Cereus No.11

I am a woman and love wearing this scent. It is the perfect winter/Christmas woods scent. Nice and spicy. Unique. The notes are dominant in this order for me: anise, pepper, juniper berries, woods, musk; all notes present but anise and pepper dominant; love this and wish it stayed as potent as the top. This house tends to come out of the gate strong and quickly settle to a skin scent. I wish they had more staying and projection power.

If you like anise done well, sample this one. I have two bottles (it can be had on eBay fairly inexpensively). It's a very special fragrance; not like others out there in a similar category. Sophisticated, mellow, unique. It's more of a summer scent to me. I also like pepper and a hint of it comes through nicely as well. Great bottle design and materials, too.

Wow. What a nice woody scent. Spicy? Not so much. I can easily smell nutmeg and anise and some mild cedar. The scent is little warm and sweet with a peppery bitterness edge while making me feel fresh and professional, which is nice. Overall, the scent reminds me of Herve Leger Homme, a little bit of Dsquared2 Rocky Mountain, and even a bit of Burberry Beat for Men. I also smell something like patchouli or basil too, but it's not enough to overpower the nice woodsy accord. I also smell vetiver at the last minute. Sorry, I don't get anything like plastic or leathery here. For the lasting power, it's unknown to me because I only have single use sample. This is a nicely blend woodsy fragrance but its price is quite expensive. I think I'd better of finding the alternative. (Rocky Mt. Is my strongest contender)

Nice and Fresh BUT NOTHING special & NOT worth the $$ Dunhill Fresh WAY BETTER!!!!!! Does Not meet the Spartan Standard for Male Wearability. Masculinity 5/10 Wearability 7/10 Value 1/10 Projection 5/10 Fragrance Quality 6/10 Bottle Worthy / No

I really love how this smells! Anise is tricky....I absolutely love the scent of the actual star anise herb, found in health food stores.....however many perfumes get it wrong, it can turn rubbery or plasticky. Anyway, No. 11 reminds me of leather more than anything else, for whatever weird reason, in a very good way. Reminds me of bpal's Quincey Morris which is very hard to find now. The only problem is that No. 11 fades very quickly and has absolutely no staying power when I've worn it. I only have a sample so the spray might be different. It's totally yum, I don't get a lot of lime, if any at all. I'd love to have a bottle so I can spray liberally but at the same time I might just stick to my precious bottle of Quincey Morris.