The final of five Mancera decants @Thomas Chavez sent over. I’ll give my list of the 5 plus the Cedrat Boise I already own. 1. Aqua Wood 2. Amberful 3. Cedrat Boise (I own a bottle) 4. Instant Crush 5. Kumkat Wood 6. Black Gold I am going to order a bottle of Aqua Wood soon. Now onto Kumkat Wood…. It has a nice grapefruit and spice open on first spray. The grapefruit mixes well with the spices and bergamot. It’s not a sweet spice more of a subtle softness which rounds out the grapefruit and takes some of the edge away. I don’t detect any floral or patchouli in the mid and can only pick up faint hints of amber. My guess would be due to the lingering grapefruit. This frag progresses rather quickly from the top to the dry down where this becomes very woody. It’s a mixture of woods so I couldn’t tell you what I’m smelling other than woodiness. Overall it’s a pleasant woody and citrus fragrance that isn’t anything ground breaking or innovative. For the right price this would be full bottle worthy. As you saw in my list above it’s ranked below some of the others.

Sorry i haven’t been as active. Busy with working two jobs, saving up, trynna make my life better. But hey, decided to up things up a bit and get a sample set from Xerjoff. Anyways big shoutout to my bruddah @Paul Bartnicki for recommending them in the first place, and helping me to pick great samples! Before we get into it, wanna give yall a little life update. Things are going well, i’m recovering, my friend is healing nicely, and im working two steady jobs. I showed my friends seasons 1 and 2 of one of my favorite shows of all time, Smiling Friends. I think they thought i was a weirdo lol, but i consistently quote it, and now they’ll finally get my references! If you’re into weird, surreal, dark humor slightly existential edge but also really really funny and over the top, i recommend it. It’s basically Family Guy and The Simpsons with Gen Z humor. But it’s INSANE. Very creative but insane lol. Anyways with that being said, let’s get into the two samples i tried these last few days. First one from Xerjoff was 40 Knots. And holy shit dude, i love it. It’s a great scent, fresh, green, aquatic, slightly salty and woody. It’s like the ocean if it decided to put on a suit that day. I ended up wearing it to my work as a server and one of the customers asked me what it was. Even better, my coworker friend (who’s brutally honest, and will ALWAYS let me know if she doesn’t like my fragrance) said it smells really good. It opens with salty marine notes, and with a pretty, green bridge, transitions nicely into an ambery, slightly sweet musk. Performance on it is pretty solid. Projects moderately and consistently. A perfect scent for a Mediterranean, sailing vibe, and a new vacation favorite for me! The next one i tried was Defied from Tony Iommi. I was a bit skeptical of this one because i had smelled Monkey Special a while back, and wasn’t the biggest fan of it, a bit too fruity for me, but this one blew me away. Nice smooth leather, rose, and spices. I’m a SUCKER for apple, rose and spice blends, like in PDM Carlisle, and this one was no different for me.