We went to three places, four of you count the High end Duty Free at terminal D at Vancouver international Airport aka YVR. SCENTRIQUE: https://www.scentrique.com/?srsltid=AfmBOorqeL71l6C34eVWnYzKaEdJ5ybFxz9qLqq0AnMu4gOxmKDHzHe2 Great location and customer service. Retail space itself is small so can get crowded really quickly. We got lucky on our second trip that we were the only ones in the store and so we're able to really get our noses on the fragrances without without it distraction until somebody came in and sampled all of the strongest fragrances in the place. Gris Carnal for days. They have a really great and friendly business model where they'll create travel-sized decals for you on the spot, and we're by far the most reasonable in terms of cost. A good selection of pretty accessible niche and some smaller indie fragrances. Was glad to know they stopped both Untamed and Biblioteque de Parfums which I had discovered independently of their Discovery sets. While I can reliably order any of the latter directly from them the former, it might be easier to get their stuff from this place than their online store 10 out of 10. Disclaimer: I haven't established relationship with them as I am a monthly subscriber to their Discovery set which is my way of getting to sample so much Niche stuff where I live. The Perfume Shop:https://www.theperfumeshoppecanada.com/ Another small but mighty little shop run by a wonderful lady who knows her stuff and was quite willing to let me sample what she had and educate me a little bit. The only downside was no travel size or even samples to purchase based on her business model. Real pro of this little spot was that it had a little bit more Middle Eastern and other Niche like Memo Paris, and Ojar were two that I was excited to see. 9/10. Will be back for sure and likely order from her website for stuff I wouldn't easily find at any discounter.

Review on Sample received last week. The initial opening is a floral and slightly spicy scent. At 15 minutes I am picking up some citrus notes from the Bergamot and continue to smell the floral and slightly spiciness of the fragrance. At 30 minutes the fragrance continues to settle downand smoothen out. I am still getting the floral notes, and adding a slightly fruity scent, but the spiciness has settled down significantly. 60 minutes into the wear, the Vetiver has definitely come out as the dominant note and is very well blended with the floral and fruity notes from the Heart of the fragrance. The dry down of this fragrance is a very well blended woody scent with hints of florals and sweetness. Performance: Projection of this fragrance is OK with the fragrance creating a scent bubble of about 2 feet for about 90 minutes. The sillage is OK as well with a scent trail of about 2.5 feet for about 90 minutes. Logevity is actually fair with the fragrance lasting on my skin about 4 to 5 hours, but becoming a skin scent at about 3 hours. This is a very nice scent, but for me it is not FBW due to some redundancies with other fragrance in my collection like Roja's Elysium, FDB Lucius, and PDM Shagya.

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