Some Heraldry

[Joyleaf_]

Black leather accord, Australian sandalwood, ambrette seed, incense ash, and tobacco absolute.

This is very masculine. It started out very sandalwood heavy but then mellowed out with more of the tobacco absolute. On me this ends up smelling like a cleaner, more well to do Iago, with none of his dirty tricks. Everything blends together very seamlessly and it's hard to pick out one note from the extremely attractive scent wafting from my wrist. I cant wait to smell it on my partner, and this will work wonderfully on the days I need a little confidence booster! My only sadness is that I have to shove my face into my wrist to really smell it. I am hoping the throw will improve with age, as will the wear length.

[Lucchesa]

Some Heraldry, when it first hits my skin, is high-end soap for at least ten minutes. I'm not sure which component is behaving that way -- incense ash? That's one I'm not familiar with. Eventually, though, it settles down into a lovely unisex blend. I wouldn't call it masculine on me; it's right in the middle of the continuum and I think would be equally nice on a man or a woman. I agree with Joyleaf_ that it's difficult to prise apart the notes. Both the tobacco and the leather are mellow; this is not a scent with a lot of sharp edges. It does wear close to the skin, but I think it will age nicely.

[nok]

I agree, this one smells mostly like soap to me, which isn't what I expected given the notes list. I wondered if maybe I'd received a mislabelled bottle but it looks like other people are picking up the soapiness as well. I don't get leather, tobacco, sandalwood, incense or ambrette seed (a lovely warm musky note, one of my favorites in perfumery). All I smell is soap. It's not a bad scent per se, and I actually have a soft spot for soapy fragrances so this ends up working for me in a roundabout kind of way.

[zankoku_zen]

Sandalwood, black leather and a touch of tobacco. This one is a manly black leather. Black leather tends to really amp up and go chemically on me, so this doesn't amp up and take over, nor is it too chemically.

 

Medium throw and wear length.