Emir When Soul Gets High

"When Souls Get High" is an extremely complex & masterfully done Clone, so its only right I do its review justice. Upon its opening you're hit with a note of Honey, which will continue to evolve, & you will continue to smell for the life of this fragrance....& beyond. The Honey opens sweet, floral, powdery, & musky. A honey note is comprised of Jasmine, Rose, Orange blossom, Dandelion, Ylang-ylang, Neroli, & Lily of the valley. This Honey note is so well composed that you can literally smell each of those floral elements swirling within an amalgamation of powdery sweetness, with the Dandelion being the more pronounced note among the florals. The Almond note in this opening is playing two roles. One nuance is assisting the Honey's floral powderiness, & the other is supporting the Cherry note giving it an Amaretto accord. As the Honey opening transitions its met with a note of Gingerbread adding a wonderful spice as it transitions into its Cherry Tobacco accord. Its in this stage of the fragrance where it can either smell like Chamomile tea with Honey, Gingerbread Cookies, & Cherry Pipe Tobacco, or it can like Honeyed Chamomile tea with a shot of Amaretto, & Cherry Pipe Tobacco. Either way its dark, mysterious, & sexy with an air of elegance. This stage of the fragrance lasts for a strong 8 hours before finally moving into the base, which then smells like a Honey Incense due to the combination of Amber, Labdanum, Olibanum, Benzoin, & Tonka Bean. The once "powdery" nuance of the Honey subtly becomes Ashy as it blends with the Labdanum. Then as the other resins become more pronounced the fragrance takes on the accord of "Honey Incense". ... but it doesnt end there. Theres also a sub-base. After many of the top, mid, & base notes recede you're left with a floral musk heavy note of Honey. This musky honey accord stayed on my skin for 96 hours. Thats 4 days with multiple showers & it was still there as a Skin Scent. When it comes down to comparing Kilian's "Back To Black" & Paris Corner's "When Souls Get High" in my opinion the only differences are in each fragrances density. Kilian's "Back To Black" doesnt smell intense. It smells light & airy, which creates an illusion of being better blended with higher quality notes. Paris Corner's "When Souls Get High" smells intense. Its extremely dense & smells thick in the air. Which creates the illusion of not being as well blended, & not containing as high of a quality of notes. In the air no one would be able to tell the two apart. Kilian's "Back To Black" retails for $295. Paris Corner's "When Souls Get High" goes for $40 Kilian's "Back to Black" is nothing more than an extremely over priced Skin Scent. It lasts on skin 12 hours. But it does not project, so no one will even smell you. Back To Black's overall performance & longevity pales in comparison to "When Souls Get High". Making the Clone the better fragrance, & best option for purchase. I'm a confessed "Niche Snob", so if I'm choosing a "Clone" over an "Original" that says a lot. Lastly, this fragrance is perfectly Unisex & can be worn by Men & Women.

Sweet HONEY, TOBACCO & TONKA Scent - Like a Cherry Danish with White-Icing in a Cigar Bar This is a dupe of Back to Black by Kilian with good approximation and slightly above average performance. I predominantly get a white-honey/icing & boozy cherry combo that reminds me of a cherry danish with white icing. Tobacco is here but it's more in the ambience, and leans to the tobacco facets of tonka bringing an indeterminate darkness. There's a strong tonka-bean presence here that finds its way into everything, and together with almond bolsters the almond extract notes found in cherry pie filling. The many spicy notes here bolster the tobacco accord. Although it's a dupe of Back to Black by Kilian, you will also catch reminders of other popular honey, tobacco & tonka scents, but what makes this (and Back to Black) unique is the extent to which the cherry notes from tonka appear, and the white-honey/icing facet. It's a love for me. 10/10. Enjoy! Update 11/03/24: Sprayed this on today as the weather is cooler. The tobacco note is coming a bit more forward now. The sillage is beautiful - like a sweet, dark cherry liqueur - and up close I get the super sweet honey-tobacco-cherry combo more. I can pick out all the notes if I try, but mostly their building the honey-tobacco-cherry blend. To be even more reductionist, even the tobacco & cherry could be said to be building the honey which is the main player to my nose. Still a love.

Heard many likening it to back to black, which I don't know at all. I am with the frenetic delicious group. Frenetic delicious was my very 1st middle eastern perfume and as much as I loved the notes the migraine it gave me was hell. I gave it away. Now this one is all that without the headache/migraine. I love love this perfume. And the tobacco is not overwhelming at all but I get hues there n there. I creamy, powdery, sweet and still with tobacco accords. I enjoy it. It's beastly for my nose, so I don't do 13 sprays with this one but 4, not sure if maybe I'm just wary of the migraine I used to get on just 2 sprays of frenetic delicious. It's definitely for cooler weather... Ps: I am a female and I am crazy about when my soul gets high🤤 Edit: Now that I have spent some time with this gem, I'm glad I got it. Ok it definitely begins/opens as emir frenetic delicious, then changes as it moves to mid and base notes. It's actually where the magic is. The whiffs you get past the opening are heavenly. My guess is that's where it transitions to back to black, which I can't confirm as I don't know it. It's a beautiful scent get it, and it last a life time on clothes and skin, you won't stop smelling yourself. I love it.

Cherry liqueur with a biscuit, honey and incense base. This is my fourth wearing and I've noticed it gets powdery at about hours 5 or 6. No tobacco at all, which kind of irks me because it is the note that tempted me into the blind-buy. A boozy cherry is dominant throughout - only tempered by warm and comforting biscuit and honey notes. Despite my not smelling any tobacco I am enjoying this Paris Corner release. The fragrance I think When Soul Gets High resembles the most is Dior's Fève Délicieuse. Unfortunately I haven't smelled Back To Black so cannot speak to it; and because there is no tobacco and honey mix I consider likening this fragrance to either Naxos or Pure Havane a bit far-fetched. However I am going to say this is a "niche" scent - certainly not mainstream. Performance is excellent. You should get around 14 hours, and will still smell it after showering. When Soul Gets High is an autumn, winter and early spring scent. Attractive presentation: the bottle and tin cylindrical packaging is the same as that of Emir You're Drugged.

I knew going in that this one would be polarizing. I can understand the criticisms that this smells like “cherry baby wipes”...but I get something else, a vibe that can only be described as goth girls from the ‘90s: clove cigarettes, cherry liqueur, white face powder and cheap black lipstick, the most noxiously sweet and smoky incense you could find. I blind bought it, and as a former Baby BatTM️, I personally love it—but I wouldn’t recommend doing that if you’re unsure about the notes at all. It’s beyond beast mode, something I’ll very sparingly spray on clothes only.