mb03

I recently tried a few samples of this fragrance based on Base Notes reviews and a few other sources. Because of what I am currently looking for in a scent, Biehls MB03 seemed like a good bet, albeit a very pricey one! After doing some research and listening to a few converts, Biehl MB03 seemed like an incense fragrance I might want to wear and own. I couldn't wait to try this scent when the samples arrived. This is a nice enough fragrance and I like it a lot. Initially I felt rather disappointed after wearing MB03 a few times and overall, this scent left me with a big "HUH...I do not understand all the fuss!" While I like this fragrance a lot, I did not find it to be terribly outstanding or unique. With all the P.R. and press about Biehl's "fragrance labs," etc, I guess I was expecting something truly original, outstanding and highly unique. Instead after wearing MB03 a few times, I found myself thinking, "Okay...this is nice enough but somehow, I just don't get it." For me, the dry down of this fragrance turned a bit too powdery. I also kept detecting a prevalent note that just didn't sit right with me...a note that almost smelled a bit rancid or odd. Again, the dry down didn't seem to work well with my chemistry. For the price, I did not think the longevity was good at all. Also, not enough sillage for my taste. I think if I have to drop $265 on 3.3 ml of an EDT, I'll stick with my beloved Frederic Malle Musc Ravageur. This is a beautiful scent but it just didn't quite cut it for me.

Biehl sent me some samples, with mb02, i bought. It was a nice surprise and big fun to try all those perfumes. About mb03...reading the notes, i would never imagine, that i would like it, because i don't like patchouli and i have my doubts about amber, resin and chamomile. However, is a very warm and attractive perfume ,adorable for men. I will wear it (from the sample) sometimes, even i'm a woman, because i loved it , but i will not give so much money to buy a bottle. I am content with Biehl mb02!

I really like this perfume, a quite direct and simple description would be that it smells close to the same as the smell of freshly burnt frankincense with a slight sweetness to it which comes close to myrrh and a tiny touch of musk. The thing that talks against MB03 is however sadly that it has tiny sillage that makes you quite quickly start doubting if it's even there. If it had better sillage I would love it and likely use it as a signature scent however without some form of scent-aura forming it just becomes boring in my opinion. If you have the chance to sample it, I would recommend doing so since it's a very pleasant smell but a whole bottle at the pricepoint that it carries is just too much.

A lovely frankincense fragrance, very realistic incense smoke, very purifying and realistic. As it develops I get a sweetness build up against the resinous darkness of the incense made up mostly of the caramel facets of benzoin. I also get more woodiness as it develops. Very nice, minimalist, perhaps too expensive for what it is, but compared to something like Encens Suave, which is very similar this is a better value.

I like this because of the similarity to L'air du Desert Marocain. It gives me a sense of space, a clear, golden light-filled incense, and a grounding frame of wood. This one seems cooler and thinner and a tad more masculine. In general Mark Buxton woodsy scents are great. I like my decant, like the clarity and simplicity, but don't think I would buy a full bottle as long as I have LDDM.