Gold Heart V 4

I am happy to report that I do not pick on anything metallic with this. That almost scared me enough to not try it, and I'm glad I soldiered on because this is quite lovely. It is a peppery-woody milk fragrance. Just lovely. It reminds me a lot of another favorite, L'ARTISAN Venenum 32. And also somewhat of L'ORCHESTRE Piano Santal (but with more spice). The spice is not overly done in this, which is another thing I was worried about. And even though this is Unisex, I do think it leans more masculine - only in the sense that most females will probably think the spicy woody facets read "masculine". But there is nothing in this that specifically reads "men's cologne". I am happy to wear this, as a 38 yr old female who mainly enjoys lactonic, woody, and gourmand scents... I wish I knew Le Feu d'Issey because it sounds like a dream. But this is an absolute winner for anyone who enjoys the 2 fragrances I've mentioned above. This is the first fragrance I've tried from this house, but now I wonder what other tricks they have up their sleeve? This is a firm 8.5-9/10 in my book.

Just wow. I got some samples with purchase last month. On a whim, I sprayed v4 before going on a boat trip the other day and I was blown away. It won me over immediately and as it dried down, I fell more in love. It's a spicy burst but beautifully balanced. Nothing hurts the noise. Cardamom can usually take over, as does pepper but nothing overwhelmed me. There's a hint of cinnamon too. Once the spice settles, there's a delicious milky saffron that stays for a long time. Eventually with the dry down there's a nicely blended wood. The website mentions sandalwood which I was surprised with, as most sandalwood based fragrances have me reaching for the scrubbing brush. I was close to buying a full bottle by the end of the day, but I'm trying to be more restrained in 2025! Great performance. Might not be for everyone so not a blind buy perhaps but I love that it's similar but different, if that makes sense. Very unique and I have nothing like it in my collection.

WAAAHAGHAHGAHHHGHHHH!! I LOVE THIS!! NEW FAVOURITE!! I have the MoTH sample pack and I am trying so hard to give every perfume a full day of wear but I only want to wear this one. I think this is a really interesting scent. The pepper seems to bring out the best in every component. It's warm and sweet but the pepper cuts away what is normally cloying in warm/sweet fragrances and just makes it fresh and zingy. It just smells so damn good on me. My only issue is that I wish it projected more. That's because I'm a bit of an obnoxious person and I want to enforce my good taste in perfume on others. I want people to cough when I walk in the room. As SailorV said, here are the actual notes: Top - Pink Peppercorn, Cardamom, Cinnamon Middle - Warm Milk, Saffron, Rose Oil, Peach Base - Cedarwood, Musks, Australian Sandalwood

Beautiful, I bought a number of MAP bottles, undiscovered treasures!!!! Following Purple Heart which wowed me I was intrigued by the Milk and Spice connotation. For once the note table pretty much sings in tune for once. Saffron and spice mixed with milk on a wood base. Slightly dark, almost inky - at a quick whiff I’m almost reminded of dry wine Tanin in a glass but a linger reminds you of the notes. I’m not familiar with Feu d’issey (not usually one of my preferred brands) but I would be convinced that this should typically be stronger. Having said that - the only negative is whilst not a poor performer it requires some robust application which is okay except in relation to the price. For me this is an awesome (though not identical) alternative to Lubin Korrigan in this genre. Love it!

Well said by Vintage April - it smells like a long lost love. Like a lover who seduces you with patience but you see that she wants to fall for you too. Both very retro and very surprisingly new, musky and sweet, very bipolar but the poles are in complete harmony. Totally agree with the description of the authors of the fragrance - it's nurturing. I want to hug myself when I smell it because I can't hug her. My favorite perfume, def a bargain, surprised I found something this gently mighty kicky for this 150e price.