Victorian Tobacco Galleria Parfums 2020

The YouTuber Ashton Kirkland from the channel "Gents Scents" is the Creative Director of the currently available seven fragrances from Galleria Perfumes. According to his own statement, he wanted to create a tobacco scent that moves away from the fruity-sweet mainstream tobacco fragrances. I actually perceive this scent as quite unique.

It opens very zesty fresh with the apple, which will remain dominant throughout the entire scent progression alongside the tobacco, exuding more sour than sweet notes. The apple is mixed with a dry-alcoholic gin and tonic juniper note. The spicy notes support the rather strong sour-dry opening.

Relatively quickly, the second dominant note of the fragrance appears with the tobacco. The sour apple and the tobacco remain distinctly present throughout the rest of the scent development. The zesty top notes are now cushioned by the woods of the heart notes, which, together with the slightly earthy patchouli, give the whole composition some depth.

The notes in the base then form a somewhat softer foundation. However, the scent never becomes sweet, never velvety, but rather remains rather bitter and dry, perhaps even a bit aggressive.

The main role, as mentioned above, is played by the tobacco-apple combination. Overall, an interesting scent that is quite unusual for me, moving away from mainstream paths. However, I find it a bit too bitter and sour for my taste.