Fab

I misconstrued the leather smell for peppercorns first whiff. The smokiness of it does kind of obscure the vanilla note quite a bit, but it is there. I sprayed this up and down my rain jacket last winter and it felt very cozy following me around walking home in the dark.

The same praise given to Fusion Intense by Maison Alhambra is due here, best DNA in my opinion, anytime.

First unique scent I've smelt in awhile. I only have the decant. Going to buy the full size.

Let this macerate a month. Smells like tf fkn fabulous. Great for the price.

Tried a spray on my arm from a tester, let it sit for a while, and this is not for me. Lavender and tonka is what I get the most of here, and the lavender is done with a floral tone rather than a sweet tone, something which reminds me of my elderly grandmother's perfume and the toilet air freshener. The leather becomes more prominent after 45 minutes, and it is smoky and dense. I think combined, it just smells musty and not really something I want to smell like.

I just tested this and as soon as it hit my skin it smelled like I'd had my arm in a bag of Indian curry snacks. Love this smell coming from a bowl of Bhuja mix next to a beer. But ON me? Hard pass. Most wtf moment I've ever had with a fragrance. Not voting for sillage/longevity/gender cos I bought some baby wipes to get it off me after 5min, and I don't think anyone should smell like this unless they're a deep fried chickpea.

This is exotic man BO and pheromones straight off the bat. If you have been single woman for a while and a tad thirsty you would might find this a turn on. There is no vanilla here perhaps a touch of tonka, it is leather heavy and amber peaks trough as well and lavender comes only at the end a couple of hours later to make the smell of well worn sweaty leather jacket palatable and a little more clean. If fucking fabulous is a manhattan hedge fund executive on a vacation, fab is his jersey cousin who made a lot of money on counterfeit goods but both are quite wealthy.

Something extremely spicy about this. almost like cumin but not the sweatiness aspect. very pleasant for most people if you’re into spicy stuff, very heavy on the bitter almond too. still cannot put my finger on what spice this is but if i had to guess its probably cardamom combined with saffron maybe?

Opening smells a bit like cumin or bo but in the air and dry down it’s not as notable and pretty close of the real thing. Pretty good protection too from my shirt that I tested it on

What the hell even is this? Synthetic, spicy mashup of notes that is clearly not blended well. Hard pass.