Excess

Excess is one of my favorite scents. It is also one of the first TokyoMilk scents I bought. It is not quite like any other scent I know of although reviewers have said it reminds them of certain others. First of all there is nothing floral or sweet about this. If you like gourmand vanilla based scents this is definitely not one. The opening is very much blood orange but in a brisk bergamot kind of way. That fades quickly and then it begins a rather brief dry down to a scent that is actually metallic. With oak, amber, and patchouli as the remaining scents you would expect a heavy earthiness but Excess is surprisingly clean. The qualities that keep coming to my mind are salt and metal. The patchouli here is very clean and bright, not dirty. The oak is subtle but probably contributes to the purity of the scent. The amber I am used to is quite sweet but here it just balances the patchouli and oak and keeps everything just this side of strident. For a scent with this much patchouli it has surprisingly little sillage. It subsides to a skin scent quickly. The longevity is also surprisingly short. It hangs around as a ghost for some time but if you want to smell it without sticking your nose into the area it was sprayed, you will need to reapply every 3-4 hours. Why do I love this perfume? Well, I'm a patchouli fan but I don't like the skank aspect of cheaper patchouli blends. This one is earthy but clean. It is also an unusual scent. I've never smelled anything like this on anyone. (Note to self: Ask a few friends to try it on to see what it does on them) When I have it on, I just keep sniffing myself. That's usually a good sign. It also pleases my inner Goth by smelling artistic and unusual. It is not a traditionally feminine fragrance but I think it suits me very well. I could imagine both men and women of a certain alternative nature wearing this quite well.

Dark Excess. That's what I thought it was called, when I first saw it somewhere on this site maybe 10 days ago. That name attracted me right away; it could be my middle name. I certainly have always been about excess. That old Oscar Wilde line..."nothing succeeds like excess." I know nothing about what looks like a multitude of other fragrances in the Tokyo Milk line; I didn't know they weren't Japanese until I got this bottle and wondered why there wasn't Japanese lettering anywhere on the bottle. But I do like this one. It's exactly what I always seem to be looking for. Rich, non-gooey fragrance; amber resin and patchouli, great; oak bark, sure, and I'll even agree to blood orange. The four of those are printed in white on the black bottle, in case we'd forgotten or maybe as a warning. The effect is calming though. It doesn't screech or call attention to itself. You'll know it's there, but not half the room. All of it at a decent price, or at least I paid a decent/cheap price; I have no idea what these retail out as. I wish it lasted a bit longer. I seem to be getting maybe 3 1/2 hours. I'd like at least 5 hours with this one. Sillage doesn't matter so much to me, as long as I can smell it. More people would buy this, and probably other scents from the whole line, if they'd see them more often. And Fragrantica needs to change its hours of longevity measurement. 3-6 hours is just too wide, and at a critical time. A perfume that lasts in some form for 6 hours is a miracle/Godsend, whereas one that gives up the ghost totally at 3 hours and 10 minutes is a disappointment and often a huge waste of money. So how about changing the moderate time period to 3-4 hours, the longlasting to 5-8 hours, and eternal to 9+ hours? Or something like that?

EXCESS may be my favorite creation from the Tokyo Milk Dark collection, though it's becoming more and more difficult to say! In this case, a big blast of labdanum amber mixes with patchouli, a touch of wood, and an even lighter touch of blood orange to produce a super-smooth and sensual cold-weather-only perfume. There are zillions of amber perfumes and quite a few patchouli amber perfumes on the market, so the competition is stiff in this realm, particularly among niche houses. With so many high-quality amber choices out there, it's a real mark of distinction to be something that I actually premeditatively look for occasions to wear, and EXCESS has swiftly become the first amber I reach for, despite being the last to join my collection. This one is definitely less spicy than some, but somehow I am drawn to its viscous golden gleam. EXCESS is also not sweet, which to me is a plus and would make this a sure hit among some gents as well. Is my current infatuation with EXCESS only a momentary crush? Will this perfume be forgotten and lost in the back of my armoire in the not-too-distant future? I think not. This feels like the real thing: a top-notch amber-patchouli perfume!

Alright - so this very well could be the best out there, all things considered. I know I know - such a bold thing to say... but let me elaborate. How many high end houses out there try to pull of the "contrast fragrance" - the avant garde "paradoxical" fragrance? Lots!! Well, to a certain extent, that's what this is. Patch, blood orange, a hint of sweetness... to me, its the perfect concoction. It's deep, dark and as close to dirty as you can get without being dirty. It's mysterious. Its infruiging. The feel of this reminds me of so many of the tom ford private blends. The dark and light contrasting notes followed by a patchouli base. I can say with near certainty that if we slapped a gold square on this bottle that said "tom ford", folks would be clammering to find a bottle! But, it's not. For me, the only negative is the performance - which I would consider to be well below average for an edp - maybe 2 hours on my skin. But - it's not about performance for me. It's about the damn smell. And this smells just the way I want it to. 7/10 I'm a big fan.

Tokyomilk "Excess"...a scent for a hedgewitch. Crushed dry leaves, turned earth, patchouli incense; someone's been digging up mandrake roots in the dusk. There's a hint of amber---perhaps she scents her hair with it---and a passing tang of blood orange, left on her fingers from the fruit shared with her lover in the forest. A touch of cedar wood, maybe from a carved talisman she wears, or the box that will hold the mandrake. Transient sweetness, a hint of spice, the hard bones and soft soil of the land that sustains us and will receive us at our nightfall. Beautiful and even seductive in its own twilight, gothic, witchy, quietly magical way...

I don't really get the blood-orange and Oak so much as I get dried fruits and Rum. Oud, patchouli, and Amber dominate a well rounded perfume that gets MUCH better over time on my skin. When I first put it on I am not impressed with it, but within 45 minutes or so, I am intoxicated and can't stop smelling my wrist. VERY similar to "straight to Heaven" by Kilian for me, especially the way the Oud and dry fruit is handled. No one else gets boozy-rum from this one? Anyway, I think this perfume is fantastic value. I tried many others in the Tokyo Milk collection and none of them came close to this one for my tastes.

I wear this warm, dry fragrance at home to please myself because it is not what people expect a woman to smell like. The last time I wore Excess in public someone mistook it for my husband's Burberry London, his signature fragrance (and also my favorite). Excess is well blended and balanced, but the amber and oak come out the most on my skin. In the drydown something interesting remains: the dry mineral quality of earth that I smell in the back of the throat, like when I'm potting plants. To me this is the best part. It lingers on my skin till the next day, and for weeks on a scarf and I just love it.

There's a cologne out there somewhere that I love, but I've never been able to creepily chase down the man to ask what it is. While I doubt Excess is what I'm smelling, it's damn close - a testament to it's magnetism. Deliciously oaky and deep, the resinous notes in this go a long way to nullify the typically sharp and 'dirty' patchouli. The blood orange is not perceivable to me. Rustic and sexy, another win from the TokyoMilk dark line. I love it for myself, but it will be irresistible on my man. A handsome standout.

On first spray it smells almost medicinal, a heavy licorice scent, but as it settles it smells strong of patchouli and incense. This smells nearly identical to walking into a new age spiritual shop stuffed to the brim with incense, but honestly, I really enjoy it as someone who grew up in a house where we burned incense all the time. It's one where either you love it or hate it, a very unique/niche scent. Definitely not blind buy safe!

Finally a decent dupe of Kate Walsh Boyfriend!!! Not exact, maybe sharper? Such a lovely warm scent for cool weather. The initial blast is (I guess) is where you smell the blood orange, but it quickly dries down to a soft, resinous, amber-patchouli base. I don't get a powdery or sweet vibe to it, just a nice, warm, wool-scarf wrapping up my entire life sort of feeling on a crisp autumn day. Longevity seems okay along with sillage.

Patchouli and candied orange peels, with hints of woodiness, and sweet resin (benzoin?). Unfortunately, it doesn't last at all on my skin; I end up with nothing but light patchouli. But on clothing it stays decently, and the tart sweetness stands out. After the initial blast, it is very polite for a patchouli, low sillage and the citrus sweetness keeps the patchouli from being too dirty; a fresh, sweet, moist earth.

This scent is my favorite out of the whole Tokyo milk dark series. It's a beautiful interesting sexy scent. Totally different than anything I've ever smelled. This is a scent that works perfectly for both men and women. I absolutely love it. Notes on the bottle - amber resin - oak bark - blood orange - patchouli All notes can be detected and blend very well. What an amazing intriguing scent. A new favorite of mine.

originale giustapposizione di patchouli, ambra e arancia rossa, che si traduce in un effetto confortevole ma non dolce. strano a dirsi, ma si tratta di un profumo fresco, banchè adatto all'inverno. essendo una estimatrice di ambra e patchouli, posso dire in buona approssimazione che si tratta di un accordo molto inusuale, gotico ma non esageratamente dark, sinistro ma non lugubre. bellissimo!

Love it - I am a fool for any patchouli amber mix and this is just delish. this could essentially become my everyday fall/winter scent. I love the bottles and packaging (the hand cream is awesome, I use it to layer)and I am eager to try the entire line of the Dark series. So far it suits me.

To me this smells like an old abandoned wooden church with a leaky roof, moss is growing in every corner yet you can still smell the years of burning incense, It invokes a warm cold somber feeling, its one of those fragrances you somehow simultaneously don't like but cannot stop smelling.

This is my favorite so far of the TM line. Dragon hit it on the head, and i cant get enough of this scent! Just wish lasting power was longer. Update: I also bought the Shea Butter hand crème of this and its wonderful layered.

Patchouli, patchouli, patchouli! Lovely fragrance, sensual, a little woody, a hint of sweetness. You cannot go wrong with Tokyo Milk Dark, seriously, this entire line is to die for.

to me this smells like crushed blackberries. it has a heavy velvet texture to it. it feels like standing in a hot, humid room. its not dark like black, but like a deep brown.

I smell oak most, with blood oramge second strongest then patchouli and amber. The result is a slightly masculine perfume but it works for both genders.

(1) ★★★★★ dark, not forgotten; dimly illuminated an immortal sip