Kantos

The title already unfortunately states my biggest problem with the scent. I hope that I am nose-blind to Naxos, but I also had an older sample that I could smell on myself all day long.
With my own bottle and another sample, I can unfortunately only perceive it for a few hours on myself. I believe it has improved a bit after about a month, as I sprayed the scent on a piece of kitchen roll and could then occasionally notice it throughout the day. The next day, however, only from very close up.
What unfortunately strengthens my theory that it doesn't last on me is that my roommate is extremely sensitive to scents and immediately notices even the slightest smells throughout the entire apartment. I once sprayed a spritz of Spicebomb Extreme in a closed room far from the door just into the air and wafted it towards me, and half an hour later he said that the entire hallway and kitchen smelled of the perfume. With 3-5 sprays of Naxos on me, I walk through the apartment and he notices nothing...

I find this extremely disappointing, but I will continue to test it and give it more time, as I find the scent itself, especially the scent cloud that lingers in the air, extremely beautiful with Naxos.

When I spray it on my arm and smell it up close, it smells quite okay to me, has a slightly chocolatey note (I think that’s the tobacco mixed with the sweetness). However, it also smells slightly musty when I get my nose very close to the sprayed area; I think that might be due to the somewhat dirtier tobacco. But in the air, it smells extremely beautiful as if one is in a sweet, pleasant honey cloud. You just want to snuggle up and feel comfortable in the scent cloud of Naxos.

The scent starts like a fruity fruit basket, super delicious and fruity. If you love fruity fragrances, this one is perfect!
I wore it for the first time yesterday, got into a colleague's car, he sniffed the air and said, “what perfume is that?” At first, I thought oh dear, is that positive or negative? Before I could say anything, he continued, “it smells really good.” and his expression looked like he was enjoying being able to smell it. I told him it’s called Kirke, he asked again, “what’s it called?” then I said, I’ll write it down for you so you can check it out later. I wrote it down for him and yes, I could still smell the perfume on me the whole evening.
The next day I wore it again, it had been applied since 6:45, and around 1 PM, over 6 hours later, another colleague said, “what perfume is that? Every time you walk by, you get this scent cloud, and you feel good when you smell it.” After this comment, my review is also named, quite an interesting compliment that will stick with me.

So the scent lasts super long, after 6 hours the sillage is still noticeable when passing by, and the fragrance is liked by almost everyone, it has no unpleasant notes, and I think no one would mind smelling this scent, on the contrary. Most seem to find it very pleasant to smell this fruity fragrance.

The scent is FRUITY, has a certain FRESHNESS from the cold "ICE" (the name fits perfectly!), and has taken on the SWEETNESS of the original Joop homme. Imagine a freezer filled with frozen fruits; you can also smell the natural grape sugar sweetness of the fruits. That's how the scent smells to me. You wear this fragrance, and you smell like a walking freezer full of frozen fruits.
I've never smelled anything like it before, and I'm really looking forward to summer to wear it. It lasts long for me with 5 sprays, and I catch whiffs of the scent throughout the day.

I just spontaneously sprayed this fragrance and it made me want to write my first comment on Parfumo!
I haven't been in the "perfume game" for very long, but I've acquired and tested several perfumes and samples in a relatively short time. I now plan to get my first niche perfume, and that's why I've already tested a few niche perfume samples and can thus contribute a bit to the quality of the scent.
I must say, though, that my nose is still very untrained, I can't pick out individual notes very well, and I'm still a beginner.

So let's get started:
I thought to myself before going to bed, come on, I feel like sniffing some sweet winter perfumes from my collection, and I sprayed a cheap but newly arrived "Writer Gold" into the air, waved my hand through the scent cloud towards my nose, and smelled it. Quite okay, sweet, standard, not very natural. It just smells pleasantly sweet, but artificial and not particularly special. For €16, you can't go wrong with that.

Next up was Stronger With You Intensely. It smelled beautifully sweet, like roasted almonds, Toffifee, pralines, a super warm, pleasant but extreme sweetness. I love such sweet gourmand scents, and this is one of my favorite fragrances.

Then came Spicebomb Extreme. I find that Spicebomb and Stronger With You Intensely can be worn in very similar situations, and in my opinion, they are somewhat alike, only that Stronger With You is the very sweet edible version and Spicebomb Extreme is the much less sweet, drier, more masculine, and less edible version.
So I sprayed a puff into the air, waved it towards me with my hand, and really enjoyed the scent. Pleasant vanilla & tobacco. I don't like overly masculine scents and believe that most Tom Ford fragrances wouldn't appeal to me (oud, leather & tobacco) are, I think (MOST!) not my thing. I was wrong, at least regarding the tobacco. There is certainly very abrasive, penetrating, and overly masculine tobacco, but with the perfumes I have tested so far, I have had good experiences with tobacco, not reminiscent of cigarette tobacco, more like something warm, vanilla-cinnamon, sweet, and pleasant. The same goes for Herod. With Spicebomb, I perceive the vanilla and tobacco the most, also a bit of cinnamon, and find these very cozy and pleasant; you simply feel comfortable and embraced on a cold winter night.

What prompted me to write this comment is that after smelling it, I went to the bathroom again, washed my hands, and lay down in my bed.
Some time later, while watching a series and browsing Parfumo on my phone, I noticed a pleasant scent. At first, I thought it was the perfume samples I had just smelled and maybe some of the cheap 2ml plastic sprayers got on my hand. Wrong thought. I sniffed my hand a bit and detected this pleasantly cozy tobacco-vanilla scent with a hint of cinnamon, which also smelled a bit sharp (pepper?). It was very pleasant, and I couldn't stop smelling my hand. The scent on my hand turned out to be Spicebomb Extreme, which was on my hand after I washed it, and even though I ONLY waved the scent cloud from the air towards my nose, I didn't spray directly on my hand or anything like that!?. And that’s when I realized how strong this fragrance is, a beast! I didn't perceive the other two scents at all; only Spicebomb was there. It is a truly wintery pleasant scent, perfect for cuddling in winter, distinctly masculine yet not overpowering, always pleasant. Even though it is extremely strong, you can perceive it with such minimal dosing. The name Extreme is truly fitting here!
I haven't worn it often yet, but I'm sure that 3 sprays are enough to be well noticed on the subway or bus through an everyday mask.

For lovers of Christmas winter scents, this is a must-have! You get a super fragrance with EXTREME performance and high-quality ingredients at a designer price!