As promised continuing to test my ATH samples and today we are wearing Whore Blue. The initial opening is a blast of sweet resin and Nutmeg. At 15 minutes I am still getting a resinous sweet scent with some undertones of creaminess. At 30 minutes I am starting to pick up on the Tobacco notes blended with the Nutmeg and Elemi. At 60 minutes into the wear the Vanilla and Tonka have made their appearance and have provided another layer to this scent profile. The dry down of this fragrance is a scent profile of Vanilla, Musk, and Amber (my favorites) but with a slightly pungent undertone coming from the Tobacco and Vetiver. Performance: The projection of this fragrance is good with it creating a scent bubble of about 2 feet for about 2 hours. The sillage is also good with a scent trail of about 2+ feet for about 2+ hours as well. Longevity on my skin is between 6 to 7 hours with the fragrance becoming a skin scent after about 3+ hours. Due to the slight pungent undertones of the dry down, I would not consider this FBW, but will definitely continue to wear my decant. I have found out that fragrances which I find too complex and unwearable at first do change with time.

I feel like I built up a solid designer base. I have plenty of options at hand and thinking of buying my first “niche fragrance”. I’m wanting to focus on adding these in based on seasonality, so I am looking at something solid for spring. I don’t have a place locally to try these out that I am aware of so JomaShop seems to be the route to take. I’m eyeing Creed GIT or Etat Libre dOrange You Or Someone Like You. I’m open to PDM Greenly or any advice. Anything spring summer or a solid all year round? I plan on ordering a discovery set or two as well if anyone has recommendations on the best sets there as well.