Black Forest Elixir

Opening is sweet and slightly citrus, a little synthetic. Notes are indiscernible but give a cool vibe. After about 5 minutes I could barely detect anything, maybe I went anosmic but then hours later I kept getting whiffs of Valaya and I was like what the heck is happening? It was Black Forest. I check here and BF does share many of the same notes. I like it but have a Valaya travel size which will last me awhile because she is a huge projector. This became very beastly on the dry down. Not sure how it happened. Pretty interesting fragrance. *Update second try I'm getting more citrus. It's like if Vibrato and Valaya had a baby!

Supposedly a dupe of PDM Valaya. Never smelled Valaya but this is awesome. White peach with clean musk and depth. I think it can pass as unisex if you confident. Name does not match at all. In fact quite the opposite which I noticed is a trend with middle eastern houses when doing an "inspired by" but they're trying to be super secret about it. I've seen this pattern.

This is a love at first sniff. I have over 100 perfumes and this one was a pleasant surprise as i had never heard of this brand. Its almost like Valaya and Vibrato had a baby .

I order this blindly. Im in love , impossible not to like it, great projection

Big burst of clean Aldehydes and white florals in the opening, joined by mellow orange-driven citrus and a really pleasant peach note. Musky Ambrox keep this thing chugging along for quite a few hours, but the opening notes never seem to fade. Basically a pretty, clean, aldehyde floral musk with decent longevity and nice sillage. *As a male, this is on the cusp of about as 'feminine' I will go. Aldehydes mess with my head for some reason, always have.* Update - After several weeks, decided it tipped a little 'Too Feminine", in my opinion. Gave it to my missus. She really likes it, so score there! **Never tried Valaya by PDM but the note list is almost a carbon copy so assume this is some sort of dupe.**