Beverly Hills Exclusive

Wow!!! What an absolutely stunning fragrance!!! This is my first time diving into the Turkish house of Unique'e and my first impression of this house is a very good one. I got a sample of this from Alan Berdjis at BHP with another purchase and knew this would eventually be in my collection. Beverly Hills Exclusive is a masterpiece that has honey and tobacco front and center. And while tonka bean is the only other note listed here, there's other notes in this blend that can be seen if you go to the BHP website. So how does it smell? It opens with a sweet honey that is brightened somewhat by bergamot. There's also a touch of the clary sage and cardamom as well but the honey is the star of the show. It's undoubtedly sweet but there is an underlying brightness to it that keeps it from getting syrupy and cloying. Once the fragrance settles and gets into the heart the tobacco takes over. It's a sweet tobacco that reminds me of the shisha that is used in hookahs. It doesn't completely overtake the opening as that is still persisting, but it just kind of catches itself up and shares the spotlight. This is where I get hints of the rose and orris as well. These notes are much more subtle, but they are there and readily noticeable. This stage of the fragrance lasts a LONG time...probably a solid 8 to 10 hours. The beginning of the end is signaled by the sandalwood and ambergris. The sweet tobacco really mellows out and the fragrance becomes a nice creamy and woody skin scent with the remnants of sweet tobacco and honey. This can last for up to another several hours and offers a pleasant conclusion to a beautiful ride. When Alan told me about this fragrance and that it was built around honey and tobacco, I thought it would be sickeningly sweet and headache-inducing. But this is FAR from that kind of fragrance. There's a freshness in here that makes this extremely easy to wear. The warmer months will obviously require a more conservative trigger finger, but it's possible to wear this in warmer weather but probably better off with an evening wear. Expect to get compliments with this stuff too. It projects very well for at least a few hours and once it pulls closer to the skin it still just goes and goes. Longevity is absolutely monstrous. It's one of the longest lasting fragrances I've used and is a full day commitment unless you plan to shower before going out for the evening. That being said, it's priced very well for a niche perfume. You can likely spend twice the price for something that isn't this good. This one is a home run from Alan and Unique'e for sure and was a great introduction to this house for me personally. To my nose...this one is a 10/10 fragrance. Yeah it's that good.

First of all, the packaging is awesome. Great attention to details, great bottle, good atomizer which mustn't have been easy to make as the juice is EXTREMELY OILY, it doesn't spray a lot but it gets the job done. The honey in this is very dirty. It reminds me of the honey in Bee from Zoologist. For those who never smelled it, picture a "dark honey", it's not a light honey that's reminding you of flowers in the spring. It's very dark, almost animalic. The notes on Fragrantica are accurate : this is a tobacco honey fragrance. The tobacco balances the sweetness of the honey. It's extremely well blended and extremely high in quality. It smells really niche, do not blind buy this expecting a mass pleasing type of scent, that's not it. This is very bold and daring. On my skin, the honey dominates really hard. After an hour, flowers kick in. The fragrance gets slightly softer and there's a floral dimension added to the scent, it's like a breathe of fresh air in a very dark honey pool. Rose tries to fight its way through the honey and is helped by powdery facets brought through orris and tonka. It finally settles on a honey and tobacco base with some creaminess. After 6+ hours, the honey calms down and isn't as dark, the fragrance gets softer, less "in your face" and very relaxing. After 8+ hours I can really smell the orris butter, the honey takes a backseat, the tobacco is gone and I'm left with a honey powdery fragrance that is extremely different from what I had before. Overall, a master piece of perfumery that evolves as time goes, that will change massively through the day. As for performance, here's what'll help you figure out : the first spray I used was on my mother's arm. One spray. Ten hours later, I could still smell it really well while her arm was covered by a sweater. Pure beast. If you dare using this at work or at school, be VERY careful how much you spray. Used one and a half spray on my arm and it almost gave me a headache, this is one of the strongest perfumes I've smelled. Unisex leaning masculine, it's easier to wear as a man I'd say, but a woman with confidence could be wonderful with this one. For the price at discounters, this is an insane value. The level of quality and performance you get is crazy good. 100ml of this juice costs less than 50ml of many brands that use way lower quality ingredients and concentrations. Support brands like these, that give insane quality and performance for an understandable price. We need brands like these to exist and thrive.

A very versatile and signature scent worthy option from the house of Unique'e Luxury. Personally I think it can be used in both sophisticated but also informal situations. The Beverly Hills Exclusive is nowhere near as sweet as I was expecting by the notes listed and what a pleasant surprise this was. This scent is probably the best honey scent I've smelled so far. I feel like if I keep wearing this Winnie The Pooh will appear somewhere in my house Donny Darko style waiting to attack me. The scent is a mature gourmand that does not smell like a gooey, thick, somewhat cloying honey similar to Oajan or Kilian's Back to Black. This is a fresher, crisp, somewhat aromatic take on honey that has a light and smokey aura about it that keeps it from being a fruity pastry I dropped on my clothes. If I had to classify the variety of honey this smells like I would say BHE smells like more of a tangier white clover honey. Strangely the scent also has a denseness about it characteristic of a strong projector that travels slowly but invitingly in the air. We can thank the orris and ambergris used in this to give it it's duality of dense and fresh atmosphere. The ambergris and clary sage work together in this to give BHE a savory and aromatic quality that contrasts perfectly with the sweet base to create an altogether well-blended, mature and expensive smelling linear formula. The sweet is perfected by the savory and if the composition wasn't already balanced enough there is a creamy sandalwood base working with the orris oils helping intensify the creamy sweetness of the tonka bean almost smelling like warm milk and honey. The dry tobacco and spices are present in the entire development of the fragrance providing an attractive but mature woodiness that has a slightly Middle-eastern feel. Like hookah but given a wearable refinement. and is unisex possibly masculine leaning. Wow. This is what niche is all about. Original and balanced, sophisticated but wearable, adventurous but enjoyable. Personally, I think the Beverly Hills Exclusive can be worn all year round. I imagine I'm in fall again around the time of Thanksgiving with a warm eggnog in my hand. Festive music is playing faintly on a speaker I can't locate and I'm chatting about sports and arguing politics with family members. I personally like this a little better than Crush On Me for its versatility but they are both masterpieces. 🍯🌿🥛 10/10

Finalmente, depois de usando esse perfume por 6 meses, resolvi fazer uma avaliação. É inegável dizer que esta fragrância seja uma obra prima da perfumaria. Na minha opinião, a melhor da marca (sim, já experimentei todos). Talvez tenha sido a melhor surpresa que recebi nessa breve jornada pelo muita da perfumaria. A listagem das notas da fragrância faz muito sentido (não essas 3(?) Que estão listadas aqui, mas todas as outras 12), pois na minha pele, abre um com uma bergamota cítrica que rapidamente perde o brilho (uns 3 minutos?), dando espaço para o cardamomo e o mel junto de um aspecto floral (rosa) que perduram por +/- uns 2/3 horas. Após esse período, a fava tonka e a íris aparecem dando um aspecto atalcado e doce à fragrância (nada enjoativo, muito pelo contrário, é um doce super agradável) e no final (lá pelas 6/7 horas) o âmbar cinzento e o sandalo finalizam dando um aspecto meio amadeirado doce e ficam até o final da fragrância. Essa descrição que acabei de dar é a evolução que normalmente acontece na minha pele. No entanto, algumas vezes, na primeira parte (entre 3 minutos e 2/3 horas), evoluiu para um aspecto meio alcoólico (como uma bebida de mel que particularmente amei), fiquei impressionado com essa mutabilidade da fragrância. Acho que é uma fragrância que tende MUITO mais para o masculino, tanto que nesse período (6 meses) todos os elogios vieram de mulheres das mais diversas idades (quase sempre com o "nossa que perfume diferente, ele é muito bom"). Na minha opinião, é uma obra prima da perfumaria pelo simples fato de não encontrar nada parecido. Já conheci mais de 200 fragrâncias de nicho/designs e não achei nada semelhante (não, não tem nada a ver com naxos, Beverly é muito superior). Enfim, sem sombra de dúvidas, é uma fragrância 10/10. Essa é literalmente uma fragrância verdadeiramente de nicho.

I purchased a full bottle and I am willing to share my initial impressions with you. I will continue to edit this post and share my experiences as time goes on. This one opens up with airy rose and tobacco. The samples from BE Perfumery does the original bottle no justice. It is 10x better from the bottle. For a couple of hours, I notice a dark dried fruit scent. The dry down has a tiny, micro-sliver of animalic nature that is hardly noticeable to some, probably from the honey. It's dark, yet also fresh and airy! Very very VERY Versatile. Can be worn 365 days a year. Transforms many times throughout the lifespan of the spritz. Sweet enough, never cloying and far from being gourmand. Elegant sexiness without a doubt. Unisex 100%. ONE spray will fill the room. Even though strong, it is still a somewhat airy perfume, despite all the notes listed. Two sprays = all day and night performance. 7am-9pm for me in dry 80 degree California weather. 10/10 LOVE the dry down. Beats perfumes double its price. A masterpiece hands down.