ZirYab

Sent as a complimentary sample (along with Kilim Bazaar), this is so well-blended and refined; completely "present", yet not cloying. I'm surprised by how unceasingly appealing I've found it. No idea what more trained noses might say, but for me it's "up there" with my other favorites; genuinely so. I'm most interested in niche and indie scents and this has real character, almost like a sumptuous night in a house I hadn't previously visited. Make of it what you will for yourself, but from my own experience, it's a marvel.

It's as daring as an Amouage release, is on par with Roja Dove's quality, and the ingredients are as sharp and natural smelling as a release from 4160 Tuesdays. I would put this in the same category as Beach Hut Man and TF Italian Cypress; however, it does not smell like them. The cypress and petitgrain blended with orange make it masculine at first and then it backs off enough to be almost unisex around the clove and amberwood. It is an interesting scent and I enjoy wearing it.