Amber Star XerJoff 2013

"Amber Star" by Xerjoff is one of those fragrances that I really wanted to get under my nose, regardless of whether I buy it or not. The latter is more likely, this fragrance is after all only sold in a double pack with "Star Musk" and is thus inevitably in a financial sphere, in which I will not go under any circumstances. At some point there is also an end. So it's not so bad that I like this Xerjoff candidate, but at the same time it doesn't completely knock my socks off. It starts off cinnamony and very tingly, according to my nose. Behind this initial scent impression, I suspect the ambergris that also provides a similar tingling sensation in "Ambre Nuit" or "40 Knots". What follows is probably the epitome of the everyday amber par excellence, it does not go into the resinous or even sticky, but is rather dry-woody nature - probably due to the subtle smoky guaiac wood and myrrh. The whole thing is rounded off by the vanilla, which also at no time for a drift into gourmand or Diabetisgefilde provides.
"Amber Star" is thus, to sum it up, a wonderfully airy amber fragrance that can be worn almost across seasons. The durability is indeed enormous and the sillage is also not from bad parents, but it is just by just that airy not slaying, as long as you do not overdo it with spraying. However, I feel this Xerjoff as seeeehr smooth ... too smooth. It was refrained from giving it corners and edges as you often find in other amber fragrances. So it comes that this Xerjoff - as good and wearable as I find it - became a bit boring to me with longer wearing time. Ultimately, it is therefore other amber fragrances that smell more interesting for me - for example, "Grand Soir" from the house of Kurkdjian or the "Casamorati - 1888"