Evil Max

Some mornings - especially *Monday* mornings - I look at all my many bottles of perfume, and just *know* it's an Evil Max day. Because, black cherry chypre gives me a kickass, unexpected, modern take on the retro joys of a great big 70s CHYPRE mood with added leather, in-your-face vetiver, and even a wee bit of patchouli. This is a unisex, unapologetic bomb of a fume which does not take itself super-seriously either. *SO* sad Sarah discontinued this. I don't know what I'll do without it when the bottle's done tbh; probably layer cherry frags with vintage chypres to capture that proper "Evil Max" mood.

A big hit of vetiver then oak moss and leather. The fragrance develops further and the cherries start to appear along with the patchouli, musk and cardamom. The leather stays all the way through. Now I am not one to say this lightly and it is very rare but this fragrance is definitely a sex bomb. Its another inspired combination of notes from Sarah. I envy her olfactory imagination. I normally hate chypres but I love this. Moderate sillage and longevity.

Genuinely love this frag...a beautiful, deep green chypre with a delightful dark cherry thrust. Sensual, shadowy, mysterious, and intriguing, with a big old wallop that will get you noticed. Screams quality. The very definition of niche. Will suit whoever wears it—smells ultra feminine on a woman and ultra masculine on a bloke. Unfortunately (and I hope I'm wrong here) I believe it's been discontinued. Damn you universe!

Really nice unusual chypre. Beautifully blended and thus hard for my nose to pick out specifics other than slightly cherry opening and wonderful oakmoss drydown with interwoven spices.

Love this juice. It has great longevity. I know it's not referenced but on my skin this has oodles of vanilla. It's warm, gourmand and addictive.

A tale of two Evil Max's. On me the lightest dab goes so heavy and I can't distinguish as it merges into one big bomb and lingers after I wash it off. I struggled with this one. However it is the first scent my fiancé has ever raved about and happily asked me to buy it for him. On him the notes are mellow and distinguished and sweetly reminds him of 70s scents of his grandad. Three male family members also liked it immensely. Men like the cherry tobbaco hint and I adore it on him. Definitely try a tester first. And Sarah of 4160 Tuesdays seems a darling.

WOW, This is one sexy juice! Sweet tender tobacco with oakmoss. It's a dusty tobacco sweetened by dark vanilla which is most likely the combination of leather and cherries if i'm going with this pyramid. NO mandarin, NO lime, and definately NO pink pepper. There might be cardamom to extremize the effect of the tobacco (there isn't such word :p ). I don't think this should be called "Evil Max"~ it should be called "Naughty Max". It is the smell of "John Mannion" from Basil 1998 movie and before he got deformed. I guess it's kind of similar to "Bell'Antonio" by Hilde Soliani.

I purchased this having sampled a few of the other incarnations like Sexiest Fragrance in the World, Doe in the Snow, and I am disappointed, the consolation is that I got it cheap, as the vendor is having a closing down sale. Steer clear, in principle it sounds great, in reality it is not far off the worst fragrance in the world.