I wanted to try these 4 new releases so bad I ended up ordering them from Jovoy because Xerjoff didn't have the samples up fast enough. Xerjoff now has these up if anyone wants to try them.
Initial impressions without looking at the scent pyramid: A pretty smooth, fresh-caramelly gourmand. Getting some comparison to
Intoxicated. A lot of those comparisons if I'm honest. It's a masculine-leaning gourmand fragrance in the air. Blend is high quality.
Smelling up-close: the caramel is flanked by vanilla, making for a pretty strong gourmand tonality. This is like the top of the crop blend quality for scents like "Minuit et Demi | Fragrance du Bois" and
Portraits - Changing Constance. Some very mild powdery facets. It starts to get mildly more interesting at around 10 minutes in as the vanilla-caramel are flanked by some darker tones & the profile slightly separates itself from the previous comparables. I'm also noticing some bitterness in the base (is that you, hedione?).
After looking at the scent pyramid: I think this was a lay-up in terms of assessing the profile as it's a pretty evident scent profile. I will say the oud here has an eastern lean, offering mild animalic hints. The gourmand facets start to fade off the top within the hour, and that makes for a very neat drydown with mild sweet tones on animalic-leaning oud (!). Profile at this point is masculine without a doubt to my nose.
It starts off pretty loud, but it's not going to be more than that - longevity and sillage get 8/10. Value at €360 for 50ml is a bit high, but the quality is in-line with Xerjoff's best releases. Can still be worth, but I'm not sure it's worth it for me. I look forward to the other 3 scents as this wasn't a disappointing output at all. Yet as a whole, it is not the most unique output by Xerjoff and that is a criticism that I find myself giving too often as it relates to their newer stuff.
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