Puro

There is a decided but short-lived booziness to the opening of Nejma PURO, though I'm not sure that I'd describe it as "mojito". In any case, it's a brief and pleasant introduction to what becomes a somewhat classic-smelling tobacco and teak or mahogany composition. PURO does smell somewhat masculine, conjuring up the image of a good old boy smoking a pipe (not a cigar!) after dinner in a leather swivel chair at the teak desk in his library the walls of which are covered with smooth, dark wooden shelves filled with dusty books never read. The tobacco is roasted and ready to smoke but not yet lit. The mahogany or teak smells freshly cut. Women who appreciate fragrances such as Creed TABAROME and Tom Ford TOBACCO VANILLA would surely enjoy this one as well. This is not a stereotypical "male cologne", but it does seem to me to be more masculine than feminine.

Top notes of Delicious Cocktails... Mojito is named ... but I get Dark RUM cocktails!!! then pronounced SPICY notes of Cinnamon and Cloves which is really yummy then I get the heady warmth of Tobacco and Mahogany! this was an impulse purchase that I'm soo pleased with .... The other fragrances that I think are almost like it in its... Sensuality and Lushness: Tabacca Costamor $75.00 50ML and Odori Tabacco $210.00 100ML. oh yes... lets not forget Fumerie Turque by Serge Lutens $98.00 50ML. All these fragrances offer something unique and unusual variations of TOBACCO which I simply adore !!!

I use this as a unisex fragrance. I get vanilla and sweet tobacco. It lasts a long time on me and on clothing, does well in cooler weather. From an 8ml sample.

The first thing I smelled, right out of the vial, was teak, which I suppose is the mahagony that’s listed as being in the base. Teak at this strength gives the whole scent a stereotyped “drugstore masculine” flavor, which I could definitely do without. I also smelled a nicely done cigar tobacco accord, some citrus, presumably the lime in the “mojito”, and some generic sweetish-greenish notes, maybe part of the “cactus” accord, whatever that is. I don’t smell much in the way of spices, probably because they’ve been wrestled to the ground by the macho hulk of a teak trunk. As the scent develops, a slightly boozy, sweet rum creeps in, complementing the citrus and tobacco, making for an interesting combination, like a lime and cactus fruit syrup that might be used to flavor drinks. Then the whole thing becomes distinctly powdery. The tobacco and teak and boozy drink are still there, but they’ve been bathed, had their little tushes powdered, snuggled into a sugary tonka cocoon and hung out to dry. At this point it becomes a powdery comfort scent and stays that way through the 8+-hour drydown. Puro is one of those shape-shifters that rushes out in one direction, then makes a 180 degree turn, and ends up as something entirely different. Not what I expected, but interesting.

On me this is sweet vanilla and a bit of non-boozy rum with hints of warm woods and spices. I was really surprised when I looked up the notes for this scent because my impression of it was a woody gourmand. I can smell no tobacco, except perhaps for a slight added warmth, and no vetiver. If I had to put a gender on this scent (which I don't care much about myself, but I know others do) I would say unisex leaning towards feminine. A very soft and pleasant scent!