Sir Winston

In the beginning it is really sweet sticky bubble gummy, similar to Vetiver Nocturne Ab., as both share that awesome tuberose note, but here we have some green tea also which makes it really edible (or drinkable :) ). Anyway, later the sweetness fades a bit, the tobacco also shows itself together with the beautiful ambergris known from Amber Cologne. Of course while in AC its much lighter, here we have a dryer kind of ambergris due to the tobacco and oud. Overall, its a really nice fragrance suitable for fall/winter. You can wear it day or night, I think its pretty easy to like if it will be noticed, as the longevity is not the best. Due to the tobacco note it is more masculine for me, but anyone can wear it. I don't especially like sweeter fragrances, but this one is really nice, fbw for me. Recommended!

With such a name, one would expect smokey boozy beast, while reality could not be any further. It is very floral, with strong ambergris note. Bortnikoff puts the real stuff in and also does not make any compromises. It is certainly a niche product for connoisseurs. I could not decide if I like it or not. Then I slept on it and once I woke up, I was introduced to one of the most amazing dry-downs ever - all of the sudden the most beautiful smooth oud appeared (not detectable before) covered in subtle veil of vanilla and wet stone smell of ambergris. Real experience! If only it was there from the start. I’m afraid the rest of the fragrance does not excite me enough to be willing to invest in the full bottle, but if you can learn to love unisex floral opening, you will certainly be rewarded!

A good chance to see what ambergris does to a fragrance. If you are familiar with tuberose you can really get a good idea of how ambergris adds perfection to the note. Amplification that lighten the air, instead of the usual pairing of iso e super. The notes are going to throw a lot of people off, this is not a tobacco fragrance, more the tobacco flower and aromatics heavy of green tea and tuberose. The only knowledge I had of this was tobacco vanilla (WHICH IT IS NOT) This sample was given to me and as soon as I put it on I smelled ambergris. FInally checked and indeed it was listed, it is a very, very good ambergris. It is sweet and pretty, which might also get lost in the name. A superb fragrance, but you need to know what your getting into.

1 hour into the wear, having cycled 5km too, and all I get is HUGE tuberose from the beggining onward. It's not a problem, as it smells good, but I can't perceive any of the other notes. I guess it does seem like a tuberose-forward version of Portrayal Woman, so perhaps I can smell the vanilla and a suggestion of tobacco but I really have to squint. ... Hours in, oh my god it's L'interdit! I can never un-realise that now. OK yes it smells less synthetic but it's essentially L'interdit EDP.

Animalic white floral... This got to have "Lao Oud" in it somehow! i can hintly sense this kind of oud within! It's indolic animalic floral! I can sense "Indolis" by Areej Le Dore in this blend with its indolic jasmines, tuberose, bitter green tea, touch of tobacco, and Laos oud. This blend is insatiably beautiful with its rancid floral that puts it in an animalic state mixed with Laos oud. Excellently beautiful indeed.