Top Notes 
Bitter orange
Coriander
Ginger
Malt
Nutmeg
Pipe tobacco
Heart Notes 
Bourbon whiskey
Leather
Milk
Oak
Oud
Pimento
Base Notes 
Amber
Charred vanilla
Sandalwood
White musk
Smirky
516 Reviews
Smirky
6
Awesome dark fragrance for men
Really nice, quality fragrance. With opening spray, noticed the malt, tobacco and general spiciness. Couldn't pick out the orange, ginger, nutmeg or coriander. The top notes retreated while the oud, whiskey and leather made their presence known. What was weird is that the whiskey disappeared as the smoky scent appeared but after it settled down, the whiskey scent came back. It impressed me mainly as an oud, smoky, whiskey, leather fragrance, in that order of prominence. After about 2 hours, the whiskey scent dropped out while I was sitting and doing some reading. When I got up and moved around, the whiskey scent reappeared. Noticed that for about 8 hours. After that, it pretty much retreated permanently as did the leather, ending up more or less like a oud/smoky fragrance. Overall sweetness is just right - just enough to take any edge off. (I generally do not like sweet fragrances.)
Nightcap has beast mode performance. Liquid is quite oily. Had very strong sillage and projection for at least a good 7 to 8 hours. Around 8 to 10 hours, there was still a scent bubble around a foot out. It's now going on 12+ hours and it's down to a strong skin scent. Very pleased with the performance.
Overall, the oud, smoky, whiskey, leather scent is not nostril jolting but rather a civilized, masculine fragrance. Nightcap would be a very good oud/smoky/boozy/leather intro for a guy to try out. No need to fear the barnyard; sour leather; barbecue smoke house or a drunken boozer. lol To put it another way, I'd like it dialed up some, however the way it is makes it more appealing to a broader audience and it is good. It doesn't strike me as heavy - could most likely work 24/7, all year round - anytime a quality, classy fragrances is needed.
Nightcap is a definite winner for Guy Fox. While none of their other fragrances really resonated with me based on their descriptions, I'm very happy with my blind buy of Nightcap. Too bad it's sold out. Hopefully they'll whip up another batch quick. I have bottle number 493. Only 500 bottles were made of the first batch, so made it right under the wire. As of the date of this review (June, 2024), Nightcap full bottles and samples are sold out on the Guy Fox website although one can subscribe to be notified when the next batch becomes available.
UPDATE (1/18/2025): I've completed testing all of the Guy Fox fragrances available in their two sample sets. One set is for the "Founder's Reserve" Collection while the other contains all their standard releases. Here's my ranking of all of them, with a few notes:
First group, ranked in order of my preference. These are the top Guy Fox fumes in my book - full bottle worthy, with Nightcap being the best:
1. Nightcap
2. Fairway
3. Vince
4. Nelson
Second group, no rank or order, just grouped together. Nice scents. I like them, but not enough to buy a FB:
Aspen
Primo
Mikul
Jefe
Preston
Third group, no rank or order, just grouped together. OK, somewhat generic. Mediocre performance for some:
Palmer
Tyler
Marra
JP
Fourth group. Just plain awful. Was almost a scrubber for me:
Riviera
Nightcap has beast mode performance. Liquid is quite oily. Had very strong sillage and projection for at least a good 7 to 8 hours. Around 8 to 10 hours, there was still a scent bubble around a foot out. It's now going on 12+ hours and it's down to a strong skin scent. Very pleased with the performance.
Overall, the oud, smoky, whiskey, leather scent is not nostril jolting but rather a civilized, masculine fragrance. Nightcap would be a very good oud/smoky/boozy/leather intro for a guy to try out. No need to fear the barnyard; sour leather; barbecue smoke house or a drunken boozer. lol To put it another way, I'd like it dialed up some, however the way it is makes it more appealing to a broader audience and it is good. It doesn't strike me as heavy - could most likely work 24/7, all year round - anytime a quality, classy fragrances is needed.
Nightcap is a definite winner for Guy Fox. While none of their other fragrances really resonated with me based on their descriptions, I'm very happy with my blind buy of Nightcap. Too bad it's sold out. Hopefully they'll whip up another batch quick. I have bottle number 493. Only 500 bottles were made of the first batch, so made it right under the wire. As of the date of this review (June, 2024), Nightcap full bottles and samples are sold out on the Guy Fox website although one can subscribe to be notified when the next batch becomes available.
UPDATE (1/18/2025): I've completed testing all of the Guy Fox fragrances available in their two sample sets. One set is for the "Founder's Reserve" Collection while the other contains all their standard releases. Here's my ranking of all of them, with a few notes:
First group, ranked in order of my preference. These are the top Guy Fox fumes in my book - full bottle worthy, with Nightcap being the best:
1. Nightcap
2. Fairway
3. Vince
4. Nelson
Second group, no rank or order, just grouped together. Nice scents. I like them, but not enough to buy a FB:
Aspen
Primo
Mikul
Jefe
Preston
Third group, no rank or order, just grouped together. OK, somewhat generic. Mediocre performance for some:
Palmer
Tyler
Marra
JP
Fourth group. Just plain awful. Was almost a scrubber for me:
Riviera
Updated on 01/18/2026
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