Aurica

One initial spray of Aurica on me and the expression on my wife’s face was priceless, the way she opened her eyes widely and the WOW coming out of her mouth was just memorable. She said “this is the sexiest perfume I’ve smelled on you”, and she demanded that I wear it on a date night we have planned for Saturday. This kind of reaction coming from my wife, which I respectfully consider a beautiful woman of impeccable taste, really speaks to me. ...now let’s talk about the perfume. Created to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Rat, Aurica by Boadicea The Victorious is inexplicably alluring and complex, it reveals such an incredible aura of regality with a bright and electrifying brightness that is hard to describe and praise enough in single words. The scent is like a wind that blows in your direction bringing along the goodness found around the four corners of the world, the fusion of Mediterranean marigold and juicy pineapple laced to a breezy element that smells almost salty marine, running through the floral sensuality of jasmine, rose and ylang, and the exoticism of musk and moss wrapped around amber, vanilla, patchouli and oud. Aurica feels both weightless and gigantic in such way that makes you feel highly elevated and upperclass. Quite probably the sexiest perfume in my collection.

A beautiful, effervescent explosion of fruits and florals with a very faint woodsy note in the background. Overly sweet but a perfect woodsy note balances it. This is a great fragrance. I don't get the comparisons with Aventus except for a tangy pineaple vibe for just a minute nor with the hugely popular mfk 540. Aventus 2015 batches smell of quality ambergris where as Aurica has no ambergris. Aurica is pure sophistication, euphoria, celebration, refinement and the famous, colourful Indian festival of "holi" in a bottle and I got several compliments on wearing this. Pricey? Yep. "Ah.. you smell sooo good" always comes with a hefty tag. A friend could smell this from about 30 feet away. Perhaps high tag is partly justified because its so potent one or two spritz is enough to fill a room and lasts forever on clothes. Do sample it. Do speak to Yulia at Boadicea online, London. She is an amazing, very helpful and knowledgeable person to talk to while selecting and buying samples or a full bottle. Thanks Yulia

I really wanted to hate on this fragrance because it resembles a designer fragrance yet costs the price of a used car. However, I've got to be honest, it smells fantastic and I love it. I purchased a 1.5ml sample from Boadicea two years ago only to leave it in the drawer among the hundreds of other samples I have accumulated (without ever actually trying it). I re-discovered it recently and gave it a few wearings. I seldom receive compliments on my fragrances but this one got me noticed. I enjoyed it so much I decided to pull the trigger on a full bottle. It is the perfect daily driver and is ideal for the office and formal settings. Admittedly the price is somewhat ridiculous but it is without doubt the best fragrance in the "not another f**king pineapple fragrance" genre. 9/10

A friend in the fragrance community loves this stuff. I really really LIKE it. I’ve only worn it about 3-4 times total since I purchased the bottle. Each time I wear it I put up on different aspects of this composition. I sure don’t get any oud as of yet though which is listed in the notes. I love oud so would welcome if but it must be what is holding together these lighter notes and giving it longevity. That dim oud backbone holds the most beautiful marigold note. BTV does marigold so well. Each time I wear this I also like it a little more. This is very hopeful as a few more wearings it will be in my top 10! A great fragrance from the best house in the game..

The reviews of Aurica are horrid. This is one of BtV's very best fragrances!! I'd probably even rank this their 3rd best after Valiant and Hanuman. When I first smelled this, my instant thought was "if the precious metal 'gold' could be represented with a fragrance, this would be the scent of gold. Its absolutely amazing and I am perplexed at the negativity of the other reviews. This is a perfect example of why I always recommend to never take anyone else's word on whether a fragrance is good or not. Its far too subjective a thing to base anything on consensus. Consensus is irrelevant. This is a 10 of 10.