12th of Oct. 1492

#1776 in my “Tour de Fragrance” My 1776th review posted on July 4th 2026, the 250th year anniversary of the United States as a republic, and I am reviewing a scent named for the day Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean. Total but interesting coincidence. People seem to either love these spicy fruity scents or they hate them. For me it’s love at first sniff. I got this as a decant from Lucky Scent and they are sold out or I’d order it. Everything about this works for me, the fruit, the spice, the leather, the incense, the iris. Great composition, long lasting, good projecting. Hate the skinny little 50ml bottle, but it’s on my list to collect. Good Luck and Good Hunting

This is a HEAVY leather fragrance with a fruity component. I think it leans quite masculine. If you mainly enjoy fruity fragrances this is not for you in my opinion. It does have a sweet and fruity component to it. Like a mango and peach tea. It's sweet, heavy, leathery, fruity. The drydown is leather - so good in my opinion. I am not saying it smells the same as Orto Parisi Cuoium but if you enjoy one you will perhaps enjoy the other - I do at least. Performance is absolutely top tier. Two sprays is enough to choke out your surroundings most of a day. And it clings to clothing indefinitely. We are talking Megamare performance here. Definitely in my top 3 of fragrances.

Probably a strange thing to say about a fragrance like this but this smells like my childhood. My parents had a Sherlock Holmes Club and took me to meetings on Friday nights and a lot of the houses smelled just like this. My dad’s office smelled just like this. He had like 300 pipes and it smelled like tobacco and ash. I don’t get a lot of fruit from this unless it’s like fruity tobacco. There was a cherry tobacco my dad occasionally smoked. Maybe it’s the incense but this just really smells like a room full of pipes to me. It’s very nostalgic and something I used to hate smelling like, but now I love it.

Opens with a sticky, jammy fruit (I get apples and apricots) accompanied by a velvety, caramel musk base. The fruit dies down after the first few hours, leaving a very sticky sweet musk. Tried this on a Friday, and am still smelling it on the Monday. Bought on first try and no regrets thus far

It strongly reminds me of a dark, smoked beer with plums (Imperium Prunum) due to the incense notes mixing with fruits. Overall great scent, sweet, fruity but also strong, and very masculine. Fruity in a way of some old men in leather vests eating ripe plums.