Dukes Carpet

Duke's Carpet from anti Parfums to me was incredibly refreshing, but in no sense was it generic citrus/clean. No: dry, crisp & sparkling like the inside of a Dry Martini. The gin-like botanicals are sparkling dry citruses (e.g., lemon & grapefruit zest), aromatic gin notes with lots of sharp juniper & spices with ginger, alongside these cold, sharp notes that feel like air hitting warm velvet or polished wood. The fresh notes are elegant, not cheap. It feels sharp, but with such an undercurrent of warmth, class, & softness that it never smells like a “sporty” modern scent at all. That juniper & herbal mix makes for one of the freshest scents possible to me. The idea of the “carpet” comes as it warms a little: a subtle, warm undercurrent of velvet & expensive interior wood where something like vermouth may have sunk into the carpet over the years. That dry sparkle against the soft, old, worn velvet warmth is my absolute favorite contrast here, & honestly the key to why it becomes addictive. This has to feel cinematic for someone stepping out of the bitter London cold into a slick bar. It perfectly replicates that feeling of having crisp, aromatic, well-dressed, & slightly dated scents all around you at once. The genius here, above other fresh gin scents, is the texture. It stays dry & well-textured throughout, with real depth where most fragrances in this style feel flat after the opening. Duke’s Carpet is, for me, the most crowd-pleasing fragrance in the Anti line. Despite the conceptual quirkiness that marks so much of this lines work, this feels immediately wearable in a much more straightforward way for most noses. One of the most effortlessly elegant scents in the line. This my second favorite from the line and with good reason, anti just keeps impressing me with their gorgeous compositions I'd give dukes carpet a solid: 9/10 Update: 06/10/26 - Anyways I caved and bought a bottle 🤣! Bast is still my favorite but I decided I'd buy that one closer to the fall!

what a refreshing, cold and sharp fragrance, the citruses are so nice, unique, zesty and so well mixed together, the ginger is snappy, sharp and you even get that nose hit you get from eating raw ginger, and the greens and botanicals you usually find in gin are in there too and balance everything so well, with sweet and deep undertones, just insane I love it, the only issue is longevity, it's a bit weak and you need to overspray to compensate, even though the projection and sillage are decent enough but I still might have finally found my new summer fragrance, I've been testing a lot of citrus/ginger combos which I love, but most end up too sweet and cloying, too close to cleaning products, or not complex enough, and this might have just taken the crown anti was such an amazing find already, Bast is also a beast, probably the most mindblowing fragrance I've found this year so far, absolutely crazy

Hands down one of the best perfumes I've ever tried. Of course, I love citruses and aromatic scents, so I am a bit biased. This scent, is pretty much a gin tonic in a perfume bottle. I mean it in the best way possible. It is aromatic and tangy and zingy and sooo addictive. It could not be more perfect. Although, it has one big disadvantage - it doesn't last. You'd need to shower yourself in it to make it last. However, it smells so good that I might buy a full bottle anyway. I also tried the rest of this brand's perfumes, and I must say that this one is their absolute best, while some of their other ones are pretty atrocious.

I am not easy to impress, but color me impressed. It starts off very lemon-heavy but quickly moves into gin and juniper middle notes before it settles into a gin/juniper/woods base that has decent longevity despite fairly discreet sillage. In the base, it resembles Memo Ithaque ever so slightly, but it feels different enough to own it alongside Ithaque. A unique and fun scent for sure.

This is a very realistic gin fragrance,just what I was looking for.There is some citrus here,but the gin is dominant thoughout,it does not fade nor would I want it to.Very well blended,proformance seems good but I've only just received it.For 160 euro (on Anti website at moment)it's a welcome addition to my 100 plus collection,top ten.