Rufusp

This starts just smelling of a perfume shop, a random mix of all sorts that while it smells ok isn't particularly great (although I think this can be excused as it's supposed to be used like hand cream in this stage(so they claim)). This however as it develops gains a lovely smokiness as the oud emerges and orange fades. However from this point that is about it, it's a mass appealing oud with sweetness running through it.

Good for layering but not otherworldly. Reasonably mass appealing and smells nice but not worth the price unless you particularly want natural hand cream/lotion.

This opens initially with a slightly body-spray style mango that you might smell on a teenage girl but quickly fades into what comes off to me as ripe mango and pencil shavings, the osmanthus and whatever synthetic oud I presume they have used.

They have done this perfectly for sunny weather as it has juiciness but isn't going to give way as and when the wearer is sweating. I wouldn't say it's rotting as some might but it definitely comes off synthetic at points.

A texture of syrup and pencils, mass appealing and nice but not groundbreakingly so.

This doesn't replica-te the smell of a fireplace to me sadly. Too sweet, Too smooth and the wood in here is more pencil shavings than oak, cherry or anything else you might choose. Although if you smell closely there is the scent of firelighters in the background.

Instead of this it is a smoky vanilla over a deeply woody background. Mass-appealing, warm and for a while one of my favourites while my collection was smaller and until I found better burning scents (namely Veles ).

It's nice but sadly has become a scent for skinny guys who think they are bulky and masculine whilst keeping up with high fashion in their spare time.

Imagine a bitter english countryside plum is shot into space on a silver bullet and eventually after a long orbit it returns and as it reenters it warms and bursts into thick syrupy rum almost like a sauce or pudding.

This begins with bitter plum taken straight from my grandparents farm in the english countryside, slightly metallic, quite sweet, a little green. This remains strong on my skin for around 7 hours or so until it changes into rich syrupy boozy woodiness that lasts for another 6 or so until I can't detect it. A beast on performance (although that may just be my skin as it does that to a lot of things).

although I can understand where people come from when they say it's like shampoo.

This smells like dryer sheets, there's no way around it.

It's a clean soap that at points gets just a touch yoghurty but not necessarily in a bad way. In fact if it's any testament to its cleanliness, I used this as a linen spray for a while when guests were coming by.

It follows a texture of bamboo sheets or those powdery synthetic soaps you might find when someone is feeling posh on a council estate (no offense meant).