Brun Sicilien Scent on Canvas 2013

The second test candidate from the brand Scent on Canvas also doesn't make the first encounter easy. Like Noir de Mars, the top note is quite special and unwieldy. And a glance at the pyramid left me astonished.

In the top note, in addition to jasmine, some cryptic white flowers are mentioned, and I wonder which ones they could be, as the opening accord smells almost like Skai artificial leather and not like flowers (I compared the scent impression with the eponymous CdG). I can't quite pick out the jasmine, but I assume it is not entirely innocent of the synthetic smell.

After a short while, the fragrance becomes more leathery and spicy. After another look at the pyramid, I find myself questioning how the listed gaucho leather olfactorily differs from other leathers? Can one really smell whether a South American cowherd has come into contact with leather? I categorize this scent note under the account "Marketing and Myths" and continue to focus on my scent impressions.
The leather note becomes softer the longer the fragrance lingers on the skin, and the spiciness steadily decreases.

The base notes then provide the leather with balsamic sweet notes and further tone down its scent.

In Brun Sicilien, the projection steadily decreases with the progression of the fragrance, but unlike Noir de Mars, the base stays on topic and does not drift into the arbitrary. The longevity is decent at just over 10 hours.

Brun Sicilien narrowly misses my wish list. With Askew, I already own a very special leather fragrance, and Brun Sicilien cannot quite compete with it in that regard.