I hope at this point the brothers are aware of the blue beast. The frag that really blew up Amouage in the west in 2012. This is now my second bottle of it. And absolutely a staple in my wardrobe for 3 1/2 seasons. Warm and smokey. Resinous, incense, woods and leather. Yes it has a Catholic church vibe to it and I love that. For myself I could not imagine not having this one. I will admit though the new formulation of this from my OG from 2012 isn’t quite as powerful as it was sadly. I went from needing two sprays for all day and into the night to 4 sprays for 7-8 hours. I do find that irritating. I find the parfumo rating of 7.8/10 obscenely low though. The old formula was a solid 9.5/10 for me. This version I give 8.7/10 due to the decrease in performance and increase in price point. Definitely a frag I personally feel anyone new to frags should try. It opens doors to your mind of what frags should be if all you have smelled is YSL or Dior etc. what say you brothers?

SOBT tonight is this supposedly woody and mildly spicy frag. I purchased this on a field trip to House of Dubai a month or two ago. I’ve trialed it a few times and wanted to give a little more insight into it. What I get out of this is a less than I had hoped for. Slightly pencil shaving, zero sandalwood or spice and absolutely none of the notes listed. It’s very much a close to the body frag/skin scent after only 30 min. Zero projection or sillage. I mean if you sprayed this as if it was an EDT perhaps you might get a little better performance but why? Longevity is perhaps 2 hours…. Really this is an expensive disappointment. It will absolutely be given away to my brother that doesn’t know the first thing about frags. 😂 What say you brothers? Tried it? Thoughts? Don’t let my negative review dissuade you from liking or replying as we all have our likes and dislikes. For me this is at best a 2/10 frag and absolutely not FBW for its price point.