Xtasy

Calling this a 'cocoa butter bomb' is just the start. It is much more sensual than that. The cocoa butter is mixed with a soft iris and mandarin, plus a tiny touch of cardamom and almond that makes it even smoother. There is also a bit of oud that gives it real depth. Even though it has sweet notes, it doesn't feel sugary or easy but rather feels expensive and rich. I was a bit worried when I got the sample that it might be too sweet for my skin, but I love it. Although I would tell if you are not fan of warm fragrances then it might not be for you. The performance is amazing. It stays on all day and leaves a great trail behind you. I wore it to an event last week in a very conservative environment, and three people asked what I was wearing. It’s a truly unisex, happy scent that both my girlfriend and I love to wear. Great job to the two perfumers. It is a cheerful, rich fragrance that really deserves the attention. I would recommend it mostly for Autumn and Winter time. It is not an office fragrance, at least not for me, and it might be a bit too much, but I would for sure wear it for the evening.

Not gonna lie, I got this as a present, as my partner knows that I like the brand. I was very skeptical in the beginning and avoided wearing it for sometime. I wore it for the first time for a gathering, and last time I got so much complements from a fragrance was many years ago with Aventus when it was not much known yet. Hats off to the perfumers. On the skin it is a very strange blend of darkness but also powdery notes, and suprisingly the cocoa feels rich even I am not much of a fan. I would have never bought this one on the shop myself, now it is my perfume to go if I attend an event. Although I would say it might not be very suitable for a conservative setting, as it might feel a bit too much for some people. Sometimes also polarizing but generally women like it more than men, at least in my surrounding.

My Fable: You wake in a room stripped of shadow - white walls, white light, an antiseptic hush that swallows sound before it can settle. Yet at its center sits a bed of impossible plushness, cushions piled high, an island of promised warmth in all that clinical white. You rise and drift to the window, and there it is: a garden bursting with spring, green and alive, swaying just beyond the glass. It calls to you, so you go down and take a seat - an iron chair, cold and unyielding beneath a soft cushion someone thoughtfully placed there. A plate of chocolate treats waits on the table, and you eat them slowly, savoring the promise of something rich and warm. But the window is open, and the wind will not stop. Each gust slips past the chocolate's sweetness before it can linger, carrying off the warmth you were just starting to taste. You sit wrapped in comfort that never quite arrives - a cushioned seat on cold iron, a sweet treat undercut by a draft that refuses to close the window. Rating: Xtasy is an ok fragrance. Worn on its own, the scent is pleasant enough - not bad at all, genuinely good in isolated moments. But it's clear what Alendor was reaching for: a warmer, cozier vanilla, something plush and inviting. They just don't get there. There's a persistent, sharp freshness running through it that keeps undercutting the warmth, the kind of thin, synthetic brightness you tend to find in cheaply constructed perfumes. It never lets the vanilla settle in and do its work. • Scent: 4/10 • Longevity: 5/10 • Sillage: 5/10 • Season: All year • Gender: Unisex • Price-Value: Way overpriced (this 270€ perfume wears like a 70€ fragrance)