Change The Flow

DON'T GET TOO CLOSE, IT'S DARK INSIDE [short review] Iceberg is an Italian designer that has impressed me very little until now. The bottles are cute, the prices are low and the fragrances are honest... I can't think of anything else to say from the Iceberg past. Then, in 2022, something seemed to change. I heard some comments, got curious and decided to test a new Iceberg which, I was told, could even sink a Titanic. The first impression - the visual one - didn't bode well. An ordinary, almost anaemic bottle with an imprssionist blue label that looked like it belonged on a drugstore shelf. ‘This is off to a bad start,’ I thought disappointedly. ‘The presentation has regressed from the once beautiful 74. What's important is that there's more to smell here. I'm not going to leave my nose abstemious today,’ I said, just in case and to console myself for the time I'd wasted in the meantime. puff... puff... puff... (3 sprays on the back of my hand, just the way I like it) The opening is indeed fresh and spicy, with light citrus notes and a touch of saffron. Right from the start, the tobacco in the background is noticeable along with the fresh spices. ‘People who see faces don't see hearts...’ I said to the air. And it really was love at first sniff! After a dozen minutes, the leather also became noticeable. ‘Whoa... We've reached the first checkpoint,’ I continued my monologue. The leather was noticeable, yes, but in the background. It's a very ‘duty free’ leather, but never presumptuous, as it clearly never stands out. And I like exactly this combination of ‘the tobacco goes further and the leather goes further back’! It's striking because it's so good, but it's never intrusive. There's no need to add any red berries to tame the leather down, as it arrives with absolute calm. The base of woods and amber is also very convincing and allows you to happily continue the journey till the dry-down end. However, I have to confess that the aroma of tobacco and chic leather also gets stuck in the drying hours. Performance is more than acceptable and, if a few sprays get on your clothes, you'll have a pleasant memory aid the next day. MY OPINION: Costing between 15 and 20 euros, this fragrance is a complete must-have, even if you buy it blind. It evokes Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille, Costume National Soul, Guerlain L'Homme Ideal and even SpiceBomb Extreme. But the real inspiration comes from the very good, and tragically always sold out, L'Eau d'Issey pour Homme Noir Ambré. MUSIC: Imagine Dragons - ‘Demons’ (published in: https://www.facebook.com/groups/733041855168347)

I don't know how Iceberg does it with their releases. The price / offering for a lot of their offerings is phenomenal! So let me be as simple, but clear as possible. This to me smells almost exactly like Issey Miyake Noir Ambre, just mixed with that tobacco note from Thierry Mugler's Pure Havane. The main difference is that the leather note in here is slightly less animalic than in Noir Ambre, which I like a lot more. Strong leather notes can be a hit or miss, cause it often gives that bit of a funky/animalic feel to it that you either like or don't. The performance is not on par with either of the previously mentioned ones. Projection is OK for the first hour, after that it settles fairly quickly and lasts a total of about 6h. Still absolutely stunning how they can offer such a niche like / designer exclusive dna for such a solid price. If you like Noir Ambre and are looking for a substitute or a different take on it a la Pure Havane, for the price it goes for, don't even think about it and just buy it, it will make your day. Overall rating: 7.3/10

I found a deal for 100ml bottle + shower gel gift set for just 15 EUR and bought it right away. Lovely fragrance! It smells maybe 70-80% like Pure Havanne and reminds me just a little of something in the style of Dolce and gabbana the one Edp. It is not as smooth and has less of the honey-cherry sweetness of Pure Havanne, and sharper tobacco and saffron. The bitter orange fades away after the first 1hour, and makes it less interesting. The dry down is a common but pleasant woody, ambery, tobacco skin scent. Very long lasting - 12 hours on skin with moderate projection for around 6 hours, and then it becomes a skin scent. Maybe the best bang for buck combinaton I ever came across. I dont know why nobody speaks about this... Winter and autumn, date night, all age...

For me it is Tobacco Vanille without Vanille You can smell all of the listed notes but what is great about this fragrance is quality- the price is low and it isn’t synthetic. It opens with cherry tobacco and smells quite similar to Tobacco Vanille but it is less sweet and more spicy and woody- overall I can say that it is a masculine version of TFTV. Drydown is sweet, powdery and woody. Longevity and sillage is very good- maybe not the best but for the price I can’t complain. Atomizer- veeery good, shoots a lot of juice My only complain is the bottle- it just looks cheap and it doesn’t resemble the character of the juice.

This stuff has no right being as good as it is at the price point it can be had for. Previous reviews referencing Soul and Noir Ombre are spot-on. This is somewhere in between, maybe a touch closer to Noir Ombre. Absolutely incredible pickup if you like that style of DNA. I own both of the aforementioned fragrances, and I was pleasantly surprised when I sprayed this on (straight out-of-the-box). Wow. Longevity seems to be pretty good, and sillage is as well. At least, for my first wearing. Super glad I decided to grab this one.