Awesome, sophisticated, complex musk. It's the only one I've smelled from this line and I'm blown away, as the usual Mugler more-is-more hallmark is nowhere to be found. This is classy as hell, I'm not surprised to see thr Polge name attached to it. It's warm, fluffy, cloudy, pillow-soft and sweet, but in an ethereal way rather than being sickly or suffocating. The animalic musk (if it can be called that) is akin to Musc Ravageur but very toned down, and is complemented by ever so slightly nutty, fruity complexity. It's a love!

One of the less off-putting Zoologist scents, but not very remarkable.

Alongside the above listed notes I get a fuckton of stemone, which is OK because I like the figgy green element, but it gets oppressive quite quickly. Like most Zoologist scents I find this interesting but unwearable. Update: scrubbed off after 30 mins due to a ghastly, plastic/rubber swell that just kept getting stronger.

I love this scent. It's very similar to vintage Derby, but sadly my ski gobbles it up rapidly and after an hour it's almost gone. I'll have to stick to Derby.

Too heavy-handed. And it's a scent profile which already has a glittering panoply of iterations, so this one doesn't even come close to sparking interest for me. The quality puts me in mind of ELDO (not the first time I've found this with Zoologist), as in very synthetic smelling, strong, unsubtle chemicals.

Off the bat, something about this reminds me of ELDO fragrances (that's not a good thing for me). It seems like a passable irisy thing, but the watery notes and rice are very strong, and as it starts to dry down it turns a bit eggy, like parma violets and scrambled eggs in a bin with some other indiscriminate waste. Bleurgh, no thanks.

Watery cucumber soap. Not a horrible smell but very light and fleeting for the extravagant price tag. Update: no, I was wrong, this is a wonderful perfume, just a bit subtle compared to many other opulent LOOK AT ME Amouages. I love this, it's more than meets the eye.

Way better than portrait of a lady. It's more complex, it lacks the fixative overdose, it's darker and more juicy. It's a very dynamic perfume, offering different wafts as time goes on. The performance is stellar and all of the listed notes are there. There's a warm, resinous, pissy skank underneath which reminds me variously of Le Lion, Attaquer le Soleil and 8 88, although the perfume doesn't smell like those ones per say. It has the hallmarks of an Antoine Lie perfume, and makes me think if only he'd had access to these quality ingredients when he made the ELDO and CDG scents (some of which I like, but not love), they could have been exquisite, because the synthetic, screechy, pseudo-spicy elements of those perfumes are gone here, instead making way for sumptuous photorealistic spices and animalic depth. Regarding the name, it makes me think of some line spoken by a sexy brooding vampire, and what better name for a darker than dark perfume with a blood red dripping rose and smouldering funk. Isn't it some sort of orgasm reference too? Not sure, but I think it's a very fitting name. Update: hmmmm now I'm an hour or so in, it's fallen a bit flat to be honest. It's a real shame as the opening was spectacular but, while it's still going strong, the drydown is getting a bit boring. I'd rather a perfume be more ephemeral than fall apart into something persistant but not great. I am now getting a strong, woody base that I know is gonna start to piss me off. It's beginning to remind me of the drydown of Toy Boy, which I can only stand until it properly dries down, then I run to scrub it off. Such a shame.