Finjan

Interesting and lovely. When I first applied this I had a split second of thinking "ginger snap!", which lasted until the scent warmed on my skin. I then smelled the loveliest combination of cardoman and cloves that I've ever smelled--knife sharp but warm like a friend's presence. The balsam and orange are noticeable but in the background. Humorously (to me) the jasmine is of the type that every now and again has a whiff of mint to it. I haven't found the coffee. This actually reminds me more of another part of middle Asia rather than Turkey--it reminds me of Iran and the wonderful tea they make that always has cardoman. The tea is mellower than this scent but I always associate cardoman and oranges with that tea. Very definitely spicy, very definitely oriental, definitely worthwhile and different. (Ayala, I know you check in occasionally--am I right about the ginger?) Projection: Reasonable, 1-2 ft Duration: 2 hours and counting Fabulosity: The Spice Coast Value to Price Ratio: reasonable to high 8/10

I'm finally sampling, in a leisurely way, this scent, generously sent me by Ayala herself many years ago. For quite a few years I suffered from anosmia, brought on by a combination of "silent acid reflux syndrome" and a series of sinus infections. I have been able, thank God (!), to recover quite a bit of my ability to smell and taste, so am able to devote myself to adequately "travelling" through my sample library. When I first smelled Finjan, I had no expectations at all, and had not remembered the published notes for this fragrance. All I can say, not being someone who can detect individual notes especially well, is that this scent after 10 minutes or so is an absolutely gorgeous aroma which has caused me to bring my wrist to my nose several times, even as I sense that I'm surrounded with a cloud of deliciousness. After two hours, I am actually beginning to smell something which might be the coffee? All I can really state is that this is a beautiful fragrance, warm, cozy, exciting, addictive, slightly sweet but not overly so. It smells perfectly balanced and well blended to me. While it is absolutely lovely worn by itself, I believe it would behave well if layered under another fragrance. I love it!!

scented oil Finjan opens very sharp cardamom and tolu? then I smell something citrusy/orange. the dry down is spicy but I cant smell any coffee. To me its a spiced orange scent. Nice but for me not word buying. Price highly overated

More spice than coffee - but the note list is pretty accurate if that's all you have to go on.