Terre d'Evasion

This is sweet-spicy goodness! I get the boozy cognac vibe and also pick up on a certain fruitiness mixed with the cinnamon, to my nose this stuff is really well blended considering the low price! Alas, as expected this scent didn't last too long on my skin although still better than many ultra-budget scents. After 2.5/3 hours it's a very soft skin scent although I can still detect it now almost 5 hours later if I put my nose to my arm where i sprayed it. Not brilliant but for the price I think it is acceptable, I may well buy a bottle and just double-spray and on clothing too, as it's such a nice fragrance. Scent: 9/10 (my subjective rating) Longevity: 5 - moderate (lower end) skin scent after a couple of hours on my skin, just about detectable 5 hours later, if you have the nose of a bloodhound. Sillage/projection: 5/10 - roughly between 60 to 90 mins of projection at arms length I'd say. Value: 8/10 - 9 euros for 100ml, not bad, wouldn't really want to pay much more though.

I keep finding myself going back to this fragrance, it has really come into it's own in the colder weather WOW!!! Don't let the low price point deter you, if this had a big designer name or even a luxury car brand name attached it would be well and truly on the hype train. Don't sleep on this one people, if you can find it and you like the look of the notes it is very much worthy of a blind buy imo! Boozy, fruity, warming, spicy and sexy. I find it to be a modern scent yet it has depth, slightly sweet at times but in a deep resinous way. I would use the expression budget masterpiece, might even drop the the word budget from that. Performance may not be the best (it's just ok) but the scent more than makes up for it, and the cost allows you to do some extra sprays anyway. I just bought a back-up bottle (with a free shower gel to boot), fantastique!

I've owned this for a few years now, wore it recently for the first time in quite a while and it really seems to last well now too with a great scent bubble. I don't know how close this is to expensive fragrances such as Ambré Narguillé and Angel's Share (never tried them) but this ultra cheapie* even puts regular supposedly 'affordable' fragrances to shame and clearly shows how most fragrances out there are a rip off and involve a lot of snobbery! *I paid less than 8€ for 100ml from a supermarket.

Rich, boozy, sweet. At the price this goes for (often under 10 euros for 100ml) this is a banger. Despite the sweetness I don't find it particularly feminine, anyone can wear it but for me it leans a little more masculine. This is a good cold weather, outdoors scent, I can imagine it being nice to wear in the British or Irish countryside fighting the cold wind & rain and taking shelter in a cosy pub to drink a hot mulled cider. Lasts well on clothing.

So I just treated myself to a bottle, only just sprayed it but yes it's still a very nice (boozy cinnamon) scent indeed. At 8,90€ for 100ml I think it's worth it even if performance isn't the best. I'll update on that at some point after several proper wearings.