10019 Wonders

Now hear me out, as I'm not saying they smell the same or even similar BUT This scratches my itch for Britannia. Both offer, powdery, opulent, high quality chocolatey experience but while Britannia feels more ..."classic", 10019 wonders feels a bit more modern; A bit more playful and less buttoned up compared to Britannia. Now don't get me wrong; This can very much be warm formally but could also be worn a lot more casually as well. Performance is lovely but this is a bit of a semi soft fragrance; if you overspray you will get a bit more noticed but you won't fill up a room like the girls down in Greenwich village do when they decide to bathe in BR540 and choke out an entire city block 😒😒😒.

The opening of this is lovely but I’m absolutely obsessed with the drydown. I don't tend to like gourmands but this one is airy and sophisticated. The cinnamon note at the beginning can throw me off a bit but once that fades, the blend of caramel, date and vanilla is really smooth and well-done. When I catch whiffs of it throughout the day from my hair and my sweater, I go straight to heaven. It’s like the most fluffy caramel vanilla cake. Performance is very good. It lasts 18 hours on my skin and I can smell it on my clothes for days after. Very unique too, I haven't smelled anything quite like it. I'm happy I bought a bottle during the Bergdorf beauty sale.

I blind bought this in Nov. 2024. I asked the SA to include a sample; so I could return it if I didn't like it. This is a light, elegant gourmand. The vanilla, dates and caramel all play well together. I like it, but do I love it? It projects well enough, but I wonder what it will smell like on skin in the summer. I have yet to open the box; so it's still in it's cellophane wrapping. I'm waiting until summer to truly determine if this is a must-have perfume.

I usually loathe cocoa note in fragrances but this is stunning. Jordie Fernandez is becoming the Michael Jordan of perfumers. Is there anything this guy touches that doesn't smell phenomenal? I've quickly fallen for this house. Ex nihilo where have you been my whole life!? Guys, get your nose on this one! Projection and sillage is next level & the performance is second to none.

This is the most beautiful perfume I have ever smelled, and became my favorite fall/winter scent so far. It’s so elegant and it just smells like something special. It’s the only gourmand from ex Nihilo but it does not smell edible at all, this is a sophisticated chic warm-sweet scent. Really want to gatekeep this one but I can’t stop talking about it.