Lancaster Eau de Concentree

To me, this is nothing like obsession! That’s spice and this is leathery floral and aromatic! It’s beautiful, smells familiar but nothing like obsession! Edit: I’m getting a bit of obsession the more I wear it.. Lol! And I was so sure it wasn’t close! :)

This is the oldie mossy sister of Roma by Laura Biagiotti. I have Roma in my wardrobe and when I have tested Lancaster my brain said the name of the Eternal City. It also share many notes actually. There are differences of course, Lancaster is more serious, some way, but I don't find it so dark. Is powdery sexy almost fruity luminescent amber, and chyprissimo.

Rustic wooden sauna vibes. I'm having a hard time placing this one, it's part smoky, part vanillic, part woody and mostly green/aromatic. Definitely takes some getting used to, I'm not sure what to think of it yet, my first impressions are all over the place. Did you roll around in my herb patch after you got home from the club last night, Habanita?

My uncle DROWNS himself in Obsession for Men, and has done since its launch. So, I’m sensitive to anything even a little bit close to it. Not that I don’t like it! I just don’t want to smell anything like it. There’s something in this that REALLY reminds me of Obsession for Men. Something about the patchouli and amber??? I’m not sure, but I can’t get past it, and can’t even evaluate it properly. My bottle is from the 90s.

My box of this is definitely genuine but has a flower on , whereas the one in the pic on here is plain black. Was this repacked and/or reformulated? PM me if you know. I have never ever seen one in a plain black box. The ones I've had in the black box with a white flower have been very strong and long lasting, nearly 24 hours sometimes. It starts off a bit aftershave masculine to some people but although I can see what they mean, I think they're purely gendering the lemon smell within this, which must be the bergamot, but it's a kind of powdery sweet lemon to me. Warm ambery floriental, could be unisex I suppose. I used to love this but have gone back to it and it is too tainted with memories and I'm not even sure I like the smell anymore, although it reeks of quality and sophistication. It used to go for hundreds on Ebay then disappeared but right now there's some cheap ones from Germany, with notes listed as orange flower, citrus and ginger. Whatever the notes, it is indeed smooth and no one individual note really stands out, except the powdery fluffy lemon.