Just received this fragrance and wanted to share the experience. The initial opening is a blast of Rose. At 15 minutes the floral notes are still present but I am starting to pick up on the sweetness of the Vanilla and Caramel. At 30 minutes the floral notes are definitely settling down and the sweetness from the Vanilla and Caramel have become the main notes of the scent profile. At 60 minutes the fragrance has fully transitioned from the intense Rose opening and I am getting a softer floral note with a slight hint of pepper and a strong sweetness coming from the Vanilla and Tonka. The dry down of this fragrance is a slightly floral and sweet fragrance that projects well off the skin with elegance and class. Performance: The projection of this fragrance is good with it creating a scent bubble of about 2+ feet for 2+ hours. The sillage is also good with a scent trail of about 3 feet for almost 2.5 hours as well. Longevity on my skin is between 7 to 8 hours with the fragrance becoming a skin scent after about 3.5 hours.

Morning all on this warming Thursday. Today’s ATH marathon ATH experience is Kunt. This frag in my mind is somewhat of a departure from Aaron as it is less of a mass appealing scent profile and more challenging. While there is a very slight bit of sweetness it’s somewhat lost in the sauce so to speak. While I can’t confirm the cocaine note 😂, you get every bit of the others dancing around. Had to have labs drawn this morning and the reception lady of course said how much she liked this one. I started laughing and showed her the pic of the bottle. Laughter all around. Have to love military humor. In more relaxed analysis, I would normally say this is a different twist on a spicy leathery salty scent profile. Is it fbw? Yes!! I wouldn’t call it blind buy safe as most of ATH frags are though. Performance is standard ATH. Excellent. I don’t know if I could pull this off in the summer outdoors with high heat though. Indoors or the club absolutely summer wearable. As usual, quality of ingredients is amazing here and has to be. When taking such a departure in scent profile, if not high quality ingredients this could be simply unwearable. So fun question of the day. Have you ever smelled K$nt before????? 🤣 Be well all. I think I need to go to confession now……

I was finally giving my decant of Tom Fords' Grey Vetiver a go today. After the initial spray, the only thing I could think of was Ron Burgundy smelling Brian Fantanas' Sex Panther and saying "Stings the nostrils". Pretty rough, screechy and bitter in the opening but is does dry a bit smoother. I've given a few other Vetiver forward fragrances a try but I realize it's not a note that I'm drawn to. Something about it just puts me off. The other test was I had my wife smell it before she went to work and she scrunched her nose and said "It smells like an old man". Granted, we're in our 50s so she must mean 'old as dirt" - lol. I know a lot of people say its a 'refined' fragrance but if this is what it smells like, I don't want to be refined. 😉 Needless to say - I washed it off and put on Boss The Scent Magnetic. It's not a bad fragrance, just not for me.

Testing out a new to me sample that just came in yesterday. We hit 80 degrees today, but I wore it to work so most of the wear was indoors. Indigo was released in 2025. It’s a woody aquatic, created by Quentin Bisch. It's inspired by Japanese indigo dyeing, blending fresh marine with iris and leather. The opening is fresh, clean sea notes with a marine accord. The heart brings iris that adds a soft touch of sophistication. In the base there is leather, sandalwood, and Akigalawood. Its brings subtle warmth, smoothness, and a touch of woody/smoky depth without being heavy. Overall It's clean, refined, and versatile. It’s non-aggressive, office friendly, and calming. It has moderate projection for the first few hours and solid longevity at 8+ hours. It’s a fresh, slightly mature everyday aquatic. If you like aquatics I highly recommend trying this one out.

Going with Prada L’Homme Intense on a cooler morning. Starting with the powdery iris and warm earthiness. The amber and leather are beautiful and just gives this great dimension. Layered and complex with a niche feel.