Cedar Malaki

Been looking around and KIVing expensive bottles of this until I got a tester for $65 SGD. Great value I may say. Cedar Malaki opens with a strong cypress and wormwood but it quickly mellows down to a very acceptable opening and with the cedar and distinctive Oud Malaki dna. A very wearable Malaki flanker and an easier wear than the Black incense. I have the og, BI, Rose, Amber and now the Cedar. Still thinking about adding the Musk and haven't seen the new Leather anywhere yet (didn't check out Chopard's boutique also). After the opening, the prominent and main cedar notes, Middle eastern cedar it seems stays and hang around with the og dna. Projection seems pretty normal and not strong but there's a silage and trail around where you go and walked, decent silage. There are also similarities to Black Incense in the later stages of the scent development with the leathery Ambery earthy woody aromatics forming the remaining scent on skin with the cedar and the tonka giving this balance with the slight sweetness. A nicer easier wear on the Oud Malaki dna for anyone who likes cedar. Better than the ratings definitely. Prefer this to BI actually.

#1238 in my "Tour de Fragrance" This is a very approachable woody scent. It is to cedar what Gucci "Rush" is to sandalwood. I have two scents on the shelf very much like this: Nishane "B-612" and Mercedes-Benz "Private Man." The B612 is more than twice the price of this, but a little more well-rounded. The "Private Man" about $15 less than the price of this but doesn't perform quite as well. I think this is first rate business wear that easily makes it to lunch and is inoffensive in any setting. Not bad at all for $50. I consider it a successful blind buy. I have Leather Malaki on the way, but at this point I would rank the series as follows: Black Incense Malaki Oud Malaki Cedar Malaki Amber Malaki I have no plans to evaluate Musk Malaki. I gave up on primarily musk scents back when Jovan Musk and Coty Musk were still popular.

Nose Note #950 Yep, this smells more "Leather Malaki" than Leather Malaki itself. Not about cedar accord at all. This is indeed close to Black Incense and Oud Malaki, so as a flanker this fits in wells - it's 100% for people that only wear, say, Black Incense Malaki and don't want to buy ANYTHING different, but are ready to try something a little different, so they collect the whole line. I'd say this is more palatable than Oud Malaki. I don't like the Halfeti DNA. Here's the same Halfeti DNA, but going into Gucci Guilty Absolute direction. Smelling it upclose fries my nose badly - and this rarely happens. Never with Xerjoff, Amouage, the strongest ones, you name it... Men only. All these Malaki basically share equal performance. 7.3/10, no cedar at all

I love this. Picked it up on a pretty steep discount and zero complaints. Opens with the rounded spice of cardamom mixed with a rindy grapefruit, within seconds a really nice suede esque creamy element comes in, which I am assuming is the labdanum/tonka. The Cedar and patchouli give a really nice slight smokiness and robust wood accord. Great aromatic lift from the cypress and lavender as well I think this is extremely well done and well worth the cost you can find at discounters. The only thing I will say is that if you are looking for something extremely dry and woody/spicy, dont buy. This will have too much of a lift from grapefruit and aromatics for you more than likely. Longevity and projection both well above average for me

Wonderful scent. This absolutely carries the Morillas DNA in the opening: on my skin it starts with a pomelo/lavender accord, then the Tonka kicks in during the mid. On dry down you get that cedar and pachouli note. For the price (found this at 50$) it was an incredible pickup; in fact the whole Malaki line can be found at an absolute steal from most discounters and is worth every penny. Perfect signature scent, and I would bet it would perfect year round scent (although may not have the gusto to cut through a very cold winter). Super safe blind buy especially at the sub 60 price.