Naxos Xerjoff 2015

Story: I was once walking back from yoga classes during the cold winter month and the parking lot was quite a walk. The girl from my yoga class who left the class with me was visibly shivering from the cold and I offered her my jacket. I had sprayed Naxos on it and when she returned the jacket to me, she told me that my jacket smelled nice and that acted like an ice breaker in getting to know each other. She requested that I wear Naxos for the first date and we ended up dating for 2 months.

Opening: Upon the first spray, you’re greeted with beautiful, clean, and strong lavender and creamy citruses such as lemon and bergamot. The vanillic sweetness in the opening makes the citruses experience very creamy and gourmand-like. The lavender note is pretty prominent and lingers around throughout the life of the perfume.

Mid: The opening phase is short-lived as we transition to the dry down and beautiful opening notes are supported by powerful candied honey notes and subtle white floral elegance from Jasmine. Cinnamon plays a supporting role, adding a subtle yet warming spice in the background. The honey here isn't the raw, animalistic kind, but that of processed candied honey and jasmine notes have no idolic/fecal elements to it, but rather is green and fresh.

Base: As the citrus fades within the first few minutes, lavender takes center stage, offering a clean, slightly herbal backbone that carries through the rest of the fragrance. The base develops into a rich, sweet phase dominated by sweet vanilla, candied honey, and tobacco, supported by the warmth and sweet toasted almond, tobacco-like qualities of Tonka Bean. Tobacco here is extremely mild and exhibits the qualities of pipe tobacco.

Conclusion: This scent thrives in mild weather, where its rich, warm notes can shine without being overpowering. On me, the scent stays flat and is radiant only in extremely hot conditions. This perfume is masterfully blended with a high concentration of natural ingredients, making its performance highly dependent on individual skin chemistry.

Naxos is a pretty linear fragrance and the raw materials used here have given birth to a variety of successful fragrances throughout the years such as TF Tobacco Vanille, JPG elixir, Pure Havane, etc but Naxos does it in a much more sophisticated clean way.

This wasn't the love at first sniff for me, it grew on me and I eventually got pretty bored of it and stopped reaching for it. Overall, Naxos is an excellent entry-level niche fragrance with undeniable mass appeal and a refined, clean execution of its DNA

Extra: It takes an hour to write these reviews, support is much appreciated. 100’s more reviews to come in 2025. Keep smelling good and always remember “There is no perfect scent”.