FEB.14,1912

Fabulous and well balance scent with unique notes -- they all play well together, this perfumer knows how to make seemingly unrelated notes both support each other and has little solos, a well-written symphony giving each section it's place in support and shining solos through dry down. I got this as a sample, and loved it the minute I opened the little dauber and put it on. I was astonished at the number of notes when I took the time to look it up, then the fun of finding them. It's multi-seasonal, scent on me; and likes a robust application for full appreciation. I've worn it in subtropics this summer and now into early winter, and it still feels "right'. It is just a really well-made perfume, quirky enough for my personality, and I really enjoy wearing it, get lots of compliments, especially in the floral part of the drydown, and I love the anise, licorice, fennel opening. Quickly becoming my daytime 'signature scent'.

One of the BEST iris scents i have tried. This is really nice. The mix between the licorice and the iris beside the spicy vibe of the aniseed and the aromatic effect of fennel is just amazing. It has a very powdery and milky character as Well and a deeper background with leather and musk which remember a bit to Dior homme parfum. For me It is like a mix between impossible iris by monegal, with his sweet and soapy elegante, and dama koupa by Naruto, with his flowery and powdery power. The intensity is moderate butbthe performance on my skin is very good. It lasts Much time and projects moderate but always noticeable. What you get with this gem is elegance. I think this is proper for daytime under cold temperatures ir for fresh nights un summer and spring. Scent: 10 Longevity: 9 Sillage: 7 Quality price: 7 Versatility: 8 Originality: 7 Global: 9.5

This smells like if you took Dr Pepper and made it extra spiced with some cinnamon, star anise, and some licorice root and then served it with a glass of cold milk. It’s the weirdest combo but weirdly enough it works? It’s got an aromatic and green greenness coming from the fennel mixed with warm spice and sappy sweetness from the other earthy notes. As it dries down the licorice picks up as does the leather, in a powdery, slightly woody, slightly smoky mix. The leather here is rich and buttery, worn in and well loved, the licorice having an almost candied sweetness to it. You do lose the milkiness as time goes on, with an aromatic and earthy leather scent lingering. I will say the iris is a common note all throughout too. It’s soft, slightly sweet and earthy with a woody powder underlying. A roller coaster of a scent but a fun one!

A beautiful and highly unusual fragrance that really deserves more press. I've heard this described as Iris Silver Mist's director's cut, and that description is perfect. The top notes are intensely rooty and anisic, with a chilly, earthy, and metallic facets very front and center, like cutting into a bulb of florence fennel with a steel knife. After the rather shocking top, the iris moves in, and the fragrance becomes accented with vetiver and carrot seed for a softer, earthier drydown with a slight caramelized facet. The iris here isn't powdery or lipsticklike at all, but fresh, visceral, and slightly spicy with how alive it is. This fragrance is very unusual, and the top notes might scare away some folks, but the wild ride of this scent is something I've grown to love. My favorite iris out of all of them.

Beautiful iris fragrance. After the initial blast of licorice and fennel in the opening it does become similar to Iris Silver Mist with a few notable differences: Feb 14 is not as wet and vegetal as ISM, it has hints of leather while ISM does not, and there is a certain dustiness to it that is not in ISM. Although Feb, 14 is lovely, I still prefer my vintage Iris Silver Mist by a mile, but it can be a very decent alternative for those who can't find it or are unwilling to pay the exuberant price + taxes + import duties.