This was a blind buy for me a few years ago, and it continues to grow on me and impress. 1980s vintage gothic fugere with some nice herbaceous florals and a patchouli base. The bottle is still a head turner. I really think this was ahead of its time. If it were released today, I think it would get a lot of attention, though that attention might be divisive. Though it's been watered down and maybe reformulated (it featured oak moss, which has been restricted under IFRA), it's still pretty powerful. Licorice accord and aniseed in the opening give it a dark, slightly bitter opening, and the floral geranium adds a rosy floral depth before the patchouli, vanilla, and animalic music settle in. Gothic, dark, and yet easily wearable in the spring and fall and could do well in the office.

So a couple of months ago l, I picked up a 15 ml travel atomizer of this fragrance. I just did a spray on the back of my hand to try it out and liked it a good bit. Since our winter was warm, I didn't really give it a full wear. Today, since we're in the middle of a cold snap and I've pretty much been wearing PDM and Initio fragrances for the last week or two ( coincidentally sister houses ), I thought I'd wear this one again for a full day. Very simple as far as note breakdowns go, but it's absolutely marvelous! Maybe the sexiest vanilla fragrance that I own. It has a beautiful leather undertone, with a bit of florals and musk with a slight animalic note from castoreum. It became a skin scent within 2 hours. Slightly animalic in the best way possible. Even though it doesn't project much on my skin, the scent is intoxicating. The skin scent is incredibly addictive for those who are in your personal space. . This may very well be my next full bottle of an Initio fragrance. Even if I have to wait till fall again to wear it. The castoreum, just like some other Initio or PDM fragrances are done so it adds depth instead of being overpowering animalic scents.. This one does that perfectly! Although it seems I need to reapply the smell is intoxicating. What do y'all think about this one? I absolutely love this fragrance and I'm ready to buy a full bottle

This is a unique soft citrus lactonic mango that projects for a good 3-4 hours before turning deceitfully wafty. Omnipresent, Moonlight in Heaven sparkles with a citrus-forward opening, driven by a duo of lemon and grapefruit, spiced with pink pepper berry. Coconut milk and rice–white as the moon's face–rounds out creamy mango and powdery jasmine sambac, while a tonka bean drydown envelops delicate vetiver. The beauty of this fragrance is you get every bit of the transitions from opening, mid and dry down. The well balanced citrus fruits in the opening, the coconut, rice, mango orris and tuberose in the mid. Followed by a beautiful musk that supports the base notes. Definitely unisex leaning feminine but this is definitely something men can pull off in the right setting.