Cupid's Bow

I found this to be lovely. Really nice. The balance, the subtlety, everything is in it's right place and complementary. Opens like a very delicately flavoured Turkish delight. I don't even like Turkish delight, never have, never will do, the Gelatinous texture, the infusion of rose, the sweetness, all if it! NO!!!! But this smells of it and even evokes it so vividly but I find the fresh light, rosewater effect and hint of sweetness even the implication that it's powdered like they are, everything! There's even a light effervescence, which looking at the notes here, champagne is included and I get that too! Could a certain green cognac material be in here? Okay Mr Alan this is some good work. We haven't even reached the kicker of chocolate. It is a chocolate accord too, not a after thought or a cacao note which leaves me a bit cold sometimes, this smells like a rich coco with the right balance of earth to it. All together then we have a bit of a trope. It's roses and champagne and chocolate, it's valantines day in a bottle, and clearly Alan nods to that in the title. It's a more sophisticated paint by numbers, things like Chocolaty patchouli is often paired with rose as well as the champers or a certain booziness but hey perfumery is sometimes about nailing classic stuff just because you can, but mainly because folks like it, there's a reason why scales and chord progressions exist in music. I actually think this is more interesting than commercially similar efforts like Noir de Noir by Tom Ford and more than likely something by Montale. I'd reach for this though because it shows a nice degree of craft and restraint. Haven't worn it yet so migh update when I do but I've smelled it a few times now and still think it's great!

I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to write a review but I absolutely love this!! This is valentines day in a bottle this is sweet delicious gourmond chocolate some delicious juicey red berries also covered in chocolate with bubbley champagne and this beautiful sexy rose 🌹 😍 I'm not a rose fan either!! This is sweet and boozey and just so fun and unique but cute and sexy at the same time!!

Such an amazing gourmand scent. I get an intoxicating blend of vanilla, rose and chocolate. I have been complimented on this scent numerous times and is a perfect date night scent. Be easy on the sprayer because this projects very strongly. Darren Alan has so many amazing scents, his scents always fit a theme and transport you into time.

I don’t know what to say, I feel taken having bought this. I don’t think this perfume deserves a page on this site. It feels like something I would have tested out messing around mixing oils I bought. Every time I wore this I had the worst interactions with people. It doesn’t seem as though it should be offensive, it is primarily an earthy chocolate. There may be some slight hints of sweetness but it is completely consumed by heavy woody chocolate assailed by a wreath of patchouli. Edit: as I pontificate on why this scent fails so badly, I’m challenging myself to pick up on the notes of champagne and rose. The problem with those aspects of the perfume is that they feed into the skunky, vinegary, balsamic nature of the patchouli and the bitterness of the chocolate. I’m sorry to say it reminds me of a broken down trailer in the woods. Just skunky. I also received a sample of Lipstick Queen, which smelled like plastic.