M3000

This is a warm, brown-black leather, slightly smoky. Rather classical and masculine. The shoulder to lean on. But not your father's shoulder, there's hardly an old school drift nor barnyard attacks. Russian leather as the underlying fantasy note maybe, yet careful and comparatively modern.
If you smell closely you'll find the early bitter orange, but think orange zest in your Old Fashioned rather than the common high impact fruity nose catcher. Speaking of Old Fashioned: Mark replaced the whisky with a spoonful of fine cognac, which I detect when smelling the sprayer but not as part of the scent when on skin.
But this along with other harmonising notes make the overall sensation as I feel it: The vanilla and tobacco smooth out the potentially harsh leather, and so does what I understand as the main player - the aromatic cocoa. While it's not the most prominent note per se, it works wonders. It is a genius move imho to balance this powdery, dry and soft note as a counterpart to the strong leather accord. The result is a comforting scent, bold yet emotional, that surrounds me and makes me smile. Combined with the surprisingly moderate projection you have a more versatile perfume than you would expect from your previous leather lessons.

Freshly rubbed lavender blossoms create an elegant prelude, flanked by delicate citrus notes. Here Maurice Roucel has worked out the floral quality of lavender with a calm hand - hardly any trace of green stem or leaf, no suspicion of soap or even laundry bags. The effect is so unagitated and discreet, and the composition is wonderfully balanced. Moderately floral supported, I did not consciously notice the jasmine mentioned, the thyme slowly comes into play in a green and slightly smoky way. It forms the present backbone of the perfume, flanked by two powerful but reserved companions: the ethereal spiciness is carried by a blob of honey, the spicy density is aerated by a careful layer of light moss. We let all of this rest within ourselves and are pleased that sweet notes were dispensed with. More could not have been left out.

Maurice Roucel has seen a lot. He is decorated with two contributions for Frédéric Malle, has created milestones like Rochas Man or Iris Silver Mist. He knows how Fougère walks. The art now lies in having created a classicist yet modern fragrance from a few components, whose power lies in its tranquility. Our bad luck is that this was done for a brand with absurd pricing

*What do we smell?*
This time we were quite united in our perception: An amber-golden core in a leather coat. Resinous, spicy, moderately oriental. A typical representative of an exclusive series of a large designer house. Very good, but there are also statements like "he looks familiar" and "I don't find him very special". The many fragrance twins suggested here confirm this impression. By the way, I confused Bogue with Hiram Green in the honey references :-/

This is how a blind test works: We can simply follow our nose, free of expectations, and hold on to our personal taste and experience! At first, a few minutes of head to heart notes, after an interruption we go to the base and summarize our impressions and finally compare them with the resolution.

All details in the video linked here from our channel 'Duft hoch Zwei'! Very exciting for us! And for you?

*What do we smell?*
With this exclusive fragrance, our opinions differed widely! First of all, we are happy together about elegance and white flowers. But we perceive the development very differently: enthusiasm at Bookie, unconditional rejection by M3000. We have both blindly (almost) restricted ourselves to the brand (yes!) and also sorted many other details correctly :-)

*Perception M3000:*
For me, my dislike of Xerjoff has been blindly confirmed here. I already feel like Kafkaesque with her highly sensitive aversion to 'aroma chemicals': after just under 90 minutes nothing, but nothing at all remains for me next to this pungent note of synthetic wood, terrible. Is it the opposite of anosmia if I can only perceive one note?

*Perception Bookie:*
Bookie, on the other hand, agrees with most of the comments and statements here: She smells the creaminess inherent in sandalwood, paired with a layer of clean musk. This belated confirmation naturally feels good!
Your evaluation: fragrance 8.5, bottle 8

This is how a blind test works: We can simply follow our nose, free of expectations, and hold on to our personal taste and experience! At first, a few minutes of head to heart notes, after an interruption we go to the base and summarize our impressions and finally compare them with the resolution.

Very exciting for us! And for you?

*What do we smell?*
In this blind test Bookie and I did not always agree. Where I am sure of large amounts of lavender, she sees the sweetness more prominent. Dried fruit we both smell, also a fine creaminess in the base. Did someone say leather?

Is this perfume the work of a professional and/or does a small house cite a great classic? In the evaluation we cross ourselves: I find the start more interesting, Bookie is the basis more. The bottom line is that we almost find together. I give you my favourite 7 points.

*What do you see?*
Spray on and let's go! With the top notes we enter and describe our impressions. You may watch us live while smelling, wondering, guessing and asserting. Later (at 3:20min), about three hours after the application, we tell you what we have perceived in the meantime, before we finally experience the prepared resolution ourselves.

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Many thanks to the user Ichbins, who provided us with this blind sample!
(recording: 11/2018)