Each person has a preference. Different scents illicit different emotional, physical and psychological responses from different people. This is bold and spicey. The pepper notes come thru loudly and amp up the other notes. This makes a dreary cold winter's day exciting. It's like somebody gave the winter blues some caffeine and cocaine and everything is suddenly alive and running at warp speed.

No, just no. This is a woman's perfume. It's so super sweet and effeminate smelling that I can't help but wonder if what I have is actually cologne

Leather? There's no leather notes in this. Rum? There's no rum It's powdery Iris and nothing but powdery Iris. This is a great scent for a grandmother in her 60's.