Avantcrap

Plummy sweet fig with a spicier base -- almost like a mulled wine with the myrrh, amber, mace -- versus the green fig leaf that usually shows up in fig fragrances. It's sweet without being dense, so it almost feels fresh -- like smelling...

Smelling this on a test strip at Gatsby's Pike Place Market booth, the initial blast of smoked wood is potent, but quite nice. It mellows out with the dry down, with the smoke settling and a light touch of rose and leather coming through. A really...