Imperial

I get a lot of leather (a real soft upholstery leather), geranium, sandalwood, lavender and what to my nose smells like cattails in shallow water. This isn't a "warm" fragrance but does have a slight resinous floral vibe that reminds me of Creed's Royal Oud. It's not skanky or offensive. If anythig it comes off very "new England" proper and dressy and authoritative. For me, this smells like my summers on Chincoteauge Island. To a "T". Very wearable and sophisticated. In Southern California, the right hoodie and jeans can be "dressed up" and so I will usually stick to that, but it is certainly a more formal scent. Not so stiff you cant wear it out as an *amazing* date night fragrance though. Think YSL M7 (reformulated) mixed with some Creed Royal Oud, and layered with Creed's Original Santal and you're in the right ballpark. Beautiful juice. Scent: 10/10 seriously. Two different wears with a tester and it was full bottle time. Longevity: 10/10 monster longevity, I've been wearing today's spray for 11 hours in the heat and humidity and I can still clearly smell it on my arm. EDIT: It has now been 20 hours since this single spray on my forearm and I can still detect it at point-blank range. Projection: 6/10 for the first hour or so, then pulls in closer to the body (about a 4/10) for the next few hours, then becomes a close range-point blank scent afterwards for the rest of it's life. Sillage: 8/10 for the first 45min-1.5 hours. 5/10 afterwards till the two-three hour mark, then nothing. Shame really but the rest makes up for it in my book. My skin eats fragrance so you may have better results. Would I buy another bottle?: No question. No hesitation. Yes!

TF Oud Wood + TF Beau di jour + Aventus with a kiss of Mindgames Gambit or Nishane B-612.... Its unique to me with the crossovers and pinning it to a smells like is all over the map. I like this though! Barbershopish done in a masculine, gentlemanly in a regal way. Refined and upgraded opening and has a sharpness to it to garner attention. Has a sweetened oud making it more wearable for westerners and no funk to it. Its clean... I feel like I have smelled this before, however i think it is literally because i can smell components from other fragrances that i listed above. I do not think this is to garner compliments and definetely not a fragrance to try and appeal to the females nose. It is not that type of fragrance, nor is it safe for blind buy as it is not exactly mass appealing. Why wear it? This is boss fragrance for a mature man. This is not a casual worker, this is the man in higher office level of the skyscrapper who has done passed the corner office. He wears this for himself and doesn't care what you think.

I got a bottle as a gift. This house was a mystery to me before (even though I mostly have niche frags). It was a pleasant surprise as it was very gentlemanly but masculine, slightly playful yet serious. Definitely resinous woody fresh fragrance with elements of floral sweetness and fresh spicy aromatic nuances. Excellent performance, no complaints. This reminds me of the old Aventus dry down mixed with Interlude Man somehow. It really is an interesting fragrance, I liked it right away and will use the bottle up before deciding if to repurchase (but strong chance I will). I can see some elements of Oud Wood as some indicated below (fresh woody scent, duh). The tamed sweetness will bring memories of sweet woody fragrances that you were familiar with in the past. Patchouli here is what reminds me of the old Aventus dry down (very green, aromatic, camphorous). Definitely check this one out, it is hard not to like even though it is rather complex.

Love at first sniff! Adore this it's the love child of Amouage Jubilation 25 and Mugler's unfathomably unpopular B*Men. Opens exactly like the two of them fruity berries and a sharp gorgeous rhubarb note. This is a very woody fragrance, Guiac wood to me is a solid base and apparent thoughout but it's more complex than B*Men and in that regard more similar to Jubilation man. Labdanum gives it a fizzy upmarket quality there's a lot of patchouli but it's totally in proportion and doesn;t work against the rest of the composition. A hint of rose as it gets deeper into the heart and the rhubarb and fruits settle down. I would never slate Thierry Mugler B*Men I love that scent but Imperial is like a super classy, expensive version of it and rightly so given what you pay for this juice. Worth every penny in my opinion great projection and longevity is what you'd expect at this level and Imperial doesn't disappoint.

On the opening I get fresh spicy lavender and Oud. The Oud reminds me of the Oud in Sahraa Oud by Fragrance Du Bois but much lighter and aromatic. From the Oud I can smell a slight rose and sweetness and this is the heart of the scent. It's quite intricate as here and there I can pick up other notes like leather and woods. Eventually it becomes very woody and spicy whilst been very easy to wear. It's a very light wearing scent. And that oudy rosy jasmine heart is always there. It smells very classy and chic. I would say the scent is reminiscent and has the same vibe as Tom Fords Oud Wood and Royal Oud by Creed. But having better ingredients than both of them. The star of the show is the slightly sweet rosy Oud which seems to be the heart of the scent. All in all very lovely and chic. I like it a lot!