Manuel81

Honestly, I've never heard so much nonsense about a fragrance. (both here and on YouTube)
After the almost outstanding reviews.... Especially since it's supposed to be an extraordinary summer fragrance, I ordered it blindly.
Sea breeze, salt and honey sounded really exciting.
And what did I get?
In my opinion, a cheeky copy of the currently best rated unisex fragrance from Dior, namely Ambre Nuit.
Don't get me wrong, I love Ambre Nuit, I currently have a 7.5ml miniature bottle of this fragrance.
Only the poor performance kept me from buying the 125 ml.
Now to this fragrance here.
For me it is a warm spicy, sweet amber fragrance.... Which has a lot of similarities with Ambre Nuit.
After about 2 hours, it even becomes quite difficult to tell them apart.
The 40 Knots is really just a touch fresher, with a distant, very subtle aquatic note.... As well as a very classy, naturally fragrant hint of cinnamon.
Honey or salt.... Or whatever else I don't smell here.
In terms of performance, however, it is worlds better than the Ambre nuit.... Which degrades massively after just 2-3 hours for me.
The 40 Knots easily lasts 8-10 hours, and also projects more strongly.
The most annoying thing for me is that I was looking forward to an extraordinary summer fragrance.
This fragrance is only wearable in spring.
To be honest, I didn't want to wear it when it was over 20 degrees.

What kind of blind purchase did I make.
The first thing that came to my mind after spraying it on was a 70-year-old tanned playboy with a gold chain who wants to stand out at all costs
Very spicy and woody, with an almost sultry, powdery sweetness
And I just thought so.... For heaven's sake.... You definitely don't want to smell like that.
But then I gave it a chance and gave it some time to develop.
And what can I say, this old man fragrance DNA disappears from my skin after about 25 minutes.... And what emerges is a warm, spicy, extremely cozy, masculine men's fragrance.
Definitely exceptional.....
Nevertheless, I advise against a blind purchase..... Better to test it on the spot and give it some time.
The longevity is unfortunately very modest for a Tom Ford fragrance....After about 5 hours it's over.
Sillage is intense for the first 30 minutes.... But settles down to a pleasant level after the transformation.
PS.
This fragrance in a ratio of 2 (noire) to 1 (noire extreme) results in something downright extraordinary.

The performance is really impressive for a body spray.
Lasts easily 8 hours.... And the sillage is also good.
Now to the fragrance.
For me, it's a very smooth, slightly spicy / oriental vanilla fragrance.... Nothing more and nothing less.
Had honestly expected more.... But at 40 euros for 150ml you can't complain.
I'll probably try a few more of these body sprays from Tom Ford
Price / performance is really top.

All this I wondered when I first heard about Lattafa.
This fragrance is very different from all the other fragrances in my collection.
Very masculine oriental / spicy. Smells primarily of cardamom, cloves & cinnamon, thereby wholly unsweet.
The first 30 minutes prevails an intense leather note ... To my amazement, the fragrance smells very natural, and zero synthetic.
Use it gladly to layern with sweet spicy / powdery fragrances such as THE ONE EDP / DIOR HOMME INTENSE / Givenchy Gentleman or Givenchi PI.
Fortunately cheap enough for a blind purchase.
Worn solo me personally too fierce.
Durability loose 12 hours.
Sillage with me on the skin maximum a 7.

... Gyvenchi Gentleman... Sounds interesting to you?.. In a nutshell, yes... It is.
Unfortunately, remains on the skin after 3 hours with me nothing but vanilla.
On clothing, the whole thing looks different... And since it is anyway an autumn / winter fragrance... So also no problem.
Regarding sillage almost comparable with DHI.... regarding durability, easy 8 hours... On clothing several days