Gold +

TL;DR: 5/5, for anyone, buy it. Gold+ has evolved into one of my favorite scents ever. I get so many compliments with this scent. General: This is a universal scent for any occasion. Office safe, compliment-getter on dates (verified, lol), and I find I reach for it around bedtime because the scent is so pleasant. Scents have no gender - wear what makes you happy! Anyone could easily enjoy this scent. While the notes in Gold+ are traditionally understood to lean fall/winter, I discovered the scent in the middle of summer and wore it a great deal in the high heat. I consistently got compliments and never felt like it was overpowering or inappropriate for the summer. You can wear this any time, maybe just lighter in the warmer months. The performance and longevity are impressive. This is from Commodity’s “Bold” line, indicated by the “+” after the name. I get about 6-8 hours of solid performance before it becomes a skin scent. I have sweated and been in aromatic environments and can still smell Gold+ after a long day. I have smelled this on my skin up to 16 hours after a spray, though it is assuredly a skin scent by then. The projection is above average as I get compliments from people about two meters from me with about 5-7 sprays. I do like to say hello in a room, lol. The bottle is solid glass and feels heavy in a good way. The slip-on lid is large is tight enough to not fall off, but isn’t difficult to remove. The core of the lid is plastic and the outside is brushed metal. The lid has never come off unbidden in my travels. The atomizer is strong with a nice stream. It takes effort to depress but has a fine dispersion. The stream is in the middle range of width, which is perfect. The atomizer is well-made. Scent Notes: Gold+ is somewhere between an amber, woody, and gourmand scent, while always vanilla. Vanilla: top, middle, base Gold+ is a beautiful, rich, deep amber vanilla scent. Have no doubt that this entire scent is built to showcase the vanilla. This is a full-bodied, dry, non-sweet vanilla. Imagine vanilla extract but way more fun. Amber: top, middle, base Amber accords contain vanilla to bring a warm, liquor, and powdery-ness in scents. However, in Gold+ the amber is clearly distinct from the vanilla. The amber brings its warmth and sensual energy into Gold+ from the top to the base. Because the amber is separate from the vanilla, even though vanilla exists in amber, it almost forces your olfaction to drift between the two, trying to decide on which to focus - which is the fun of scents! Amber and vanilla dance together here in a way that feels like they are two confident and experienced partners leading the rest of the notes in their complex choreography. Sandalwood: top, base The sandalwood is present throughout the scent, bringing in the woody side of Gold+. The sandalwood grounds the floral vanilla in the earth, preventing an overly-sweet vanilla expression and keeping the scent dry. The sandalwood also helps to contrast the spices in the base, giving them space to do their work on the vanilla. Gold+ is not a musky scent, but it has some musk leanings that assuredly come from the sandalwood. The sandalwood is present through the entire scent from top to bottom. However, in the middle it passes the baton to ISO E Super before taking it back to sit confidently and pleasantly in the base. ISO E Super: middle ISO E Super is a synthetic, woody scent that sits in-between sandalwood and cedar wood. It adds a smoothness and a depth to scents and you will find it in most modern fragrances. Beyond the pleasant scent profile it brings, it has the effect of amplifying other scents and increasing performance. (Check out Molecule 01.) In Gold+ the ISO E Super helps carry the work of the sandalwood in showcasing the vanilla and gives it a dry space to explore its floral notes with the spices. The ISO E Super doesn’t show up until the middle notes where it seems to take over for the sandalwood for a bit before relinquishing the woody labour back to the true sandalwood in the base. Patchouli: middle (subtle), base The patchouli is a ninja in this scent. It hides until the middle and base where it comes out to add soft, earthy notes. The patchouli is not strong in Gold+. It works in tandem with the sandalwood and ISO E Super to bring matureness to the vanilla by spreading its floral notes into earthy woods. The patchouli is the other source of musk at the base of Gold+. However, like the sandalwood, this does not push the fragrance into a musky profile. With this mint-family green in the mix, it helps ensure the spices in the base don’t pull Gold+ into a gourmand space while adding complexity to the wood notes. There are two spice notes here that ensure Gold+ is more than a woodsy vanilla scent: saffron and nutmeg. Neither are peppery or sharp, but add depth at two different edges of the fragrance. Saffron: top (briefly), base The somewhat spicy and unexpected saffron brings a sexy and mature note that really refines this scent and pairs with the vanilla in a way that feels like a perfect match. The saffron elevates and expands the traditionally gourmand vanilla into something more exotic and adventurous than its traditional role as a simple, floral base note. Saffron, as an expensive and exotic spice, bolsters the bold and sexy edge of Gold+. The saffron is pleasantly sharp on the initial spray and sits in the top notes briefly but fades into the base, allowing the vanilla to shine. Nutmeg: base This is where the gourmand muscles of Gold+ flex. The warm and spicy nutmeg is subtle. One could be forgiven for not catching its notes in this scent. Nutmeg is there but it serves more to challenge the vanilla to show its gourmand side than it does to shine on its own. It is pleasant and part of what makes me reach for Gold+ when I want a comforting scent: cozy, vanilla spice feelings. However, the nutmeg is not strong enough to push Gold+ into a proper gourmand fragrance. If that’s what you’re looking for, check out Commodity’s Milk+ and Milk line. Final Thoughts: Gold+ is one of the most extravagant and beautiful vanillas in my collection and has moved into one of my favorite scents. I find I reach for it often and am often surprised when I think I want a different scent and then end up using Gold+. I think it is great anywhere, anytime. Vanilla is like that. I love this scent. Totally recommend. Have fun! If you’re looking for a more gourmand experience, Commodity’s Milk+ is actually somewhat similar to Gold+ but has committed entirely to the gourmand side of this fragrance with many other delicious notes. Gold+ is not a true gourmand but you can get some interesting results highlighting that side of it by layering it with Milk+.

Gold, bold, beautiful—creamy vanilla wrapped in soft leather, with that clean, transparent touch of ISO E Super. It’s sweet, slightly warm, a little spicy—sugared patchouli and warm nutmeg weaving through it... unisex, but leaning sexy. It’s spring, but where I am it’s still cold and wet, and I’ve been craving this. So I pulled it out. There’s something about it—it feels like new beginnings. A clean slate. And that warmth? It brings hope. That’s why it works so well in winter and during that transition into it. But right now, I’m feeling that same energy, so I’m adding it to my aura. I tried the Gold expressive version before, and it felt like something was missing. Honestly, I didn’t really care for the Gold line—until I smelled this. This is different. I like fragrances that tell a story, that evolve, that take you somewhere all the way through the dry down. Because there’s something a little sad about fragrances that just... smell good. They linger, they project, they leave a trail like most mass fragrances—but they don’t say much. They leave you wanting more. At least, they leave me wanting more. There’s no depth. Not to get too deep, but it’s like people sometimes—wanting attention, wanting to be seen and heard, but not really having much to say or much to offer in real life. They just kind of move through things on autopilot, even in what they think is awareness or consciousness... not realizing they’re just like everybody else, or most others. That’s how a lot of fragrances feel. So when you find one that actually speaks—one that has depth, that brings warmth, comfort, maybe even a sense of security... it hits different. Update: I think I went nose blind to the fragrance. I wrote the original review on April 13 today is April 16 this morning. I took a shower and grabbed my robe and this fragrance was still on it. I smelled it as I waved my robe on to my body and then off as I hung it up when I walked by I smelled the scent. So this scent last extremely long, but it’s not as potent as when I first got it which I prefer although I do wish it would be a little louder. I do think someone will be able to smell this as I walk by even three days later.

This was gifted to me last Christmas. And it was an accident because it wasn't the one I'd asked for, lol. I really had to paste on a face of awe and thrill to receive it because I was not okay when I first smelled it. These weird, spicy vanillas like rifaqaat, babycat, RM no. 5, and this one were just too odd to my nose at the time. My collection is well into the mid hundreds and my nose is changing. I pulled this out on a cool night in summer just because I can't wait to wear autumn scents. I fell in absolute love with this. The scent profile overall has grown on me tremendously. I pulled out the others just to make sure. This one is my favorite because it imparts just a tad more sweetness. I'm a chronic over sprayer, so.... I finished the bottle. I would buy again, but I'll finish the others in this scent profile first. If you didn't like it but still have it, I'd encourage you to try it again if you're "on the journey". You might be more receptive to it now. My husband still doesn't like it, but he's not really on a journey. He won't even bother to know the names of what he puts on. He's a pretty simple D and G Light Blue kinda guy. Another thing... This may smell weird if you're smelling your skin directly. Smell the air your skin is in, not the skin directly. It's beautiful.

I personally love this fragrance. If I would base what I decide to buy off of reviews on fragrantica, I wouldn’t own more than half of the fragrances I have. This to me is a more wearable version of YSL babycat. It’s a more simple vanilla and leather kind of fragrance (even though there’s no leather listed- to me it’s DEFINITELY there) I think it’s well blended, soft and very well done. I love leather notes but it’s hard to find one that I can pull off as a woman. This one is in my top three leather scents. There’s really not much to it. I don’t really get a lot of the other notes. Maybe whispers of saffron and nutmeg, but that’s about it. It wears beautifully and I have gotten a lot of compliments from men with this fragrance. It has moderate wear time and projection and I would definitely purchase a full bottle of this. If you like vanilla, leather or punk rock vibes.. this is a good starting point.

Gold + opens up with a sweet and rather synthetic vanilla extract. It starts off slightly cloying, and once combined with the note of nutmeg which comes through in the mid hints at baked goods, specifically Christmas baking. If you can just hold on for the dry down it becomes comforting and beguiling in its airy sweetness. The saffron and beautiful grounding patchouli in the base are what makes it for me! It is certainly a cold weather scent and one of my favourite from the entire Commodity discovery set. This blossoms into a cosy, sweet amber vanilla with heaps of warmth and gourmand touches. I also find it to be perfectly unisex. I get the sense of sitting by a fire in a countryside home or pub, at Christmastime, whilst eating honeyed saffron pastry with lots of vanilla and grated nutmeg in the batter.