Troubled Spirits

Comforting, warm, cozy and boozy. All the things that make one feel good, in bottled form. I live in Canada, the perfumer is Canadian. This review is done in March, and although other parts of the world have warmed up, we are still on the cooler/ colder side. I think he has bottled this creation to beat the dreary Canadian winter and it is truly unisex. I ordered "sex & jasmine" from the house, which leans more feminine and if I wasn't constrained by budget, I would have loved to bundle this into the order as well.

This is one of a handful of boozy fragrances that I will wear. Absolutely love everything about it. Totally masculine. The oak note is really great. 10/10 for wearability.

I recently bought a Libertine Fragrance 8-pack sampler because many of the perfume notes intrigued me. I permanently moved to South Florida from Michigan about 1.5 years back, so I want to "lighten up" my usual go-to fragrances. The Libertine line seemed hopeful. Out of the eight tried fragrances, Troubled Spirits is probably the Libertine fragrance I like best. Of course, the Troubled Spirits' fragrance notes include several of my beloved fragrance notes, so I guess old habits die hard-smile. To me, most of the Libertine fragrances are fairly simple and straight forward linear wears. This fragrance opens with a strong, aged, boozy note...an old whiskey note, which I imagine is the oak, amber and bourbon vanilla...to my nose, lots of aged oak-barrel booze initially appears. Once the initial blast passes, Troubled Spirits quickly morphs into a pleasant rose-very slight incense-musk fragrance that gently moves about. However, the sum blend dry down is a VERY light, close-to-the-skin mixed balance of musk, & wee-rose. Over time, I smell very little (if any) patchouli/incense, which is fine, except this one is billed as an incense-y patchouli kinda fragrance. Silage is minimal, as this fragrance remains extremely close to the skin, something I discovered with all Libertine perfumes. Longevity is okay but not great at about 2-3 hours. Not sure this is full bottle worthy but all-in-all, this is a pleasant, light, wearable, floral wood-rose perfume. Very feminine to me...not sure I can see this on a man. If you like any of the recent onslaught of "rose-wood-oud" fragrances that have flooded the market, Troubled Spirits is a great Libertine find.

Smoky, boozy, woody... Very sensual. Reminds me of dimly lit whiskey bars. Even though there's some slightly sweet spiciness from the vanilla/cinnamon it leans masculine to me. Unfortunately the rose comes through on skin more than it does on paper for me - I thought this was absolutely divine when I sprayed on paper, absolutely irresistible. I dislike rose quite heavily in fragrance, I simply don't have good scent memories with it, so most fragrances where rose is detectable lose some points with me. I'm sure that this would be an extremely easy and delicious evening wear scent for the average person though!

A nice scent. Opens extremely boozy, like sniffing a whisky barrel, but that mellows out quickly into a smoother bourbon vanilla. I find the whiskey notes wear off within the first 10 minutes or so, which is good because as nice as it smells I would be afraid to wear it out in public if it kept up like that. The dry down on my skin is a warm, spicy, amber vanilla, with a smoky, woody element that makes it feel quite unisex to me. I'm not usually a vanilla fan, but I quite enjoyed this. A nice surprise.