Anti-Blues

I tried this scent last Thursday in Bloom and it’s just so unique, unforgettable and intoxicating. In the opening you get that dark chocolate with a hint of leather but it’s airy and bright not thick nor cloying nor sweet and sticky which makes it wearable even in summer. It’s a gourmand but it doesn’t smell like food, it’s perfectly balanced, there’s something keeping it from smelling edible and in the dry down that’s where the magic happens 😍 it becomes so intriguing and sensual. You get the tobacco, cocoa, vetiver Amyris and vanilla it’s blended smoothly together and it’s clean and airy like there’s a fresh clean musk. It lasted on the blotter from Thursday until today, Monday but it’s faint today. 8/10 it’s unique, intoxicating, unforgettable and alluring. I had to go back for a full bottle 😍

Wow! Big PG fan. Blind bought a FB. Bright Windex Cleaner/ Medicinal opening settles quick giving a strong dusty dark chocolate(assisted in this respect by the saffron as a compliment not a note in itself) feel with the ‘cooling blue’ medicinal feel (similar to Xerjoff COMMANDANTE) fading and evolving a tobacco over the chocolate. An hour or so later the leather peeps through as well. Lovely scent - worthy the marketing hype. As usual PG scents whilst all unique performance in Sillage and longevity is hit and miss. I find it so far to be just above average but not exceptional. That may change if generously applied but I’ll have to come back to you. In all a nice tobacco/chocolate/leather in equal parts - satisfying people whom would like either type of scent.

I smell the chocolate and hazelnut immediately but to me this is more a leather scent than a gourmand. I find PG kind of intriguing. I ADORE a une madone which is a play on vanilla with some skanky animalistics. I need to try it again in the morning to check how it settles. This might be FB worthy to me but his stuff is expensive and he often plays with the notes. Not a safe blind buy. Unisex but perhaps reads stereotypically 'masculine ' to me with the leather and tobacco. Not very sweet. Dry but warm. Very very nice. Definitely 9/10. Except the price. Don't love that.

Powdery soft chocolate and a touch of tobacco. Maybe even a smidge of espresso coffee? Took a long time to grow on me. A quality scent, not necessarily very strong (as some PG tend to be) but the fact I often reach for it has made me realise I like it. I think, today, I realise it’s because it flits borderline between gourmand and tobacco. It’s sweet but balanced by the soft spiciness so not cloying but mature. It’s slightly left field with out being offensive and it kinda perks me up and makes me feel warm and fuzzyish at the same time. This is a firm love now.

Looking at the list of notes, I had my concerns: Tobacco and leather can be problematic on my skin. But after the first minute or two my concerns were put to rest. Anti-Blues is a beautiful, deep oriental vanilla and leaning gourmand and in the amber direction. Leather and tobacco are blended well with the chocolate notes, and I pick up the citrus note of grapefruit in the opening. Drydown goes in the Amber direction for me, less gourmand. There are no rough edges, just an overall beautiful unisex scent. Easy to wear with average performance.