Lights Down Low

I just got my bottle and sprayed once on the back of my hand, so I'll update the performance after I get a full day's wear out of it, but I really LOVE the scent! It's a very clean, aquatic, citrusy opening, where the citrus and sea salt are present but not overpowering. The underlying amber, sandalwood, and vetiver are smoothly blended. It's really a lovely scent that leans masculine. I paid $70 for my bottle and at that price, it's an excellent buy!! Edit: I love the scent. The performance is bad on my skin. It's less than 2 hours before it's a skin scent and then it's an intimate skin scent for another hour. Even on clothes, it's a weak performer. I sprayed on my shirt around noon. By 2 pm, it was gone. I had to bury my nose in my shirt to smell it. Beautiful scent with crap performance, typical of anything from Michael Malul. I have Citizen Jack Absolute, Ginger Mist, and Ocean Noir. None are particularly good performers, despite how good they smell. At $70, it's a good buy. At the list price of $130? Forget it!

I don't get the ADG comparison. This is a Perseus if Perseus were juicy at the top and had less oakmoss in the bottom, leaving only a breezy sandalwood trail. Or it could be a L'eau D'Issey Vetiver with a lot more fruit, but it's not sticky. The rosehip gives it an aetherial, even futuristic, warmth. It will give you about 4 hours of a most beautiful ride until it becomes a skin scent after about 3 and a half hours. It will dry down to something like Mancera Midnight Gold but with more santal. Another good comparison is Orange X Santal by Essential Perfums. But, unlike those fragrances, you won't be able to stop smelling yourself and will think about reapplying often. When you refresh you will thank yourself for restarting the ride; and when it ends, you will be saddened by the fact that kind of beauty is not meant to last.

This is an amazing fragrance! Adjacent to ADG, but with a twist. The opening is very fruity but with orange and pomelo. Dries down into a crazy smooth amber. This lasted about 8 hours out the box off skin...my skin does hoard fragrances, so take that into account. This would make an excellent date night fragrance, but should work fine casually and even at work...versatility is good. The projection is very good the first hour or two, then pulls back closer to the skin. This smells red and charming...those are my quick opinions on this scent. If you can find this at a decent price, then its definitely worth checking out.

Fragrance Journal Entry #177 So right away you will be reminded of Armani ADG, this could easily be a more floral flanker. Starts off very bright and citrusy with a hint of sea salt, back up with a floral edge and dries to a clean herbacious skin scent. This is one of my favorites from the house of Michaul Malul. I wish the longevity was better but the projection is pretty decent for a couple hours, overall it's a nice smooth fresh everyday kind of masculine scent. Rating: 8.2/10 Blind Buy Safe? YES

This is my second purchase from this line and I’m very pleased. I own POP and now LDL and they both are very fresh & strong. Anyone who enjoys fresh fragrances knows it’s hard to find one with longevity without smelling linear. This is Aqua di gio edp and imagination to my nose. The stuff just jumps off the skin. It’s a no brainier in the spring and summer. Safe for blind. Nobody will hate this. Starts ADG and transitions to imagination. 9/10 scent 9/10 projection