Sacred

Coming from the watch makers industry originally, Louis Cardin ventured into the fragrance world over 40 years ago, and in Sacred, they came up with an absolute gem of a fragrance launched back in 2011. Known for fragrances with longevity of 12-24 hours and value for money in an overpriced fragrance world, Sacred is true to form, in 100ml EDP form, it's affordable directly from their website at around £33 and even cheaper online from other fragrance shops. You can also get a Sacred deodorant and a 1.2 ml sample. The note line up is for sure a gourmand lover's dream (that would be me, then), and the promise of Vanilla, Caramel, chocolate and the inclusion of both white musk and black musk (long lasting synthetic note used for longevity and potency), plus sandalwood (A wood note from trees in the Santalum genus), and amber make this one interesting to me. I picked mine up for a ridiculously low price of just £15, and on first spray I was a little bit confused and a tad disappointed with the chemical-like aroma blast that greeted my nose. Happily that soon subsided and the magic began to happen. Sure enough, a sweet, gourmand, delicious mixture comes through and is a crowd pleaser, seductive, alluring, sensual, completely inoffensive and highly addictive. Projection is fairly modest and sillage similar, a few feet and will not choke anyone around you, but that's no bad thing as this is one to enjoy wearing just for your own pleasure, and anyone getting close enough to you will love the aromas coming from your skin. As an older man, I feel this suits my fragrance hungry flesh very well, and it instils in me happiness, an air of confidence and contentment as the gorgeous caramel and vanilla wafts in the air as I move. My wife loved it immediately which is always a bonus! Linear, yes perhaps and that is no bad thing as once it has settled, it's utterly gorgeous, but this fragrance is also intriguing. The woody notes blend very well and offer a complexity to the sweet gourmand notes, and keep up the interest factor, and I just can't stop taking in the wafts from my skin. Spray cautiously on light coloured clothes as the dark juice will stain, though on darker clothes it's fine and stays for easily twelve hours, often much longer. For the money I'd be happy if this was even half as good as it actually is, as it is, with such beauty and elegance that lasts on my skin easily ten to twelve hours, a no brainer! A beautiful fragrance that now has become a staple in my collection.

At the start it is amazingly sweet but I still kept sniffing my arm as it was very addictive. I've got many scents as most of you probably do and I just got Armaf Odyssey Mandarin Sky at the same time and put them both in the cupboard for a couple of weeks as I ran out of display space. After that time I took this out and sprayed this and the Armaf on different arms as they were sitting next to each other in the cupboard so I gave them a blast and I was very surprised as a freak selection they are very close, only the Armaf was a bit more citrus and probably more acceptable to some on opening and although the Armaf is certainly no slouch in the initial performance department, this was definitely stronger and ever so slightly more sweet. Pretty mad that I picked these two out of 200+ that they would be so similar but they were there and if you're into fragrance you know you can't use them all, all of the time and you need a reminder and also with potential maturation with most middle eastern fragrance you want to check how they turn out. This was strong from the start and I don't know where I will wear this as it is super sugary, but I love it, it is up there in sweetness with Credible Oud from the same house which is pretty much like Mugler's Alien, which is obviously female leaning but I also love and it's slightly different, and I'll keep a bottle in my inventory as long as it's available and it's amazingly cheap. Fantastic sweet offerings, fairly linear as this first hour or two goes but as it is, the Armaf and Sacred are inseparable to my nose. To ensure I didn't go nose blind I used Ibrahim Al Qurashi Dominican Tobacco on my hand as a scent breaker which is like dark tobacco ash so that assured me that I wasn't losing all of my olfactory nerves. It's a winner and cheap as chips. Amazing similarities accidentally found, at least to me with AOMS, but all good.

Amazing semi one dimensional gourmand that works wonders on its own. Has that longevity and that caramel note is probably the star and is holding the whole composition together in terms of my nose. For this price range I think you can’t go wrong with this at all.this is a fragrance that’s been gatekept for a very long time and it’s probably gonna stay that way I’m sure lol. I personally would layer this fragrance realistically speaking rather than wearing it on its own. I think this would smell good with kismet for men or Bentley man intense. Louis Cardin should really focus on a new range of gourmands because they’ve mastered this very easily. Longevity:9/10 Price:10/10 Projection:6/10 Easy to reach for levels:8/10 Bottle design:7/10 Weather:cold Time:evening/night time Seasons:any just wear it ugh Overal fragrance rating:8/10 Performance Update after macération: Longevity:10 hours(6-7 sprays) (Go crazy with the sprays) Projection:3-5 hours potent asf Sillage: between within arms length and 1-2 ft I personally layer it with Lattafa mahir black + Maison Al Hambra herod The trio creates a Bvlgari man in black type of vibe.try it out

My no.1 blind buy, cheapie find, compliment getter and most highly recommended fragrance, what more can I add? I watched a few reviews of this scent on YouTube but it was Chris at the Frag Mental channel that sold it to me with his passionate support for this amazing perfume. Sacred isn't overly gourmand in my opinion. It is slightly less sweet then a typical gourmand fragrance and has a poppy zing which I love and that keeps a freshness to the scent deep into the dry down on this. As others on here have eluded to, this may be the black musk but its almost a minty zing and could be geranium in my opinion. This lasts on my skin 11+ hours and it's eternal on clothing. Fantastic scent trail and it projects beyond 6ft for a good few hours. All being said, this is a slightly feminine leaning unisex fragrance that I love wearing as a man. I find I can wear it most of the year especially as we only get a few days of hot weather each year here in the UK! So avoid the extreme heat and it's very wearable. I highly recommend but at same time I don't want too many people to know about this affordable gem 😁

This smells exactly like a rich, confident girl boss, total baddie vibes. Just a heads-up: it can stain your clothes, so I don't recommend spraying it directly onto your garments (though you can wash it out if it happens). This is literally my signature scent and such a massive compliment-getter! It might not be for every girl, but every baddie would love it. It doesn't really work for hot, summery weather, but it's perfect for nighttime or when you're chilling in a full-blast AC room, lol. It's also amazing for meetings and gatherings because it just radiates confidence. I’m already on my third bottle, so you know it's good. While it might not be everyone's absolute favorite, it is 100% worth the money. One thing to watch out for: there are a lot of fakes out there, and it can be hard to tell them apart. Your best bet is to check the color of the liquid and the actual scent—that’s how you'll know it’s the real deal.