Nizam

Beautiful fresh opening with aquatics, white florals. To me, there are pretty definitive transitions from top to mid and from mid to base notes in this one. That dry down is killer too. Beautiful ambergris + vetiver + birch adding a little woody edge to the base. Not going to lie, I love it. Smells like the most luxurious aquatic, without any bubble gummy sweetness or unneeded musks. It also has great performance (I get 8 hours), so no need to worry about spending this amount of money on something you’ll only smell right off the atomizer. Then there’s the price: 470 usd retail, and it looks like around 250 usd on the grey market (as of posting this review). I just don’t know if I can justify spending that much on an aquatic, albeit, the best one I have smelled. Going to keep testing aquatics and perfumes in this genre. I do love the genre, so if I find nothing better, I may keep my eyes out for a bottle or a decant to enjoy this beautiful scent. If you like aquatics, white florals and ambergris, this very well could be your holy grail. Truly a 10 out of 10 for me.

I don’t understand why Fragrantica says it’s an Amber fragrance and the only review mentioned a rotting trash accord... Why this misinformation?? This is a vetiver centered fragrance. Not only because I smelled it, but also because I spoke to the owner... And it’s really a good one!

I don't get the Celebration vibe, but we're all different. This is green in a unique way and definitely won't run into anyone smelling the same that's for sure. Complex, unique and gorgeous - warm weather keeper.

Looks like I'm the first to actually review this. That is quite indicative of just how inaccessible Royal Crown is as a house, and I personally love that because nobody will have this if you buy it. And in this case, literally nobody lol. So what does it smell like? Opens green, fresh-citrusy, aromatic. At first, it smells like something you'd get from Creed, but might be more comparable to one of the Carner or Atelier des Ors scents I've tried. Way more depth when you smell it up-close. At first, it smells perhaps like some combination of Sedley/Oceania and a softer white floral like Citrus Riviera from BDK? I say that because this has a mild sweetness built into the structure, gives it a lemonade-y feel. It's more prominent/noticeable at the opening though. Once I got out of that opening the white floral tones start to pop more. Comparisons to Sedley definitely gone after the open (I put a spray of Sedley on my other hand). Drydown after 10 minutes is a fresh-citrusy white floral, and as we go deeper into the drydown, the more prominent those water/aquatic notes become. The white florals have the slightest hint of dirty to them, it's mainly musks and white florals with a citrus on top. Drydown definitely closer to Citrus Riviera from BDK, but it still has fresh/aquatic-citrusy tones to it and it is not just a plain white floral. Unisex summer scent, I have a very hard time assessing the performance in late October in front of my computer. 100ml at €470 is... yeah, a hard sell to make. You can probably layer Citrus Riviera and Sedley to get a similar profile and still have $ leftover. This profile has been done before and while it is likely that Nizam is the highest quality blend, the price premium is hefty.

I can’t agree with the below review more. The white florals really dominate this scents profile. I do get some citrus but at the very back of the florals. It’s a nice scent, and I can see myself wearing this on hot days, is it fbw, I don’t think so. There are way to many aquatic fragrances on the market that, imo do a better job, of what this one is trying to do.