Zaffran

This is how Preacher world smell, the one from the comics, not the series. Really high quality spicey and herbal leather. I bought it because it is said to be like Bull's Blood and because there is clove. It's not really like Bull's Blood so much as it's an 'If you like Bull's Blood, you'll like this", nonetheless, it is unique, beautiful and strong. And people who feel strongly about scents will get why this is so amazing.

My initial impression is this is a very unique and beautiful Fragrance! I'll be wearing this for a few days to get to know it. Then I'll review it on my YouTube channel "Daniel San!". So far this is a gorgeous Fragrance! I am very pleased.

Main notes I get are orange and a really leathery saffron. It’s well done and smells good. On the masculine side of unisex. Not getting as much of the spices, it smells more bitter / herbal in the background and has a faint background note almost like a citrusy white wine. No sweetness. A little Vetiver. Like but don’t think I will reach for it. Not very “me”.

It opens like a knife fight in a rusted elevator: ambrette fizz, tobacco ashes choking the air, clove smoke, caraway sweat, castoreum oozing out of an old leather boot, and that metallic screech — blood on copper, maybe. I pick up vetiver like mold in a jazz basement, musk thick like a dead body’s breath, patchouli crawling through the cracks, cardamom thrown in like broken teeth, sandalwood dragging its carcass behind. Yes, I love animalics. But this? This is not a blend — it's a brawl. The top hits like a bad fever: cumin-stained shirts, old gloves, castoreum in heat, and that goddamn metallic tang like chewing on aluminum foil dipped in regret. No thank you. Unwearable. Unforgivable. A scent that doesn’t dry down — it deteriorates.

Orange and a leathery saffron as the below reviews says in the open. I also get a quite distinct vegetal green note I guess from the costus and then an airiness from the rose. I see why people put it reminds them of Rhino as the opening leathery saffron does a touch (although no booze like in Rhino) but they really go in different directions very quickly, Rhino far more medicinal leather and this via the costus and rose an almost bloody leather. Interesting fragrance, but not one I would wear often the costus I find a bit too raw. If you enjoy this you might also enjoy IA Bull's Blood.