Purple Stain

Got a sample of this with another purchase... Super interesting! The "inspiration" on the BTSO site reads "purple wine stains spead across the pages of an old leather jounal, soaking into the paper..." - pretty spot on. The opening screeches a little with an acidic red wine accord and there is a rubbery note to the leather here that's quite unique, but both mellow as time passes. The sweet notes are less pronounced in this, compared to some of BTSO's other offerings; they balance the acidic notes well. The spice comes through later for me once the acidic top has started to dry down. The base notes play well together offering a strong spine to the fragrance. Overall, on my skin at least, this invokes the morning after a party where someone has spilled a glass of aged shiraz on your outfit and you're making the walk of shame home. A stale cloud of decadence and opulence permeates the air around you telling tales of the night before. A powerful scent that will certainly turn heads. With the majority of BTSO, definitely not a blind buy. Would I buy a full bottle? Maybe, just struggling to find the context in which I'd wear it - a date perhaps? I don't know It's certainly a masterpiece - 8/10

This is a “bad girl” perfume. Just screams sexy to me. It’s giving alluring, experienced sex kitten vibes. I’m not a fan of the opening which to me smells like wine, and I think could give more sensitive folks a headache. After the first 20-30 minutes it’s starts to develop into a very beautiful blended warm sweet (not to sweet) grape (fruity) woody, somewhat incense like, amber smell. On my skin this just got sweeter and more woody by the 6+ hour range. The sillage is perfect at about arms length, and this will absolutely last on clothes and skin until washed off. I love how unique this fragrance is, and how I feel when wearing it. I currently have a small decant, and will likely purchase a bottle. I am very interested in testing more fragrances from this brand. I enjoyed smelling a few others in store, and this one seemed to grab me.

Purple Stain from BTSO perfumed by Jordi Fernández is an avant-garde purple drank fragrance that is blended impeccably. The light smoky oud and the Kool Aid jammer-Little Hug Fruit Barrel Juice sweetness. Followed by a drunken orange blossom with the complimentary addition akigalawood and ambrofix that has this fragrance radiating off the skin.This rich vanilla emerges as the fragrance dries down. Another artistic creation from Fernández that is highly wearable and unique. A must try and this one is neck and neck for my favorites of the four intial fragrances launched in the Extrait Extrême collection.

This is absolutely fucking incredible perfumery. I don’t know how they make it eternal, but it is magic. It’s not a daily driver. One bottle may last me my entire lifetime (although I bought a second one, just in case). It’s a gloriously juicy purple wine and spicy dark leather scent. It evolves from sweet and juicy to woody and dark. There are nefarious elements to it, but it’s witchy and sticky and makes me feel like a heathen. Not to everyone’s taste, sure, but I love it and I never wish to be without it. Jordi Fernandez is a wizard.

Smell wise, this has a sweet, faintly grape wine smell to it. After leaving it for a while, it develops more florally and gradually de-intensifies in smell. In general, BTSO’s Extrait Extreme line is absolutely nuclear. The performance on this was incredible, I have been wearing testing a sample of this and it has lasted me for pretty much the whole day. I start my days early and by the time I take a shower it would have been around 12+ hours minimum, and even after showering the scent still lingers faintly.