Il Mondo di Odore

Blood Orange, Tobacco, Spices, Vanilla Bean, Sandalwood, Oud, Incense. Whaddya get when you mix 3 parts Bond-T from Sammarco and a dash of Ore from Slumberhouse? If you took a wild stab and said.......Broken Theories...???....my skin would be in complete agreement with your assumption. Comparisons aside, Broken Theories is good, especially if you're partial to the aforementioned fragrances. It's price point is also better, so that's a definite come up. Even though Cocoa is not listed, I definitely get the suggestion of it as soon as I apply it. The citrus in the opening is enjoyable, but fleeting. I wish it would have hung around longer on the skin. The other notes all collaborate and bring to life a dense, woody, semi-smoky conglomerate. Either their union has brought about the suggestion of coca, or it's in there and not listed does not matter. It's there, it's good.......and you'll like it........or not..... Broken Theories is dark. It leans m...

Oud, Sandalwood, Amber, Vanilla, Lavender, Iris, Orange Bitters. As soon as I sprayed this on for my first wearing, I had two thoughts. One was "I like it".....and the other was "Incense"? I hadn't expected that note, but there it is, in all its glory, wrapped up inside a fragrant tortilla consisting of mild Agarwood, Lavender, Woods and a really nice rendition of Bitter Orange. It's interesting to note that Allysa Ashley's Oud pour Lui surprised me with Incense, but it's more of a team player in R'oud Elements and balances everything out rather well. The listed notes give a good account of themselves here and the breakdown on my skin is two stages of development. Once the spicy and bitter citric accord subsides, R'oud evolves into a Woody Oriental with resin. The totality of my wearings is a positive experience. This scent is smoky in all the right ways without ever resorting to theatrics. I would have seriously enjoyed the Orang...

It's not every day that niche lover Joe Petruccijc and mainstream maniac Redneck Perfumisto speak highly of the same scent - much less buy bottles of it. If that's not reason enough to pay attention to this scent, then let me begin by drawing comparisons to Tom Ford and the oudier Bond no. 9 scents.  And your good buddy R.P. will make a further admission, folks.  Of the multitude of frags that magically appeared under Red's Christmas tree this year, Kerosene's R'oud Elements is the one that he opened up and wore on Christmas day. There are already some nice reviews of this fragrance on  Basenotes , the + Q Perfume Blog , and Memory of Scent .  There is even an interview with the creator, Kerosene , on the + Q Perfume Blog link.  But let me give you the quickie tour of the history and smell of this scent, so you can decide for yourself whether to investigate further. Kerosene is a core member of the YouTube men's fragrance gang - but he has always been an ...