Alphaora 30

I'm new to fragrance and went through a ton of mainstream samples then ended up at a niche shop. I tried a bunch that I wasn't into and then was given a whiff of Alphaora, which immediately stood out. It was so effervescent and bright. Without knowing the notes it's sweet and soft, has this dry element of hay that is mild but really gives the fragrance a nice complexity. Top note of blood orange definitely hits at first with a little pine, and then burnt sugar comes through with that late-summer prairie harvest scent of hay. I have no idea what silk tree blossom or hinoki smell like but those were my impressions: blood orange and burnt sugar with hints of pine and hay. I love this scent for the niche that it sits in - no sandalwood, no rose, no leather, no dominant white floral. Maybe that's the same appeal as BR560 has for people. It's a delicious woody gourmand. My favourite fragrance yet.

The search for the perfect ambergris is over. This is a beautiful recreation of a sweet ambergris of the finest, pure white variety. Ambergris comes in different qualities, the freshest, and cheapest, are brown-black soft lumps, intensely fecal smelling. The most costly are grey and white ambergris, that have floated the ocean for many years, bleached by the sun. This variety has lost all fecal smell. It may still have a slight whiff of bad breath, but the most beautiful white turn to a sweet (not salty), tobacco-hay, sunwarmed skin and driftwood scent. I have many bottles of tinctures of different qualities, and Alphapora 30 is almost a dead ringer for the pure white ambergris tinctures. Lovers of ambergris, don't miss this. It shares notes with BR540, but this is more multi-dimensional and interesting.

Oh my! Now THIS is an enchanting, multifaceted and simmering beauty, here! The opening caught me off guard and I thought it was going to be another BR540 dupe! Nope, that resemblance only wafts in and out again. I get light fruitiness, quickly followed by unfamiliar, but lovely florals. The alernating woody and dry mossiness? Fresh hay-like, for sure. The ambergris swirls gently in the background, enhancing the entire composition. Alphaora is an intimate fragrance. Perfect for cuddling. More than a skin scent, but certainly not beast mode, either. She smells deep, mysterious and expensive; yet warm and approachable.

Smells sophisticated and interesting. In a way it is sweet, but then again it's also fresh in a slightly metallic or cooling way. I haven't tried BR so can't say how much resemblance there is but this one definitely has some unique notes. Hanoki wood and silk blossom, I don't really even know what they smell like so this was a blind buy with all capital letters :D A very good blind buy though, very happy!

Another fragrance clearly inspired by BR540. To me this the step right between the regular BR540 and the extrait. The dry down is really mossy and depending on how you perceive oakmoss it will feel earthy. I got this over the regular BR540 since I like oakmoss and got the extrait that is still waay sweeter more “almondy”. I don’t think you NEED both this and BR540 edp i. Your collection