Sceptre Bronzite

I purchased my second Maison Alhambra fragrance, which is Sceptre Bronzite. My first Lattafa/Alhambra fragrance is Exclusif Tabac, which i disliked. It was linear and nuclearly harsh. The only tobacco note is the top note, then it became a vanilla scent, not bad but boring to the ass. Sceptre Bronzite is different. It doesn't smell cheap, even from the first spray without any need for maturation. This is designer level, on the same vein with Ferragamo uomo line. In fact, this dna is very similar to Salvatore Ferragamo Urban Feel(the blue bottle) mostly for the ambery fresh base. Sceptre Bronzite is less "blue", "shower gel" and more woody. It is also fresh and obviously has a marine note, though it is dry and not aquatic. In the dry down, you can smell the dry vetiver note which is my favorite note, very dry and woody. The fragrance opens with a burst of citrus, it was hard for me to call it a grapefruit note because it wasn't so natural smelling anyway. One can argue that it smells like cheap cleaning orange product, i don't think it's that bad, it's acceptable - only when you smell it upclose. In the air, it's ok, the fragrance is not a potent scent anyway. It is quite airy and fresh. I would say it is 70% stronger than Lalique Encre Noir Sport. The scent has more body and depth. Coming to the middle notes you can smell the amber and the musk kicks in. Quite strange because this is a fresh scent, but the middle note gives an impression of a warm, dry fragrance exactly like the Ferragamo Uomo blue bottle. This scent DNA is not unique at all, however, i'm still happy that i purchased it. Joy Amin called this one the best Maison Alhambra fragrance a few months ago. May be he's right. The bottle is heavy and speaking of quality. The feel of holding it is fantastic. And the atomizer is pressurized, just like the Missoni Wave bottle. I don't really respect this type of atomizer, it feels good but it makes you spread out the fragrance in your body, which would make it project more however decrease the longevity. The longevity of my bottle is appallingly abysmal. 3 hours and it became skin scent. I know it needs maturation time. I have a F Le Parfum from Fragrance World which is a clone of Y Le Parfum. After 6 months of maturation that bottle became a beast.

Wow. Just wow. I love Tygar's DNA. I first smelled it during a trip to Japan and fell in love. Since then I've been toying with the idea of a full bottle. While I can afford it, £400 on cologne just doesn't sit right with me. I get far more of a thrill from something cheap yet sentational. And now thanks to this? My worries of a world without Tygar have been put to bed. This for me is everything Tygar is. It isn't as sparkly or effervescent which comes down to price point. Tygar will be using far higher quality ingredients. But this does everything I love about Tygar. Huge hits of grapefruit and other citruses (I get slight unripe orange with the grapefruit), backed by ginger which has been blended up and smothered on a floor made of ambroxan. Seriously this is ambroxan the way Sauvage does ambroxan. Which is to say, to a degree it's all you can smell. I just got my bottle, did three sprays and my room was filled with the scent. This was a blind buy for me. But I bought it after smelling turathi blue (finding it subpar) and this to my nose is more natural and smells higher quality. Quite a few people on here seem to agree, hence the blind buy. It is definitely closer to Tygar than Turathi, this does the three major notes of Tygar incredibly well and does not smell at all synthetic. I will be wearing this in Istanbul on holiday and I am very excited to do so. Presentation is gorgeous too. Box is great, bottle looks a million bucks and is hefty with one of the best atomisers I own. Now, would I say this is blind buy safe? Due to how heavy the ambroxan is I'd argue no. If you know you love this scent profile like I did, then absolutely. It's like the initial grapefruit blast of BDC, mixed with the ambroxan of sauvage and then you chucked some root ginger in too. Absolutely class. 9/10 - 1 mark deducted for not smelling as sparkly as Tygar

#769 in my "Tour de Fragrance" Right off the bat, this is not a clone of Bvlgari Le Gemme Tygar. Trust me. You won't care. It's certainly closer to Tygar than Turathi Blue, but the lack of musk and ambrette makes it a sharper scent than the Tygar. It's worth owning on its own merits. In the sense that citric freshies all smell very much alike, whether Vuitton L'Immensite, Lattafa Al Qiam Silver, Jean Lowe Immortal, Lacoste L.12.12. Blanc Fraiche, Kajal III, Armaf Caballo, it almost makes no difference. All in the same grapefruit and amber scent category as Tygar, but not Tygar, and neither is this, but again, close enough you won't care. That's true of most of Alhambra's "clones." They aren't trying to be 100% dupes, just similar enough you won't care. Like when "Vanilla Ice" changed the syncopation of David Bowie and Freddy Mercury's "Pressure" so he could claim he didn't directly rip off the track with "Ice, Ice, Baby." Now, bracing for the criticisms for saying this, I like Bronzite better than Tygar. Sharper, fresher, bolder. Tygar is tamer than this, and I if you own this, paying $350 and up for Tygar will never cross your mind. I certainly will never do it again. Tygar is a fine citric freshie. It's not worth $350 and up. I bit the bullet and paid $138 for 19-69's "Miami Blue", and that will probably be the last freshie I ever pay more than $100 for. Bronzite is car pool, elevator and small spaces safe. Totally business appropriate for warmer seasons. Primarily summer day wear. Not date wear for me. Absolutely a safe blind buy.

Just opened and tried this for the first time and all I can say that this stuff means business! I sprayed a couple sprays on my wrist and can still smell it whilst typing this. The projection here is great! This is definitely going to stay in rotation especially for its price. It comes across as a clean and somewhat watery scent which I like. I'm not into overpowering musky leathery fragrances as I like to smell like I've just left the shower. But with Bronzite you get an amazing blend of freshness, a slight hint of sweet spiciness enveloped around a woody essence. This is definitely something you can wear all year round. It's a safe blind buy and can't go wrong for the price! I'd call this a well refined fragrance that is for the modern man! If this smells like a clone of Bvlgari Tygar I can now see why Tygar is considered one of the best if not the best fragrance out there. I've waited some time now and I've got to say the dry down is gorgeous and smells way better than the initial opening. Solid 9/10 for me!

This stuff is super great scent ! I love the dna of Bvl Tygar scent so much and sceptre bronzite smell 90% similar to Tygar. Here is what I get : - Opening : Blast of citrus and grapefruit, create a Fanta/7 Up vibe to it - Mid : The citrus is gone, but the grapefruit is still here, and the Ambroxan/Ambergris is getting stronger. It's create a Tygar elegant vibe. - Base : After 3-4 hours it is going to be skin scent, but still smellable, my girlfriend still smelled it after 6 hours on my skin After 3-4 weeks of Maceration you can smell it slightly Incense in here, which is incredible because I didn't get any incense when I bought it. Totally, I love this scent dna and the Sceptre Bronzite did it very well, it's smell uniqle. This is well-blended fragrance with Grapefruit - Ambroxan - Incense, create a elegant vibes, old money vibes. Suitable for the summer day & night, for someone wearing a black suit, white shirt, polo t-shirt.

With so many Bvlgari tygar alternatives in the market, it's hard for people to study all of them and pick one. But the thing is, no matter which one you pick, at the grand scheme of things, it'll be hard for people to even tell the difference. Sceptre Bronzite is not a bad clone. It smells very, very similar and it's one of the ones I've used that has a good performance. But what I hated was how pungent the musk smelt. I had it for months before I sold it. It gave me solid 8hrs+ on skin with good projection. Now, I'm using Khadlaj Empire Crown, and while it smells more balanced and smooth, the performance isn't that great. I might get Arabiyat Prestige Nashwa Cologne, next, or maybe Aariz(sospiro vibrato twist). These two would cover every area for me, but they're more pricey.

Nose Note #604 This is a little different from Al Qiam Silver Lattafa and Théorème Homme Rue Broca. This is a little sweeter, the other two don't feel sweet to me at all. The ginger in the two is biting and nicely bitter, here it's less so. This is perhaps a little more crowd-pleasing than Al Qiam. Is the difference that noticeable? Not that much, but if you are picky... You definately don't have to own more than one Tygar clone. One of these is enough. This and Al Qiam perform about the same. Theoreme I think is a little more long lasting. 9/10, great like all of them

I get more compliments from this than my $330 bottle of L’Immensite. I genuinely don’t understand why because I see my more expensive bottles as being more complex. But this stuff just performs. Extremely pleasant and likable. Lasts forever on my skin too. Idk if it’s because I let my bottle macerate but I’ve never had any performance issues. This will outperform Ingenius Ginger as well as Vibrato too. It may be relatively linear but it just is an absolutely easy dumb reach. I want 10 bottles of this stuff

Ever since I got tygar, Ive been wearing it almost every day. So I decided to pick up this clone, which even looks very similar to tygar. (Turathi blue is just too ugly for me.) compared to tygar, sceptre bronzite is slightly sweeter and a bit brighter. there is a alcohol in the opening, but it disappears within a min. It feels more unisex and casual. In the air, it smells about 95% similar to Tygar. longevity 3–4 hours, honestly feels same as tygar. If you love Tygar, just buy it.

Love the scent. Hate the performance. Excellent Tygar accuracy—for about ten minutes... then it's gone like ground fog at sunrise. If you overspray like an anosmic teenager you might get an hour out of this. It's a shame, too. Again, the smell is exquisite, and the presentation classy and beautiful. But... if you need it all day, you'll need the entire bottle with you. That's a bit of an exaggeration, of course. A 5ml travel spray decant will probably last all day. ;-)

I refunded my original bottle , but then 2 weeks later I decided to reorder as this scent couldn't leave my mind.It was stuck with me. I re bought it. for the price this is a beautiful scent with the longevity lasting me about 7 hours projection isn't insane , defeniteley decent for the price though.I would like to mention that the scent is very versatile and mass appealing therefore leading to compliments. I recommend this a lot! rating of 8.8 for the price of £16

amazing by alhambra !!! it's 95% like Tygar with beautifull bottle and presentation. projection is more power than longivity, first hour projection is nucular and secend hour is strong too and became to skin scent after that and has longivity for maximum 3 hours. for the price point it's steal. for me one of top 3 of maison alhambra . scent : 10/10 longevity : 7/10 projection : 8/10 price point : 10/10 overal : 8.5/10 strongly recommend this.

One of my favourite scents ever is Parfums De Marly Perseus so it's safe to say that I enjoy grapefruit. When I first smelled this I didn't know what to think. It is extremely unique and I wouldn't say that it smells rich, but it smells like wisdom. Grapefruit backed by a little ambroxan and a touch of musk. I think that this is insane value and if you want a grapefruit fragrance that isn't as dry as Hermes, look no further.

This stuff made me decide to sell my bottle of Vibrato. I also have Alexandria Black Panther and Michael Malul Terra Nova. Don't get me wrong, the Vibrato smells better and lasts much longer, but I can't justify the price difference with how cheap this is. It has a much darker opening that I actually prefer to BP and Vibrato, the dry down is similar. Again, I prefer Vibrato and BP, but it's not enough while this is only $17.

Fantastic stuff Citrus musky ambroxan with a hint of ginger. Great for summer but I love wearing this on cooler days too as it's fleshing and can punch through the cold. The only other perfume that does this is for me is Creed Himalaya. So this is a huge love for me. The presentation is great too! 10/10 - I wouldn't change anything about this if I could, it's rounded, performs well, looks great and smells even better.

Opens like an orange soda, with a lot of citrus, it reminds me of the energy drink 'Monster Khaos'. This soda smell lasts for maybe 30 mins. As it dries down it smells a little bit more clean and floral, overall really nice scent. I don't know the smell of either Tygar or Vibrato to compare, but for the price, this one is really worth it. 6 - 7 hours in my skin with 1 - 1,5 hours of moderate projection.

Killer Tygar dupe. Cheap and attention grabbing. Non-Offensive crowd pleaser vibes that never fails to get compliments. I have two other friends who wear this exact bottle. One has already bought a few bottles in advance since he runs out often! I recommend all the sceptre line scents! These rock. The bottle rocks. They are accurate dupes and even if they weren't, they smell awesome. Pick this up.

All I can say (at least as a first impression) is that the packaging is great and the bottle is mesmerizing, heavy, attractive and luxurious-looking. The fragrance is beautiful. Fresh, elegant and understated. But, longevity is a major downside. Sillage is alright, not a monster but definitely perceptible from an arm distance. I’ll give it some time and see.

Smells EXACTLY like Sospiro Vibrato. 96% likeness. Personally, I like buying the clone AND the original. This was on sale on Frangracenet for under $20. I recently became obsessed with Vibrato and was heard this was a good dupe. I really don't know how they do it. If you like Vibrato and don't want to spend the $$$$, you will not be disappointed!

Wear couple of sprays of Khalis Musk (Pure Musk) from Lattafa, to complement the missing musk base note and becomes indistinguishable from Tygar, they cost 75$ together which is far cheaper than Bvlgari's 600$!!, and the notes aren't blended well but 2-3 months will fix that up.