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01/19/2024
Landshark321
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Landshark321
1
Balanced, refined, semi-sweet/spicy tobacco
Sampling Day Three Fragrances Filosofia, a semi-spicy, semi-sweet tobacco blend featuring black pepper, cardamom, cypriol, chocolate, hazelnut, and vanilla. It really blends both the spicier, intense elements with the more comforting gourmand notes in the dry down. It does not have a ton of evolution but is predicably a bit spicier and sharper in the opening while being sweeter and smoother in the dry down. The chocolate/vanilla blend is really nice, without too much of either, and perhaps the sharpness of the hazelnut dovetails nicely with the fading spices from the opening, but I do not get a distinct hazelnut note. Still, this is really cozy while also being sophisticated, and for me has a lot of versatility as a cold weather fragrance, perhaps stereotypically masculine-leaning, given that men’s scents have been very sweet in recent years, but effectively a unisex offering for anyone that likes tobacco.
As with other entries in the house, I’m impressed with the restraint and care here, as it’s not an over-the-top scent but rather something that I think is carefully blended, refined over many tries. I wouldn’t say it’s terribly unique or covers especially new ground, as there are many scents that fit in this category, but this is absolutely worth trying as I could easily see it being someone’s very favorite. It has that upside for me. I think so far, Ambar Dominicano and Bani are my favorites of the line, but this is third after those two.
Filosofia is extrait concentration and is priced at $235/135/40 for 100/50/10ml, roughly equivalent to the other offerings in the catalogue, and so sold via the house website. It performs quite well, fitting for a more cold-weather-leaning fragrance.
8 out of 10
As with other entries in the house, I’m impressed with the restraint and care here, as it’s not an over-the-top scent but rather something that I think is carefully blended, refined over many tries. I wouldn’t say it’s terribly unique or covers especially new ground, as there are many scents that fit in this category, but this is absolutely worth trying as I could easily see it being someone’s very favorite. It has that upside for me. I think so far, Ambar Dominicano and Bani are my favorites of the line, but this is third after those two.
Filosofia is extrait concentration and is priced at $235/135/40 for 100/50/10ml, roughly equivalent to the other offerings in the catalogue, and so sold via the house website. It performs quite well, fitting for a more cold-weather-leaning fragrance.
8 out of 10
