24 Go Dark

I rarely come on here to review my fragrances, but I just had to with this one! I didn't originally like this one very much, but it has slowly grown on me over time and now, it's a complete love. I bought it because of how much I enjoyed 24 Gold and because it was under $35, so I figured why not? I didn't wear it much originally, but as my love of patchouli and darker notes has grown, this has become a top tier scent for evenings. I find this scent to be so well balanced while being different. I've gotten a ton of compliments on it, and I personally love that I can smell the lime balancing out the patchouli. It eventually goes to a patchouli and vanilla scent, so not a completely dark patchouli, but not overly sweet either. Honestly, I rate this higher than a lot of other, more popular date night scents (The One EDP, La Nuit, etc, although I own and enjoy those as well). Performance is what you would expect from ScentStory; not as beastly as 24 Gold, but still amazing, particularly for this price range. I get 8+ hours of longevity and over 2 hours of solid projection, plus well over that of excellent sillage (which is where most of my compliments come from). Not a good blind buy unless you definitely enjoy darker scents and patchouli.

Yet again scent story have produced a top fragrance and yes I blind bought this one too! This is more reserved and less impressive than the dizzy heights of 24 Gold and 24 Platinum both of which are fantastic. Go dark definitely has the fresh citrus character of the original 24 and the most definitive apple note I've come across. That's just the opening, the heart of this fragrance is a very masculine smooth patchouli, spiced woody, musk which is very enjoyable indeed but for me doesn't quite stir the same enthusiasm as the two I've mentioned previously. This is still highly original and head and shoulders above many designer priced fragrances in terms of sheer quality and staying power. Speaking of longevity it's very very good as you'd expect from this range but again not quite in the league of Gold and Platinum...but it does project massively for the first couple of hours. Update: the more I wear this the more I become accustomed to the notes and the development starts out now with a really bitter dark chocolately patch which then becomes progressively spiced and woody but with that strange apple note through it. I really like this fragrance shame it isn't a bit stronger.

Another 24 fragrance I'm in love with, a well known UK retailer is selling a 50ml bottle for £7. Hilarious!! As with the gold, the quality of this is so so good, reminds me a little bit of CK One Shock, Lavender, Patchouli and Pepper, although it isn't as sweet and has way better longevity. I am pleasantly stunned at the quality of it. I've tried 3 24 fragrances, and while I wasn't a huge lover of the original I could still appreciate it. Silver next. Anyway I digress. I love the vanilla in this, it really stands out, as do the notes I mentioned earlier, I struggle to detect the citrus notes listed, the other notes are perhaps too intense. I got about 6.5 hours with this one, the Gold was over 9, Go Dark is a little Softer, but probably more suitable for work then the Gold. I am addicted to Guerlain, and all of their products, can I disagree with the other reviews and say I see no real similarity to L'instant, I have just sprayed both, the Guerlain is in a whole other league in truth and way more complex, sweeter. But still 24 Dark has won me over, and I've stocked up. A very positive 9/10, and for some reason I love the bottle!

It's been a long time coming but I have now tried my first ScentStory fragrance in 24 Go Dark. Cool looking bottle but dear me what the heck did they spray coat it with. The frosted finishing coat looks great til you pick up the bottle and quickly find that it is a colourless, matt lacquer with a sticky, tar like consistency that comes off on your hands. I've ended up wiping it all off although it took some doing. Yuck. Inside the bottle however is a different story. I would agree, a niche quality scent with good projection and so far good longevity. It opens with a strong Vanilla-Raspberry-Pepper-Mint accord which is pleasant but after 30 minutes it smooths out into a real gem. Lovely, masculine, winter scent. Update 23/02/2018: Boy oh boy do I love this stuff. Just keep reaching for it on cold days. Excellent.

I still remember the first time I blind bought this. and my first impression is not that good. I said to myself this is not for me and I think this is too mature and difficult to pull off. but after a couple of months I tried to look back on my previous collections and I saw this and tried it again. and hey! from dislike to like to love. maybe my olfactory senses got matured so that is why I'm digging this one now a lot. the scent is a little bit weird actually. this is one of the fragrance when you sprayed at first, it smells fresh and bright and then after a minute or 2 it becomes spicy dark and earthy right away. to my nose, this is not close to bentley men / intense... bentley intense is on the side of classy and sophisticated whereas 24 Go Dark leans on a rugged dirty and dark in a good way.