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Lampblack by Bruno Fazzolari
Right away I have to sit back and meditate on what just took place. Notes are all there with Fazzolari love, but something special is happening to your brain it’s growing and expanding with new scent vocabulary.  I have...
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Zdravetz by Bruno Fazzolari
Zdravetz is fruity, bright, and crisp against some Monserrat flair. The story is about the Bulgarian zdravetz plant. (Found in the Bulgaria mountains, it mostly has some floral tendencies of rose and geranium, sweetly herbaceous, but with some earthy...
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Au Dela Narcisse by Bruno Fazzolari
Out of nowhere, I decided to go with this one as my first purchase from the house. Using a collective of people I trust, I did a blind buy. This is different than I thought it would be, but...
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Oud Sinharaja by Bortnikoff
The top opens with sweet condensed citrus on top. I’m guessing frangipani is the note causing the sweet brightness with the citrus. Magnolia stands out, and the jasmine is hiding in the background. This is some creative perfumery done...
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Coup de Foudre by Bortnikoff
The original 2018 version has a massive, beautiful sweet citrus floral opening. That is due to the synthetics that you can’t hide once the base appears, pushing up and projecting out the florals. These are in-your-face jungle florals.The opening...
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Amber Cologne by Bortnikoff
Amber Cologne opens with a strong lime, lemon, then some grapefruit. I do pick up hints of oud behind the citrus. Some dry dust comes next, with a pungent waxy sambic. A very sweet oud appears in the heart...
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Vetiver Nocturne Absolu by Bortnikoff
A super sharp green note opens Vetiver Nocturne Absolu. It’s not the sharp grass I would expect from vetiver but more toward a vegetal, wet grass. Like a Ruh Khus, Indian vetiver.Wearing this again and again reveals that this...
Zoologist Koala
Koala by Zoologist
Koalas. What's not to love? Actually, a lot. Once you do a little bit of research, you find they are disgusting creatures. However, I still think they are cute, and I like eucalyptus, so I ordered a sample of...
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Ao by Mikmoi
Ao opens with gentle notes bobbing up and down like buoys floating in the ocean. Appearing, disappearing, reappearing. Soap? Florals like iris? Aromatic juniper. Aquatic touches. Until my mind settles on coconut, somehow both the dry husks, a green...
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Teisenddu by Frassai
This is my first Frassai. The smell on this thing is unreal. Sultry, salty, with a perfect dose of sweet, drenching-yourself-in-it caramel. I received a tester from someone who has become a dear friend, and right away I was...
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Triad by Bortnikoff
Finally some oud! Some funkadelic punch-in-the-face oud. Bam, we are in business. This is what I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for. I’ve been sampling and sampling and burning through all of my LuckyScent samples for something...
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Lucky Oud by Bortnikoff
Something in this is not lucky at all; it feels rushed and untested. I feel bad, but not too bad, for LuckyScent, as this was made just for them. I feel worse for those who bought a bottle. This...