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Inside a shoe shop
If you would like to smell like the inside of an old school shoe shop, this is your scent. It is literally fresh leather/suede - fresh in the sense that it hasn't yet lost the odour. The fragrance reminds me of Sauvage, not because it smells similar - it doesn't - but because it is raw, brutal, forceful, and primitive. The other leather-main perfumes I tried (Tom Ford Ombre Leather, Clive Christian C Woody Leather, and Mercedes-Benz Le Parfum) had an oily-sweet component, or something else, to offset the leather. This doesn't. The oud is kind of sweet, but very dry, making the scent sharp and pungent. With time, however, it eases up and starts smelling more like leather dipped in honey.
With all this savagery, the fragrance is still kind of interesting, but very niche. It's like Lalique Encre Noire of leather scents, just as weird, definitely an acquired taste. I don't even know how to rate it, could be both a like and dislike.
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With all this savagery, the fragrance is still kind of interesting, but very niche. It's like Lalique Encre Noire of leather scents, just as weird, definitely an acquired taste. I don't even know how to rate it, could be both a like and dislike.
Read more of my perfume reviews at The Scent Stories: thescentstories.substack.com