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.
"The Man Cobalt" features a blend of fresh and masculine notes. It often opens with crisp top notes such as citrus and bergamot, followed by a heart of spicy or woody elements, like lavender or pepper. The base tends to be grounded in warm and sensual tones, such as amber, musk, or sandalwood, which provide a long-lasting effect. Reminds me of Fahrenheit edt by Dior.
Instantly appealing tropical fruity scent. I can't really say more. Gentle floral amber support and musk. I do like a tropical fragrance as well but I like to go 'oooh Guava!' or Mango or whatever? Perhaps a clever combination with something unexpected like earthy accords or anything to elevate or create interest. This doesn't have the interest for me, but it's pleasant and although I'm largely saying the idea is a bit 'meh' it doesn't smell cheap, it's refined and long lasting so I guess if you really must then pay the FdB prices if you really want to? which I never looked at because I wasn't interested but I'm sure are reasonable....Naaaaht!!
Okay so I haven't worn Marc Antoine Bahwah's fragrances for ages (2020) but I instantly recognized the 'cosmic incense' accords and signature trickery in the form of Akigala wood a newish (it's actually been around a while now) molecule people seem to hate!!! I think as far as irritating, overused, structural perfume base materials it's pretty mild mannered but what do I know hey?? The opening is undoubtedly Ganymedesque and the 'bleu' association is kinda pushed because it is somewhat fresh and yeah blues, and turquoises okay. and jade greens and purples, then reds... well you know the colours you don't need me to list them, Orange!??!? A whole opalescent nebula of colours swirl about this thing. To counter that, I get this off, sort of cabbage schnapps (Kids? lol) sort of thing, but that doesn't persist thankfully. The whole modern moss and diffusive resinous spangle is just too tenacious to go away and what your left with is actually a much more mellow and wearable take on the whole Quentin Bisch vibe. Where I find it differs is a much more flat, driftwood hollow feeling on the skin, it's not as annoying as Ganymede or Bois Imperiale nd I like both those perfumes to a degree but I found wearing them something of a screechy ordeal! This is more subdued, but maybe even too much so and this would likely be a criticism from fans of the genre, perceiving Bleu Infini as a pale pretender, and they may also have a point. This is a bit of a curveball to what I was saying about the cohesion of the collection, it's in keeping with the resinous, spicy, spikes and such, maybe the toned downness of what I know this sort of perfume can be, not gonna lie though this is a bit of an outlier in the collection and sticks out a touch.
This was a re-release, and presumably slightly tweaked, version of the original 2000 rendition which I have not had the pleasure of smelling. But if people think this current version is inferior, then the original must have really been something else.
I try really hard to avoid assigning perfumes a gender when I am testing them, but I still find things that I simply would prefer to smell on a woman than on myself. The more perfume I try, the easier it becomes for me to just smell fragrance and feel that it is something that works for me. Helmut Lang EDP was a little bit of a breakthrough for me in this sense, because the first time I wore this I decided that it was overly floral, and therefore a bit too feminine. But the beauty here is sublime, and once it seeps into you the enchantment unfolds.
It opens with a soft explosion of orange blossom, lavender, and hint of heliotrope. Right from the beginning there is a foundation of borderline-clean musk, that adds heft to the ethereal nature of the flowers. I find it interesting that sites like Fragrantica don’t list musk as an official note; it is the back bone of this fragrance.
A few minutes in, something really lovely happens in the heart. The orange blossom seems to bloom after the lavender and other aromatics recede, and it leaves this impression of fizzy orange flavoured musk that really becomes the soul of this fragrance. The powdery elements of the heliotrope never cross the line of suffocation, but you sense its presence as if the breeze had blown the odour back through an open window.
It all comes to rest on a creamy cedar base – my guess is the atlas variety – and slowly dissipates like fog being burnt up by sunshine, as opposed to progressing through a series of accords to ita final resting place. This billowing perfume lasts on me a good part of the day and doesn’t project loudly, and yes, at first glance you might perceive it as something you are used to smelling on women. But all you manly men, sometimes you need to let yourself feel beautiful.
One of the worst things I've ever smelled, unfortunately... it's a rose oil for massage type of thing and it makes me so nauseous.
