Splendeur Absolu

What a beauty! This will send tingles down your spine if you enjoy anything effervescent. This has crazy performance, the sillage is very good, and you get a really nice dry down. The blending makes each note melt into every other, so I have zero complaints. The opening has that classic bergamot, hedione, vanilla blast.... Except the rum makes it sexy and inviting. The after the initial opening, you get a nice scent bubble, especially if you sprayed your wrists. The mid lasts about 6 hours with about 4 feet of projection and that wonderful sillage trail. The dry down leans more into the vanilla basenotes, and the chocolate really starts to come out more. The tonka sandalwood combo keeps this on your skin at least 10 hours, so be prepared to smell like this all day. I am a huge fan of these types of fragrances: gourmand adjacent, so take my review with that bias in mind. Some men who prefer to roll around in dirt and oak moss might find this “too feminine” but I think this is a very unisex fragrance. The price is pretty high, but compared to Initio’s side effect I feel like you’re getting comparable value. This is like Side Effect, but eating a chocolate chip cookie drowned in rum. 12/10 Absolutely. To. Die. For.

Vanilla but more. Cardamom, woody, rum, spice sits behind a creamy vanilla, with a hint of chocolate. Cozy scent, but still smells a bit creamy, luscious, delicious and alluring all at the same time. Wears well but it is subtle, nothing loud. Every now and then i get a whiff of something vanilla smoke filled fire pit. price is ridiculous.

God this one was beautiful! Stunning perfume! Just stunning and perfect. You have to try if you like the scents that it’s similar too. The dry down is similar to Babycat and Rosendo No.5 but hereit's done so much better. It's super smooth, rich, buttery, creamy, and sweet-it makes that "rubber" note so much more palatable here

This is a super interesting fragrance. It has some greenness, some spice, and some vanilla, but it’s blended in away that no component overpowers the others. It gives me the feel of Angelique Noire. I keep wanting to sniff this over and over when I wear it, so there’s something addictive about it.

It's just divine, start to finish. Everything perfectly blended and balanced together.Great performance, mod sillage, exquisite dry down that transforms your skin into something you keep lifting to your nose. This one isnt a "try hard". It's quietly sublime.