Monaliza

I blew through my 5ml sample so fast that I ordered the 30ml bottle of Monaliza. I have a decant of POAL to compare and to my nose and on my skin, it's a dead ringer. Monaliza is an incense bomb on me, just like POAL is. I can smell all of the notes listed, the only thing that isn't stand out for me is the patchouli, on both perfumes. I LOVE Monaliza, I get 8+ hours of heavy scent....only 2 hours with POAL. I wear it almost daily...I can afford to. I get lots of compliments and oddly have noticed I'm sleeping better? I was talking to a friend and she said it's probably the incense. Mark me down as a huge fan !

Great scent by Alexandria, the quality of the composition is undeniable, compared side to side, hany's clearly recomposed the classic, with a sharply rose in the front, next to a healthy dose of clove, on the original, the clove dissipates fast, leading to a nice patchouli oud kind of enticing but a classic one for sure. A five star creation, Alexandria is doing great releases as of today, not to be missed.

Monaliza Alexandria Fragrances I was given a partial 30ml of this, maybe left 20ml and perhaps it went through some oxidisation. It does smell very Turkish rose. Granny's rose. Kinda Tea Rose. I compared it with the og POAL and POAL is not so aged, Monliza seems to suit more aged individuals. It's strong and Loud and comes across as more aggressive. POAL definitely the easier better wear.

Opened up a very slightly fruity rose. Then it all too soon blended into patchouli-led patchouli rose incense combo. The rose and the incense were so weak this could well be a patchouli perfume and not a rose perfume. Lol. But then again I got almost the same result with POAL, so it’s a close enough clone. Wish AF has made the rose shined a little more. Edit. The scent passed the twelve hours mark on clothing with some silage left. On skin it ladred only about five hrs.

Musky rose in the dry down. I DIG IT!