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SOTD - Alghabra - Eye of Seven Hills

Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Whisky, Vanilla, Tobacco, Tonka Bean, Amber, Oud, Sandalwood, Cedar - what a line up!

This is gonna be fire.

*tries*

:martin:

I could never be a perfumer. I'd just be mixing things I like hoping to get something new but also familiar.

With this, every thing I like (except the sandalwood) plus some other stuff I ain't list - and....not really that good.

Rating - 1ml
 

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SOTDs - started with Federico Cantarelli - Intense Vanilla, and then layered on Byredo's Vanille Antique.

I would not have noticed this if I wore them separately - but the Antique Vanilla actually smells "dusty". Something tickles the nose like white pepper (it's not listed in the notes)

In terms of the blend - it seems like the 2 vanillas are fighting each other. It's like I can smell both distinctly, but not actually.

It's interesting from a "raw" sensory perspective - in that it doesn't engage the mind in ways I can really describe.

Sauvage is like that - the smell is "explainable" but there's something else going with it. Much like eating Mapo Tofu. It's hot, but the pepper numbs the scenes creating a sensation more so than a flavor.
 

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Pineward - Velvetine - ambergris*, cypress, vanilla, clove, labdanum, fir, dragon’s blood resin, sandalwood, tonkin musk, vintage Mousse de Saxe amber base.


Pineward - as the name suggests - is mostly tree based scents. This is no exception.

I'm not sure what dominates this joint here. Half of these notes, I've never heard of, nor could pick out of a lineup if my life depended on it. I want to say the "mousse de saxe" is what dominates - i.e. it smells kinda like moss with a bit of woods, and a hint of sweetness.

It's a nice scent, a pleasant scent, but my rating is 2 mls at best.

I wonder a lot about how they come up with this stuff, but also - who's buying this stuff? This something I imagine a barkeep from some Portland suburb would rock.

I bought a gang of samples, and honestly none of them are GREAT enough to buy a whole bottle, but 2mls is a good amount of juice imo.
 

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Molton Brown - Tobacco Absolute

Dat leafy/stank tobacco but also that brown tobacco as well (a smidge Red). Not sweet at all, arguably a bit salty as well.

Have 5ml, but you probably only need 1ml to test it out. Definitely not a blind buy.
 

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SOTD - Ormond Jayne - Montabaco Parfum - lemme get to the rating first - on a scale of 1-10 - where 1 is a I don't like this and 10 is a recommend for all of you to go blind buy it on e-bay from sketchy Russian Sellers - this is a negative 2 (-2).
A Zero is usually a scrubber, and I regret the purchase.

Anything negative means - It's actively making me sick to the point of Nausicaa nausea.

The smell is vaguely tobacco - but of the leafy variety. I smell a ton of florals, and possibly my archnemesis tuberose.

Leather, suede, wood and tobacco leaf repeated over and over again creating a suggestive sensuality and Latino temperament. It sits above the rich floral presence of magnolia, jasmine and rose. It is all unashamedly seductive yet profoundly simpatico.

Top: air note, orange absolute, bergamot, juniper, clary sage, cardamom. Heart: magnolia, hedione, rose, violet, tea notes. Base: tobacco leaf, iso e super, suede, sandalwood, moss, tonka, ambergris.

Yeah, not my bag at all. I have the "intensivo" version of this, but I don't recall it being vomit-inducing.

I'm tempted to just toss this decant rather than experience it again and relive this "horror"...
 

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Which Jimmy Choo cologne should I get???

I've only ever put my nose on "Ice"


And it wasn't for me.

Jimmy Choo, John Varvatos, Michael Kors, arguably Polo, Hilfiger, LaCoste, Coach, Kenneth Cole, Perry Ellis, Calvin Klein, Adidas, etc - are all on the lower tier of designer brands in cologne and fashion generally.

Not quite "English Laundry" level, but not Burberry/Valentino level, much less Dior/Chanel level.
 
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