SEPT.21.1966

Update: I decided to try this perfume again...I must have gotten better at discerning notes because now it smells like a spicy rhubarb pie with a side of powder. The opening makes my mouth water, but it's got enough of the heliotrope and mate to keep it from smelling like food. It's working out well on this rainy fall day. It does smell like baby powder once it dries down, but it's kind of nice with this weather actually. I will happily use up my sample, though it took me almost a year to appreciate it! Previous Review: This perfume absolutely smells like my childhood...with my parents fussing over my younger siblings. It sadly reminded me so much of Cherry Robitussin with a dry down of J&J Baby Powder. I was expecting to like it, based on the notes, but it unfortunately is too reminiscent of snotty children in diapers.

We got a real black afghano clone. I got to be honest, I like this better not to mention you get 20 more ml for $35 less .. I got black afghano on my right hand and 1966 on the other and they are very very close but have their differences. BA is a little more heavy and 66 seems to have a light more leathery feel to it. Both have monster longevity. It's really a close match. So close now that I have them side by side I think I like them both about the same. It's worth a sample but if you own one already I'd pass. The only thing I don't like about 1966 is the bottle, I feel like it's going to tip over and break...

This is a rich and comforting fragrance. I find it to be complex, and the notes blend in a way that creates a warm, mouthwatering creation. I actually thought that there is amber in it, although amber isn't listed. The combination of the different notes also gives this a nutty, leathery and smokey aroma and somehow reminds me of walking past Guava trees in a warm day. The Oud note in this is refined, elegant and inoffensive. To me this is like an imaginary bonfire of chestnuts, flowers and unripened fruits. Delicious and luxurious

This is still my favorite. I bought it from Lucky Scent in 2017 or 2018. It knocks the wind out of you. It's suffocating. Spicy, thick. It sticks to skin and clothes forever. I hope Rundholz keeps making it. Field & Florist in Chicago still has it listed but out of stock.

Rhubarb immediately—delicious and sour. But then... what's that? Something so familiar... a little plasticky, almost, but not synthetic... is it.... Play-Doh?? !! Yes !! Maybe it's just how this interacts on my skin, but that's the impression that the almost almond-like heliotrope gives off, its sweetness boosted just a bit from the rhubarb, a little deep from the incense. Play-Doh. I'm sorta into it, but can't get over that association. I think it might be a little too powdery for me in the end, which skews the scent a bit to the femme side of unisex. But I'll give the sample another try in a few months once the weather shifts. Not entirely inappropriate for this cool, overcast June day, but not quite right either. Seems to project quite intensely, as a coworker said she could smell it as I walked in, and lasted for maybe 4 hours before settling down as a skin scent.