Pikovaya Dama

I have been playing around with this for a few days and left review on the site for the more recent bottling. But here I would like to add that to me this leads more masculine because the mid and base notes (ignoring the opening) are kind of like Prada L'Homme (Iris, sandalwood) meets Kilian Straight to Heaven (nutmeg, dried fruits, cedar, vanilla), both male fragrances. The opening lasts 20 minutes and is bright and icy with bergamot, lemon, rose, and aldehydes and at this stage it is kind of unisex, but possibly feminine leading because of Chanel #5 associations, although the opening is piercing and piercing is not feminine. After this opening it is unisex masculine leaning as mentioned above, with even some dark incense revealing itself. Overall like champagne sprinkled on fresh linen - totally unisex, bit for me slightly masculine leaning. I have 40 niche fragrances from Kilian, Roja, Fragrance du Bois, Parfus de Marly and Nishane with only 2 Xerjoffs, this and Symphonium. I don't care much for the other Xerjoffs I have tried (including Nio, Naxo, Uden, and Italica - nice, but just not for me), but strangely these two may be the best in my collection. Certainly the most opulent and luxurious, even more so than my FDB Ouds. And it does not smell "old" like some neophyte YouTubers might tell you...what does smell old is Roja Oligarch and many other Rojas, certainly not this!

I could not wait to appear in the database ... to tell you how much this smells wonderful, magical, beautiful and absolutely nothing to do with the current Xerjoff releases ... About his beauty I could write eulogies, compose new "Ode to Joy", to talk about it day and night and still would not say everything and not be able to touch the depth and essence of it... Because depth is a bit retro ... I do not know if I could connect it with that depth of Le Galion Sortilege extrait that comes to us in September, or I would choose the Amouage 25 extrait, something this fantastic melt in this Pikovaya Dama ... dense, full, heady ... But not only the depth of this fragrance is fascinating, but the garment that envelops it ... The mantle is in fact what the dominant and celestial here is ... it is composed of the force of musk, but to me so far unknown, I know that the musk, but hoe they made it, only they know ... This is a love potion, aphrodisiac and sexual magic. Definitely one of the best smells that I've had smelled in my life ... It is such a beautiful day that I want to last forever ... as a perfect night where I do not want the dawn ... Durability and aura of perfect

This is an amazing clean scent that is unisex. I see several good clean scents out on the market that is more fem like MFK Aqua Unversalis. I like but a little to soft for me to wear all the time. This one to me has a slight bit of smokey background to the high end type soap. A soap you would probably see at one of the most luxurious resorts in the world. It's very hard to break down the notes here as Bojana2 mentioned, this is in a class by itself. It's very hard to explain. It's elusive in description to me but it's the type that grabs me and pulls me in. I just wore this one for the first time today and after applying this beauty, I received a compliment within the same hour. To sum this up in two words, Pure Quality.

Poetic,mystical, the perfect fusión of vintage and contemporary, Pikovaya Dama is Opera, is Mona Lisa, is golden shimmer. Carbonated vintage florals meets futuristic soapy cleanliness, encapsulated in the softness and sensuality of musk and extremely multifaceted aldehydes. This perfume reads on skin as “Heaven”. A masterpiece of masterpieces, my favorite Xerjoff, and honestly, I don’t get to wear it as often as I would like, as I feel this one is extra special, but when I do wear it, I feel like a brand new man.

A stunning fragrance. Strong elegant smoky sweet fragrance. Shaving cream soapiness with the most complex and enigmatic blend of rich ingredients. Slightly dry and going definitely masculine. There s a bit of petrol washed suede as well which can be a bit overwhelming along with the incense at the beginning. Mature luxurious cousin of Xerjoff Homme 17/17. Solid release. I wish this was released worldwide.