Light My Fire

Light My Fire was not what I was expecting based on what I read in reviews. Some reviews would have me think that this was a dirty tobacco that was so bad it was a scrubber. I believe it is quite the opposite. This is a clean, fresh tobacco, perfect for someone prim and proper. This is not a heavy tobacco, and it is certainly not a dirty tobacco. It's a day time fragrance, perfect for Spring and Fall. The opening gives off a blast of fresh, green tobacco reminiscent of Santa Maria Novella's Tabacco Toscano. No, it is not the same, but it gives me the same fresh tobacco vibe. It is more herbal than smokey. I would say it is as much a hay fragrance as it is tobacco; sprinkled with a touch of honey, all on top of a soft base of patchouli, vetiver, and cumin. I don't find this to be a sweet fragrance as the listed main accord of "Sweet" would suggest. In fact, I find the vanilla to be hardly noticeable. In the mid, the soft, fresh patchouli becomes more prominent. I can see the comparisons to Chergui, but Light My Fire is more masculine and is dry--not powdery. If you lean feminine, then Chergui is probably a better option. However, if you find Chergui to be too feminine, then you may prefer Light My Fire. If you want a fresh green tobacco that is wearable in the day time, then Light My Fire may suit your fancy. It's up there with Tobacco Toscano as my favorite fresh tobacco scents. It is equally wearable at night, it's just that the performance is unfortunately quite soft.

Light My Fire is a By Killian fragrance that is not too pretentious to evoke sweet, earthy and dirty nuances in a sexy unwashed kind of way. Its not a fragrance for someone prim and uptight. Its quite bohemian with an artsy syrupy-green and dirty anamalic tobacco vibe. This is a fragrance that bellows with outdoorsy country confidence, while at the same time conveying the sophisticated complexity of an upscale niche perfumery. This fragrance is wonderfully damp for the Fall and early Winter seasons For other seasons, it is best featured when worn outdoors. This fragrance will grow on you over time and should get extra attention for its natural tobacco dry-down note -- and for not quite smelling like anything else. Light My Fire is not a linear fragrance, it does shift in emphasis and character both pleasantly and intriguingly over the course of a wearing. This is not the kind of fragrance that requites many sprays, as its silage projects strongly and is best appreciated when presented in smaller doses. Im quite impressed with this fragrance's performance and makeup. It aptly conveys the brooding wildness of a sophisticated, but still irrepressible creative. Cinematically, it will conjure up Brad Pitt's "Tristan" in "Legends of the Fall".

This smells like the first 5 to 10 seconds after you light a fire. It's fire without the smoke initially. I get a boozy light lighter fluid, honey, tobacco, cumin, hay, patchouli, tonka, and birtch mainly. with a hint vanilla. The hay note is off the charts good. The cumin gives it a little bit of dirty funk classic/vintage mens cologne vibes. Sillage is very strong; this pushes well off my skin and fills up a room. Longevity is about 5 hours before it's a skin scent, which is crazy considering the massive projection. Summary: Light My Fire is a winner and really does smell like a freshly lit fire. It's a little challenging but suprisingly gets TONS of compliments when I wear it. This one lives fast and dies young,. The projection is monster, but longevity isn't. Quickly becoming one of my favorite from the house, I bought a bottle and wear it out at night regularly. Scent 9/10 Performance 7/10

I have several of By Kilian perfumes,mostly the woody scents. If you like Cruel Intentions, Straight to Heaven or Incense Oud, I would imagine this would be a winner for you. I am not a perfume expert, but I like this scent from beginning to end. Sometimes, I have to wait for the middle notes in each of my By Kilian scents before I love the smell, but this one is easy to love in all stages. To me, it is a dry scent and can be worn day or night. On me, it lasts 5 to 6 hours on my skin and a couple hours longer on my clothes. The compliments I receive include, " you smell great but I do not recognize the scent " or " your perfume smells slightly masculine but great on you" or " You smell expensive!" This is definitely a fall/winter scent. It is worth sampling.

as someone who owns so many fragrances and has such a large range of what I like, I never imagined I’d have a signature scent, but here I am I’m reviewing this again as I’m wearing it today, and this perfume makes me so so happy I have no other words aside from my original review two years ago, as it’s the same beautiful honeyed tobacco and smoky hay it smells so cozy and sexy and amazing, and despite being a 28 year old woman, I feel larger than life wearing this definitely not a crowd pleaser, and it’s the biggest shame that it has been discontinued I’ll cherish my little bottle until the day I die :,)