The Artist No. 2

I do not have The Moon, but I have more than 25 oud fragances, so my comments are in that direction. If you are looking for a compliment getter, crowd pleaser, cozy sweet aroma, easy understandable franagance: RUN AWAY! No matter what the hype or the "experts" say. This is a Love it or Hate it product. No gray areas, no in betweens. This is strong, complex, hard, beyond the commercial and western fragrances. Even if you have oriental arab oud perfumes, is not for everybody. This powerful perfume is for make an statement when you arrive. You are saying I'M HERE, I COMMAND, AND I DO NOT CARE OF ANYBODY. Is for standing out of everybody and REALLY do not care of approval, opinions or comments. If you are not with the right clothes, in the right situation and the right attitude, this thing will take control of the situation and disaster appears. The oud + saffron + rose + sandal build a high wall around you, that says "I'm unreachable, unattainable, I'm the boss, I have arrived". I use it on very formal occasions, with a nice sport dark suit, white shirt, dark pants, nice shoes, black expensive watch, and I will be the leader of the event. A leader who do not want to be friendly or happy fool pleaser with everybody, just courteous, serene, assertive, composed. Is on those occasions when this thing works, and works very well. So well that incredibly in two of those events, at the end of the meeting, a person asked discretely what fragrance I was using. So if you are less than 40+ yo, or like to play mr-popularity-please-all-happy-always-fun... forget this, get Armani, Channel or something else. Worst: If you love to smell like cotton-candy, wedding cake, cookies or caramels... do not even try it. Seriously. Performance: After 2 months of maceration, more than 16 hours on clothes (4-6 sprays), great projection for 3-4 hours on closed spaces. My batch is from 2023. I do not recommend it on hot days, unless you will be on an environment with good AC. If someone have a bottle, and want to throw it away, first send me a PM and we can talk about it. Cheers!

This is Sex Panther, from Anchorman, made real. Dreamed into existence in an illegally 3D printed (squirted, am I right, fellas? 🔫) replica of Andrei Tarkovsky's dream room communist orgone thing. Some say it isn't real. That it's a right wing conspiracy. Some say it is happening and it's good. Me? I'm making it mandatory for your children. I smell everything that everyone hates in it and I love it. Y'see, son, I know it's a skunk when it's a mile off and the sumbitch smells like toasted sesame oil. I also know it's a skunk, when the little stinker's secret pisshole done blasted your dog next door. But that don't mean, SON, that the dog next door smells like the tire-wrestled sumbitch a mile off. Yes, I smell the THING that makes you detect burning tires, but I don't smell burning tires. I smell power. I smell Aromatics Elixir, worn under a silk suit, at a rich mohogany desk, sitting on a rich, oxblood leather throne, by a man with his feet on a desktop calendar, shouting "talk to me" into his phone, in the middle of an empty machine shop. Is it sexy? No. But his secretary is still chewing a hole in her lip, because he's a MAN. He's POWER. He's too iconic for petty iconoclasm. He's a Roman kicking the dried blood of Carthage off his sandals in a cloud of salmon chalk as he dangles his feet off a garden wall, licking a cone of his favorite Garum ice cream. If you're not built for it, that must really suck. Ten out of ten. Year round. Night or day. A man for all seasons. A man from everywhere.

This is not as simple as the minimal ingredients list shown here. This is pretty complex, starts off with some floral and sour raspberry notes where litchi note is prominent, with dark and smokey leather and woody notes, which then transitions towards darker leather and raspberry notes with masculine floral and wild dark composition. Love it, it is very calming deep and soothing but animalic fragrance which smells like some mysterious dense fumes. Totally inclined towards being masculine fragrance. Not sure what other perfume it smells like, but it is quite good in itself. Fragrance IMO - 9.5 / 10

Artist No. 2 is a commendable clone of Frederic Malle's The Moon, offering a striking resemblance at a fraction of the cost. While it doesn't match the original's strength, the scent captures the essence with its floral and woody notes. Ideal for those who appreciate subtlety, it's perfect for nighttime wear and casual settings. The bottle design is simple yet elegant. Overall, it's a solid choice, delivering quality that exceeds expectations given its price point.

Very nice rose and oud combo. It's brighter than some. Very oud forward but it isn't a fecal type of oud. 9/10. After maceration sillage is enormous on this one. It's very close to beast mode. Super underrated fragrance.