Septamber

I echo Seuni's sentiments about Septamber smelling just as it is described by the listed notes. This could instill fear in people like me who are a little wary of wine or tobacco notes, but I really enjoy Septamber. For me, it fulfills a very specific niche I've always found difficult: gray, rainy, springtime days. Unlike many people, I loathe rain and overcast weather. The last thing I want is to lean into a fragrance that echoes the rainy drizzle or feels gray and damp in any way. On the other hand, solar flowers or other summery bright scents feel totally inappropriate -- and by spring, I'm looking to let go of most of my heavily warming, cozy winter fragrances. What to do? Enter Septamber, stage left! The wine note counteracts the drizzly gloom, the maple and woodsiness keep me grounded through the rain, and yet there's an overall lightness that doesn't feel cloying or like I need to be stuck in a snowdrift to enjoy it. Plus, longevity is fantastic, with a very wearable, tobacco-centric yet balanced drydown. This is a total keeper for me.

I love Gallagher's compositions - mostly because of their quality, lasting, well priced and most importantly - they smell of the things he puts in the note breakdown. What do I mean by that - This smells of: - when you put your nose into a tin of apricot flavored black tea, and - red, mulled wine but not as spicy as some you can buy bottled. a warm, red wine smell, and - dusty, woody, warm, tobacco-like smell - resinous, amber warmth but without the leathery, bitter, old wood/old house smell. That's it. It smells of that he has said - an amber warm, wine, black tea, apricot and maple woody experience. Delicious, very close to gourmand (or maybe even?), warm, cozy, unisex experience of all woody, dusty, fruity, winey, and ambery. Will last you about 9h, maybe more as a skin scent, projects nicely and leaves a great trail. Office safe if you pull light on the trigger in the autumn times. Absolute unisex. When it dries down reminds me of tobacolor, but better.

Received my sample of this today, and decided to spray on one wrist to test. It's a dark, windy Fall day and this does not disappoint. Gorgeous! To me this is like an Old Fashioned, made with very high quality whiskey. A bit fruity, a bit floral, a little smoky, sweet, boozy with a touch of oak, a tiny bit of bitterness to offset the sweetness. I do find this gourmand, but not at all foody. A little grown up, as most strong whiskey drinks are. Simply delicious, unisex, and perfect for Fall and Winter. So unique, but also wearable. I am in love 😍. Im surprised at some of the negative reviews here - I find this 100 percent addictive and want a full bottle of this! Going to try a full day wear test tomorrow, and will update if anything changes, but right now just ugh - so beautiful.

the end all be all of niche wine fragrances. i love fall, it’s my favorite season, growing up in jersey this is exactly what fall feels like, sitting on a park bench on the last warm day of summer before the leaves turn and fall ensues. this fragrance is that transformation, beauty in a bottle; for the price, i can’t think of a similar alternative that could touch the level of septamber. nuff said, please try before you judge. sparkly apricot in the opening accompanied by a photorealistic red wine note which follows you throughout the drydown, later turns into the beautiful smell of a centuries old wine cellar, the last ray of sun beaming through the bilco doors revealing an antique oak wood smell accompanied by the harvest season hay. 10/10

Oh! This is beautiful! Shockingly beautiful. Without descending into use of the ubiquitous (and awful) ‘smoke/incense/oud/spice/wood’ note, this is a tour of September: wine, burning leaves, woods, dried hay, apples, maple syrup.... The notes touch, one slips out, another combination. There was never a moment when this wasn’t beautiful and evocative!