Heavens Speak

Cinnamon absolutely dominates the opening, but I also smell pepper too. It feels like more is going on than is listed. It's drying to the nose, and hits me just right in this damp PNW winter weather. I'm seriously considering wearing this sample again on Christmas day. As far as Angel's Share is concerned, and it's similar, but I think A.S has a richer booze note. Heavens Speak allows the wafery gourmond facets to really emerge, without waterboarding your nostrils in the cognac. This also doesn't quite have the pie sensation that Angel's Share has. Upon mulling (pun intended) it over, I've concluded that what I smell in A.S isn't actually apple pie, it's a ghost note of it owing to the syrupy-sweet cognac converging with cinnamon. A fragrant farce...but an enjoyable one. That being said ^, Heavens Speak isn't as thickly boozy, so it doesn't create that same fantasy note. Angel's Share tends to smell more like a pointed gourmond, but Heavens Speak is a little bit more perfumey and lighter in body, not the same wall of "apple pie". I love both, even if this profile is extremely trendy at this point. I've not smelled this in public yet anyway, so I think maybe that people assume it's more popular than it is IRL when we spend an inordinate amount of time in online fragcom. The popularity A.S and things like this have earned always surprises me, because I consider them rather bizarre gourmonds. Booze soaked wafers with a heap of cinnamon just seems like something myself, a freaking weirdo would love, but not the general public.

I have purchased many Angels Share dupes in the past couple years and out of all of them aside from Lattafa Khamrah, this one is probably the closest dupe to the OG. It shares the same beautiful intoxicating note profile as angels share, where the cinnamon, cognac, praline, and woody tonka bean/vanilla harmonize beautifully. My one complaint I have about this fragrance is its longevity and projection, on my skin I have not noticed it to last on me longer than 4 hours, which is disappointing considering it is a Extrait de Parfum. Other than that I really do enjoy it, and I think its retail price is reasonable and id definitely recommend:)

This is my new favorite fall/Christmas time scent. Although there’s no apple in the notes, it does smell like it... not fresh, more like cooked apple, with cinnamon and a slight peppery scent, too. I always ask my daughters their thoughts, they’re always brutally honest, the blind response was it smells like “apple” and “Christmas”. I’ll likely repurchase when I run out. Maybe worth noting: the sample didn’t seem to have the peppery scent I picked up in the full size I bought. I wonder if maceration causes that to diminish some, as the full size was purchased after they restocked and likely bottled more recently to when I smelled it.

I haven't had the privilege of smelling KAS yet but this is really nice. It reminds me of Apple Cinnamon oatmeal. Delicate, soft spice, not overly sweet, balanced blend. Portrait Revival and Police (white skull) smell very similar and just as comforting. Too young to get a good idea of how it's supposed to smell but... Will update in a few months after some time to macerate. EDIT: My first time wearing it for real, 3 full sprays and OMG the dry down is even stronger than the start! How?! Woof it is strong in the spiced apple department! Almost cloying! 8/10 As it is right now, wow.

This is surprisingly good! I have Kilian's Angels Share and Calle Ocho by Fulton & Roark. While Heavens Speak isn't in the same league, I must admit that this is fantastic for the price. I do detect a very nice apple cider note that isn't present in A.S. or C.O. I would expect a fragrance like this from an affordable fragrance house would be cloying, but it is not. This is a safe blind buy if you like A.S., but is price prohibitive.