AngeloCSM
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AngeloCSM
James Bond for Christmas
Breathtaking, signature-scent worthy creation from Geza and CC. Unlike anything you have tried until now.
At first I was not convinced, the price had me skeptical so I bought a small decant from a Facebook group, wore through it, I was intrigued. I then purchased a 30ml bottle shortly after and it started growing on me.
Finished that in 2 months and bought a 100ml immediately after, upon realising there is quite nothing like this, it is a masterpiece.
In a couple of words: cinnamon, airy hot&cold spices, woods, some slight sweetness from amber finishing with smokiness in the base from the vetiver. However, this doesn’t do the scent justice. There are lots of small nuances from the other notes which you pick out the more you wear it. It is simple and mass-appealing enough to be appreciated by anyone at all occasions, yet all it’s extra notes and expert blending add an additional level of complexity, making an unequivocal statement and leaving a distinct impression.
Lasts forever and smells expensive. Moderate silage, it won’t fill a room but it will get you noticed by people around you.
A little story: I have a travel atomiser of this and I sprayed it in my friend’s bathroom before a dinnerparty at his parents place this christmas, he said the scent lingered on the walls and basin for almost a week and was quite mesmerised by it. He bought a decant from me shortly after. His parents, despite not knowing the brand, both people of significant financial means and status who I look up to, also complimented me on it when I wore X to their party. This is a testament to the quality and impression X leaves.
The price is high, on par and higher than many niche houses. I have many regrets, buying scents from Roja, Creed, Fragrance du Bois, etc. but this one I do not regret for a second. The other offerings from the house are “okay”, I definitely wouldn’t purchase at their prices.
This one stands in a league of its own and I cannot recommend enough to at least sample.
At first I was not convinced, the price had me skeptical so I bought a small decant from a Facebook group, wore through it, I was intrigued. I then purchased a 30ml bottle shortly after and it started growing on me.
Finished that in 2 months and bought a 100ml immediately after, upon realising there is quite nothing like this, it is a masterpiece.
In a couple of words: cinnamon, airy hot&cold spices, woods, some slight sweetness from amber finishing with smokiness in the base from the vetiver. However, this doesn’t do the scent justice. There are lots of small nuances from the other notes which you pick out the more you wear it. It is simple and mass-appealing enough to be appreciated by anyone at all occasions, yet all it’s extra notes and expert blending add an additional level of complexity, making an unequivocal statement and leaving a distinct impression.
Lasts forever and smells expensive. Moderate silage, it won’t fill a room but it will get you noticed by people around you.
A little story: I have a travel atomiser of this and I sprayed it in my friend’s bathroom before a dinnerparty at his parents place this christmas, he said the scent lingered on the walls and basin for almost a week and was quite mesmerised by it. He bought a decant from me shortly after. His parents, despite not knowing the brand, both people of significant financial means and status who I look up to, also complimented me on it when I wore X to their party. This is a testament to the quality and impression X leaves.
The price is high, on par and higher than many niche houses. I have many regrets, buying scents from Roja, Creed, Fragrance du Bois, etc. but this one I do not regret for a second. The other offerings from the house are “okay”, I definitely wouldn’t purchase at their prices.
This one stands in a league of its own and I cannot recommend enough to at least sample.
The Vast Mediterranean
Extremely underrated cologne solely due to its resemblance to basic blue scents yet this could not be further from the truth.
While it is not the most complex / challenging scent nor is it fully packed with natural compounds (which scent is nowadays), it is an attention grabbing crowd pleaser. It smells well blended and of high quality synthetic compounds, a bit harsh at the first spray but the edges round off a little in a few minutes.
My best description of it (which I am surprised not more have picked up on): think YSL Kouros’ musky amber, slightly cleaner and with a much much better blend of citrus and aromatic components.
A fruity sour grapefruit opening mixed with a spicy aromatic aquatic feeling, all resting on a very prominent salty musk-ambergris (ambroxan). The ambergris sort of resembles the one found in Profumi del Forte’s Ambra Mediterranea: salty wet and warm. This scent evokes the feelings of relaxing on a boat on a humid summer day in the Mediterranean, you’re in the middle of the sea at sundown with a warm wind blowing off the surface of the water, filling your lungs with the sea’s essence.
People, especially women, will notice you in the air and they love it from my experience, it’s clean sharp smelling but with a musky dirty touch that gives it an edge over a basic woody aromatic/ chypre like BdC or Aventus. On skin it lasts the whole day, projects for a couple of hours quite strongly (probably even longer since we all underestimate ambroxan’s sillage power). On clothes it lasts days.
It is an expensive purchase but this is one of the few fragrances I have actually repurchased (refilled at half price) coming from a maniac who has bought everything from basic blue scents to Rojas and Clive Christians.
I think it is an excellent fragrance for daily use, especially at night time in summer/autumn. I discovered it on my friend 2.5 years ago on a high heat evening in summer while I stepped in his car; one of the few fragrances that I asked someone “what is that? it smells fng amazing” and bought the bottle a few days later. For me to give a compliment, the scent must be something I hadn’t sampled in over 300 perfumes I have tried and it must be at the level of some heavyweight champions.
Highly recommend it. At least sample it.
While it is not the most complex / challenging scent nor is it fully packed with natural compounds (which scent is nowadays), it is an attention grabbing crowd pleaser. It smells well blended and of high quality synthetic compounds, a bit harsh at the first spray but the edges round off a little in a few minutes.
My best description of it (which I am surprised not more have picked up on): think YSL Kouros’ musky amber, slightly cleaner and with a much much better blend of citrus and aromatic components.
A fruity sour grapefruit opening mixed with a spicy aromatic aquatic feeling, all resting on a very prominent salty musk-ambergris (ambroxan). The ambergris sort of resembles the one found in Profumi del Forte’s Ambra Mediterranea: salty wet and warm. This scent evokes the feelings of relaxing on a boat on a humid summer day in the Mediterranean, you’re in the middle of the sea at sundown with a warm wind blowing off the surface of the water, filling your lungs with the sea’s essence.
People, especially women, will notice you in the air and they love it from my experience, it’s clean sharp smelling but with a musky dirty touch that gives it an edge over a basic woody aromatic/ chypre like BdC or Aventus. On skin it lasts the whole day, projects for a couple of hours quite strongly (probably even longer since we all underestimate ambroxan’s sillage power). On clothes it lasts days.
It is an expensive purchase but this is one of the few fragrances I have actually repurchased (refilled at half price) coming from a maniac who has bought everything from basic blue scents to Rojas and Clive Christians.
I think it is an excellent fragrance for daily use, especially at night time in summer/autumn. I discovered it on my friend 2.5 years ago on a high heat evening in summer while I stepped in his car; one of the few fragrances that I asked someone “what is that? it smells fng amazing” and bought the bottle a few days later. For me to give a compliment, the scent must be something I hadn’t sampled in over 300 perfumes I have tried and it must be at the level of some heavyweight champions.
Highly recommend it. At least sample it.
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