TheJoker

There are these strains of grass that you just can't stop sniffing, so beautifully the crystals sparkle, so flattering to the nose. That's what I hoped for from Ganja. And then there's this damp, sticky, dark green grass - no crystals, no freshness, rather musty and damp. That's what I got. Right after spraying, there's a brief freshness that reminds me of "Étoiles Silver | Al Haramain / الحرمين". But just a moment later, I find myself somewhere between cumin and soup greens. I walk past a small Asian kitchen, where everything is steaming - there's a guy with 4 woks in front of him, and he's smoking a joint, that's how I feel with this scent. Authentic, yes, but unfortunately not in the direction I wished for.

For me, a bad purchase and yet another indication that I should lower my blind buy price limit.

The bottle is great, the cap is heavy and "snaps" in magnetically quite well. The sprayer could distribute better; you really have to hold it quite far away.

I won't rate the scent here, I find that unfair. For the quality of the execution, I give 8 points; I know from Blackpepper that it can be even more authentic. For the scent itself, I can only give two, at most three points; I just don't want to smell like this.

The second scent after Encre Noire Eau de Toilette that I will not keep.

Pegasus strongly reminds me of "Le Mâle Eau Fraîche Popeye Edition | Jean Paul Gaultier," which I associate with a fresh yet slightly sweet chewing gum. Pegasus hits the same note, just without the mint, without the freshness. Eau Fraîche for the height of summer, Pegasus for autumn and spring.
Maybe I'm writing complete nonsense because I'm a bit under the weather, but right now one is on my left arm, the other on my right arm, and to me, they are very similar except for the difference in freshness.

The scent is described by many here as very subtle and nuanced. It actually reminds me of my childhood days when I was in the shoe store with my father or mother. Not a Deichmann or Foot Locker, but a classic cobbler where more or less exclusively leather shoes, and possibly some handbags, are on the shelf. The leather, paired with a slight sweetness from adhesives, is how Godolphin smells to me. I find the scent great, but I will probably wear it only rarely, as I still don't quite grasp its relevance - the question is when and why I would want to smell like this.

The bottle and spray head are typically excellent for PDM, the perfume itself is noticeably oily, indicating it seems to be quite concentrated. The sillage cannot compete with monsters like Layton, but for this type of scent, that’s probably a good thing; I think it should surround you more subtly rather than being intrusive.

Dark, smoky leather, with a touch of raspberry - absolutely brilliant in my eyes, but it has a problem. I don't know where the threshold is, but it seems to me that the scent only activates at a certain temperature. I've worn it five times now. Once I was visiting a friend, who said "I smell it every time you move." My father, who has never commented on a perfume before, did so with Ombe Nomade, calling it "absolutely room-filling." But now comes the sobering part: where it should actually work, it doesn't at all. I was at two birthday parties and an open-air festival. No one could perceive the scent. Because I was so surprised by the indoor experience that no one approached me, I even asked my friends if they could smell anything. And only at a distance of 10 cm did I get a "oh yes, now I smell it." I don't know why, but either the scent seems not to be transported at temperatures below 18 degrees, or it simply isn't detected by noses there. Absolutely curious and disappointing for me, because I see the scent more in autumn, where it apparently doesn't work on me.

I wouldn't have thought it, and I don't know if I would have made the connection if I didn't know that this fragrance from Lattafa is a tribute to a perfume called "On the Fireplace." Now I know this, and I actually associate the scent with a campfire.

Right after spraying, I thought to myself, "uff, a Oud bomb," but after just 10 minutes, a leathery-woody, incredibly pleasant scent spreads, which could not capture the theme of a campfire any better. I only perceive vanilla very subtly, and that's a good thing, as it has no place in this setting - at my campfires, the only thing grilled are sausages, not marshmallows.

Contrary to the prevailing opinion here, I see the scent as primarily summery. Because campfires are a summer thing for me. Lighting a fire by the lake or river, in the afternoon or evening, that's what I do in summer. In winter, there might be a fire in a fire pit or a "ghetto barrel," but that has nothing to do with a campfire. And that's why I think this perfume fits perfectly in summer, simply because I associate the theme with summer. I don't understand why warm weather should always be countered with fresh scents; instead, summer can also be wonderfully complemented with warm fragrances. After all, perfume is not clothing and cannot cool or warm.

Ameer Al Oudh Intense Oud seems quite weak to me in terms of H/S; I only wear it on my arm for testing, but after an hour, it became very close to the skin. Maybe it also makes me "olfactorily blind," I need to test that in company. Update: I had the scent on my arm all night, and I kept perceiving it, even though I didn't sleep directly on it. Really very, very pleasant, a truly cozy scent. It seems that it just makes me olfactorily blind at the beginning and needs to settle first.

Absolutely unisex in my opinion, both men and women must be able to wear it. This is something for adults; on a teenager, it would seem out of place.

The bottle, cap, and sprayer are good, but the bottle could also be half the size for me, as I wear something this specific only rarely.