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.

A very pleasant green, flowery beauty. The quality of the natural ingredients really shine through. Moderate projection and definitely won't offend anyone. I can see this worn as a signature scent, day or night, office or casual. Very versatile. Another excellent creation from Dimitri. The tuberose is well balanced in that it doesn't dominate the scent but is always in the background.

This ladies and gentlemen is a magnificent piece of art The mix of tobacco and white florals is one of the finest creations I’ve smelled from the house thus far It glowed up in the heat It radiated very nicely with the scorching sun What a beautiful surprise The crazy part was I knew nothing about the scent just sprayed it on my clothes and went outside Respect to mr. Dimitry

Visiting the house of an old Eastern European relative. It's got burnt orange walls, the olfactory heirlooms framed by a thin layer of dust; vintage floral perfumes from fifty years ago, the glass misty and faded. Tobacco smoke accents the velvet sleepgowns she gifts to you, wafts of a life well-lived.

I have the Attar version of Sir Winston, open with a blast of vegetal fresh tea note along with camphor and minty type Oud, and damped tobacco leaves in the dry down. This attar has below average longevity of about 4 to 5hr with 4 swipes, the scent profile isn't my favorite from this house.

Really enjoy this scent. Reminded my wife of cake batter. Certainly a “yummy” scent, but wifey poo suggests it leans more feminine. So I’ll pass and put this on her shelf. I might get the attar version.” For myself, we’ll see. Love Bortnikoff.”!

Animalic, salty tuberose with damp, sweet, woody tobacco/oud and sweet tea nuances. You need to like ambergris to enjoy this one, which I very much do. Very unique, feminine, and intoxicating. An instant love.

Does anyone have experience with both the older and newer bottles? How big is the difference? Since Bortnikoff started trying to go more mainstream, I'm a little scared to buy the new bottles.

This smells just like Bubble Yum bubble gum, for those in the states, on my skin at the top. That very sweet, very recognizable scent when you first open a pack of gum (similar smell to the gum in baseball card packs from the 80s/early 90s). It's very floral on the top, with maybe some tobacco hanging around. It's not a heavy, dominant tobacco like in a Herod. More like a lighter take on it. In fact, the whole scent is a bit light and unisex, to my nose. When I think Winston Churchill and tobacco, this is definitely NOT the scent I'd associate with that image. I get tuberose (heaviest note, by far), ambergris, vanilla as the dominant players here. Tobacco is a background note to me. Most voted this as a fall/winter scent but to me it feels like a spring/summer nights scent. That said, it's a very pleasant scent that does remind me of my youth. It's masterfully blended, a bit linear though, and has longevity on my skin of 5-7 hours with moderate projection. A 7.5/10 for me. Not a huge love, but nicely blended and something I'll finish a sample of. Not a full bottle purchase, though. The wife thought it was just "nice but nothing special." Can't win em all.

An interesting Floriental centered around a dense tuberose this is one of the more unisex interpretations of the heavy white floral I have seen. The perfume opens with a brief tea note before proceeding to the tuberose and ambergris. The perfume settles on a powdery vanilla surrounded by Hindi Oud and tobacco. The perfume is interesting but not overtly exciting as the natural strong tuberose note dominates from start to finish. The more subtle tea note is completely dwarfed. Overall still very interesting because of high quality natural notes with moderate to strong sillage and projection and good longevity. Enjoy!

I really like this. Not enough to buy a full bottle at current extrait prices but I really love the massive ambergris that shines through the tea/Tuberose combo in the beginning. The tobacco is extremely abstract, perhaps like an unlit cigar of a certain vintage or unburnt floral/cherry pipe tobacco. Obviously people were thinking Winston Churchill at night: booze and smoke. But this is more dandified. Afternoon tea and pressed shirts, a bathroom attendant with a floral spritz at the ready. I can see why some people may not like it but I do! Certainly interesting. Nothing else smells like this one. Nice!

Delectable green tea, tuberose and tobacco combo, with a touch of real oud. Animalic in that there’s some want of refinement. The oud note overtakes the tobacco which seems unfortunate to me. I’d like that note to tame the composition. The green tea has a critic undertone which I enjoy, but an authentic ambergris more or less overtakes that and the scent becomes like bubbly and semi-sweet. As the notes alternate, sometimes I’m smelling an interesting and deep masculine leaning cologne that becomes imbalanced and smells like a turd, but then regains its composure and changes a little bit. 💩 Quite good. 🥴

Without examine the notes, I perceived it as a BIG natural honey scent similar to Slowdive (what happened to the advertised ambergris, tobacco, and oud?) I must say, the collective result is quite a pleasant surprise because I really didn't know how it was going to be dark & gritty yet fresh & sweet. Whatever you call this, the opening stage is to die for; unfortunately the GLORIOUS white-gold tuberose turns into a green nobody towards the mid-end.

This is an amazing tobacco scent. For reference, my favorite tobacco scents are the ones by Diptyque and Atelier Cologne. I agree, that is leans slightly more animalic and more musky than other tobacoo-based scents. It's way more intense than the Tom Ford's versions. It's very complicated and intense, and definitely masculine. I barely smell any oud though.

The tuberose and green tea are strong for me. The tobacco and oud are there, but in the background and not the main take aways. The oud reminds me of a small barn with some fresh fertilizer just put down. It dries down and fades a bit to give way to the white floral notes. It's a complex fragrance that has a little depth to appreciate and enjoy.

OMG this is sooo intriguing! seriously weird, intriguing and like nothing i've ever smelt before! The tea is interacting with the ambergris and creating this WEIRD cornflakes-cardbroad accord. it is like nothing i have EVER experienced before! it feels more like art than perfume, to tell you the truth...