Upside Down

Goodness gracious...this is amazing!!! Just received my 30ml bottle and I'm blown away! The mix of Rum, tobacco, cinnamon and vanilla is EXACTLY what I have been looking for!!! Beastly projection, sillage trail a block long, smoother than silk and twice as soft as velvet. This is one of the most amazing fragrance compositions I've ever had the honor of smelling thus far. I'll be ordering a large bottle this Friday and another at the next holiday sale...this is a fragrance that I don't want to be...CANNOT be without!! (Especially since nothing I've built with aromachemicals rivals this!!) Damn...this might actually be my new signature scent. EDIT: This smells kinda like "Lattafa - Oud For Glory" in the opening...interesting. The drydown is something completely different though...amazing! EDIT: Got complimented on it this morning picking up coffee! And from a woman that's never said a word to me over the past year or more of seeing her almost every morning. EDIT: Wow...the next day, A FULL FRIGGIN DAY LATER....my shirt STILL smells like I'm about 6 hours into a wear of this! Ooooh yeah...this is "THE ONE". Saving up for a few full-size bottles, the is one I have to ALWAYS have. EDIT: Just did the math for a fantasy baseline 100ml purchase between these two below... "Alexandria Fragrances" charges $120 for 100ml of their "Upside Down" after shipping. Comparatively... "Fragrance Warehouse" charges $62 for 100ml of their "After Effect" with no fee for shipping on Ebay. Breaks down to: A.F. $1.20 per ml -VS- F.W. $0.62 per ml I'll be going with the Fragrance Warehouse version. If it is the same strength and projection....WIN! If not, I'll be going back to AF.

I think this smells pretty good. Overall, it's a predominantly boozy vanilla but it's not a super sweet vanilla. I always struggle to pick out anything beyond the major notes in a fragrance until I've worn it for a loooong time so I can't say I pick up much cinnamon or tobacco. I personally would have liked a bit more tobacco. Yet they must be there because if they weren't, this, according to the dominant notes, should smell like one of my favs, Perry Ellis Black Vanilla Absolute. It doesn't so those other notes definitely change the scent and the result is enjoyable. One downside is I do pick up a plastic, synthetic type smell occasionally. Sometimes it's there, other times it's not. Still, I find it to be a winner. This IMO has massive sillage. It's a single spray or start choking. Easy on that sprayer! Longevity is very good in cooler weather. This would be almost perfect in my book if it weren't for that occasional plastic type smell. Still glad I got it and nothing in my collection smells quite like this.

the difference is technically large. because if you only use natural ingredients, a very natural scent. but this also has positive qualities. a perfume that mainly consists of synthetic components has a much better longevity and projecton. this and the price make this a great fragrance. this fragrance smells in a synthetic way exactly smels like initio side effect. and the longevety is over 12 hours with super projection. in the air it smells exactly the same. I fell in love with the scent when I first smelled it at a skins store in the Netherlands. and 220 euros is a bit too pricey for my starting salary. Alexandria helped me a lot with that. this is a 10 out of 10

WOW!!......VERY close to side effect in the dry down. I've now tried samples of Black Panther, 1981x, Hafez 1984, Hafez intense, 007, No Apologies, Royal Equestrian and a few others and with Hafez Intense, I would say Upside down is the most long lasting...rum, cherry tobacco, cinnamon and vanilla are the big players. I also have side effect and I really wouldnt bother buying the Initio fragrance after trying this...half the price and not alot of difference to the original...9/10

Another AF Hit! I'm beginning to get the idea that AF is so good at "besting" the originals, their presenting "our version is better" and the prices are beginning to reflect that level of quality. I think AF has transcended the "clone" mark.