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The notes declared on the sales websites have nothing to do with this perfume ... Today I am wearing it and it is a clean floral perfume, lilies of the valley on a base of musks, somewhat sweet and fine, but always fresh and elegant .

According to the notes that are declared for this perfume, I was expecting a perfume of woods and incense with many resins, something that I love, but when I have tried it I have been completely disappointed. And that the perfume does not smell bad, on the contrary, it is a very beautiful perfume, but it is not for me, it is something that I feel more adapted to feminine tastes, and that I would not dress comfortably.

The performance for the type of perfume it is, is quite good, it has remained on about 8 or 9 hours on skin, with a moderate trail, and after the first hour, going down to something close to the skin.

I feel it is a quite comfortable and use scent for warm times, although it all depends on the person who wears it, I think it is something quite personal, but it is not a night perfume, rather, for day and office use.

Recommended perfume for women or men looking for clean and neat perfumes with a prominent floral note of lilies of the valley ....

Having found myself with this perfume after a long time, and re-reading myself, has made me rethink what I had written about it, because I no longer feel that way. We know that the sense of smell develops and we expand olfactory horizons, so I preferred to delete my previous review, which did not fit what I currently perceive, and write this with my new point of view.

I like this perfume, but there have been times when it reminded me of "1 Million" by Paco Rabanne, and it bored me a bit, thank goodness it later changes, and although they continue to look alike, they develop a bit different.

The beginning is what I like most about perfume, here it reminds me a bit of Alfred Dunhill's Desire for a Men, very fruity and fresh, but soon cinnamon appears and begins to take on the tone of 1M, which remains almost all the life of perfume, but with nuances that are distancing it, little by little, from the proposal of Paco Rabanne. Then, its fruit load is reduced, and the floral notes emerge, along with a residual cinnamon stick. Here it still looks like 1M, but it is much thinner and more elegant, nothing shrill. The final drying of the fragrance, when the initial cinnamon sweetness was beginning to diminish, gives a plus of sweetness, vanilla-amber, finishing off a sweet, woody and resinous finish with a sprinkled floral hint. It is not bad, but the whiff of its clear inspiration has bored me a bit.

The duration is moderate low, I was smelling it for about 5 hours in leather with a discreet wake almost from the beginning, and from the first hour on the skin.

Recommended for evenings and nights and cool climates, although being so harmless, it could dress at any time and day of the year without problems.

Magnificent work of Mr. Kurkdjian, with just three notes he has created a very mysterious and welcoming perfume, with a certain mystical air, that stimulates the senses.

The beginning of this perfume is almost exact to Bois D'encens from the Armani Prive collection, a very resinous, cold and balsamic spicy aroma, exquisite, perfectly emulating the sensation of liturgical incense, but not the smell of when it burns, but the smell of the unburned incense stones, it's like opening a bag full of this incense and breathing inside it, I love it. This start is long-lived, it stays at least half an hour or more, and little by little it becomes woody. A very spicy and warm wood begins to emerge, and together with the previous notes, they create an intense woody aroma, resinous, vibrant and balsamic, ecstatic. In the end, the protagonist is the oud, with a subtle resinous veil of very light vanilla, highlighting the many nuances of these woods. An aroma of marked character and not for everyone. The oud in this perfume is a very tamed oud, it is intense, but it does not have that dirty touch of some oud that I have smelled, here it is tinged with a smell of deep, turbulent, spicy, warm, balsamic and somewhat creamy wood.

As I said before, it is not a perfume for everyone, it is a scent with character and it needs someone who knows how to wear it, I particularly love it, but it is difficult for me to know what kind of occasions to wear it for, anyway, a beautiful perfume for cold or temperate climates and to wear at night, although as I always say, this depends on each one.

The duration has been greater than 9 hours, with a good wake for about 3 hours, then it declines to moderate, but not bad. It is not a perfume that I can openly recommend, but if you like this type of scent, it is a highly recommended perfume.

Ambre is a perfume on amber, which shows us a sweet, elegant and very powdery fragrance, somewhat feminine, but nothing worrying for a self-confident man.

The aroma of this perfume is soft, delicate and sweet at all times, although it is not cloying or excessive. It does not show us a hard or intense amber, on the contrary, it shows us the most innocent facet of this resin. At the beginning, very sweet and vanilla amber is perceived, with a quite remarkable resinous air, this vanilla is very well executed and does not have excesses of sweetness. Little by little the aroma begins to dust and you feel the amber wrapped by the vanilla and a floral note that I would not know how to define, and all this, on a background of patchouli and sandalwood. Here the amber loses some sweetness and begins to exude elegance, creating a sophisticated and sober aroma, with a very beautiful and powdery floral-woody point, something feminine, but still exquisite. This way the aroma is maintained until it dies on the skin, except for a small vaporous balsamic veil that appears in the final drying, which could be due to opoponax, but always slightly powdery.

The development of this perfume is very fast, the aforementioned is felt in the first hour of application, then the aroma remains unchanged until the end. This perfume infuses me with the image of an attractive and sophisticated woman, dressed in a suit, an executive, an enterprising woman, who knows what she wants and is not daunted by anything.

The performance of the perfume is good, about 8 or 9 hours on skin and with a very good trail in the first hours, then it goes to moderate high. It is a perfume for cold or temperate climates and to dress it, indifferently, both day and night.

For me, the aroma has a certain feminine air, which makes me not finish loving it and can only say that I like it. It is not feminine to the point of not being able to dress a man, I will continue dressing it until it runs out, but yes, it would be good a tasting before.

It smells, literally, of ecclesiastical incense, of the Easter procession, and I love it for that, but, I would like much more, if the beginning were projected in time and was the scent of the whole life of perfume, but no, I I have to make do with a first half hour of precious, leaden, rough cathedral incense and even a bit acid, a very beautiful thing, which makes it want to never end. After this beginning, the incense continues to play a leading role, but it gradually loses that religious tone, until it shows us a more common incense, much more woody and resinous, a precious aroma as well, but which loses that extra spark it had at the beginning. In the end, the aroma is a super soft sandalwood incense with very resinous and beautiful nuances, but already very close to the skin, with an almost residual effect.

It is not a powerful perfume, on the contrary, it is a perfume that encourages calm, peace and relaxation, a deep spiritual aroma, but simple and fresh at the same time. If I had to give an example so that you can interpret it better, I would say that it is as if we had added lead tones to Montale's Full Incense and a more solemn and serious character.

The overall performance is moderate, the duration is fine, remaining on the skin for 7 hours without problems, but the projection is quite moderate or discreet, which is quite common in this type of flavor.

It is a perfume that could be used at any time of the day, and in any situation, but yes, it is not perfume for all noses, you have to really like incense in its most religious aspect.