The scent reads like the typical mainstream fragrances that are currently being hyped. "Naxos | XerJoff" with tobacco and honey and the expectation of XXI: Art Deco - Blonde Amber through the dried fruits, the tobacco, and the ambered feeling from wood, vanilla, and wood
Right from the first second, one can say: The scent is not so pleasing. The scent dares something. The scent does not copy Naxos and Blonde Amber. This is an independent unique fragrance.
It starts with clearly discernible fruits, dried fruits. One could pick out individual notes, but that would not be sensible. In addition, there is this wonderful tobacco note that has a slightly smoky quality and really dares to be different. The scent deviates from the typical mass-appealing fragrances. I believe many will also find the scent super, but it is simply different from the typical ambered warm super rounded fragrances. This one does not have that warm sweet base; it has rather a dark base. A dark side, which may be formed by cocoa and ginger. However, it is not something you can grasp in notes but can rather be compared to bass notes in music. It has a deep satisfying complete note as a base. This distinguishes it the most.
The scent is complex and evolves. It ends in a clearly identifiable musk for me. Even though it is not listed, I am quite sure. In the drydown, animalic notes come in, and over time it begins to resemble Musc Ravageur Eau de Parfum more and more. For me, this makes the scent perfect. It is exciting, complex, gourmand, deep, and has an animalic quality. It appeals to everything I love and combines many of my favorite fragrances, or rather evokes the emotions in me that only these can.
For me, this is the replacement for Naxos, Blonde Amber, and Musc Ravageur. It is the confidence scent that is supposed to be sweet, gourmand, and deep. It is the scent that is complex but always appropriate. And it is the scent that does not smell like the others.
