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My Signature
627 reviews
Horrible, cloying, saccharine. Continues the MFK theme of making extraits by adding loads of vanilla and sweetness to a much more palatable EDP.
I don't buy for a second that this is just labdanum. As a previous review said, it has a lot of cashmeran, this being the dominant note for me. It's a thin and piercing synthetic smell, like everything from this house, probably using the cheapest possible ingredients (and why not). As Bisch creations go it's on the wearable side, although I agree with the aforementioned reviewer that it gets annoying, because it's completely linear and lacks any sort of hook or charm. Not really a perfume, more like one of the molecule scents (05 Cashmeran to be specific but less repulsive).
Firstly, this couldn't be further from "oud" quite honestly. But..... It's a wonderful perfume, and of all the MFKs that haven't been discontinued, it's one of the best. It's a delicate, shimmering saffron/elemi fizz which goes to clean patchouli in the mid, then a sweet vanillic woody base after a few hours. It's totally inoffensive but without being boring, and it's one of the few in my collection that I wear on consecutive days. This and Oud Silk Mood EDP (which is the same thing plus rose and chamomile basically) are a solid pair with a cohesive effect. I love them both.
For those who've been around the block enough to recognise that the apparently barbaric Afrika Olifant is actually a gentle little pussycat, this is the same notion but with gasoline, chemical savagery. I admit I have only smelled it from a card strip but it's truly brutal, not sure I'd bother to test it on skin (inevitably I will lol).
I love this little cheapie. Imagine Girl by CDG, but with musk instead of vetiver. It has an absolutely monumental whack of iso e super but it's skillfully woven around the other notes so as not or be too obnoxious. It does seem to perform lightly at first, but when it warms on my skin the aforementioned iso e super starts banging, and as a whole it's like I've layered Fahrenheit with Molecule 01. When it's 10 euros for 50ml, you cannot go wrong. There are niche houses doing stuff like this for 180 euros a bottle or more, in fact this is better quality than a lot of those too.
Mint caramel barbershop fougère heaven. Absolutely incredible, and OH the leather drydown, exquisite.
I'm not sure if it's because I've grown accustomed to the much maligned EDP (which I love), but this seems ever so slight less challenging to me. The florals are more pronounced, as is the oud, and the seaside fishy guts and all evocation is slightly toned down, perhaps because this is oil, and so performs more discreetly. I absolutely love this, and the EDP, and will always have a small amount in my collection for those rare occasions when I crave its artistry. And OOOOH I get the truffle here, I could never detect it in the EDP.
Of all the oils, this is the most similar to its EDP counterpart. The original is so so sumptuous already, I don't think it could get any better. Of course, being an oil, this projects differently, and so I could say that the wearing experience is richer and more intimate. In any case I love them both.
I get more oud here than from the EDP, and it's richer of course, but overall there's not a great deal of difference between the two, which is fine by me because LIF is one of my all-time favourite masterpieces of perfumery.
I absolutely love the EDP, and it's not surprising now I'm wearing the oil, that it's a sumptuous, deluxe version of it (this came first, I believe it was their first ever product). It's the same perfume, but with more depth, more richness, more wood. Indeed, the sandalwood is more noticeable here. For me this is a violet oud perfume rather than a rose oud, and the violet is very long lasting. The oil becomes darker and more stinky as it goes on, unlike the EDP, which softens over time, and generally I find the oils becomes extremely strong and really projects after an hour or so. I will always need to have this scent in my life.
