Rimal

This is a strong and beautiful scent, quite safe and wearsble for spring/fall and early winter. Performance is very nice. Thick and very oily on the skin, a characteristic of this house. The opening and the first stage of its development feels like an oudy and slightly smoky bubblegum scent but this vibe dies after about 1 hour. To be honest the opening is not the best part of it. Then starts the magic.. gorgeous smell. I get a luxurious sub-sweet and lovely smoky saffron note with incense, styrax, mild vanilla, leather, musk and nutmeg. There is also at the background a mild jammy slightly powdery rose. The scent feels totally unisex. With simple words, this is a smoky/incensy/leathery sub-sweet saffron. Beautiful! Update Today I bought it and it feels nice in a hot summer day (28°C) with 2 sprays. But definitely it shines in cooler temperatures.

This one is a bit of an enigma for me. It is not the kind of fragrance I gravitate towards. Normally, I really don't like sweet fragrances, nor do I like gourmands. This one is sweet, but I don't find it cloying. Perhaps this is because the sweetness is counter balanced against the warm dry spices and woods. I mostly pick up saffron, cinnamon and nutmeg. As the scent dries down I start to pick up the woods, sandal, oud, maybe a touch of vetiver. Throughout the wearing a soft ylang pops in and out. I get excellent performance. Longevity is all day with good sillage. Projection is moderate, not bombastic unless over-sprayed. In spite of the sweetness, I really am captivated by this fragrance, much to the chagrin of my wallet.

Rightly pointed by the previous reviewer after the initial blast of dry petroleum washed suede and dry stingy saffron settle down the fragrance takes a dramatic turn. Its become cultured and appealing. A lovely spicy nutmeg some dry vanilla and sweet tonkabean vanilla accord over smoky luscious incense. A beautiful musk makes its way up towards the end. Seems like the best parts of Interlude and Reflection just had a baby which was adopted by Armani Royal Oud. I am strangely attracted to it. Damn. I hate pink peppers too. This is black magic. And yes I did a slight rose too. Just powdery hints. Performance looks excellent. Pricey buy charming.

a sweet, smokey, saffron-forward scent that reminds me of some Boadiceas. Love it. Not oud heavy but it has the balance of spice, sour, sweet that makes you sniff your arm. This scent is sweet but not cloying, subtle, hard to define. It radiates within arm's length at first application but quickly tones down to a skin scent. In the bottom it is such a powdery patch that it smells like a warm amber.

This is beautiful. I blind bought the whole first gen and this is the first of my wearings and I’m delighted. I cannot wait to wear the rest. Thick, Spicy and worthy of the price tag. I do get the TF Tuscan leather comparison but it’s got a whole other layer of spices and complexity added. Truly a beautiful and complex niche fragrance.