SOTD: Spicebomb by Victor & Rolf 31/05/2025

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May 31 (edited) • SOTD 🍊

Anyone whom knows me a little, will know that SB Extreme is my no: 1 go too fragrance. It dont get much better than that, but how did I get to that. Well this is the one. This is what started me off as a fragrance collector. This is the one were I realised that I was into the warm & cozy darker, spicey, fragrances. This was the one that first blew me away.

Hard go think that this is 13 years old, released back in 2012 from the perfumer Oliver Poige. I still laugh when I think of my kids going through my rather small collection at the time. The youngest, was attracted to the gremade shaped bottle, but couldnt figure out how too spray it. The look on his face when I told him to pull the pin. After a spray, instead of smelling the fragrance he proceeded to throw the bottle at me and laugh. Because thats what you do with grenades dad, he said. Thankfully I caught it and there was no harm.

There are some heavy notes in here, but the star of the Show is that Pepper note. Opens up with Bergamont, Grapefruit, elemi & that gorgeous Pink Pepper. The middle notes continue with spices, Cinnamon, Paprika & Saffron. Resting on that lovely base with a combination of Leather, Tobacco & Vetiver.

This is one of very few fragrances that just make me happy. It aint in my top ten list, mainly because the big brother is no 1, but ai still got huge love for this one. Id gove ot a 12 out of 10 score if I could.

My Rating 10/10

Scent 3

Longevity 3

Sillage 3

Y/N 1

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