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Took a week to arrive but was well worth the wait. Juicy, sparkling scent with great performance. Classy and easy going at the same time. I was about to pull the trigger on Neroli Portofino Forte and so glad this has popped up as one of the samples with my latest buy. Tom Ford bye bye, you are forgotten.

Sun Song has vibrant fresh slightly bitter & fizzy lemony opening that feels like hard lemon candy, right until the the point it starts to change into neroli. It is the most unisex neroli I came across. What they did with the musk balancing the orange blossom and neroli is impressive. FIY I've sampled all of the LV scents from before 2019 and I ended up loving two: L'Immensité and Sur la Route. None of these made it into my collection though.

You get solid working day wear out of it. I'd say 8-9 hours and it does seem to stick well to clothes. Can't wait for some heat to fully appreciate this one. Banger juice

It's most incredible rose oud take of last 5 years. I can't get enough of this juice. It's thick, heavy, sophisticated and addictive. If you like Intoxicated by Kilian, Profvmvm Roma creations, this will blow your mind. The blending is so superior that you can't break oud and rose apart from each other. I got ladies chasing me asking what is this divine fragrance. I can't agree more. Divine perfection for colder months.

From the entire house of Ella-K offerings this one is the weakest from the bunch. I smelled that watered down lily before and many times. I'm thinking of FM lys and Le Labo crossbreeding in some pond. Feels a bit uninspiring in comparison to the rest. Full bottle is a no go for me. Sampling this one it is just okay. I don't want okay in my collection.

Definitely do look into the rest of the offerings from this house though. Letter de Pushkar, Epupa mon Amour, Reflet Sur l'Okavango, Poeme De Sagano, Memoire de Daisen In are really amazing and unique. price point is very justifiable for those five

very interesting take on rose without using any rose in it. I like the way it performs and it's 100% unisex beast. It's a subtle beast though. You won't be rocking nauseating BR540 sillage (maybe only longevity wise). Instead think of Rose & Cuir by Frederic Malle but with leather dropped out of the composition. It's fresh, sublime and yet it is dark and heavy due to the ambergris and sandalwood. Really interesting work by signore Sorcinelli.

Not sure about this one. I have official sample now and it's wonky. Opening is more raspberries than blackcurrant to me. Tea is there and a lot. Also some dark tar vibe. Like hot asphalt almost. Very odd release. Yet here we are, I still I want to sniff it a bit more. Very unexpected and name fits the bill perfectly.