Vici

Registered on Fragrantica just to leave this review. This is a love hate fragrance. If you love it, you will LOVE IT. It’s not a safe blind buy though. So give it a try when you’re in the mall. I smelt this and walked away but couldn’t get the smell outta my head. Went back and got it same day. It’s also one of those ones that smell slightly differently on different people. The dry down on my husband is a bit woody but on me it’s creamy. Really like this. And the gold bottle is lovely!

I agree with @Colin Maillard. When I apply Vici on my skin, it reminded me Daim Blond by Serge Lutens but Vici more vegetable than Daim Blond. I love this house, expecially Olymipa Mucis Hall, Noir Patchouli and 1969 but this Rare collection dosn't work with my skin chemistry. I think that only Vici better than others...

The aldehydic notes in Vici are a little too much (for my nose, anyway) upon initial application. Thankfully this does not last too long. The dry down reminds me a lot of Parma Violet sweets I used to get as a child. There is definitely some fruity nuances in there - a blackcurrant-y note also mentioned by previous reviewers. I wasn't particularly interested in this fragrance upon first sampling, but, once Vici settles down on my skin and the aldehydes begin to dissipate, I can't stop smelling it. However, Vici leans a bit too much on the feminine side for me to consider purchasing a FB. Performance is average-to-good. HdP have done a good job here, nothing groundbreaking but a solid fragrance.

In opposition with all the others creation of this brand (for me one of the best in the niche world), Vini Vidi Vici show off the use of much more abstract chemical and chemical "booster" associated with "masculine" or male mainstream. In Vini the result is beautiful, catastrophic in Vidi... and in Vici? It is for me a woody-musk quiet animalic or dirty, impression created by a general sense of dried green herbs and lightly musked, peppered woods superposition. Maybe like a far away souvenir of Kouros or just maybe an easy to wear flanker. Nothing to justify a golden collection with such a name and at this price.

Musk overdose (I'm guessing Ambrettolide and/or Habanolide), that's what you get after 5 mins of spraying with slight leftovers of violet notes. Nothing special IMO.