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.

There's something very shalimar esque about this perfume. It's oily - like a touch of petrol, the cumin adds a hint of animalic, and overall it's rich powdery vanilla. But it's also incredibly resinous, rich trees ap woodsy resin all beneath all that and also a bit of smokiness. I think this is gorgeous, like a more modern, more expensive take in Shalimar. Maybe more the Madagascar one. Beautiful! ** 200+ samples and decants available for swap UK - get in touch for a bundle swap! (10+ ideally) **

sometimes i surprise myself... i'd recently purchased a sample of this, unaware that i'd already smelt it (let alone reviewed it!), and my first response to this scent was 'familiar'. having read my review just above/below THIS one, i'm kinda shocked at how the actual visceral reaction to this scent remains, even though the cognitive reaction has been forgotten. still reminds me of a bulgari scent, nonetheless...

Omega opens like confetti. A sweet, powdery vanilla with jasmine facets. It soon falls into overly crowded synth dry-woody territories in which resins and faux oud mash up with iris-y kind of elements while the overly present vanilla still remarks its presence. Meh. Rating: 5/10

Someone said futuristic, cold, metallic. This is also what I get. We might be in the minority of how this is perceived, but it’s a thing. This is crazy, but I’d put Omega in the Concrete Lightening by DS & Durga family. Also, I have trouble smelling it at all.