Arabian Horse

I have had a love affair with Parfums de Marly's Herod for a few years. However, I refused a bottle purchase due to its incredibly poor performance, given the high price. In fact, I have said on several occasions that Herod would be my signature scent if it weren't for the poor performance. If this sounds like you... look no more! ARABIAN HORSE IS EVERYTHING THAT HEROD EVER DREAMED OF BEING AND THEN SO MUCH MORE! It smells better than Herod, period. The smell is better blended and the beautiful honey note is unreal. The performance is killer. IT LASTS LITERALLY ALL DAY, it projects well, and the scent is just glorious. Lastly, the price if unbeatable. You can buy this at a fraction of the price of Herod, unbelievable. I will never purchase Herod again. This is the best fragrance you could hope for. If you love Herod... you must buy this fragrance!

Arabian Horse should be a hybrid mix of PDM Herod and TF Tobacco Vanille. It's a mixture of both. Really great perfumery. If you like both scents then get this one. The tobacco is a pipe tobacco. Some compare this to Spice Bomb Extreme. I like both. Yet they are quite different. Spice Bomb Extreme is more spicy with the Cumin. Where Arabian Horse is not as loud and spicy like Spice Bomb Extreme or CDG Blackpepper. It's a warm,sweet and inviting scent. More subtle. Where Spice Bomb Extreme is more outgoing, impulsive and loud. Which is just fine. Arabian Horse and PDM Herod is more subdued and laid back. You want spicy? Comme Des Garcon Black Pepper ,Avignon Incense,Montale Full Incense, Guerlain Bois Mysterieux etc Overall, Arabian Horse is excellent as a Hybrid Flanker.

Although I've worn high quality, nuanced "fragrance" most of my life (I started with Elsha 1776 & Liberty Bell, then bought Guerlain Pour un Homme by the case before moving on to Old Spice...just kidding), I do not consider myself any kind of expert or "professional critic". I have, however, developed a sense of why I wear it and how to satisfy that purpose. So my reviews focus more on what I appreciate about any fragrance, it's staying power and what it evokes from me as I encounter it. I only care how much it is like some other fragracnce from a "value" standpoint. If a fragrance can accomplish the above at a lower cost, it seems only prudent to me to wear it. For me this fragrance satisfies each aspect beautifully and upon that basis, I recommend it.

Finally, this one smells the closest to Herod by Parfums de Marly; not exact but definitely in the Herod neighborhood and just a door away. I've tried them all; Pure Havane by Mugler, Insurrection II Wild by Reyane Tradition, Red Tobacco by Mancera (still like and own), Tobacco Reserve by Aramis (still like and own), Havana by Aramis (still like and own), Havana Reserva by Aramis (still like and own), Signature by Happyland and Tobacco Oud by Tom Ford. I'm sticking with Arabian Horse by Alexandria Fragrances; wonderful scent, great longevity and sillage (better than Herod's). Approved for a blind buy. UPDATE: Another excellent Herod clone is Moira by Oakcha which I believe is superior to AH.

I'm on my 3rd bottle in 3 years, I sold Herod and kept this. Never had any issues.The guy below me either is nose blind or hasn't let the fragrance macerate yet. My friend I have a 200+ collection and have owned about a thousand in my lifetime of full bottles of all prices and let me tell you this stuff is way better than that Herod I had. It's more pepper spicy and lasts 10 hours where my Herod was maybe 5. Yes Herod is slightly smoother for the first 2 minutes but who cares. I've owned about 15 full bottles of Alexandria or more and have sampled probably 40 of their offerings (give or take), all are quality juice! This is my 3rd favorite from the house and I'll always have a bottle! 10/10