Staelios

I love this, and I hate to say it, but it reminds me so much of L'Air du Desert Marocain, just not as spicy. But it's like if you took that pure, very dry cedar note that Andy uses and pumped it way up, you would have Staelios. I really don't notice leather or pepper. I definitely smell davana! So yes, I love it, but it's because it reminds me so much of another fragrance I love. I feel bad saying that because I really respect PG's work. But this just goes all woody on my skin, and I already have LADDM.

Superb !! Magnificent, strong long-lasting and clean =soapy and fresh but a pinch of sweetness from davana and violet!!!

Very impressive scent and performance! I'm surprised there is no akigalawood among the notes (must be the exotic pepper then). It smells very contemporary and the idea of reviewer bellow about contrast of warm and cool is pretty accurate. It radiates confidence, modern elegance, it is kind of rich and clean at the same time. Very unisex, perhaps very far into the dry down could lean a tad more masculine, but in general it's a perfectly balanced unisex scent. Reminds (but is not a dupe) such hits as Ganymede or Bois Imperial. Performance is amazing! I personally kind of like it it, but this type of scent profile I enjoy on others more, it isn't a exactly my type of scent for me.

Ozonic leather, elegant but simple, fresh and masculine. A kind of invigorating office-friendly cologne for those not willing to smell with mainstream stuff like Aventus or Sauvage. I would not buy it for the price of expensive niche though. The look is also quite controversial: lovely bottle with an ugly sticker on it.

Opens with a strong cubeb pepper note with a davana bias, but then develops into an ambery, slightly powdery, slightly floral woodsy note—I though it was just amberwood with some nondescript floral but it turns out its violet wood! The Russian leather here doesn’t really click for me here, though it’s more of a very muted clean leather variant you’d find from Dark Leather by Molton Brown. Still, it isn’t very prominent and I’m not really a fan of having floral notes like this stick out but if you like the lightest leather with a woodsy floral (violet) twist this is worth a look at.