Sceptre Malachite

Un perfume que en las notas declaradas dice oler a algo, pero en la nariz tiene otra tonalidad... Si eres aficionado a las fragancias como yo, este análisis que hice te podría ser útil, que aunque extenso, preciso. No te diré si vale la pena o no. God of fire es la inspiración para este dupe en cuya base de composición encuentras un mango, un mango jugoso y juguetón, muy jovial. Esto acompañado de maracuya y similar a si tuvieses un batido de frutas tropicales. A mi me huele a mango, pero no realmente a maracuya como dicen en las reseñas. Más bien a la fruta granada, pero específicamente a la membrana blanca entre los granitos de granada por tener esta sensación medio ácidita en lo dulce, con una parte amarga. ¿Por qué pasa esto? Bueno... La salida es vigorizante, fresca dulce y bien redondeada, tal como la fragancia en si. Notas que declara el perfume son: Salida: Mandarina verde, bergamota y grosellas negras. Únicamente noto la mandarina verde en esta sensación de la membrana de la granada que te digo (medio ácida y poquito amarga, redondeado completamente por mango y las grosellas negras, que estas grosellas negras, se sienten un poco maduras, como a pasillo de Liverpool en 2016 o perfume de viejita, no necesariamente algo malo, pero preciso en mi descripción detallada). Notas corazón: Evoluciona poco el perfume a mi consideración y asentándose, encuentras una parte floral blanca del jazmín y olor muy ligero a lavanda, esto apolvado y noble, lo que le da una apariencia “unisex”. Siendo el corazón de la fragancia, viene redondeado por especias, pero muy difuso. Yo diría pimienta (que si se declara y le da una tonalidad ligeramente picante), pero también encuentro canela, clavo de olor y hasta nuez moscada. En el secado se declara ámbar, almizcle, notas amaneradas y vetiver. Yo, lo que encuentro son reminiscencias de la fragancia pero ya apolvadas, cualidad del almizcle. Tienes aún el mango, tienes tu maracuya (o granada para mi), tienes un ámbar muy pronunciado y brillante (no mineral, sino resinoso) y ciertamente una parte amaderada blanca, como a cachemira. A mi no me gustan las fragancias de esta familia olfativa, ni dulces si no hay frío. Sin embargo, esta me parece lo “tropical” en una fragancia. Si fuese a una playa tranquila en verano, usaría este perfume como opción predilecta. Aclaraciones: Análisis hecho apenas me llegó (falta que macere), la encontré en $25 USD, la calidad es muy buena sin tomar en cuenta el precio.

#768 in my "Tour de Fragrance" Another user asked my opinion of Maison Alhambra Malachite as a clone of either Le Gemme Kobraa or Humbert God of Fire, and I had planned to buy Malachite. Got it yesterday and I'm comparing it to sprayettes of Kobraa and God of Fire from FragranceLine. Now on to the controversy with the crowds out there insisting Maison Alhambra's Malachite is a clone of Kobraa and those insisting it's a clone God of Fire. It's closer to God of Fire, but definitely not a clone of either. You can get samples of both from FragrancesLine like I did, compare them to Malachite, which you should absolutely buy, and smell for yourself. The openings of Kobraa and Malachite are close enough I wasn't sure if I was imagining a difference or not. But there's definitely a difference in the openings you will notice but could talk yourself into ignoring. Not so five minutes later. That's when the fruitiness of the Malachite comes out, which is why the "God of Fire" guys are sweating with excitement. But it's citrus and currants, not mangoes and berries. GOF is a touch more beach wear than Malachite. You will hear that song from the James Bond film "Dr. No", "Underneath the Mango Tree" with the GOF. If you like JPG's tropical Le Male scents go for the GOF, not Malachite. One caveat here is that simple formula wood-focused scents like Kobraa will always outlast complex, more fruit-focused scents like God of Fire and Malachite. The molecular nature of fruit scents provides strong initial projection that disappears relatively soon in the evolution of the scent on our skin. The lemon, tangerine, grapefruit, mango, pineapple, currants, berries, all ephemeral. Woods last all day long. So Kobraa will get through the work day. God of Fire and Malachite barely make it to lunch. I find having to respray midday annoying and often utterly inconvenient if not impossible. It's why I abandoned Colognes and Eau de Toilettes and seldom buy them no matter how much I like them. That said guys, the Malachite is dirt cheap at $23 and close enough to Kobraa and God of Fire that I think fans of either would say Malachite is $23 well spent. So I'm glad I bought a bottle of Malachite and samples of GOF and Kobaa instead of dropping the price of a car payment for full bottles of Kobraa or God of Fire. My recommendation is just get the Malachite and be happy. And I will repeat all this in a separate reviews on the GOF and Kobraa pages.

I'm really impressed by this perfume ! For some context, I bought Vulcan Feu recently and really liked it so I wanted to see if there's other mango scents around there and stumbled across this one. I wasn't expecting much from this, especially knowing it's maison alhambra (cheap, not good quality, etc.) with which I haven't had good experiences with previous fragrances from this brand. But let me tell you, when I first sprayed this in the air, I was blown away by how close it is with vulcan feu (never actually smelled the OG God of Fire). It's really 1:1. You get that fresh, fruity and pleasant mango scent, even tho in the note breakdown there is no mango listed, the combination of all ingredients make it feel like there's some fizzy mango or more like a citrusy mango. Not quite a mature mango but more like a fresh and citrusy light mango. Really nice and smells good quality. I'm also really impressed by how cheap this is, this is like the third of the price of Vulcan Feu (or sooo much cheaper than God of Fire). I had it for 20 bucks, 100ml. The sprayer is also insane pressurized and projects a lot of fragrance into the air. The only inconvenient being the longevity and the projection of the scent. While Vulcan Feu last and projects, this one sticks close to the skin and doesn't blast. But it is so cheap, you can just overspray this bad boy and that would do the job ;)

When I first got my bottle of Sceptre Malachite about 5 months ago, though it was alright, but sorta boring tbh. When I wore it a handfull of time I felt dirty/sticky bc I smelled as though I spilled some Pineapple/Orange, or Mango juice on my shirt or something and NOT much else, just wasn't all that into it, plus Im a grown ass man who's 52 years old, so this felt a bit "Too young" for me. Well fast-Forward these past few months I tried it again, and it smells much more nuanced and interesting after it's had a chance to "Maturate." The Pink Pepper and "Spicey notes" are much more noticable now and actually makes Sceptre Malechite smell like an actual fragrance on my skin vs some sticky, non discript-spilled juice! Im also getting more woods in the dry-down and the combination is just truley MOUTH-WATERING! Its still a younger person's fragrance, but it smells so good now that WHO CARES! LoL! This thing was always Long-Lasting, but now it lasts even longer and stays stronger and more noticable longer than before taking a long time to become a skin-scent. Anyways, this fragrance smells way better after a few months of aging and is an 8 outta 10 imo. Its not a 9 bc this dna is sorta tough for guys my age to pull it off, but man does it get mouthwatering once the spices come out to play! Thanks to whomever took time to read my review!😉

If you’re like me and are extremely sceptical of the incredibly hyped reviews for this fragrance.... I’m happy to say this is great! I was debating buying this thing for so long (eventually got it gifted to me for Christmas today) and I’m glad I took the chance on the blind buy, this is such a beautiful, sweet, fresh fragrance that is perfect for a hot summers day like today. It’s smells like a really smooth mix between mango and passionfruit with an almost woody/leathery background if you smell closer to the skin. Draws the line between perfectly unisex, I could see both men and women pulling this off and recieving a ton of compliments. I don’t like too feminine/sweet fragrances and this was my biggest concern going into buying this blind but it’s a beautiful androgynous scent, perhaps even a little bit male leaning on the dry down. Definitely a safe blind buy as well if you’re into sweet fragrances but it’s not overly sweet as some reviews have mentioned, more like a pleasant sweetness, not synthetic. A great blind buy for me, very happy purchase!! Latttafa/alhambra have always been a bit of a hit or miss for me (Khamrah was absolutely hideous for me) but this really does live up to the hype. A very safe, mass appealing but unique fragrance that will be sure to turn heads :) 🥭🥭🍋🍋