AmBrosius

Ambrosius is an amazing fragrance. It goes on as a very spicy and sexy amber with the crisp, fizzy aroma of labdanum and benzoin. Over its development, the labdanum starts to take over, and it starts to change into something more sweet and animalic. It eventually settles out into an incredibly animalic labdanum, reminiscent of cat fur and saliva. Brilliant fragrance. The longevity of the water perfume is superb, but the projection in high humidity is not. It does project fairly well in low humidity environments, however.

Yep, that’s an amber scent. However, yep, it’s also incredibly light. I never knew amber could be so barely-there. What I can smell of it is pleasant; outdoorsy and autumnal rather than chemically harsh like some ambers. But really, barely there.

way too much cinnamon ruins the beginning. cinnamon and benzoin is not a good mix for my taste...dries down to something nice but weak. very weak. took about ten minutes and never changed after that. had to stick my face in my wrist and inhale deeply. no sillage after first ten minutes. kind of a dud.

A warm, spiced take on the resinous facet of CB’s signature soil accord. It’s mainly a saturated labdanum, and it’s not the kind of amber that veers too sweet (although there’s a fair amount of benzoin), but it doesn’t exactly smell like pure resins either. Really, it’s a merging of the watery earth note that’s in most of his stuff with some washed-out resins. It’s like a priest with a hosepipe; quite liturgical, but its feet are planted on the earth. The water perfume holds up better than many of the others in the line, but it’s still mediocre for the price you’re paying.