SOTD/Review: (French Avenue) Aromatix - Forbidden Fruit

Nov 2 (edited) • SOTD 🍊

One of Neeb’s latest releases; French Avenue/Aromatix Forbidden Fruit. This opens with a burst of blood orange and bergamot, touched by spicy cardamom, giving you that electric moment of temptation - the sort of tingle when you first win a game. It then flows into a heart of red apple, peach, margarita accord, and rose, juicy and playful yet tinged with sophistication - imagine laughter in a candlelit lounge in very late summer. The base wraps everything in vanilla absolute, benzoin resin, amber, sandalwood, cedarwood, and musk, giving a warm, velvety trail that lingers like the after-glow of a perfect night.

Projection is noticeable for the first couple of hours, and while it later softens, I typically get around 6-8 hours of wear before it fades into a gentle presence on my skin.

To me this is a scent that is unabashedly fruity, a bit naughty, yet grounded in rich woods and vanilla, it does lean more masculine than you think. The musk is quite prominent on the dry down which helps give it more masculinity with the scent. Be interesting to see how good this will become after full maceration.

In my opinion can be worn near enough all year round, not so much the heat of summer due to its warm, dense and rich composition but it will definitely shine in spring, autumn, winter and cool nights; when its seductive sweetness feels inviting rather than overpowering.

Overall rating - 8.8 - Much better than I thought it would be, Neeb knows what he’s doing.

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