Elixir of Banat

#1528 in my "Tour de Fragrance" when I reviewed Wesker's "Scent of Banat" I saw this Dua clone referenced. I've gotten some dupes of discontinued scents from them, but because extraits have less alcohol they aren't as aromatic, even though they have more perfume oil and last all day as a skin scent. They give the impression they aren't as potent as the originals and perform more like perfume oil. All someone arm's length or more smells is more like an after-image of a parfum. That's the case here as well. [Caution for the new folks. Extraits have a high enough oil content to stain your clothes, so never spray clothing with an extrait. And I would add, never spray clothing. Interaction with your body chemistry is what makes a scent unique to you.] With this dupe all the notes of the Wesker original are there, but of course the silage is at perfume oil level. I also think the original Wesker is a bit stronger on the olibanum and castoreum, so makes more of an animalic impression. Bottom line, you wont get much notice with this extrait from anyone a more than a foot away, but it's an intimate range scent all day. It's nice, wearable, inoffensive in every setting, but it's just for whoever you're getting skin-to-skin with. I wear scents for my own enjoyment, but also as an introduction and invitation. So for my purposes this is not an adequate substitute for the original Scent of Banat.