Top Notes 
Bergamot
Raspberry
Rosemary
Heart Notes 
Caramel
Jasmine
Osmanthus
Base Notes 
Cedarwood
Leather
Patchouli05/13/2025
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Good, but not good enough, Gissah!
The "Siena Valley | Gissah / قصة" is the latest release from the house as of today and I have to say, I almost blindly bought the bottle based on previous reviews. Well, of course it's always a matter of taste, but based on the given notes and the description, I would have expected a little more rough edges. Where exactly?
Let's get into it:
- The opening consists of a fresh raspberry note, which also gets the necessary freshness kick from rosemary. It's an exciting implementation and the highlight of the fragrance. The opening is really fresh, fruity and revitalizing and has a great concept.
- Unfortunately, the fragrance loses me more and more after that. This bright floral note creates a strange melange with the caramel; not that it smells bad, but somehow irrelevant. Neither exciting nor bad, but somehow just boring. Too boring for me at least, my wife at least finds it pleasant. The caramel then penetrates more and more and is rounded off in the drydown by a very light, fine leathery note. This is subtle, however, and the patchouli tends to come through in the drydown in combination with the caramel.
- Longevity is brilliant and also projection in the first hours, then the fragrance subsides, but I have to say in terms of performance you can't complain about Gissah in general.
To summarize; a beautiful fragrance yes, and also H/S technically really good, but somehow the fragrance has too few rough edges. I would have hoped for a little more courage; a stronger raspberry note, a more edgy leather, somehow just more courage, so the fragrance remains rather "pleasantly boring" on the skin...
...the more recent releases were often a disappointment, unfortunately, and I hope that the brand will focus a little on its core competencies instead of producing something suitable for the masses.
Let's get into it:
- The opening consists of a fresh raspberry note, which also gets the necessary freshness kick from rosemary. It's an exciting implementation and the highlight of the fragrance. The opening is really fresh, fruity and revitalizing and has a great concept.
- Unfortunately, the fragrance loses me more and more after that. This bright floral note creates a strange melange with the caramel; not that it smells bad, but somehow irrelevant. Neither exciting nor bad, but somehow just boring. Too boring for me at least, my wife at least finds it pleasant. The caramel then penetrates more and more and is rounded off in the drydown by a very light, fine leathery note. This is subtle, however, and the patchouli tends to come through in the drydown in combination with the caramel.
- Longevity is brilliant and also projection in the first hours, then the fragrance subsides, but I have to say in terms of performance you can't complain about Gissah in general.
To summarize; a beautiful fragrance yes, and also H/S technically really good, but somehow the fragrance has too few rough edges. I would have hoped for a little more courage; a stronger raspberry note, a more edgy leather, somehow just more courage, so the fragrance remains rather "pleasantly boring" on the skin...
...the more recent releases were often a disappointment, unfortunately, and I hope that the brand will focus a little on its core competencies instead of producing something suitable for the masses.
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