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Yes, it really is THAT good
Ah, Club Black. The supposed bargain-basement wunderkind, praises sung by a thousand influencers. A hidden gem, they say. Actually really very good, they say.
Turns out, they weren't wrong. This stuff is terrific.
Let's get the bad stuff out of the way first: I hate the bottle. It's gaudy, chintzy, and silly. I know this sounds snobbish, but it looks awful sitting with the rest of my collection. The aesthetics alone turned me off from this one for so long. If it was a classier-looking bottle with the logo, I'd be fine with it, but don't give me a shiny plastic fingerprint-magnet obelisk and try to tell me it's elegant. It just isn't. (It claws a point back for a surprisingly decent atomizer, at least.)
But we're here for the juice, and the juice delivers. As others before me have pointed out, you're not going to get much development out of this. From first spray to final whiff, it pretty much is what it is.
And what it is, is a dark, rich, sumptuous, intoxicating vanilla, made captivating by the lightest touches of accenting grace notes. It's a little woody, a tad spicy, a fractional bit flowery, a smidge powdery, and the teensiest bit smoky. None of these other notes ever competes - the vanilla is the megastar here - but they do keep it just dynamic enough to avoid ever being boring (to my nose and tastes, anyway).
The vanilla itself is glorious. It's dense without being cloying; sweet without being sugary. Vanilla is one of my favorite notes, and this ranks up there with the heavy hitters.
Add all of that to the absolutely respectable 8+ hour longevity (although this does sit close to the skin), and at the price point it sells at, and suddenly all of that online-influencer praise makes perfect sense.
Yup: it really is that good.
Top Notes 
Bergamot
Heart Notes 
Frankincense
Jasmine
Base Notes 
Vanilla
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Benzoin
Woods
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