Editor in Chief

Y'know how when a band combines multiple genres it is usually a disjointed mess? But then there's a band like Sleep Token who combines 3 or more genres with seamless perfection. I'm not even a fan really, but have to admit they do what they do well. Editor in Chief, now this...THIS I am a huge fan of. Perfumer Richard Herpin pulls off a Sleep Token and masterfully combines the best parts of so many different fragrances: Interlude Man (the wonderful ambery incense), Layton (camphoraceous apple and vanilla) Tobacco Vanille and African Leather (honeyed tobacco, cloves, cedar and patchouli) and even a splash of Gucci Guilty Elixir (a beautiful thick leathery orris woven into core) while never feeling like a clone of any of them. Elegant. Nuanced. Great longevity and the high end of moderate projection - just perfect for the scent profile. If it was more beastly it would lose its classiness. Easier to wear than all of the above, too. A real masterclass in perfumery. Opens with a ton of clove and apple and immediately a rich orris and camphor laden woody tobacco backdrop and an appreciable amount of clean smoke (not woodsmoke) and a beautiful hint of pencil shavings. Imagine Layton + clove cigarettes. Over 3 or 4 hours it transitions to something like Interlude Man minus the oregano and instead with the rich floralcy of Guilty Elixir, with the tobacco from Tobacco Vanille still lingering in the background. The rich cedar is more prominent now and along with vanilla and patchouli there are echoes of African Leather here, too. It fades slowly from here and really the whole thing is linear in the sense of no truly major transitions. Despite this, it feels ever changing because the main threads of the fragrance (honeyed pipe tobacco, clove cigarettes, camphor cedar & orris, the Interlude-esque amber) - like tendrils of some holy incense smoke - keep slowly shifting and interweaving in kaleidoscopic ways. Incredible. My prediction is this will eventually be raved about once people give this a chance and look past the Michael Malul name. Perfumer Richard Herpin once again shows his genius.

I really like this one. I know the note breakdown doesn't include any resins but I can really smell some unburned incense in the base note that lingers throughout the lifetime of the scent, like a wet resin that holds all the notes together. The birch also accentuates the profile with a whiff of smoke, very subtle, and some subtle sweetness from a combined vanilla and sandalwood note (creamy style, not Javanol). This is a toned down/milder Amouage Interlude. While Interlude is a masterpiece, this can be more wearable IMHO. This is not a child's toy lol, no teens here, it's not a fruity vanilla bomb. This is a dressed up confident man style of fragrance, modern, dark, and elegant. I am getting a full bottle...two samples are out. Woods and papers, fresh white papers in a shiny wood box, touched and handled by a beautiful lady (that's where the trace of iris is coming from) in a gentleman's office, and it's fresh cool rainy fall morning. It is smokey, yet not, sweet, yet not, resinous, yet not, and almost creamy, but not. Well done Mr. Harpin.

Finally got my hands on this one - and I am just as happy as the first time I smelled this DNA. Opening is offensively spiced (I enjoy that) with the apple and patchouli playing off eachother in the back of my nose. A whisp of smoke; fresh burn,not charred cedars and aromatics. Sloppy boozey drop tied in tobacco and musk - think billiards bar that used to have a smoking section, but tried to clean it away, and everyone is wearing a musky vanilla something or the other. Without that spicy open, it'd be just another leathery, tobacco, masc mass appealing fragrance - but paired with that apple and clove.. man it reminds me of 2023 Bath and Body works' Wild Wanderer - one of the most incredible DNAs B&BW has put out, just with vanilla and musk added in. It is always moving in and out of spice to smoke to soft vanill. Give this one a chance yall.

Really like this. It's genuinely unique, very different from anything else I have. It's a dark scent (I'd describe it as evoking a deep gray-green) and lasts a solid 8 hours. I'd say it fits best at night and is definitely for colder weather–I wore it for the first time in a warm indoor environment (five sprays!) and nauseated myself a little bit. Three or four is fine indoors, because it's strong. With clove, apple, and cinnamon on top, maybe you'd expect a gourmand apple pie scent. It is very much not that. It is smoky, spicy, and exotic... heavy. It's mature, but not "old man". More of a mysterious kind of mature, a commanding and confident air. It's not going to be everyone's flavor, particularly if you're only into sweet or fresh scents, but I'd highly recommend.

FROM the esquire line, I received this scent, modern poet and cartoonist. Modern poet was a surprisingly good freshie but this one stole the show. This is good! Boozy, cinnamon ,slightly spiced powder. Seriously got fragrance envy over not having the bigger bottle of this one. It lasts too. Scent radiates about an arms length for quite a while. Just to add depth and punch, my 2nd wearing i paired it with PDM Herod and man do they play off each other well. Anyway-- you smell the apple faintly in the back. Nice spices from the cinnamon and clove and a touch of freshness. I was thinking about reaching for Memo African leather on a cool Fall day but no thanks...me and the Editor are about to spend a little more time together! 4.3 out 5 Nice surprise scent!