Superstitious

I vividly remember the first time I tried Superstitious. It was during the days when Frederic Malle still proudly advertised itself as an exclusive niche/independent house, and it was very difficult to try their fragrances. You could either order samples from their website or walk into one of their few and select boutiques. Ah, the good days. Anyway, at the time I wanted to try Dries Van Noten, which I was convinced I’d love given the notes, and only decided to test Superstitious because it was new, the bottle looked interesting, and it was difficult to find at the time. I sprayed both on a card and immediately recoiled when smelling Dries. It took me several years to warm up to its opening, which even today takes me by surprise. However, my disappointment quickly turned into awe as soon as I smelt the paper strip where I sprayed Superstitious. It was fabulous and highly unexpected. At that time, I was a fan of Chanel No.5 but could not bring myself to wear it (too sweet for my tastes). Superstitious struck me as those vintage, larger-than-life aldehydic-floral-orientals (Arpège, Baghari, No. 5, No.22) executed in the characteristic Malle and Ropion fashion. I was surprised to smell something like this from Malle, and even more puzzled because while it recalled those classic perfumes, it didn’t belong to that era. It felt modern, experimental, and avant-garde. I told the sales assistant that I loved it, and asked if she could decant a sample for me. She was generous enough to accommodate my request and told me that Superstitious was a very divisive perfume, and that most people didn’t like it. I went through my sample fast and later purchased a bottle, and as I wore it, I realized why it didn’t vibe with many enthusiasts. Remember the perfumes mentioned? Superstitious fits that slot but doesn’t smell old-school. It’s vintage in style (big aldehydic-floral), but through its execution, it pushes the artistic boundaries. The aldehydes are the most important component, and they are present from start to finish, not just as an opener. They only lose some of their strength and change texture as they slowly transition into the sharp and cold incense note, the other major player. It’s like a huge cloud of smoke and aldehydes, which starts soapy and thick, like foam or bubbles from the most luxurious-smelling bar of soap, and slowly transitions into a cold incense accord that cuts like a knife through that fat soap wall. There is a metallic edge to it, and I can’t tell whether it’s the aldehydes or the frankincense that creates this effect. Behind this wall, several other notes can be identified: peach, jasmine, rose, resins, and sandalwood. But to my nose, the most relevant are: peach, jasmine, and the sandalwood. The peach feels desiccated and sour, akin to the skin and not the flesh of the fruit. It’s very prickly and lasts for a long time. The jasmine has been dissected and reassembled. Most of its facets have been discarded. However, they not only kept the indoles but amplified them, as well as the milky qualities, which synergize well with the aldehydes. The indoles are worth mentioning, and I suspect it is one of the aspects that steer people away. I know folks who can tolerate all sorts of animalistic notes but can’t stand indoles. The sandalwood is also mutated and perhaps combines with some cedarwood aroma molecule to give off this pencil-shaving sensation, which I enjoy. All of the elements in Superstitious are broken down and rearranged in a bizarre and futuristic fashion: the aldehydes are foamy, fat, and everlasting, the incense seems to sprout from them and later merge in unison, the peach is prickly and acidic, the jasmine is mostly made of indoles, and the sandalwood has an uncharacteristically abrasive texture. Vintage-inspired, it may be, but it feels way ahead of its time. I always felt that Superstitious was the most futuristic perfume in the Fréderic Malle line, and one of the most underrated. I also realized that there is little constructive feedback about it in the community. Short impressions and thoughts, but I rarely come across someone who is not only familiar with the fragrance but admits to loving it. I believe it is disfavored partly due to its nature. On one end, you have the vintage perfume lovers who’d rather go with Arpège and the like and find Superstitious “the weird rich kid” among them. At the other end, perfume lovers who shun everything that smells “dated” or old-school. Therefore, it finds appreciation among the few who enjoy both vintage and weird and avant-garde fragrances. And now, it will likely recede even more into the shadows since its discontinuation. Another aspect I find peculiar is the name and the color they opted for the bottle. To me, this perfume smells white, gray, and golden, most certainly not black. They did get the cap right, though, not just in color, but also in the material. I feel it accurately represents part of the perfume’s smell and the metallic quality that creeps in at times. IG:@memory.of.scents

Some days I love Superstitious, and some days I put it on and think “what the hell is that??” Many days it’s a grand jasmine sandalwood perfume, bold and elegant, other days it’s nails on a chalkboard, loud and grating and impossible to ignore. Starting with the waxy aldehydes at the top, that are as far from being the effervescent and sparkling aldehydes we get in most florals, they are more akin to a bubbling mud pot. They are thick, dense, and opaque. Some days these intrigue me and make my brain go “hmm!” Some days they make me feel like I forgot to shower. The jasmine in the heart is jasmine to the Nth degree, concentrated to point of being infinitely dense like a collapsed white star. It is floral, for sure, but more so throat-scratching dry, dirty and musky. There is a bit of rose lurking in the background, lending more depth to the jasmine and giving it a pink pepper type scratch. Some days this massive floral heart makes me feel like a mad scientist or explorer, who’s just stumbled upon some extraterrestrial cousin of the jasmine that’s in my backyard. Some days I want to cough it clear from my throat. The base of the perfume is an unholy alliance of sandalwood and vetiver. The sandalwood isn’t gently aged and sanded, clean, milky, and aromatic, it’s been chiseled with a chainsaw out of a fresh green sandalwood tree into a bat meant to clobber you over the head. It’s splintery, wet, and heavy. Combine this with the green aromatics of a salty vetiver, and it’s as if you’ve uprooted a sandalwood tree out of a fetid swamp. Some days this base makes me feel alive, strong, and confident. Some days I wonder if the people around me are going to think that I just spent hours in a hippie head shop. This perfume is both Jekyll and Hyde. Normally I’m not susceptible to large emotional swings with a perfume but somehow Superstitious does it. For that reason, if there weren’t other reasons, I find it plenty intriguing and notable. Regardless of how Superstitious makes me feel at a particular time, one string of the theme remains at all times: Superstitious is always confident. The power and the weight it carries gives it a relentlessness that is either going to be magnetically attractive or repelling. Love it or hate it, you need to have cajones to wear it.

I don't know why this isn't completely adored. This is a beautiful fragrance. I understand that it may not get selected when smelling on strips. I even understand that wearing it once through a small tester, may not change your mind. However... If you can wear this a second time, I think you will see that your mood is changed by the wearing of this fragrance. It's really not a throwback to old ways as much as is said about it. Instead it is very modern. I am a man, but like many of you, I own and wear, and love a wide variety of fragrances. I own masculines, and those marketed pour femme, however when I wear Mitsuoko, although I love it, I see why it was marketed to the audience that it was, especially in it's time! Superstitious, may not be for the man who prefers to shop for Aramis time after time, or has only ever worn Kouros once released, however, I don't think that audience is shopping for the new Malle floral anyway. Point is, this is as unisex as any floral/aldehyde has ever been. (To my nose of course!) Think about it this way. When I wear Superstitious, it has the most amazing feeling, circulating the air around me, ever fresh and light, never suffocating. I continue to see comparisons to No. 5, and to me, this is not doing any favors as a comparable; mostly because many of us have very specific associations with that fragrance, almost as if it were an acquaintance we all knew. Some of us are the best of friends with here, and others of us see her as the tawdry jezebel from a by gone era. Either way, I think the comparison is disadvantageous. I am clearly biased by my adoration of this fragrance, but I in no way think it to be earth shattering, I just think it is misunderstood, and miss-conveyed, almost to the point of scaring those who are looking for something modernistic, which it absolutely is! Is it Aldehydic? Yes! Is it Floral? Absolutely! Does it combine all of this with a beautiful Incense? Yep! Is it old? Maybe in quality. Words to aid in the description of this could be: "Superstitious by Frederic Malle is..." “Now” “what's happening!” “Crisp” “Supplementary” “Glistening, albeit a bit crude” “Neoteric” “Sparkling” and “Youthful” Try it, I think you may just like it!

The sensory journey that Superstitious takes me on is hard to articulate, but it simply culminates into this: a bar of vintage soap still in its gilded wrapper, à la Palmolive Gold, Cussons Imperial Leather, or Lux. Other olfactive memories that come to mind are the smell of YSL Rive Gauche being sprayed out of its iconic banded metallic bottle; slim canned deodorants marketed to teen girls in the '80s (I was one of them); the gold cap from a yeasty bottle of beer; the wire cage from a champagne cork. My favorite synesthetic picture that manifests when I smell Superstitious is the barbarically elegant act of testing genuine pearls on your teeth — yes, that feeling that grates every cell in your body like nails on a chalkboard. Superstitious is fascinating that way. It feels primal yet sophisticated. Occasionally I get an indolic whiff of musky butt-funk jasmine that holds me captive, commingled with static electricity, sterile papery woods, and ghostly sweet ash. Spray too much and it will overwhelm. But just a veil on the wrists is the perfect way to wear Superstitious. This scent is dynamic and lively; if you restrain it under your clothes (like I usually like to wear perfume, low and discreet in my cleavage) it turns into something quite dense and almost bitter and unpleasant, like actually chewing on a bar of soap. Given plenty of breathing room, Superstitious can be well behaved and not feel the need to tug on its leash. It's much like the white space that delivers a focal point to ad copy, or the right-of-way you might give to a tulle skirt. Frankly, this is one perfume which I find hard to describe, perhaps because it is familiar but the world around it has changed so radically and relating to it is not the same as it used to be. Context is everything. This bottle, the creation of Alber Elbaz, former Yves St Laurent fashion designer and creative director of Lanvin, in collaboration with Frederic Malle, and crafted by Dominique Ropion is a welcome addition to my wardrobe as an homage to times past, and a departure from mass-pleasing fragrances. Superstitious is my urban classic.

When I first tried this at the mall, it reminded me of two perfumes from the same line; Une Fleur De Cassie at the top and Portrait of a Lady in the base. I was captivated by the smell for the next few days as the scent settled on the inside of the cuffs of my coat. I was scratching my chin when I first noticed a gorgeous whiff of something then I remembered it was Superstitious. It felt so good that I knew I had to buy a bottle. I received my bottled a few days ago and have hesitated to spray it. Reason being; when something costs so much, you want to savour it and this did come across as a special occasion fragrance. So today I just decided to spray it and I am still getting references to Cassie and POAL for which I am so glad but it also made me think of Carnal Flower. It oddly opened up with a creamy coconuty tuberose (Maybe people will notice it if they spray for the first time from their new bottle?!?) which I didn't mind at all. This loses power in the next half an hour but it's still there giving that soapy hint I think people are referring to. I liked Carnal Flower as a fragrance but it was so overwhelmingly tuberosy for me. I am glad that I could have the taste of all three fragrances packed into one bottle so that makes me feel better about the price I paid. Another strange thing I just noticed... It is for women! Such a shock to the system but it is decidedly feminine but I like it so I am going to wear this one. The dry down to my nose is like Cardinal with a hint of rose water so I am even more happy now because I let all the aforementioned fragrances go because of performance issues but they all come together as one in Superstitious and I really have no reason to complain. Projection is close to skin and can be perceived for about 4-5 hours. Stays on clothing for a couple of days which is why I bought this after having experienced what happened when I firs tried this. I think it will perform better when the weather is a bit mild. And... I don't really care that it's for women. Life is too short for people pleasing and justifying your fragrance choices.

Wearing this holy grail again today after a couple of years, and the universe just proved my theory right. A close friend of mine, who knows absolutely nothing about the "niche" perfume world, stopped me in my tracks to tell me I smell incredibly masculine. He asked me "is that Kouros that you wearing?" Honestly, it feels like almost no one in the fragrance community has ever connected the facts on how much Kouros and Superstitious actually have in common. I personally love Kouros, but strictly for its opening part that legendary, endless, cold, aldehydic, and ozonic power. And that is exactly how you could describe Superstitious in its simplest terms: a pure, unadulterated FORCE OF ALDEHYDES. It sustains that magnificent opening phase that Kouros loses in its heavy, flat mossy drydown. The similarities don't stop there. While Kouros uses honey and civet to create its signature sweet, animalic blueprint, Superstitious mirrors that exact behavior using a gorgeous trinity of velvety peach skin, a dark labdanum/incense like illusion, and indolic jasmine. This combination creates a sophisticated, dark, and sweetly-animalic undercurrent. Dominique Ropion essentially took the best, most mesmerizing part of a 1980s powerhouse and launched it into a futuristic, cosmic stratosphere. Forget generic citrus and marine summer scents, this is spectacular on a crisp, white linen shirt during hot summer evenings. The structure is pure genius. Here is a massive overdose of heavy, metallic aldehydes clashing with a dark, resinous base of labdanum, patchouli and vetiver. This combo creates a dark, gothic illusion, but the aldehydes act like a magnifying glass for the fruit. It feels incredibly ozonic and cosmic. Performance is absolute beast mode. The projection is nuclear, creating a wall of clean, avant-garde luxury around you. If you love bitter, sharp, and uncompromising cleanliness with a dark twist, do not let the marketing fool you. This is absolute perfection on a man. Put on a sharp outfit, and let this architectural masterpiece do the talking. 10/10.

Superstitious is not exactly what I expected it to be. I knew about aldehydes, rose and jasmine but I didn't expect to smell what I did. Well, my first impression was..... citrysses and aldehydes. It was so citric that I was sure it would contain grapefruit or lime, but these notes are not listed. The opening is a big loud splash of frizzy sour aldehydes, like super dry champagne with roses. It's cool, but I wouldn't call it fresh. And the aldehydes are not rounded soapy or powdery, not at all. This perfume becomes powdery after several hours still conserving its sourness. If I would try to compare it to some other perfumes... it recalls Vraie Blond of ELDO for its frizzy mood, Hermes' Jour d'Hermes Absolu and Aedes de Venustas for sourness, POAL and Mon Nom est Rouge for incensy rose but these two are sweeter and more oriental in their vibe. I find Superstitious rather agressive and arrogant but in the way you can't explain why. It's modern and chic and most of all COOL. It's not a comfort scent and it doesn't give any confidence who smelles it. Superstitious is classy in modern way, it's for sure. I'm still wondering about this sourness. I guess some notes are not listed or is it a sour rose with unripe peach and incense. The longevity is superb - 10 hours. The last remark - I think it recalls Cardin Rose - a fragrance I smelt 20 y ago, but it's a long time, I should re-test it for being sure. Definitely a superb fragrance! About the name... I think it's a lack of self-consiusness and a fear to make a person superstitious. Looking for a security in trifling facts helps to find a support one needs. Superstitiousness doesn't give confidence and it asks for a distance. ......... I need to say it - I absolutely ADORE Alber Elbaz' work ♡

This is out of this world for a 2017 fragrance! Perfumes like this just aren't made anymore. This is good old French perfume at its best. I am so pleased that perfumes like this are still being made. I am hoping this will start a trend. Superstitious starts of with a big loud cloud of aldehyde accompanied by peach , rose and vetiver and Jasmine ! It's fresh soapy and woodsy , clean dirty and sweet ,,,, but not candy sweet , natural sweet , balmy ,sappy and delicious. It's true , old meets new world ,,, trading in your fur coat for a leather jacket , your dress for ripped jeans, keep the red lipstick ,, this can be day and night , casual and fancy ,winter and summer , this ROCKS ! This perfume IS truly THE BOMB ! It should win awards for the year ! It's so smooth, elegant and sexy , it delivers big time ! Perfumes that come to mind to compare this to a little bit are chanel exclusif 22 with a dash of Rue Cambon. And Caleche EDP. I don't know Aprege well enough to comment but it seems to be in that line for sure. However Superstitious is more modern than those ones listed it has the best of both worlds and no one could call you granny wearing it. Rock star would be more like it. It has a soapy, woody feel in the smoothest way possible. Elegant, confident and sexy ! Try this on clothes or fabric and you get a fresh clean soapy starchy sweet modern smell , one I adore ! Has a TRUBENZUCKER smell ( grape sugar candies for energy ) . Spray it on your skin and it develops differently , much more woody ,balmy ,skanky and sexy , it's so unique ,, clean on clothes and dirty on the skin ,,, your pick ;)

The first perfume by Frederic Malle that i have tried (and still my favourite one) was carnal flower. I tried It two years ago and i felt in LOVE instantly. The same day i tried other different Malle perfumes like promises, musc ravageur and... Superstitious... But i didt pay any attention on It. The i could have a Closer relationship with this brand. I began yo LOVE musc ravageur, música for a while and promise (but nothing to do with superstitious because It smelt for me like the perfume that my grandmother used yo wear when i was a child... This is a grandma's perfume; i thought for myselft everytimw i have tried It)... But with the time i began yo like It more and more, and everytimw i spray It i falla on LOVE with It a little bit more. I dont know if nowaday i could say It is my favourite one ofnthe collection (carnal flower is a very strong contestant) but if not, It is for sure the second! I LOVE the aldehides here, the rose and the fantastic Jasmín. For me superstitious means puré class! But this is not a perfume for all, even not a perfume that you Will like the first time you try It or a compliments getter... But when you learn how to LOVE It, you fall un LOVE without any doubt. Performance is great like in most FM perfumes, overall the ones done by Dominique ropion, but at the same time is very unisex and weareable! A nice option for vintage elegance seakers! Scent: 9.5 Longevity: 10 Sillage: 8.5 Quality/price: 6 Versatility: 8 Originality: 8 Global: 9.5

I got a sample of this and really fell in love with the stuff. At first I was hit with some major aldehydes, reminding me of something on the border of being too dated. Reminded me of the 50's. As it evolved, I started noticing some very strong florals, like rose on steroids. Later it it seemed like some jasmine came in. I also smell oakmoss, and the scent became heavily soapy. Reminds me of one of my favorites--Diane von Furstenburg's eponymous perfume, which is also richly soapy. Deeper into the drydown, it smelled more ambery and spicy. Not in a natural way, kind of like a synthetic amber that just brings a certain smooth quality to the base and also seems to suspend the florals in it and tone them down. The spice reminds me of a spicy flower like hyacinth, as though there is a touch of Penhaligon's Bluebells mixed in. Sometimes all the nitty gritty description makes it hard to really imagine a fragrance, so what I will leave you with is that the fragrance smells fairly vintage, is quite heavy, and could be perceived as retro-glam. I could imagine this on an actress attending the Oscars who is wearing red lipstick and a princess-style gown with a pouffy skirt. Projection is excellent, and it lasts the entire day. I wouldn't dare to touch it up, lest I wish to suffocate everybody, myself included.

Superstitious. A huge waxy aldehyde opening thats tighter and cleaner than the aldehydes used in the vintage formulations. Its updated and modern, fresh and bombastic. Superstition doesnt care if it offends or not. Hear it roar and its impressive. Theres a citric nuance to the aldehydes and once they settle down the most beautiful moment happens with the jasmine, rose, touch of vetiver creeps in with flashes of insence around the jasmine. The peach and amber note keeps things soft but alluring. Labadinum stirs in the base with some sort of warmer musk (not the white musk in CF for example) the patchouli adds a fullness to it then the drydown begins to lighten up and fade like an apparition. Its gorgeous, seems to change subtly every time I apply it. I do think it needs to still age a bit to get its full glory. This is for the person that likes to wear big diamonds and jeans, or a fur coat over a t-shirt. Luxury, classic old school ways twisted into the modern times. Always a winning idea. I hope this is a sledgehammer to the sweet trend in fragrances into a more mature, elegant, daring direction. Modern. French. Couture.

This is a superb post modern interpretation of the aldehyde Jasmine incense floral. Yet, it's not retro in a fuggy way; it pops and fizzes with a fresh and yes, very 'soapy' cleanliness that is truly unique. There is another great review below that talks about soap and vintage, yet expresses that it is not like any 'vintage' we know. Yes, it's so evocative at the same time. I am reminded of having a shower in our 'bush shower' on the farm, supposedly reserved for the men working and getting too filthy to wash up inside the house....there would always be a cracked and frazzled sliver of unscented yellow soap in the wire holder....this glorious frag put me right back in that shower under the rainwater tanks on our Eden farm. This incredible top and middle fades to a fairly quiet perfume after a few hours, but retains the hard yellow, UNSCENTED soap reference all the way. This is a glorious fragrance and a real masterpiece. It makes me so happy that artists and visionaries are still at work in fragrance.

Superstitious is a Big perfume, impossible to ignore, and it seems like it's a love or hate thing .... and quite a Chameleon judging from these reviews. As someone who only wore Vintage for 4 years or so — oddly it doesn't appeal to me anymore although I adore and appreciate my Vintage scents, I no longer want to wear them — it has a Vintage Vibe for sure, must be those aldehydes and big florals. I don't get the peach at all but it must be contributung to the overall richness of the scent, which has my favorite quality of being so masterfully blended that individual notes are completely indistinguishable. I adore this scent but wear it rarely as it doesn't really seem to suit how I feel in the countryside! But I do find it wonderfully uplifting and transcendent when I wear it ... happiness in a bottle!

A difficult opening with a lot to think about. I'm thinking gourmand, soil, spicey, minty, sour port or heavy wine, liquorice, peach, headache coming on, familiar dirty patchouli, possibly a bit of cherry, oh yeah, there are the aldehydes, headache getting worse, glad I didn't spray this on my skin and I only bought 10ml. Undeniably a quality perfume, but one that belongs in a different era, perhaps even a different world. After half an hour the dry down starts to get delicious and warm, but it's too much for me during those 30 mins. It's like the single, 50s aunt at a wedding who wears a screaming-loud ensemble with an attention-seeking hat, before mellowing out as the day, and the drinking, goes on. I'm glad I have a little bit now it's finished but I can't see myself wearing it.

Superstitious is Audrey Hepburn in a classic little black lace dress. She is carrying a nosegay of jasmine and white roses, wrapped in a freshly laundered antique lace handkerchief. If Guerlain's Chamade had pronounced aldehydes, it would be Superstitous. This is a glamorous, classic fragrance; Dominique Ropion's partnership with Frederic Malle must bring out his very best, because two of the most beautiful fragrances I have smelled in the last 10 years have been Portrait of a Lady and Superstitious. It has staying power, but is not obnoxious. I sprayed 2 sprays on my wrists this morning and now it is 10 PM and I am still getting traces of exquisite dry down: white flowers and hard-milled soap. It's been a long time since I craved a fragrance; I want to possess this beauty!

Firstly it is very hard to identify Frederic Malle Superstitious (2016) in India. I was in a dilemma to pick it up as I need to go with a blind buy option due to no samples or decant availability at my seller in India. When I was searching for reviews, your review popped up. I’m glad to buy this unique FM which is entirely opposite shade what FM majorly do. Beautiful, bombastic, abstract aldehydic floral bouquet. It so completely straddles the line between vintage and modern sensibilities. perfectly balanced that nothing feels out of alignment or "too much" of anything. #dominiqueropion crafted it so amazingly ! Scent: 9.5/10 Silage: 9/10 [4+ Feet radius] Longevity: 9/10 [5+ Hrs on skin] Bottle: 9/10 Price: 8.5/10 [Really Worth to pay the price]

This certainly has a resemblance to Arpege. But where Arpege is lush, baroque, animalic and sweet (my version circa 2000) this is severe, minimalist, modern and ridiculously clean. The question is how such rich materials as Turkish rose oil, Egyptian jasmine, incense, sandalwood and vetiver (as stated on the box) present in such an austere way. Not to mention how they managed to use such a stonking dose of aldehydes without burning even one nostril hair. The aldehydes are super smooth – no screechy hairspray or bugspray notes – no screech at all just a deep whisper, ‘you smell fabulous’. Sillage is close except for the first twenty minutes and that’s how I like it. Longevity all day. Wear it and weep.

Superstitious by Frederic Malle is vintage modern! I love the classic aldehyde opening that is reminiscent of vintage perfumes, but this is not animalic and musky it is very modern in the sense that it has very fresh florals that keep the opening of the fragrance smelling luminescent. Superstitious has some of the best rose oil I have ever smelled and it blends perfectly with the jasmine before a soft smoky patchouli comes through. Both my young and mature friends have commented on how wonderful I smell when I wear this. It definitely changes the longer you wear it, but all the phases of this fragrance are beautiful. It is a fragrant delight for sure!

This is freakin' stellar! I have tears in my eyes that SUCH perfumes are still created and produced. 60's meet 21st century and they make love seamlessly on my skin. Would work with fur coats and cigarettes, but works with smartphone and leather jacket just as well. Unabashed, trendy, super sexy woman in her 40s, red lipstick and a devil-may-care attitude. This juice has all the vintage magic without the granny feel to it. Not that I ever had anything against that feel, but boy, this ticks all the boxes! Up there with Amouage Gold, but more modern, western and urban. Total love from my side.

not your mother's floral aldehyde; aldehydes, lots of bitter dry vetiver, rose, almost a licorice note, all notes present but blended to be a true work of art as others have said; herbal in nature and a bit ripe and turned; every note just a few degrees off It can induce headaches. Really, after the initial aldehydes, it's all vetiver and rose. What a combo. Then in the final drydown, it is a skanky indolic jasmine. That dry flower that seduces. I think I am in love. Or, at least lust. The final final goes back to rose. I want to marry this fragrance.