Bravo

First wearing of Ramon Monegal Bravo, my first try of this house that I was not aware of until recently, a lovely spicy, woody, resinous, smoky, leathery blend with a very interesting variety of specific notes that give it some color, depth, and intrigue. The note listings seem to vary a lot by source, but in addition to the broad categorization above, I do get bits of sweet and floral notes throughout, though the fragrance largely takes on a darker tone, a bit more cold-weather / evening-leaning, albeit with a good. By my own estimation, the key notes involved are leather, oud, pine, clove, strawberry, with a sprinkling of florals and citruses. It’s something that I could see myself wearing plenty in the cooler weather, a bit of the pine/strawberry of Imaginary Authors Cape Heartache meeting the leathery spiciness of Zaharoff Signature Leather Tabac, probably a little milder in performance than either example, but still a very good performer and high-quality, to me. Currently the retail pricing for the brand is $245 for 50ml in Neiman Marcus but it’s a little cheaper at Max Aroma and cheaper still at FragranceNet. I’m not sure there’s uniform pricing, and the images of the bottle seem to vary between Neiman Marcus and the other two sources, so the bottle design likely recently underwent some change, but both version look quite nice. 8 out of 10

PLEASE add the reformulated version that has less of the fruity notes, and more wood. The new formulation will get a bad rep because this website only has the previous, worse one! Top: Grapefruit, Strawberry, Pine Needle Mid: Rose, Jasmine, Clove Base: Oud, Smoke, Amberwood I don't think I've smelled a fragrance quite like this before. It is very serious and dark while still managing to be sort of playful. The quality of the ingredients is unreal, and it projects like a beast. It reminds most of a bonfire, with some floral, fruity elements that stay in the background. Most you get from this are the base notes, and the rose-clove-pine combo. This is a masterpiece, and definitely going to be my go-to date perfume.

Yeah, this one is special. The reviews below don't lie. "Existentially brave" is correct, and my favorite line down there. Probably polarizing, which is where the magic happens. By the way, the presentation and packaging are unreal. Jus' sayin'. Quite great.

My first contact with Bravo was not a good one. I really disliked it. The fruity notes ruined the beautiful leather in this fragrance. That apricot note... uggh! A scrubber. I was happy I only had an official sample. My second try with Bravo was completely different. I really don't know what happened, but at first, the apricot note ruined the experience for me... but then, after resisting the urge to scrub my arms again... something happened with time... maybe the notes melded better, maybe the base notes became more noticeable, but this has turned into an incredibly nice leather scent. Very nice. I'm not completely in love with it, but I can see, as someone else wrote in their review, this is polarizing. I'm glad I let it evolve. I like it. Bravo transforms from top, to mid, to base notes, and the final experience quite nice. Not everyone is going to like Bravo, but it deserves to be tried.

I completely agree with Klemens. This scent actually smells better than what is pictured on the chart. It's a somehow interesting composition revolving around a gigantic pine needle ( almost a spike ) very pungent. In the opening I can detect berries (the fruity part is here used to add acidity) thrown into a gallon of pine balsam floating in a wavy rhythm and swinging with cloves and rose in the heart (which turns its sharpness down a little). Dry-down is very nice !!!!Everything is going back to square one only with a smokier a sharper tone of balsam. I definitely get a spiky acid elects (cinnamon..ish)