Top Notes 
Aldehydes
Bergamot
Ginger
Pink pepper
Red mandarin orange
Rosemary
Spices
Tangerine
Tarragon
Yuzu
Heart Notes 
Thai blue lotus absolute
Indian pink lotus absolute
Jasmine sambac
Chinese gardenia
Red champaca absolute
Red Frangipani Absolute
Ylang-ylang
Base Notes 
Burmese oud
Muskrat
Cypriol
Indonesian patchouli
Paraguayan vetiver
Resins
Thai oud
Balsam
Castoreum
Civet
Musk
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Luxury Lotus with a rather smoky-earthy Oud and typical Nebiru signature
Wow, the Mandalay is a really interesting, horizon-expanding Nebiru with a certain beginner-friendliness and daily wearability. First off: I had no idea that lotus could smell so beautiful and multifaceted! I can imagine that Mandalay needed a few more attempts to achieve the perfect balance between a "spotlight lotus" with depth, spice, and a changing scent progression. But: Frederic has definitely succeeded :-)
Mandalay starts with a sweet-alcoholic note, amber, musk, and strong, spicy citrus. You can already sense a certain floral quality in the first 15 minutes, without the lotus being able to dominate the scent. The lotus comes across (still) very 'tenderly', contributing more with a strong sweetness. Oud is also already detectable in the first 30 minutes, but it leans towards a earthier direction.
After 30 minutes, Mandalay presents itself as a resinous-sweet, intense floral/lotus scent with a clearly noticeable champaca component, as well as earthy, very slightly animalic oud and patchouli.
After 1 hour: The citrus and spice from the top notes I perceived on my skin relatively (very) briefly. After an hour, the scent develops into a floral-spicy character. The lotus is very, very interesting, as it literally "lulls" you in, being soft and very noble.
In the time between hour 1 and 2, a certain earthy animalic quality develops, but by no means is it a stinker. The oud-patchouli accords temporarily take up a bit of space from the flowers, but they become more noticeable again towards the end of the 2nd hour. It has a floral-resinous tendency in hour 2 - 2.5.
By hour 4, it feels balsamic-woody with this distinctive sweet note of the lotus flower.
Funny: Between the 4th and 5th hour, the sweetness even gives me slight bubblegum vibes :D
The scent is now best described as sweet, balsamic, floral, and woody.
Between hours 5-8, it evolves into an airy, resinous-balsamic floral scent with woods.
On the "home stretch" from hour 9 (until ~12/13), there is only a little (lotus) flower left -- rather a resinous, balsamic end.
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Conclusion:
A thoroughly floral Nebiru with very subtle (one wouldn't think so with the base notes, right?!) animalic/"dirty" qualities. The scent development is very interesting with an exciting, changing drydown. Nothing is (too) linear, it’s really fun to "listen" to it 8-)
Very likable DNA and for floral and lotus fans (of course) an absolute must-have.
I was close to buying it - but then I decided on the Ruby instead ^^
Clear purchase recommendation!
Mandalay starts with a sweet-alcoholic note, amber, musk, and strong, spicy citrus. You can already sense a certain floral quality in the first 15 minutes, without the lotus being able to dominate the scent. The lotus comes across (still) very 'tenderly', contributing more with a strong sweetness. Oud is also already detectable in the first 30 minutes, but it leans towards a earthier direction.
After 30 minutes, Mandalay presents itself as a resinous-sweet, intense floral/lotus scent with a clearly noticeable champaca component, as well as earthy, very slightly animalic oud and patchouli.
After 1 hour: The citrus and spice from the top notes I perceived on my skin relatively (very) briefly. After an hour, the scent develops into a floral-spicy character. The lotus is very, very interesting, as it literally "lulls" you in, being soft and very noble.
In the time between hour 1 and 2, a certain earthy animalic quality develops, but by no means is it a stinker. The oud-patchouli accords temporarily take up a bit of space from the flowers, but they become more noticeable again towards the end of the 2nd hour. It has a floral-resinous tendency in hour 2 - 2.5.
By hour 4, it feels balsamic-woody with this distinctive sweet note of the lotus flower.
Funny: Between the 4th and 5th hour, the sweetness even gives me slight bubblegum vibes :D
The scent is now best described as sweet, balsamic, floral, and woody.
Between hours 5-8, it evolves into an airy, resinous-balsamic floral scent with woods.
On the "home stretch" from hour 9 (until ~12/13), there is only a little (lotus) flower left -- rather a resinous, balsamic end.
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Conclusion:
A thoroughly floral Nebiru with very subtle (one wouldn't think so with the base notes, right?!) animalic/"dirty" qualities. The scent development is very interesting with an exciting, changing drydown. Nothing is (too) linear, it’s really fun to "listen" to it 8-)
Very likable DNA and for floral and lotus fans (of course) an absolute must-have.
I was close to buying it - but then I decided on the Ruby instead ^^
Clear purchase recommendation!
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