OR/18

A great scent for fall and winter which immediately won me over. OR/2018 shines in colder weather under 18°C, give it some humidity, have your friends come over, go out for a walk, cook something proper, let your family come over. All of these things the whole weekend. Maybe invite someone you hadn‘t had the chance to see for a while, this is what this scent feels like. When it come to the notes in the pyramid I must admit I‘d never thought that this scent would ever get my attention. But there is so much in the combination, there’s so much in there I can relate to. The restrained Orange and Anis give a fresh yet deep opening and lead elegantly to the Mids. A Myrrhe with a dry Tonka and some spicy cedar like notes in the far back. Associations of Coffee with Chocolate and the sweet hint of a Kirsch-Schnaps after cooking together in the dry down. There are some notes for just a few minutes in the dry down evocative of caramelized outer of baked meat (Maillard reaction) with raw chocolate. It’s weird but this is what I get for a few minutes and it’s repeatable. What I also get in the dry down is a soapy green musk note appearing and shining through. OR/2018 changed all of my conceptions of what would appeal to me. It shows what an Amber can be when not using the classic ingredients of an Amber Accord. And it gave me certainty of having found something special that speaks to me. This is one of my Madeleines de Proust. It is complex but rather intuitive than challenging. You could use it as a statement scent. It is signature capable but it’s business and complexity rather make it lend to more casual occasions. If you care for comparisons and I think in this case it could be helpful for all the things I wrote about: Imagine something like Boss Bottled not going for the keyword ‚sexy‘ but for your memories

I am going to have to agree with others that this is a secret stunner that sneaks up on you until you are madly in love or at least that is what happened to me. If you smell it in the sprayer you just think - "hmmm yes sweet, nothing to see here" and you move along. The skin is where this perfume has to be experienced. First spray is a citrus fresh mandarin sweet infused sugar cube. It is not cooked sugar like candy floss and it is definitely not syrupy. Immediately this calming herbal cloud moves in and this really sets it apart from any other fragrance I have. It's like a day spa scent. It's a modern fragrance. I immediately have calm feelings of well being from this perfume. Not one note takes over and projects - it creates more of a cloud aura vibe around the person wearing it. The fragrances of A.N.Other are all understated in the bottle and really only bloom on the skin. All of the line including OR/18 have this very unique quality of always smelling very interesting to the wearer with little surprises in the journey - with interesting notes and surprises- but none of the fragrances present a challenge to the people in the room around you. They create more of an interesting transparent scent cloud. So yes to office safe. Totally unisex. I think people think that this leans more fem because of that smell of sugar from the nozzle but once sprayed on skin it immediately moves to unisex.

In the bottle & first spray:Juicy peaches in a pine forest filled with incense. 5 minutes: It's interesting that there isn't a chocolate or coffee note, because the brand does say "coffee aromas and edible notes of chocolate and bakery come alive on the skin as the perfume dries" - and it's true. The drier and warmer it gets on the skin the more of that mouth-watering roasted mocha quality comes through. 20 minutes:The wood comes through now, as well as a boozy element. It's as if a lumberjack in the middle of the forest were sipping on coffee with a splash of spiced rum. The powderiness also kicks up a notch here, reminiscent of the faint, piney smell of rosin that ballerina's dip their shoes in before dancing. 40+ minutes: This is where the magic happens - all the scents warmed by the skin blend into one another to make a really cohesive, intimate, spiced, sexy scent. After looking into the ingredients to see if they could help me describe the scent better, I did see that it has Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone in it, which is a powdery violet-like note - and Eugenol, which is a clove-cinnamon-like scent that has autumn vibes. I never get cannabis in this scent, and I don't get the blood orange or star anise. But this is a truly mysterious, sexy, intimate, unisex scent. If I came across someone wearing this in the wild, I'd be immediately intrigued.

So this is quite the perfume! Very unique and nothing I’ve smelled before! Honestly I was afraid to try this one because of the cannabis note and because the description said it had some smokiness in it as well and most of the time that is what I get on my skin. But not this time! On initial spray I got citrus and I was afraid the perfume indeed wasnt for me. It leant slightly masculine. Just as another reviewer, it reminded me of a men’s perfume but I cannot pinpoint which one. But then after a few minutes I got a scent so beautiful, rich and sweet that I couldnt stop smelling my wrists. That is when the whiskey and the vanilla in it kicked in. And this smell stayed the rest of the duration. And what a nice boozy smell it was! Still not very feminine but also not really masculine. Perfectly unisex. I didnt get any cannabis or whatsoever. I read someone else didnt get that note either so if you’re looking for a perfume that smell like that, then this perfume probably isnt for you. Overall I really really adore this perfume. Too bad its totaly sold out where I live... so, if you’re looking to sell your bottle, then please let me know! I really need this gem in my collection

I’ll be honest—I first bought this for my wife because I thought it would smell amazing on her. And it does. But then I tried it on my own skin... and something clicked. OR/18 isn’t just a fragrance I appreciate—it’s one I feel. It’s like it was designed with me in mind. The opening is sweet—but it’s feathered with just enough citrus and wood to soften and round out the entire composition. It stays close to the skin in the best way, like the scent of someone whose presence lingers after they’ve left the room. It quickly melts into soft sandalwood, a whisper of cardamom, and the most beautiful, clean musk. There’s something addictive about how it hugs the skin without shouting. It’s modern, minimal, and elegant without ever feeling cold or sterile. If you love sweetness, sandalwood, and musks that feel more like texture than perfume—this is one you need to experience on skin.