Incense City

AllSaints Incense City EDP opens with a moderate projection of sweet, incense, and woody notes. The opening is well-balanced, aromatic, projecting, and unique. The incense is a very prominent note, it comes across as smoky wood as opposed to church burning incense, it makes the fragrance slightly dark. The cypress and cedar add a pine-like, resinous, slightly smoky, slightly sweet, and balsamic, not as prominent as the incense but noticeable. In addition to the sweetness of the cypress. The fragrance has an unlisted sweet resinous accord that balances the incense, this note is evocative of amber, sweet, warm, and resinous. The fragrance does not have any significant opening to dry-down changes. Once AllSaints Incense City EDP has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a moderate projection, sweet, ambery, and incense fragrance with woody, piney accords. The fragrance feels bold, casual, classy, commanding, dark, elegant, exotic, expensive, formal, fragrant, high-quality, masculine, mature, modern, mysterious, nicely-blended, nocturnal, resinous, refined, rich, smoky, sweet, unique, warm, woody, and very pleasant. CATEGORY: Woody Floral Musk (2018). BATCH REVIEWED: 2020. WOW RATING: 10/10. A great combination of notes creates a well-balanced resinous incense fragrance. DISLIKE RATING: 3/10. The incense is a prominent note. UNIQUENESS: 10/10. The combination of notes and resulting scent are unique. MASS APPEAL: 7/10. A fragrance is more suited for those that appreciate the incense as a note. The sweetness will make it appealing to others. PROJECTION: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 6 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 5/10. Good, about 5 hours, it projects well for 3 hours. SEASONS: Winter, fall, colder days, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, business, casual, holidays, clubbing. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 6/10. A great and versatile fragrance for cold weather. GENDER: Masculine, the incense note gives it a masculine character. AGES: 30 and above. The incense, although balanced with resinous sweetness, is traditionally a note for mature wearers. RECOMMENDATION: AllSaints Incense City EDP can be purchased for about $80. Its uniqueness and well-balanced notes make it a great buy for those that enjoy incense. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances in the same genre. Amouage Interlude Man EDP is the darkest and greatest fragrance of this house; Amouage Memoir Men EDP is a more wearable dark fragrance with stronger green tones, and outstanding performance; Amouage Epic Man is a great incense, spicy, nutmeg, and leather fragrance; Chanel Les Exclusifs Sycomore EDP, this is a strong oud fragrance with moderate performance; John Varvatos Dark Rebel Rider this fragrance is dark with incense, tobacco, and leather notes, but low performance; John Varvatos Dark Rebel is a more wearable woody, leathery, tobacco, spices, and boozy fragrance; Louis Vuitton Ombre Nomade EDP is a fantastic dark, incense, masculine fragrance but with low performance; Bvlgari Man In Black Men EDP is one of the best designer’s leather and dark fragrances, but lacks longevity; Mercedes-Benz Club Black Men EDT is superb, sweet vanilla, benzoin, smoky incense, and woody fragrance; Issey Miyake Nuit D’Issey Men EDT is a highly wearable dark, incense, and green fragrance, very affordable; Mancera Red Tobacco EDP is a strong projection, mildly sweet, ambery, tobacco, oud, cinnamon, and saffron fragrance; Mancera Hindu Kush is an incense, dark woods, and strong green accords fragrance; Guerlain L’Homme Ideal Intense is a pleasant dark, sweet, spicy, leather, smoke, and almond fragrance; Nasomatto Black Afgano is a potent, green, and incense fragrance; Tiziana Terenzi Ecstasy is patchouli, incense, woody, and floral fragrance; Chanel Egoiste Men EDT is bold, black tobacco, and woods fragrance; John Varvatos Oud Men EDP is a low projection dark tobacco, incense, oud, myrrh, and spices fragrance; Montale Full Incense is good wearable incense, dark woods, and green fragrance; AllSaints Incense City EDP is a very good, sweet, ambery, and incense fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate projection, sweet, ambery, and incense fragrance with woody, piney accords. The fragrance feels bold, casual, classy, commanding, dark, elegant, exotic, expensive, formal, fragrant, high-quality, masculine, mature, modern, mysterious, nicely-blended, nocturnal, resinous, refined, rich, smoky, sweet, unique, warm, woody, and very pleasant.

Incense-heavy, but I would not call it churchy; the fragrance starts off strong on the incense note, but on my skin it settles into something almost gourmand and vanilla-like, with notes of fresh laundry. Smells like stick incense burning in a nice appartment —well-constructed brutalism, tropical houseplants. Incense City was my daily fragrance for about four years and I got many compliments wearing this. Probably more of a typical cold-weather scent profile, but I think its heavyness works well in the heat.

What a great bargain find! Smells like church, but warmer. Like smoky incense burning, mixed with that old wood smell you get in church. It reminds me of Serge Lutens Chergui, but without the honey/tobacco notes and with a significantly smaller price tag. It's easy to wear, and smells "different" enough but without the potential to overwhelm/scare people. Moderate sillage and moderate longevity, definitely unisex. I love it for a crisp autumn day.

I quite liked this one, just not on myself. The incense which I love, is front and center from start to finish, making this feel quite linear on my skin. It was very masculine on me as well. Longevity is good, lasted about 6 hours with a decent sillage. Update: Gifted my bottle to my partner, and my god this is fantastic on him. It’s not linear at all on his skin, so I think it was simply a better match for him instead.

I tried everything from the house today including popular ones like Sunset Riot, Metal Rain and Concrete. This was my favorite. This smells like really smooth incense along with papyrus even though it isn't listed. Linear but very nice. Reminds me of Bond Governors Island with amped up incense at a fraction of the price. Drydown is like Gucci Pour Homme 1. Performance is average. Scent 7.5/10 Performance 5/10

Holy grail of perfumes. God I love this. I think it's entirely nostalgia for me, as it smells exactly like church incense. There's something about wearing church incense to feel sexy that feels sacrilegious in a good way. I wish the performance of this was better, but frankly it's pretty manly so maybe it's for the best. Not complex and not strong, but I can't let go of this one.

Despite the name and some of the comments, I do not find this that incense heavy. Incense heavy frags are others, like Montale Incense something that I have and struggle to use. This has some sweat notes helping smooth down the overall smell and to my nose it is pleasing and relaxing.

Incienso suave medio cremoso y con buena duración y buena estela .ideal para otoño invierno.si te gustan los perfumes de incienso no dudes en comprarlo

Very gothic perfume... Something you'd wear at a beautiful abandoned French cathedral at night. Very heavy incense no musk at all.

This is not unisex at all. It does smell like JV dark rebel, unless you think that is unisex than you’re crazy!

The incense in that fragrance is beautiful! Definitely a masculine scent.

Happy to see this added to the database. It's exactly as stated, incense, churchy incense at that. It's unisex and both my husband and I have it in our rotation. If you like CDG Avignon, Penhaligon Elixir, or Xerjoff Zefiro, I think you will enjoy this. It's not the most amazing incense I've ever tried, nothing groundbreaking here, but for the price it was money well spent. I smell frankincense, labdanum and smoke. There's a sweetness to it which I believe to be amber. I've seen reviews that detect vanilla but I'm not smelling any. Wear time is average, on me about 5-6 hours, less so on my husband. He says he gets about 3 hours tops. Sillage is close to the skin, which I actually like. I can smell it on my husband from 1-2 feet away but it doesn't announce itself as you enter the room. I like it on hot days when I want incense but don't want to be smothered by it. This is not beast mode if that's what you're looking for. Nordstrom had a great price for the trio of All Saints perfumes and I bought two since the price was so good. It's an easygoing incense, incense-light you might say. It's a Parfum but smells and wears more like an EDT on both of us.

I was very lucky to pick this up at a warehouse sale where I get many of my fragrances. 3.4 fluid oz. bottle for only 20 dollars! I was immediately drawn to the name, considering I love to light incense around my house from time to time. I sprayed this on a paper strip, and I was completely shocked to find this smells almost (if not exactly) like Juicy Couture Dirty English for Men. I wore that quite a bit in high school, it was a staple of mine and I was so sad when I found out it had been discontinued (though just recently, it was made available on their website). I knew right then that I had to purchase this. It really smells like amber incense on me - sweet, powdery, smokey, and also a tad floral. Projection isn't super strong, and for the most part it stays fairly close to the skin. That being said, I do find it lasts for quite a while - at least 6-8 hours for me. If I spray it on my clothing, They tend to hold the scent even after a few washes. All in all, I am very happy with this perfume.

This to me is a modern, woody clean smokey powdered incense on cooled amber. It's having craft cocktails with a few good friends at a local new bar that no one knows about yet- industrial, concrete, repurposed wood and dimly lit with Edison bulbs. Your drink for the night is most likely a whisky sour with a sprig of herb or drop of bitters. Effortlessly cool, and unisex. Update: in the deeper dry down I get a prominent coumarin note, so I do like the beginning and mid much more. As it gets softer still its like the dry dry dry down of TF Vanille Fatale

Smoky incense, not like a church incense, more oriental style for sure. There are some woods in the base, but what I get is a lot of smoke, bit of incense and musk. I can see how the layering mentioned in the comment below could work very well - it has a potential to add smokey quality to your favourite fragrance. Standalone it actually doesnt stand out for me. Maybe I will try to use it to increase longevity of other more fleeting incense frags as the thing lasts pretty long albeit as a skin scent.

This isn’t a mind-blowing niche composition, but it is immensely likable. Woods, smoke and labdanum are balanced exactly as I want them, though none of these elements are rendered in a lot of detail. Allsaints’ Incense is great for when you want to smell good for other people, as it’s rich and mysterious, off the beaten path. Those who like incense fragrances will want to look elsewhere for a more “resin” experience, especially if you like distinct myrrh or frankincense.

Totally smoke show stopper. My October favourite- it just so perfect for autumn I refuse to let myself ware it any other month we of autumn because my other frags need love too. I love to pair this with and all white outfit because it compliments the sweetness of the resins but doesn’t over power the ever present and pungent smoke and give a sultry but danger vibe. The fragrance has strong and powerful longevity and projection it’s very unisex.

This is one lovely sweet incense fragrance that's just about perfect for daily wearing. Office safe, given its intrinsic intimate silage and, almost, inexistent projection. It layers perfectly with more profound fragrances like Afnan Supremacy Incense, for instance, giving depth to the incense note. ethereal and pleasant. Not the clerical type of smokey note, yet truly pleasant to my nose. For the price, it's a winner.

Dark woody incense with a hint of smokey sweetness Smells expensive but the downside is the longevity and sillage it's just sits on average Unisex fragrance both sexes can enjoy this and get away with it...

Wow, what a stunning fragrance. Incense is definitely very prominent. Good lasting power and very nice looking bottle. For this price is definitely worth it