MV3

I LOVE this scent! Sweet, smokey, woody....sexy! I ran out several years ago but kept the bottle for a long time just so that I could sniff it. I agree most closely with belladonna's review although I don't remember jasmine...I'm going off memory of the scent though. There is definitely a deep, sultry smokiness about it and I also smelled tobacco. I dream of this perfume sometimes. I own Tokyo Milk Dead Sexy and when I first sniffed the bottle, I agree, that it smelled an awful lot like this one but when I get Dead Sexy on my skin it is SO much sweeter( more of a caramel sweet than a vanilla sweet like MV3) and I'm still trying to decide how I feel about it. Mac MV3 has just enough sweet to keep it from being overly masculine. This scent is probably not for everyone but I've always been a lover of amber, cedar, patchouly,.....other "masculine" and smokey scents. This one is THE perfect blend of sweet,smokey, woody and tiny bits of spicey!

MV3 is the one that got away. The name is all wrong, btw. Black Panther is far more fitting for this aggressive beauty. I know, I know, it's crazy to assign personality to fragrance, but how could I not, when the fragrance demands it? She is a dark, sensual, strong, intimidating, fearless diamond in the rough! MV3 is not smooth or polished. The appeal is in the edges...the contrast...the power. Leather and vanilla, the caress after the claws. It's both hard and soft at the same time. It's not a creamy vanilla or the leather of a fine designer handbag. It's deeper. It's feminine and masculine and blatantly sexy...against a wall in public kind of sexy. Balsamic? Sure. Powdery? Somewhat Floral? Not at all. MV3 should never have been sold at a fragrance counter without a warning label or a leash ;)

oh this one is a black addition done right. Three cheers for MAC. Diffidently the deeper side of vanilla and jasmine. Vetyver and deeply tanned leather rise up and swirl around you, while woody sweet and spicy tolu balsam linger with the amber on the bottom. All playing up the main stars of the mentioned vanilla and jasmine, sweet but not to sweet over all because it has so much depth. Comes across almost smokey, Possibly due to the haze of adoration while walking through it. May actually be to heavy for some. Reminiscent of 'dead sexy' from T.M. but is a little better on me; less dry, sour and exotic woods. Also Want to say there is tobacco too but it must be the association with the leather. This is beautiful and rich with deep dark undertones; perfectly sinful, sexy to the core.

This is one of my most cherished fragrances... I have about 10ml left in an old bottle that I don't even wear because it hurts my heart that it's discontinued!! Back in high school, my sister had MV2 and I got this one. It made my rebellious teenage self feel grown-up, powerful, and sexy. Thinking back, I think I loved it so much because it was polar opposite to all the fruity florals/VS body spray type scents everyone else was wearing (nothing wrong with those but I wanted to stand out I guess). I realize I haven't even described the scent but what others have said below is essentially spot-on to my nose. Definitely a naughty vanilla that is extremely unisex in my opinion. 10/10

super delicious. as a smoker myself, i find that this fragrance balances with cigarette smoke really well to change the overall musty staleness from the smoke and kind of change it into something else and surprisingly pleasant :) perfect after a cig break and also for a formal night out. this fragrance i feel banks best for a formal suit and tie night time affair for any season!