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Wow, this is gorgeous. Perfectly put together as an aromatic but still sweet and juicy citrus. Gives me a similar feeling to Buongiorno, but minus the mint. The mandarin in this is also nicely sweet and tart. The savoury aspect is dialled down. The chilli is present, but so is this lovely grown up juniper. That gin and tonic brings a fun, celebratory aspect but it is very controlled. Which is what Olivier Cresp is. Completely in control of everything he creates.

I’m going to be honest here I’m extremely disappointed in this. For me akro is a very creative line that is niche and simple but still takes risk and has character. This one is just a super simple citrus skin scent with some iso E.I get perhaps a slight juniper/ginger fizzy quality but literally nothing more . I was expecting a kick from pepper, maybe something bell pepper like or spicy but sadly nothing showed. It’s just so disappointing because this could have gone in so many interesting direction similarly to how the other fragrances in this line are unique. I agree this is very similar to the eccentric molecules fragrances. Especially the molecule plus series. This one in particular reminds me of molecule 1 plus ginger.

Open as a fizzy cold citrus woody bit smokey. Main notes and very apparent to me are citrus ginger vetiver maybe bit of a musk BUT. The whole thing disappears quickly especially this lovely opening and you’re left with vetiver musk skin scent

A vaguely spicy invention with little defining character and poor longevity. I found myself muttering “what’s the point?” but did not, unsurprisingly, receive an answer. Certainly not one for me.

This is undeniably similar to Molecule 01 + Ginger by Escentric Molecules. The most prominent note to me is ginger, with a woody base. This is a very clean, gauzy, unsweet, cold scent.

the top is chilli pepper not black pepper