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03/18/2024
Dmbfaninmass
23 Reviews
Dmbfaninmass
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A Spectacular 1 From Pierre-Constantin Guéros
I have to admit, lately I’ve seen a few fragrances being spoken about within fragcomm and that delights me. I’ve felt for a few years this house is a sleeper house with some really great works. Granted it seems as of late I’m mostly seeing one fragrance spoken about in particular, Vanagloria, piggy backing off the hype around YSL Babycat, due to the similarities and greater affordability and availability of Vana in the states in particular. Anyhow, I’ve been impressed since I’ve learned about this house and were I to dive further down the fragrance rabbit hole, this is a brand I’d joyously explore. So far, though, Kashnoir, Patchouliful, and Nerotic, all by Cécile Zarokian, and this gem, Nektar, are all pretty darn amazing in my nose’s opinion.
I’m not sure how others perceive this one, but on my skin it’s fairly linear. Gotta admit, that took me by surprise given there’s 16 listed notes. I was half expecting there would be some very noticeable changes as the head dries to the heart and the heart to the base notes. However, I would not, in any way, count that as a negative against this fragrance. I’ve found some fragrances take you on a multi stop journey and some stops along the way are great, and some not so much. Sometimes they’re linear, like this one, and it’s just so darn good, I wouldn’t want any changes because this hits just right staying nearly at the exact place it begins throughout the life of the fragrance wearing.
While this one tends to be voted ever so slightly leaning feminine, off my skin it seems the woods, leather, and incense jump off just enough that it keeps it with a masculine semi-gourmandish sweet and spicy feeling. In my collection this one really stands out as unique - the closest that I have to this may be Layton, and Khaltat Night, but those are a stretch to say they’re similar because my nose sees them as quite far apart. This is just a marvelous blend from the citrus and berries to the fantasy tiramisu note shining through to the cinnamon and honey, to the leather and incense to the vanilla, tonka, cedar, and patchouli, all those notes just come together in a harmonious and intoxicating concoction.
I just did a price check to comment on whether I’d think it’s worth it to get this or generally speaking, explore this house and I must say that I’m rather shocked. It looks like on some discounters here in the states, 100ml bottles can go for as cheap as around 55 usd and up to about 100 usd. If I had disposable income wherein I would dive into the frag rabbit hole or begin decanting what I have in my collection as a means to add other frags, I would without a doubt find this house worthy of exploring especially in that price range. Granted there aren’t a lot of options from the house currently available, it looks like they do have a pretty good selection that comes in and out of stock on a couple different sites.
I’m not sure how others perceive this one, but on my skin it’s fairly linear. Gotta admit, that took me by surprise given there’s 16 listed notes. I was half expecting there would be some very noticeable changes as the head dries to the heart and the heart to the base notes. However, I would not, in any way, count that as a negative against this fragrance. I’ve found some fragrances take you on a multi stop journey and some stops along the way are great, and some not so much. Sometimes they’re linear, like this one, and it’s just so darn good, I wouldn’t want any changes because this hits just right staying nearly at the exact place it begins throughout the life of the fragrance wearing.
While this one tends to be voted ever so slightly leaning feminine, off my skin it seems the woods, leather, and incense jump off just enough that it keeps it with a masculine semi-gourmandish sweet and spicy feeling. In my collection this one really stands out as unique - the closest that I have to this may be Layton, and Khaltat Night, but those are a stretch to say they’re similar because my nose sees them as quite far apart. This is just a marvelous blend from the citrus and berries to the fantasy tiramisu note shining through to the cinnamon and honey, to the leather and incense to the vanilla, tonka, cedar, and patchouli, all those notes just come together in a harmonious and intoxicating concoction.
I just did a price check to comment on whether I’d think it’s worth it to get this or generally speaking, explore this house and I must say that I’m rather shocked. It looks like on some discounters here in the states, 100ml bottles can go for as cheap as around 55 usd and up to about 100 usd. If I had disposable income wherein I would dive into the frag rabbit hole or begin decanting what I have in my collection as a means to add other frags, I would without a doubt find this house worthy of exploring especially in that price range. Granted there aren’t a lot of options from the house currently available, it looks like they do have a pretty good selection that comes in and out of stock on a couple different sites.
