Terra Nova

Anyone who's calling this "some YouTuber's shitty cologne" clearly hasn't bothered to try this on their skin and let it actually dry down at all. Put the YouTuber collab and brand and presentation aside, when you compare this juice to, say, an equivalently priced offering from, say, YSL, it honestly holds its own. This must have been designed based on how it smells in air where everyone else picks it up in your silage, rather than up close where you will be smelling it as someone obsessed with perfume. That's a good thing! Try not to judge based on how it smells to you when you shove your nose into where you sprayed it, that's not how anyone else experiences it unless you're sharing an intimate moment with someone and they happen to put their head in the spot you applied it. By the time that happens it'll have had plenty of time to dry down to smell great to them. Judge it based on how it comes across in the air as it eminates off you, once it's dry and mellowed. The complexity doesn't come out until the dry down The citrus is extremely strong in the opening and drowns everything else out, but it has to be this strong in the opening to get it to last throughout the life of the fragrance. Luckily, when I say the citrus is strong, I don't mean it's anything at all like Club de Nuit or anything else with a similarly sharp screechy citrus. Terra Nova's citrus is smooth rounded and full bodied, just very strong in the beginning for longevity's sake. Clearly a lot of thought went into this fragrance on the perfumer's part and it's very well designed to smell good to those around you and leave a positive impression. We're all so spoiled being able to find YSL or most other designers under their MSRP. But if Chanel can command $135 for the original allure homme, and YSL can charge $155 for MYSLF then this is not so crazy to ask $129 for the same amount of Terra Nova. Yes, it's objectively expensive, but not compared to other fragrances of similar quality. Is it groundbreaking? No, this is a very safe scent. It's similar to many other designer scents out there for a similar price. It was designed to be a pleasant mass appealing fragrance with good performance without being too strong with a slight twist (to the average nose, not necessarily to a fragrance enthusiast) when compared with the typical designer scents. And when you look at it that way, it's an excellent piece of work.

I love this stuff. When I catch whiffs of it throughout the day, it brings to mind a strong honeyed black tea over an amber foundation with a bit of freshness around the edges. It lasts a good long time for me, single spray for the office and a couple on my off days. I tend toward classic style fragrances, not full on barber shop stuff but that general area, and my wife tends to like blue style frags on me (which I hate), and she absolutely loves this one. I put it on today, and she said "I love that on you so much. I can't get over how unique it smells, while still smelling amazing." I don't know if being "mainstream" means not having any objectionable or difficult to live with notes in the fragrance or what, but if that's the case, then sure, this is mainstream. Doesn't smell like anything I've smelled before though. Some background: I started into fragrances to find a few I really liked a couple years ago. Started following a couple YTers, Ash being one of them, started buying samples and bottles. Discovered a few things about my preferences. I hate blue fragrances generally. I don't like iris. I dislike fragrances that are described as "soapy" or having white florals, as that scent is very pungent to my nose. I really like vetiver, I like natural-ish smelling fragrances, and the difference in quality between CDNIM and Aventus is stark and enough to make me consider Aventus. Lucky me, I like Mancera Cedrat Boise better. Also, GIT is the only clean freshie I can abide. If I like the scent well enough, I will always spend the money on the better representation. I didn't care for Jet Black Enigma. It's a good scent, but I don't like cardamom enough to put it in rotation. Decided to give his other releases a try, and this was a clear winner. I have samples of the perfumer's big hit, Layton, plus some of the alternate takes like Jet Black Platinum and White in Black (my fav, PDM's has a similar sour woody note that I don't care for in Aventus, prob my skin chemistry), and I can definitely smell the similarities in scent profile to Layton in Terra Nova. It's like watching Atomic Blonde after seeing John Wick, that kind of similarity. I definitely get that not everyone's going to love it like I do, but if anything in my journey sounds familiar, give it a shot!

#1627 in my "Tour de Fragrance" This is the first of six Michael Malul fragrances I got as 2ml sprayettes from scentswithsence.com. I am impressed! One of the best freshies I've encountered. I'd put this on par with Dior "Eau Sauvage Parfum". It's crisp, green, lightly floral, a slight and pleasant sour note from the lemon leaf. Second fragrance I've found which is acceptable man juice that combines violet and lotus, the first being Salvatore Ferragamo's "Subtil Pour Homme." That Ferragamo is in this same ballpark, and I'd have kept it in my collection if it came in an EDP (the EDT was too "Subtil" on performance for me. Terrible actually.). Longevity and projection for most freshies is moderate, but this is better than most, and one can't wear myrrh and agarwood all the time. I think a scent like this is a must for formal office wear, formal events, and the price, while not a bargain, is not crazy. Good Luck and Good Hunting!

This fragrance is exquisite! I haven't smelled Tygar or any of its clones before, but I was completely blown away by how well balanced and beautiful this fragrance is! I layer it with Molecule 01 and it adds an extra dimension of soft creamy cedar. The performance isn't mind blowing, but it's very unique from all of the fragrances in my 40+ bottle collection. The patchouli really shine under a dense forest of wood and citrus notes. Excellent quality and I'm not surprised to see the same nose behind PDM Layton was behind this. I have also layered it with a Thameen Carved Oud clone (Alhambra Crafted Oud) with great success. I see a lot of people saying this fragrance is suited to any occasion, I disagree with that slightly as even though there are some fresh notes, I don't think this is suitable for humid hot days. This is certainly a complex scent that exudes confident masculinity. 9/10

The first time Terra Nova wafted into my nostrils, I was all, "Wow, this smells amazing!" But then, my brain started doing that thing where it knows it's smelled this party before but can't remember whose house it was at. Finally, it hit me - Afternoon Swim! I didn't bother with a side-by-side, but if you're into smelling like you've just leapt into a pool of Afternoon Swim, Terra Nova's possibly your ticket. And about Tygar - I gave it a sniff once upon a time. Liked it, but now I'm thinking it probably sneaks into the same fragrance family reunion. Terra Nova isn't cheap, but it is cruising in the same exclusive neighborhood as Tygar and Afternoon Swim, cheaper than those!

Had a chance to test this today we just started carrying it at my work. I really like this one at first it starts really bold woody citrus.. almost a little pledgey.. that quickly fades tough.. honestly personally on me I kept saying omg that smells familiar what is that.. then it dawned to me it smelled like a men’s version of Dylan Turquoise.. or it’s smelled like Dylan turquoise with more woods.. I mean everyone smells things differently.. but yeah I really enjoy this one.. I mean I rarely dislike any of Maluls scent though..

I’m impressed! This isn’t something that resembles any of my other fragrances and I like it. It has a very pleasant woody smell that has just the right amount of sweetness. I’m sensing a bit a a classic smell to it. It’s unique. I’m not exactly sure what the prominent note is but I find it intriguing! I just got the limited 15 ml sample for $14.95. Price per ml it’s still more expensive than most of the stuff I owned so I was hoping that I wouldn’t be dissatisfied. I’m happy with the purchase!

Terra Nova smells really good! I’ve never smelled the LV, or the Tirathi, or the Tygar that this apparently copies so I’m fortunate in not have anything this compares to. This is very citrus in the opening but in a light manner and over time this settles down. It’s not strong. It has a lightness that can be smelled, but not forced. On my skin this projected for 3-4 hours and I got about 8 hours. This lasts pretty long and on clothes you will get whiffs of this for an entire day.

Changed from like to love today. I wore this today after going through bottles I haven't touched in a while. I started (hungering thirsting?) Wanting to smell this. The thing where you keep thinking about a fragrance over and over and you just have to wear it. That's what it did today with Terra Nova. A nice sweet citrus/patchouli-ish fragrance. Really glad I rediscovered it.

Just bought it this weekend. I have to say the first time I smelled it, I didn't like it. Don't know if it was the test strip or what. Smelled it Saturday and I really liked it. Bought it and got it on my skin this morning. WOW!! Lasting still since 6:30 this morning so its been over 9 hours, and I'm just loving the smell.

This is one of the best fragrances I’ve ever smelled. I’m not the biggest fan of Michael malul but i am a fan of gent scents so I had to check this out. Idk what it is about this but omg it’s so addictive and it makes me want to wear it every day. I may have to check out Tygar now. HIGHLY recommend this frag

A very punchy citrus top note that lasts a good while. Almost a cross between mango and grapefruit ( I know mango is not a citrus but just saying.) Dries down to a very nice day scent. Not huge on citrus heavy frags but I love this one. I would have to say full bottle worthy.

I love the smell of this, it might be my favourite in my collection based purely on scent, I feel like it suits any occasion or season, very versatile, sadly it doesn’t perform very well considering the price, that won’t stop me wearing it tho, I genuinely love it!

Tygar on a budget and a more refined and less lasting version of Turathi Blue. If I'm looking for performance, I'd go for TB, If I'm looking for refined and quality, I'd go for TN, If I'm looking for all of the above, I'd go for Tygar

This immediately reminded me of Turathi Blue by Afnan. That scent is inspired by Bvlgari Tygar, which I know assume smells like these two. Very nice scent, lots of citrus and Ambroxan followed by the amber...... very nice scent.

@Darkstar _ Destroyer I don’t think it’s the perfumer. The guy made Layton, Sedley, Percival, Pegasus. A lot of great fragrances.

While it is by no means a groundbreaking scent, this has maybe my favorite opening of anything I’ve smelled up to this point

Ok, i never tried bulgari tygar but terra nova is great. This is very elegant and versatile iMO.

Ash did a great job with Terra nova smells unique and perfect for a daily grabber scent

fucking WOW!!! This stuff is amazing! I'll return with a review in a week or so!