Sunset Riot

AllSaints Sunset Riot EDP opens with a strong projection of sweet, amber, floral, and spicy notes. The opening is very aromatic, projecting, fresh, and very pleasant. The sweet note is prominent in this fragrance, and although the amber and orange blossom contribute with some sweetness, the fragrance seems to contain an unlisted sweet syrupy-like note evocative of cotton candy. The orange blossom is the next most prominent note, white floral, sweet, with a touch of citrus; the pink pepper is a soft spicy note, not strong but enough to balance the sweetness and white floral accords. The rose and cedar are next, just floral and woody support notes in the background. The amber is the last note, it makes the fragrance feel denser, but not powdery. The fragrance does not have any significant opening to dry-down changes. Once AllSaints Sunset Riot has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a strong projection, very sweet, amber, orange blossom, and pink pepper fragrance with woody and soft floral accords. The fragrance feels bold, candy-sweet, casual, comforting, commanding, delectable, dense, elegant, exotic, expensive, floral, fragrant, fresh, high-quality, intense, inviting, mature, modern, nicely-blended, playful, resinous, refined, romantic, sweet, syrupy, unisex with a slight tilt to the feminine side, warm, woody, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020. WOW RATING: 10/10. The notes and resulting scent are projecting and impressive. DISLIKE RATING: 2/10. The fragrance is very sweet. UNIQUENESS: 9/10. The fragrance is unique, and easy to identify fragrance. MASS APPEAL: 9/10. This is a fragrance that most people will enjoy. PROJECTION: 5/10. Good, about 5 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 6/10. Very good, about 6 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 4 to 6 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 hours, it projects well for about 3 hours. SEASONS: Winter, spring, fall, colder days, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, business, casual, holidays, vacations, romantic, dating, clubbing. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 7/10. A versatile fragrance for cold or mild weather and any type of occasion. GENDER: Advertised as unisex, the white floral and rose notes, create a small tilt to the feminine side, however, in general, it is a safe unisex fragrance. AGES: 30 and above. RECOMMENDATION: AllSaints Sunset Riot EDP can be purchased for about $80. Its similarities with Baccarat Rouge 540 EDP are significant; similar notes except the musky accord found in MFK BR540. For those that appreciate MFK BR540, this is a great alternative but it is also a great option as itself, and ideal for those that enjoy unisex fragrances. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances in the same genre. Alt Fragrances Crystal Intense No 32 is a clone of MFK Baccarat Rough 540 Extrait; Alt Fragrances Crystal No 23 is a clone of MFK Baccarat Rouge 540 EDP; Bond No 9 Greenwich Village EDP is a fantastic, very sweet gourmand vanilla, praline, musk, ambroxan, white floral peony, water lily, jasmine, and litchi fragrance; Dua Fragrances Casino Royale Nights is a clone of MFK Baccarat Rough 540 Extrait; MFK Baccarat Rouge 540 EDP is a very sweet, resinous, woody, floral, and musky; MFK Baccarat Rough 540 Extrait is a sweet ambery, almond, musky, woody, and spicy fragrance; AllSaints Sunset Riot is a very sweet, amber, orange blossom, and pink pepper fragrance. SUMMARY: A strong projection, very sweet, amber, orange blossom, and pink pepper fragrance with woody and soft floral accords. The fragrance feels bold, candy-sweet, casual, comforting, commanding, delectable, dense, elegant, exotic, expensive, floral, fragrant, fresh, high-quality, intense, inviting, mature, modern, nicely-blended, playful, resinous, refined, romantic, sweet, syrupy, unisex with a slight tilt to the feminine side, warm, woody, and very pleasant.

Sprayed this onto my clothes before I went to a bonfire that the guy I’ve been dating had last night, woke up beside him this morning and all he could say was “Mmm, you smell so good” and kisses from my wrist to my neck while sniffing. Longevity for me, 10/10 but sillage is moderate. I don’t care for the sillage in this one because I like the idea of it being moderate/intimate for when he’s close to me. I’m sure if I oversprayed everyone would smell me. I’ll test it and come back here one day! As for the BR540 comparison - yes it is along the same vibe but I’d have to say Sunset Riot has qualities of it’s own going on. I’ve compared both only in store and I have to say - I love this one so much more! Not worth it for me to spend on BR540 when I’m a bigger fan of this one. UPDATE 06/10: Something weird with this perfume, in a good way! It actually smells better on your clothes the NEXT day. When I first spray it, I can't smell it too much. After a few hours of spraying my jacket to test my theory, I could smell my jacket from 3 ft away and caught whiffs of it here and there. I'm obsessed. It's such a lovely unisex fragrance and is so mysterious with the way it decides when it wants to be noticed. I now spray my clothes the day before wearing them and top up once I'm going out! LOVE!

As it was stated in previous reviews, this fragrance has a definite br540 vibe mixed with Abercrombie. Warm weather gives the maximum effect so I definitely advise wearing this in the summer, but it can truly be a year round, signature worthy scent. Perfectly unisex, this has something for everyone. ( it is not as sweet as AG Cloud) Projection is moderate with a light spray, beastly if you are an oversprayer. Longevity has yet to be determined. Price point is very good in comparison. Edit: longevity is great- 8hrs+ with one spray. BRAVO!! Opening spray gives that sweet strawberry/ dentist office clean smell laced with a good new leather seat. As it dries, something citrusy/resinous peaks out and gives the sweetness something to blend with. The earlier notes don't dissappear, but I would not call it linear. In the final dry down a lovely antique rose (don't be afraid of the rose, its not prominent) with a touch of pepper joins the chorus to complete this stunner in a truly balanced finish. This is one of the first fragrances I've encountered that opens with an overall impression and gently reveals each note as it dries. I love it! Beautiful, energetic, positive, popular; these are all words that come to mind when I smell this. So glad I added it to my collection.

Getting to know this scent about a year now. The chemical/dental fabrication aspect is prominent over a sugar, intense sweetness. I get very strong performance and longevity. This isn’t entirely mass appealing in my opinion. The dental chemistry of the fragrance is unique and not all noses will find it appealing. I’ve had a couple negative reactions when wearing this, but I’ve had a few more positive comments than negative. It’s ambience: urban, industrial, machinery— but sweetly alluring. A definite juxtaposition. It’s metro, it’s being in the city center. There are sugar and sweets baking from food-vendors. A cotton candy machine? There’s a collage of strip mall chain stores huddled together, a nail salon, a tax service provider, a dress boutique, a drug store/pharmacy, and, yes, a dentist office. U won’t smell like most others with this scent. Where I come from, I’m not running into scents like this at least. Not many br 540 wearers here, which sunset riot gets close to. I think the quality and the uniqueness of this fragrance make the price u pay fairly reasonable. Not a cheap scent, not watery, not lacking substance. All Saints did a good job for what they were looking to accomplish with this I think.

I think I reviewed this in the past, but just in case I didn't here we go! I have the original, and I'm so sad they discontinued it and revamped it. I haven't smelled the new one, but I love the original and am so worried it won't be the same. This original is so good! When I first got it, it reminded me of the way malls in America smelled in the early 2000's. So it's really nostalgic. But over time I've come to deeply love this fragrance. On me it lasts a long time, and stays even longer on clothes. It's got a similar DNA to BK540, but it's woodier and a little more synthetic smelling. It has that burnt sugar and amber element that I deeply love. I'm a huge fan of woody fragrances with some sweetness to them and this is perfect! It's a bit on the dry side but still a little sweet. I wore this for the first time in a while yesterday, and my boyfriend made several comments about it and how much he liked it. But he's not a big gourmand fan, he likes oud and rose, amber, and more unique scents. So I was surprised how much he liked this - and I think it was partly due to the wood notes. I love this one, and I will savor my bottle.