Gumin

anyone in the usa know where to get this stuff?

This is a difficult one for me. Not horrible smelling more something in here doesn’t agree and burns my nose giving me a head ache straight in the centre of forehead…. A sharp white note. Not sure if it’s the ozone note or the musks. I had a similar experience with MFK Aqua Universalis Forte…. Other than that crackling whiteness I get powdery citrus that reminds me of the taste (yes) of the orange tooth paste used when seeing a dental hygienist (this is a childhood smell memory) almost like powdered orange tic tacs (I love those) a salty note and something like a fig leaf, not much else. That whiteness…kind of kills any other notes for me. I’ve tried in heat and in winter. Somewhat better in summer. But sadly not for me. My decant is 2016 batch. Note smells really lovely in a breeze. Might try again later but worn further down the body

This smells nothing like Mefisto, SMW or Aventus IMO. SMW and Mefisto are all about currant and tea. Those are notably absent in this one. I was able to smell this at the Dubai duty free a few weeks ago and it really smells nothing like any of the above mentioned scents. Like, not at all. I wasn't wowed by it like I was by Laudano Nero. That one is the one to own from the brand IMO. They are completely different, but LN is in a class of its own. I feel like this one doesn't have much of an identity in comparison to the ones it is being compared to. I didn't wear it, only smelled it on the test strip but I did keep the test strip and it did evolve a bit after it dried, but I still wouldn't purchase it.

This is Tiziana Terenzi’s answer to Bal D’Afrique. The bergamot is strong. The scent is a lot brighter and greener/mossier than the original fragrance, Debaser, or the Oakcha dupe. My first time trying it, I perceived it to be a lot more floral. The fruity quality reminded me of Cloud Pink by Ariana Grande. I was gonna pass because I feel like we’ve had a lot of these bright fruity florals that are basically, much as I love them, Pink Me Up by AdO flankers (eg Moondance - LoveShackFancy). But the musk really came through and I was convinced that l, atleast, liked it. Now that I’ve had more time with it, I recognize that I, not only, have the scent profile in my collection, but that I have also sampled this scent profile three times now. If a dupe house gets a hold of a scent profile and it wasn’t already doing numbers for you, let it go-we know and we’re not paying for it. Wrap it up.

Starts lightly citrusy and fruity, a tad minty and ozonic like an orangesicle. The SMW similarities last for a few minutes, I've tried other batches and they were more similar to SMW and less woodier but this review is based on a 2022. As it starts to dry down it gets into Santal 33 territory without the pickle juice note, with the combination of woodiness, violet and amber notes while the ozonic accord remains. Lasts and lasts and lasts.