Santal Austral Extrait

High-quality ingredients blended beautifully with each other. This fragrance screams sandalwood and it's VERY long-lasting. One spray on your clothes and it sticks to them until the next day. Woody scents tend to be offensive, however the sandalwood in this is mixed well with the creaminess and sweetness of almond, in addition to the spicy touch of cardamom which makes it extremely wearable and addicting. The sillage is also insane as others can smell mine from across the room. Nevertheless, it is not at all a safe blind-buy and over-spraying may cause headache to others. Rating: 9.5/10. This fragrance keeps the maturity of woody notes but somehow gives it a twist at being youthful and not so overbearing.

This is one of the best interpretations of sandalwood I’ve come across. There’s something about it that pulls me into that dark, magical atmosphere—almost like the Black family’s house in the Harry Potter story, with its mysterious, slightly ominous energy. It’s a wood lover’s dream: smooth, deep, and hypnotic in its seemingly one-dimensional simplicity. In my opinion, it even outshines Encre Noire A L'Extrême. Aurélien Guichard remains one of the few truly talented perfumers working today, and this is another example of his mastery.

I really enjoy this. But I think it smells very similar to BDK Gris Charnel Extrait. But I prefer the drydown of this. Longevity seems great and silage is similar to the other extraits (except radical rose which is a complete beast). I can easily smell it on clothes and skin 8-12 hours after but silage is probably not great at that point. But in its own right I think this is lovely but perhaps not alongside Gris Charnel - they are just way too similar to my nose. Then it would mostly be the collectors gene that would get satisfied.

This is gorgeous. Zero pickles. All sandalwood spa-like comfort and truly a fragrance for any occasion or any person. I wore it in 100 degree tropical island weather last week and 35 degree weather today. This has been one of my favorite fragrance purchases in the past 3 months (says a lot for me). I now have 3 of the MP extraits and 3 EDPs. I truly believe their commitment to high quality, linear fragrances is evident.

Better than the OG. Goes into a dark mysterious territory again as with the rest of the extraits its an improvement with a price tag. However this is significantly different from the OG and I would say is a different fragrance definitely worth sampling at least.