It’s a synthetic concoction trying to recreate African scenes? Not sure I know this is loved by a lot of people. To me this is not for me it’s an over concentrated wannabe of a lot of other things. Here I go again stirring up trouble. The heart is best for me as it makes every attempt at being what the perfumer intended for me. I actually like the heart and would enjoy this much more if the base didn’t overtake this so fast. The heart I could get lost in, there is a lot of care to get here past the opening. Unique dry leather taking on some animalic spiced notes that aren’t normally used. Touch of powder really changes the composition into more special. Honestly this making it to discounters is something I will keep an eye for now. This is a wonderful suedospice fume. Regarding Base in my opinion more time needed to be spent developing this part of African leather just having some of those oils from the heart stick around longer on the dry down would really make all the difference. The oud and leather along with whatever longevity accord starts to take this over and this becomes what I am left with. With a remnant of spices. Nice creamy gourmand finish This had all three phases