn’t buy a second bottle, but I still like it. My wife doesn’t love it on me. Oh well. I’m still keeping it.
This is strange scent and it has been that always for me. First I hated it, after that I fell in love with it after that I just couldn't wear it anymore. So here you can read my journey with it. Part 1: This is a perfect story from totally dislike to love. This is how I experienced the scent from the first second until I bought FB and can’t get enough from it. 1. Not any good vibes but not tested on skin yet. 2. Testing: somehow addictive and intoxicating, it reminds me of rose and oud plus some fruits. This is a little bit spicy as well. Not sweet (I like sweets as well but this is not). Good quality, not synthetic feelings. 3. I have tested this now for many days on my wrist and I don’t know exactly what I’m thinking of this. I just know that I want to sniff it all the time. This is really intoxicating. It’s blended well because all notes which I can notice are not so outstanding. For example rose and oud is there but not like in Tiziana Terenzi’s Gold Rose Oud (just an example). 4. Ordered because the test vial was finishing and I wanted more. I’m hooked in this! I like because this is different than others. I don’t know other scent which is this kind of interesting blend. Part 2: After felling in love with it. Amazing juice, totally unisex, very complex “Join the Club's philosophy is that ingredients are kept a closely guarded secret, instead inviting the wearer to immerse themselves in the imagined world.” (From Xerjoff’s website) I have had hate and love -relationship with my all Xerjoff’s perfumes. First I have been relieved that I don’t want some particular scents but after I have given time for those and been testing those during weeks I have felt in love and I don’t see the end. I have sampled A LOT from that house and for me it has been the only perfume house whose perfumes needs weeks from me to realize how much I love those. This addictive perfume for my nose is blend of rose and oud for sure but there is woody, fruity and other floral notes as well. This definitely is not sweet at all despite of fruity accord. Those are dry fruits rather than juicy ones and the rose is definitely unisex, not at all like rose in the traditional rose scents. This blend is really thick and lasting power is great. When I sampled this I was thinking “this is definitely not for me” and what happened! Part 3: I couldn't wear it anymore The quality of the blend started to bother me. I couldn't smell any more the combination of dried fruits together with a synthetic Oud. I just need to scrub it off, every time. It was cloying to me and somewhat very heavy and headache inducing. The same reaction happened many times and I gave this perfume for my friend. Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
Pretty overly sweet Honey together with Caramel and that combination is made wonderfully. It's smooth, soft and it has slightly baby wipes vibe which makes it velvety and a little bit powdery. In overall this is sweeter that Ceylon but the opening in Ceylon is much much sweeter that this one. If you like honey, this is definitely your choice and this is very easy concoction, Oud on my skin is totally hidden and Honey as well is pleasant. This short review is based on a sample. Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
Very beautiful berry scent. It actually smells like a sweet mix of different berries elegantly embedded into delicate flowers like rose and hints of warm notes like amber and vanilla. It is not a refreshing scent but smells almost tasty/gourmand. Surrounds you with a warm aura, which is amplified by the carrier oil. So far really loving the quality of this brand. Would recommend these fragrances to everyone who is looking for higher quality scents, that are not headache inducing and have a natural profile.
My newest purchase is this pretty scent. I was able to find it by accident in a mall in Chiang Mai. All perfumes by Pañpuri are natural, oil based and follow a clean formula. Big plus for that. They smell all very nicely blended, no sharpness or chemical side notes, instead very natural and wholesome. I was looking for a mimosa scent for awhile, Memoria Mimosa captivated me from the first moment. The mimosa is very well blended, but most dominat in the top notes. It blends so well with the Cardamom and Vanilla, leaving an elegant scent trail. Based on the notes you might guess similarities to Mimosa and Cardamom by JM, which I see. The scent also reminds me of the discontinued version of Dream Angels Heavenly, which I used to have years ago. For me this is a perfect blend of memories and the mimosa I was looking for, therefore happy I found this one.
Really strong sticky sweet, gooey, thick animalic honey and edgy animalic Oud which feels unpleasant and synthetic in the opening. I think that Honey here is more challenging than Oud. I have finally understood that it's difficult for me to like strong honey note in perfumes because that note is very difficult to do well. Here it's well done but it's just too much. This is more sweet in the opening than Mamluk in my opinion even if many has said Mamluk to be more sweet. Anyway until the drydown the sweetness will disappear a bit and Tea note will join Honey and Oud. If you like honey, you should definitely sample this. Quality in overall is good (nothing near for example Bortnikoffs or Ensar Ouds though) and this really is HONEY. No baby wipes like Mamluk. The drydown is smooth and Musk doesn't feel at all natural which I think is very sexy and sensual. Here in Fragrantica the note is "White Musk" but it should be "Deer Musk" and those two are totally different things. The blend is ok but this scent is not for me. Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
Sold it the day I bought it after reading that it had a “Republican-like” scent on the A.I. generated comments on fragrantica.
This perfume doesn’t need to be introduced anymore since it’s loved by so many and there is so many reviews on this iconic beauty. It deserves anyway all the attention since it's one of the best in the market in it's category. This is the most beautiful Amber Vanilla I know. The smell is luxurious which I can’t say of many gourmand leaning scents. I don’t even think this as a gourmand despite Vanilla is so prominent here. It heels quite linear scent but there is a depth and complexity which has been blended so perfectly into the pleasant and crowd pleasing form. It never disappoints me and I think I will never get bored with this. The overall feeling is golden and bright, luminous and resinous. I didn’t have it for a while since my last bottle was finished and few weeks ago I got a new bottle. This a must have Amber scent but it can be too spicy for many so sample it first. This is the best from the house together with Oud Satin Mood, at least for me . 💯💎 The scent is totally unisex, the sillage is irresistible and huge like is the scent bubble around the wearer. It has already became a classic and the reputation it carries is fully deserved. About the main ingredients (edited and simplified from the original presentation of the ingredients): Tonka bean from Brazil and Venezuela gradually develops its flavors, including those of its main aromatic molecule, coumarin: powdery, almondy with a freshly mown hay effect, tobacco, slightly honeyed and smoked. Vanilla Amber accord here include two main ingredients: Spanish labdanum (Cistus Labdanum), with its warm, resinous, animal facets, and vanillin which is a new, sweet aromatic compound and it is the primary component of vanilla. The smell of benzoin from Siam here is multi-faceted. It's like sweet Vanilla, with a gourmand caramel effect, honeyed, syrupy. It's not overly sweet though. Cistus could be extracted in several ways. The steam distillation of its branches yields the aromatic Extraction with volatile solvents results in the heavier cistus-labdanum absolute, at once balsamy, pyrogenic and resinous, used in the heart and base of a fragrance. Lavender for me can be very difficult note and luckily it's aromatic, fresh, herbaceous, camphorated and aniseed oil doesn't perform here strongly, it's barely noticeable, polished into the silky, smooth, gentle sophistication. Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
Smells like the aftermath of a toddler's birthday party. Sickly sweet and generic.
It has a sweet smell and it does bring the image of concrete to mind which is weird but interesting. I may need to try it more often.
This perfume was on my wishlist for long time and I have bought many of my 25 Rojas blindly. There was one particular thing why i didn't do it: so many people compared Britannia with "Guet-Apens | Guerlain" and they said that they are almost identical. Because of that I was thinking how it's possible that they are smelling similar because their style differs a lot. I had never heard of some Guerlain which is not fitting in their style so I concluded that this Roja is not quite their style and I was right. This is a little bit lighter than Rojas floral parfums in overall but there is some which are subtle like Enigma Pour Femme Parfum , 51 Pour Femme (Parfum) and Enigma Aoud Parfum for example. And I love Guerlain a lot, that is not the point. love Guerlain a lot, that is not the point. Finally I got a little decant of this one and I understood all that comparison. Britannia could be Guerlain's creation. There is something from Roja but if you are familiar with Roja's voluptuous floral bouquets like Roja Dove Haute Parfumerie 15 , Turandot , NüWa or even the parfums from women's collection you understand what I'm talking about. Britannia is beautiful and its top quality perfume, that is sure. But what I'm missing is the complexity and some kind of extra wow effect which I have got every time when have been spraying my Rojas for the first time or rather every time when wearing them. If this would be in the normal collection I think it would match with my expectations. There are some notes which stands clearly out which is not the case with the most of Rojas. For me this is first primarily Heliotrope and Violet perfume while Sweet Acacia (earlier known as Mimosa farnesiana) and Champaca are making them thicker and opulent. Peach doesn't smell there, it's one of Roja's favourite notes and sometimes you can smell that delicious sweetness from it and sometimes not. The texture of Britannia is silky, powdery and it's luxurious, it's more airy than I'm used to so if some of you think that all those Rojas are suffocating or too much I think you could love this one. The closer the scent develops towards the dry down the more warmer and creamier it gets. Cocoa which has been mentioned is very subtle, it's barely detectable if you compare it for example with Ti Amo or Lilac Love from Amouage so this is definitely not a gourmand but seductive, elegant floral. Vanilla is bringing only a sophisticated sweetness like in many Rojas. This is not spicy scent either, the base is masterfully blended and none of the notes pop out. This perfume is great but I don't think it's something which I definitely need to add into my quite wide collection of Rojas. Anyway it's absolutely gorgeous and I think it would be perfect for the office to bring an extra luxury to the working days. If I will see it for sale for a reasonable price I think I will buy it anyway. The longevity of this one is easily the whole day and even if it's the skin scent the rest of three hours, it's so pretty, somewhat innocent and I think I would love to wear it as a bedtime scent. The sillage is ok, not huge, not weak, and the scent bubble around you is pampering. The bottle is the best which you can find like all Roja's bottles. Thank you for reading. I would appreciate a lot if you want to follow me on IG: @ninamariah_perfumes
LDNL Le Parfum is/was my favourite scent of all time then i managed to track down a bottle of this. It is a masterpiece and the stand out flanker that destroys it's originator. If you really want this fragrance but can't find it then Al Nashima Caprice AND Jack of Clubs are both perfect clones, I own all three and they're the same. Enjoy!
You wore a sweatshirt to a Grateful Dead concert in the rain then left it in your trunk for two weeks until it mildewed.
Five minutes of steamy, aldehydic petrichor, then bland almondy (heliotrope?) base which is almost imperceptible and goes nowhere.
At first it smells good, but you're left with a monstrous stinky fug of chemical base notes that lasts for a week and cannot be washed off. The epitome of the perfume style that will wear you down and bum you and everyone around you out.
I just don't understand the hype of this scent. It's just a generic, very easy soft blend with Saffron and sophisticated leather. It's well blended and ingredients are fine but I just wish that all those gorgeous notes would be more noticeable, especially Plum and Frankincense. On the other hand the scent is crowd pleasing and popular, all scents can't be something special and unique I guess. I like this, it's pleasant but it's not enough, it wouldn't bring any value to my collection. This short review is based on o sample and I have been wearing this many times now during a year. I'm not going to buy a full bottle. Thank you for reading and if you like to follow my fragrance journey IG @ninamariah_perfumes
Nice mellow potent Rose in the opening, quite sweet and jammy because of the plum and chocolate. Definitely goes to the gourmand side but the overall aroma is very subtle. Great scent for the wintertime but it's not suffocating even in summertime. Tobacco is just a hint here. The main reasons why I don’t need a full bottle of this is that the mind-blowing Rose disappears really quickly after the opening like Plum as well and after 15 minutes this is just a skin scent for me and I smell just vanilla with a little hint of sweet chocolate. If you want a long lasting version from this scent profile I think PENHALIGON’S CAIRO or MATIERE PREMIER’S RADICAL ROSE are better choices - plum/chocolate/rose is delicious anyway in Tabac Rose. Leathery undertones can be found in Radical Rose and in Tabac Rose. I have been testing many this kind of scents and in Vanilla Rose category I choose CAIRO and without Vanilla Radical Rose. Dusita’s Rosarine is amazing as well (with Vanilla). Thank you for reading and I would appreciate a lot if you will follow my IG @ninamariah_perfumes
I dont think it's as good as Elixir but I also think its far too close to Elixir to justify buying it. Its more expensive than Elixir so I don't feel its worth buying. Of the Bottled line I'd say OG > Elixir > Night > Parfum > Absolu > the others. If you do end up buying it then it is strong and long lasting at least.
Midnight Oud by Ard Al Zaafaran is a popular fragrance known for its rich, oriental scent profile. This perfume is often described as bold and luxurious, with an emphasis on deep, warm, and smoky notes that are typical of oud-based fragrances.
