Giving this first wear since it is a nice warm day out. First off you gotta be comfortable with white floral, more specifically orange blossom and jasmine which takes center stage. This open up white floral with coconut and slight amber to keep it from screaming feminine, but it does lean feminine to start. There is a touch of faint incense to add a bit of darkness. After about 15 minutes, the white floral fades a bit, then it becomes a little resinous, touch sweet, this is where it centers to unisex, does straddle that line very close. This is isn't blind buy safe because of the white floral. Rating 7.5 Projection is an arm length plus Scent trails are great and linger.

Hey fellas, Thought I'd share my adventures with Marwa yesterday. I know I haven't posted much but I've been going through all the bottles I've acquired over the past couple of months and man, let me tell you. First off, to the Youtubers out there who say, "don't worry about maceration"...that's a damn lie. There is SUCH a huge difference in scent profile, projection, and longevity for these ME fragrances once they sit. Marwa is a prime example. I have others that have shifted as well that I'll be sharing experiences with in the future, too. Marwa is a LV Imagination dupe. I've never smelled the original so I can't say how it compares (I'd love to try the LV's given their popularity but I can't even find a decent decant at a reasonable price). I blind-bought this one on hype and when I first got it, I didn't know what to think. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it. Here is the interesting bit, I bought it, let it sit for a couple of months...tried it once on an arm during that process and was still on the fence, and then finally yesterday decided to go all in and wear it in my "fragrance-free" office. I emphasize fragrance-free because that's what I was told but I was also almost knocked out by a woman wearing something Ariana Grande-like and realized it was BS. I'd been getting away with freshies every day and likely because they smell clean and unoffending I didn't hear anything. But smelling what I'm smelling on others I realized the "fragrance-free" nonsense is really just, "don't overspray Sauvage Elixir dummies" and you're fine...LOL. Anyways, Marwa is interesting to me. For starters, it starts and finishes very linear to me. I didn't catch much of the cinnamon though you sense it's there. The ginger and black tea were the most prominent notes and honestly all I smelled all-day from start-to-finish. At times it almost smelled like clean laundry on me but I wouldn't say it's straight Downy by any means. The kicker though, not only was it clean (and compliment-worthy from the wife), but it lasted all freaking day. I put it on about 5:30a before I left for work and after 5p when I got home...still could smell it on my arms and was even catching whiffs throughout the day.