Smokin' Gun

7.9/10 Prefacing all my BTSO reviews with this disclaimer: not a fan of the marketing. Based on the brand's name, fragrances name and bottle design, it looks like one more fast fashion brand playing on the "be edgy, fuck society" vibe, all the while asking you to be a good consumerist and pay $50 for a white t-shirt. Juice-wise, the opening is smoky and boozy, incense reinforced by the wet, warm, at times waxy bitter orange, bitterness that gives it an almost animalic tone. Dries down to a pleasant, less orange-y, more tobacco-y, clear smoke scent, with an intriguing dance of notes--most prominently leather and vanilla--that feels like an everlasting surprise, never quite the same from one sniff to another. I like it a lot, but prefer the fairly similar, but more mature, Broken Theories by Kerosene. If the latter didn't exist I'd definitely go for Smokin' Gun.

This is a very artistic approach to boozy, tobacco. As a firearm enthusiast, I will say I don’t smell gun powder, but there is an accord being used here of something that is along those lines, mixed with 80% Spicebomb and Side Effect. The first 10 mins on hand was a little rough to get past, but the dry down is where this one shines. It smells very natural with high end ingredients. These types of fragrances tend to not last very long, but this one is different; it’s a performer. Around 8 hrs on skin which is impressive, the best part is that morphs into one of the best boozy tobacco fragrances I’ve ever smelled as time goes on, specially the 1 hour mark. I feel a lot of people will skip over this one due to the opening, but are missing out on all the compliments and happy vibes it brings shortly after. Storytelling niche all the way! 9.5/10

Sampling Borntostandout Smokin’ Gun, my final sample of the Dark & Drunk discovery set, a spicy, smoky, boozy pine scent with key notes of rum, whiskey, juniper, incense, and leather, with a bit of an interesting black licorice vibe at the very opening, giving way to a smoother dry down with less of the sharpness and acidity over time. It’s a fun, dark, multifaceted concoction that I instantly loved from first spray, and it’s probably tied with Drunk Maple as my favorite of the line that I’ve tried so far, a really great option for cooler weather and to stand out interestingly, and it performs quite well, also. As with the rest of the line, this is EDP concentration and priced at $210 for 50ml, reasonable enough for niche perfumery in the current market. 8 out of 10

This scent is so incredible, I wish I could get my hands on a bottle. It is super smokey at first as other reviews describe, but that fades on me pretty fast (although personally I do enjoy the smoke) and reveals a cinnamon-spiced wood and plenty of juniper/pine. It's so delightful, reminiscent of the spicebomb line. I own and frequently wear infrared and have smelled dark leather, and smokin gun sort of smells like those two combined- though heavier on the boozy smokey notes. I own so many scents with this profile, but there's just something special about this blend.

It smells like a old leather jacket worn by a cowboy, soaked in whiskey and tobacco, i love it, my friends love it but most of girls/woman i aksed hate it, its more like a fregrence to enjoy with guys than a date night sexy mass apealing sweet fuckboy fregrence like jpg la male elixir or swy intensly, its difrent and lasts 7-10 hours on skin and whole week on cloathes. I sprayed it on my leather jacket and now the smell wont come off, its just the jacket scent rn 8/10 I wish it had more woody notes