Plum in Cognac

So since there is no real in depth review of this fragrance i will be the first to speak about this Plum in Cognac. Let me start off by saying if your a fan of sweet, fruity and boozy scents with longevity and projection, PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! get your nose on this niche house fragrance. Plum in Cognac is an amazing fragrance and the name describes it best. I have been using this fragrance for about a week now in the greater New York region and it's getting colder here. We are in Autumn and the leaves are changing into that nice reddish orange colors and this fragrance is proving perfection for this season. Now at first spray you get a BURST of plum as if your walking through a plum farm in California. it's very sweet and juicy, after a moment you can smell that boozy rum scent as if someone had a glass and poured rum into it and sliced that juicy sweet plum in 4 dropping it into the glass to let it sit for a bit. The smell you will get from that is amazing. Cooling down you begin to smell the cinnamon and it just stands out like a cinnamon stick shaved a bit into the glass and the rest of the stick dipped in and mixed with the plum and rum which makes it smell delicious. Lasting for quite some time on skin. Walking in New York i would just get a sweet whiff of plum and cinnamon that would just make me lick my chops. After a few hours past you will get a beautiful fruity note reminiscent to some other fragrances you may know which i will compare to later but you get that fruity take on it and when it cools down you get a nice woody sweet smell coming from that peru balsam and that haitian Vetiver with a sweetness coming from that vanilla and immortelle before it dies down. THIS FRAGRANCE IS BEAUTIFUL in my humble opinion. as a lover of all different scents from fougere to chypre to fresh, gourmand.....everything. This scent holds its own with a uniqueness and charming take on rum and plum notes and this brand Scents of wood has peaked my interest to the point of me wanting to explore more of its catalog. You can purchase a 75ml bottle which is currently the largest size and was a blind buy for me and i would have to say i do not regret this purchase one bit. this fragrance falls in line but in no means is the same as Tom ford Tobacco Vanille, Killian Angel Share, Dior Tobacolor. what makes it similar is the sweetness, fruitiness of the fragrance and boozy note but also make it different in its own right and uniqueness. To me it's Unisex leaning a bit masculine. Hopefully this review finds someone who is potentially looking to purchase like i was and if your on edge of buying a whole bottle, scent of woods offer a 10ml decant that comes with a candle so you can test it to see how you would enjoy it. Also note the bottles are great quality they are extremely heavy and you can also customize the bottles the way you want for the specific fragrance which is a dope touch. Anyway i hope you enjoy your bottle of Scents of Wood like i have im definitely going to get another Plum in Cognac. I hope you have a good day or good weekend.

10DEC23: Arrival day... (First spray on paper) Oh wow...this is nice!! Very strong plum/booze scent on first sniff/spray. Vanilla and cinnamon strongly take the lead after about 20 minutes with plum and booze in the background....though they never go away. At 2 hours, very woody...with plum, vanilla and booze in background...no trace of cinnamon in the mix anymore. Wow, I thought I was going to have to layer this with another vanilla but it definitely DOES NOT need additional vanilla, this is perfect just the way it is!! The only thing I'm concerned with is that the juice is colored purple. The spray I put on the test paper square is definitely colored and that means this will stain my clothes. I'm unsure how I'm going to wear this without messing up my fabrics now... I'll give it a test run tomorrow on some older clothes and see how it wears and if it stains my shirt. (First full wear...) So far, no bad stains...this may not me a problem after all. I mainly sprayed my chest and pulse points with this frag. This fragrance also lasts a good while! The one spray I put on skin to test lasted through the entire night and well into this morning. I put on a full wear for the day and I'm leaving a nice trail. The scent bubble for this frag is nicely and professionally personal, with a radius of about 1-2 feet at the most. This is not a beastmode frag and I'm so thankful for it. This is a nicely composed fragrance that has longstanding power and longevity. It doesn't give away all of it's power in a short amount and then disappear. I can see that this frag is going to last the entire day without needing any respray...and that's my kind of professional fragrance. I can wear this to the office without needing to worry about losing scent by lunch. Overall, I like this much MUCH better than "Fame 15" and I feel good about my investment in "Plum in Cognac". This is a high quality fragrance and I think I'd like more high quality fragrances. I don't even need to layer this with a vanilla, it's completely optional! And THAT...is just awesome! UPDATE: Layering this with "Bianco Latte" gives a "Warm Raisin-Bread" effect... ABSOLUTELY SCRUMPTIOUS!!

UPDATE: I left this sample sitting on paper for a few days and it was the only perfume sample my puppy tried to eat. And for some reason, this made me want the juice even more. I will assume that it really is sourced with natural ingredients. Very beautiful fragrance! It is much like an understated version of 1270 by Frapin. This is more of a true blonde wood cognac fragrance, and because it tries to accomplish less complexity than 1270, it hits every note like a fine clockwork symphony. Though I must say, it is much more reserved than other fragrances. When I tried to test eight fragrances at once, this was the only one for which I had anosmia. I tried it the next day and it is still very soft, but it performs better on my pulse points than paper. I get much more cognac and luminous woods than plum, and unless I catch it just right in the air, more of a dried plum than a fresh or macerated plum. It is like a Where's Waldo of plum. I cannot smell it at first until I finally notice it, then once I do, it's nearly all I smell 😅 Not nearly as mouthwatering as 梅酒 (Japanese plum wine), but an absolute delight for the skin nonetheless. If I did not already own Frapin's 1270 and hadn't spent too much money on fragrances lately, I would be rushing to buy this— and that gorgeous bottle sure does look tempting. For now, though, I will keep my options open, especially with its subtlety. I would rate it about 9/10.

Plum in Cognac is a very delectable fragrance. The plum is amazing but seems to fade off pretty quickly. After the initial opening, it turns into a smooth and slightly powdery blend rum, cinnamon, and vetiver. Makes me think of spiced rum with a touch of slightly powdery woodiness. The vetiver is not in your face like other vetiver fragrances but it definitely is there. This is quite similar to my bottle of Fame 15 by Alexandria Fragrances which is supposed to be a clone of Andy Warhol by Bond No. 9. I find Plum in Cognac to be a tad smoother but the plum note does disappear a lot faster. This might be a good option for someone looking for an alternative, not a clone, of Andy Warhol or Plum Japonais which are 2 discontinued plum dominant fragrances. Speaking of which, this almost makes me think of a cross between one of the previously mentioned fragrances and then Angels' Share By Kilian. It should be noted that the liquid itself is a dark purple, similar to that of a plum, which makes me worry about the possibility of staining clothes. I do want a full bottle but it is a shame that it is $240 for 75ml. I do like this a lot but I get way more plum from Fame 15 and it doesn't seem to project much, so I don't know if I will be getting a full bottle or not.

Plum gorgeous. Stunningly ripe, mellow, rich fruitiness dirtied up with just the right amount of spice and woodiness to give it a hefty, adult, fleshy presence. Feels true, real, luxuriously velvety. The plum's fully mature, but not fermented or boozy or over-sugary; more the lovely waft from a plum pudding or really smooth plum wine; the whole thing just feels warm, welcoming and made to enjoy. The juice itself is an almost ridiculously voluptuous dark purple (likely to stain light fabrics) and does magic on the skin, heating up to amp the delicious cinnamon note to almost gourmand levels. Fit to be the heir to TF's discontinued legend Plum Japonais, and in many ways better - less complex, but more organic and honest. I do love TFPJ but it costs silly money these days, so even Scents of Woods' very stiff pricing and slightly baffling business model (only available online, no outlets, no samples, they want you to buy subscriptions to get monthly 10mls' worth, etc etc) might not be insurmountable obstacles. Feels great on skin and lasts ages (8-10 hours if sprayed; might make two or three days on fabrics). Simply luscious.