Musk

Why isn't this the potent musk you remember? Two words: Nitro Musk! Banned in the US since 1979 they were in most if not all of the old musk oils. Contrary to what some believe "real" musk hasn't been used in most mainstream fragrance for almost 100 years! Nitro-musks were once used extensively in perfumery and are now largely prohibited in many countries because they can't be fully cleaned out by sewage treatment plants and accumulate in fish and such. The kicker is that there is no conclusive proof that they're actually harmful. Polycyclic musks are mostly used in fragrance and londry products these days. They far inferior in strength, longevity and odor to the nitro musks. Macrocyclic musks are also not a good replacement for nitro musks. Although they closely resemble the true scent of real deer (Tonkin) musk, half the human population are anosmic to it. That means there is 50% chance you can't smell it! EVER! So fragrance companies use several musk chemicals in the hopes that you'll smell atleast one! So now you know why fragrance can smell so much different between people. Alicyclic musks I don't know too much about, their sort of new but from what I've heard they are also no match for nitro musks.

I have this one, but in the oil form, for more than 20 years. It hasn't changed at all.... First time I smelled it, was on my cousin when we were 18/19 yo. I bought it because I really loved how it smelled, but unfortunately, it never smelled on me as much as good as it was smelling on her. She wore it for years. Few weeks ago, we were sitting in front of her house and started talking about perfumes and she said that this was her favourite perfume and that she can't find it for years anymore... She tried it in non oil form but wasn't getting from that one what she was getting from this perfume oil. When I told her that I still have, almost untouched bottle of that oil, she was shocked. I will give it to her for her birthday, which is today and she should come tomorrow... I hope she will... This perfume belongs to her more than it belongs to me. It was her signature for many years, and she is mostly using perfume oils. I'm not using it anyway because it just gets to cloying on my skin, but when she wears it is light and airy ... Simply beautiful.... 🥰🥰🥰 ... It's a shame that we don't have it in the oil form anymore. It was so good!

I have tried the edc, edt, edt and the perfume oil. The edc was like an awfully cheap hairspray - and i wonder where the low ratings are concerned, depend on the version tested. The edt is lovely. Having said that i was anosmic to that but after resting my nose for a while (from strong fragrances) the scent was apparent and a lovely sweet fresh skin scent reminiscent of a baby was noted. The edp is a muskier version of the edt and sweeter. The perfume oil is not as musky as the edp but a stronger version of the edt. It lasts for several hours and i get the occasional waft. I think you have to have a certain skin chemistry to pull the oil off. I find that i have better results with perfume oils in general. The perfume oil is what i wanted Jovan Musk oil to be on my skin - which is fleeting on me and i can hardly smell it. However the AA musk perfume oil is quite strong for a musk oil (unless i have overloaded my nostrils with too many fragrances) and has a floral soapiness about it without being harsh yet a pleasantly clean scent. If the edt lasted longer then this would also be my fav but the perfume oil is my preferred choice.

First time, blind buy, 100ml straight away since the original perfume was created by Houbigant and the seller claimed the EDT was also by Houbigant. I am quite puzzled by the annotation at alyssaashley.com:"A rich, oriental blend of over 100 of the world’s finest ingredients unite to create Musk Eau de Toilette", - as I did not catch just as many olfactory ingredients. To me it is as light and delicious as a fizzy drink, which I could enjoy forever! The opening is the first sip - sweet, addictive, with bubbles in your face, and the rest is a top up to go with the rest of the day. Impressive longevity for an EDT of 8 good hours, unsure if there is any trail, but I am usually happy to wear a skin scent that only I can feel during the office hours. It is an unexpected gem and I am going to stock up on EDP and oil, to see if I can get the bubbles popping up for a longer period of time. Anyone with so called "colder" type of skin are probably going to have the same experience with this loveliness as me. Head notes: Sicilian Bergamot Heart notes: Rose, Jasmine and Ylang Ylang Base notes: Iris, Oakmoss, Vanilla, Tonka Bean and Musk

goodness this is nice! I got the EDP for a great price on Fragrancenet, needing to add something for free shipping trusting that I enjoy classic yellow 70s musks and honestly I like this better than the youtube reviewer touted fragrance I'd set out to order. This Musk ties for my favorite with Reminiscence Musc -- which is sweeter and more ylang-y and i might like it a little more on merit, but is on the other hand discontinued, and also took about a year to mature into its 'real' scent, so this one wins out overall. AA Musk EDP is great right out of the box. It's warm, it's cozy and sweet but not too sweet, it has subtle but lasting projection. This is a warm 'clean' musk but not a cold, antiseptic-ambrox one like many modern popular 'clean girl' scents, which makes it very familiar and friendly without that overly-scrubbed feeling. goes a little powdery in the drydown with the rose, iris and moss, but it's more an earthy powder than a powder puff feeling if that makes sense. quite similar to a couple of kuumba made classic musks like 'oriental musk' and 'wind dancer' but with better longevity.