Omega

This is very minimal and understated, cold, aloof, & elegant. It gives me the vibe of living on a spaceship, or being a cold metal robot. While Omega is very minimal, it’s also addicting, there’s just a little suggestion of something hard to define in there that makes me want to keep smelling it. Also I must clarify, based on older reviews below me, this is the furthest thing from Shalimar. I don’t like Shalimar and I love this, so don’t let that comparison deter you. Shalimar is very vintage, incensey, ambery, resinous, & bold. And Omega is the polar opposite: futuristic, minimal, sterile, cold, space robot. So some of the reviews below make me believe Omega has almost certainly been reformulated since the last review in 2022.

"Omega" was really something. First when I applied my sample I was a bit confused as it smelled nothing like I thought it would. You see, the first hour of "Omega" is utterly sweet in-your-face powerhouse powder, vanilla+musk+iris plays perfectly together wrapping the wearer in a cloud of extremely feminine and overly sweet blanket. I ran to my PC to check back at notes as this was not expected at all. Within an hour "Omega" showed it's true face - once the olibanum kicked in I was extremely surprised about the changes the perfume went trough - instantly it changed to a masculine, dry as a dessert olibanum dominated fragrance, almost unbearably bitter and musky with slightest hints of iris. The vanilla and iris were gone whatsoever. This way "Omega" stayed the same until it faded out completely. Even though the silage at the first hour was tremendous, once the olibanum appears "Omega" changes to a skin scent that lingers very close to skin, the staying power was also not the best - a bit more than 4 hours. Given the 185 EUR price tag I consider this a huge let down. Overall I must say that I love the first hour, but development of "Omega" and the lack of staying power was dissapointing, I wouldn't pay that much $$ for a fragrance of this sort.

My sample has a wonderful rich scent when first applied. It's a dark smoky vanilla with a gorgeous sweet under layer, maybe the jasmine? I keep on sniffing my wrist because it has a familiar dark sweetness I can't place and it smells delicious. I just want to let you know that I smell NO cumin at all. I hate cumin and practically retch if it's present in a scent- but it's just not here. The sweetness fades and it does have a more bitter scent with a very light musk....barely. Faded away within the hour and left me!

Scent: 7/10 Quality: 8/10 Originality: 6/10 Sillage: 7/10 Projection: 6/10 Longevity: 7/10 Price VS Size: 6/10

right. this has triggered my 'familiar' memory. unfortunately, that's all that's been triggered... i originally thought this was an amber-vanilla-benzoin offering, but i was wrong! the cumin is certainly there, but it's toned down. it doesn't come across as a hyderabadi bhavan or anything like that. it's toned down and more manageable. it is quite base-resiney, so perhaps one or two of the lesser notes are striking an accord with the vanilla. i think it smells like one of those quiant and dainty bulgari offerings, just with more base resin. like.