Incense Ebony

#1758 in my “Tour de Fragrance” I love Tom Ford “Ebene Fume”, which I bought, used it all up, and replaced it with Fragrance World “Ebony Fume.” The scent was close, but the quality not so much. Then I got Fragrance World “Alpha” which at first I thought was just a change of bottle and branding, but actually lasts longer on the skin. Now I have this. Of the three I find the scent and quality of this Maison Alhambra dupe best of breed and on par with the original Tom Ford. For me, palo santo and papyrus really works. Alfred Dunhill “Egyptian Smoke” is one of my all-time favorites. Though there’ve been a couple of disappointments. "Eilish 2”, but I kinda assume celebrity fragrances will have shit quality. And surprisingly Vilhelm Parfumerie “Skins & Vilhelm”, usually a reliable house, was really bad. But “Ebene Fume” is a great scent and the dupes are well worth the very reasonable prices. Good Luck and Good Hunting!

When I first got this mid last year it was a smoky mess of smell. It smelled like a wood ashtray full of cigarette butts. However I put it on today and it smelled amazing! So it's a fresh, very woody, and smoky incense fragrance. It smells fantastic. It smells like the dry down of an amazing freshie or blue fragrance. That's not to say it's an incomplete fragrance, but it would be awesome to layer with something with a soapy, citrus, or just fresh fragrances. Incense Ebony starts out with a bang with major smoky incense, and a fresh vibe from something, and lots of woods. In the first couple hours it has a sharp smell that reminds me of a nice oud, but it only lasts a couple hours. Finally it ends as a smoky, woody, clean, almost powdery fragrance. It lasts a long time and projects well. This is good stuff, and it would be good to layer, but it's great on its own too.

About 90% close, IMO. The quality isn’t as good, nor is the depth compared with the original. But a $300 and a $29 can’t be compared properly. And I’m an idiot for typing my 2nd sentence. This is still a banger. It’s such an easy reach on a cold winter’s evening. This one punches.

My fav "churchy" fragrance, first you smell incense then the drydown is woody and floral. I love this one more than the original and it lasts for hours.

The palo santo, incense and papyrus notes spoke to me as a fragrance accord I might enjoy. Incense Ebony wears as a thick, (black) peppery, smoky, balsamic and resinous incense fragrance with a dense woody dry-down resplendent with labdanum and a frankincense accord. The papyrus, rose and labdanum make the fragrance a wee-bit luminous in its drydown. But start-to-finish Incense Ebony is a smoky, resinous, liturgical incense fragrance. I might favor these notes as supporting characters but not as main players in a perfume. A nice fragrance but uber-masculine. Definitely not a perfume I will likely reach for as an older woman.