Ascot Moon opens with a clean blast of lush grassy notes, cedarwood and pepper which makes you think mmmm...that's interesting. As it settles it becomes decidedly spicier, strong oily, earthy tones which to me resemble diesel...not so pleasant. I think all that filth is coming from a dirty 'hippy' patchouli and spice something like caraway. The dry down is smokey but does mellow quite a lot after a few hours and it's nature becomes different again and this makes for an interesting fragrance. Ascot moon is bold but too weird for most peoples taste I would imagine, even mine. An interesting outing for all you patchouli lovers but I'd rather steer clear of it. Update: Interestingly enough I've since purchased an earthy/soil tincture type fragrance which although isn't a million miles away from this and weirdly enough also has 'moon' in the title...it's somehow much more appealing. This is still very smoky and oily in comparison but upon wearing it again the quality is undoubtable.
Ascot Moon aims to recreate the Royal Ascot horse racing show through scent, by embodying the atmosphere of high society gathering on a large green. It recreates this idea very accurately I’d say, but not in a good way. The scent itself is composed of an overdose of this realistic grass note, backed up by an earthy base of oakmoss, patchouli and some warm spices. There’s a headache-inducing basil note which comes across very synthetic and almost like plastic, which does not react well with everything else here. Ascot Moon was a blind buy for me as I found it for a very low price, but after trying to get along with it I just can’t - and will be selling it on. This fragrance is intensely green and grassy to the point it becomes nauseating, the quality and blending is not what you’d usually expect from Xerjoff unfortunately.