Black Phantom Memento Mori Anniversary Edition

I have this and also the OG in the normal bottle. I was surprised to see that they are actually noticeably different. The OG is warmer and richer while the Anniversary bottling is more spicy and airy and woody and less gourmand. Initially, I prefer the OG bottling. The difference is kind of like Roja Enigma Parfum vs Parfum Cologne, where the OG bottling is more like the Parfum. I also have the Sacred Wood OG and Anniversary bottling and the same difference holds, the OG is more milky and rich while the newer one is more powdery, woody, and light. But the paradox about the Anniversary Black Phantom is that it actually lasts longer and projects more than the OG - just less warm and milky, more woody and spicy. The OG smells like you smeared Bailey's Irish Cream over yourself, but the Anniversary seems more sophisticated and composed, just less milky.

Surprised this doesn't rate higher! Bought on a whim going through Heathrow last year & only just opened it.I've been messing about with scents with similar DNA & suddenly thought....hold your horses why spend when I've got something already! I can still smell projection on this after 5 hours & it's certainly nothing like any of the others I've sampled from Mancera,Montale, Tom Ford or Xerjoff. The dark chocolate & rum really stand out with the almond & sugar taking off the bitterness. This is right up my street & will now be in my Cold weather carousel! It's not cheap but I think here you get what you pay for!

This is even better than the original! A pirate that has dark inside, powerful, yet compassionate and has been drinking all night but still can fight if necessary :) I love this so much, the closest thing I have to this - in the sense of the senses it evokes in me- memoir woman. This is sweeter though and more of a sea creature.

sickly sweet and reminiscent in a terribly wonderful way of formaldehyde. the hair that raises on the back of your neck when meeting someone charming. you shake their hand and something is just wrong. still a delicious scent to wear, but something is *just* off about it to make it interesting. peroxide - imagine drowning

Omg I need it! 😍 first kilian to the collection?! Update thanks santa 🎅