BLACK C

This smells like night, dark, warm, wrapping me up in gentle woody scent. Soft candlelight and furs, it smells like safety. I hope to secure a full size bottle, this would be great night and day in winter but I also see it fitting perfectly around a summer campfire, or in a warm tent looking at the stars.

Weirdly enough, I hate Baccarat Rouge but this reminds me of it without the stuffy saffron and syrup sickly sweetness. Having that spice and musk profile with light dusting of a sweet rose make this a lot more enjoyable than Baccarat. Also it's like $400 cheaper.

Beautiful, spiky pepper opening gives way to soft and cosy benzoin. Oakmoss and oud keep the edge. Not saying it smells like Bulgari Black but gives me the same assertive vibe with an added sweetness. An iron fist in a velvet glove.

Not really my cup of tea, these thick, spicy, warm kinda scents, but this one kind of stuck to me. I'll wear it when feeling mysterious.

the initial spritz of this is extremely masculine, considering that it’s being marketed as a unisex scent. there’s something really spicy about it at first that is almost too much for my nose — I’m thinking it might be the oud, which is a note I tend to think of as strictly masculine. however, after some time the spicyness dulls down into something softer, and more pleasant in my opinion. while it’s still masculine leaning in its later state, it does come off as more of a unisex scent if you give it time. I actually put this on right after taking a shower the other day, and the next day I could occasionally smell it on my hair when I moved and suddenly it didn’t strike me as “manly” anymore. I like this scent, but I would definitely like it even better if the opening was less harsh.