Mxxx. Eris Parfums 2019

This perfume is truly transportative for me.... at the very first inhale, the images begin to flicker before my inner eye. Dry aromatic sandalwood and dark, full-bodied cocoa take me on a voyage on an old, giant pirate ship, to new horizons and unimaginable adventures. Very soon after the first drier impression, the texture of dulce de leche joins in. It doesn't smell like it directly, but you can taste it, that glossy, thick, smooth, caramel mass. All of this, the dry wood, the dark cocoa and the smooth dulce de leche are carried and diffused by the vanilla-salty ambergris, which glistens and sparkles like golden rod, like spray in the warm light of the setting sun on the high seas. This ambergris takes over the opening after the first impression and foreshadows that the journey also leads to dark, mysterious and dangerous realms. It makes me think directly of "Pirates of the Caribbean", of course. On the one hand because I can imagine that so William Turner smells after he joins the pirates :p on the other hand because Pirates of the Caribbean plays a lot with the passage into the afterlife and the connection of the two worlds.
This balance of the perfume between the worlds is also why I think it fits perfectly with fall and Halloween. It is a time when darkness returns and heralds the end of a circle of life in nature. Describing what Halloween means to me spiritually would be going too far here, but Mxxx. communicates that in a direct, physically experiential way and I love Perfumery for that.
Anyway, about 10-15 min in, it becomes powdery, smoky-vanilla and more elegant. It reminds me here of the vibe of fragrances like Feve Deliciouse by Dior. Still slightly salty and very sexy. Also fits great in the clubbing context - smoke, leather, sweat on sweet skin....
In drydown, he then gets a light lipstick nuance.
A perfect companion for dark, cold, foggy and contemplative autumn nights and intimate moments with depth.
Durability unfortunately not as impressive as the composition (1-2 hours clearly perceptible, then more like a breath). But performance is secondary for me....