This is an alternative to Dries Van Noten Santal Greenery (I have never tried it). It opens very aromatic, citrusy fresh, sweet, and green all beautifully blended. After couple of minutes, a sweet, floral, ambery/salty like aroma intensifies projecting like crazy, and continuing through the dry down, where a more subtle and creamy texture from the sandalwood rounds the aroma. This is a beautiful, unique, exotic, and sophisticated fragrance with a wow factor, that turns heads, gets compliments, projects and lasts. Ideal for warmer weather, but can workout year round, for any occasion. I love it! Website declared Notes: Bergamot, Grapefruit, Fig and Sandalwood.

This is an alternative/twist to Room 1015 Wavechild. It’s a unisex “masculine-leaning” fragrance. It opens with a heavy fruity fresh, tropical and sweet aroma, where the watermelon and the coconut are distinguished on top of a citrusy backdrop. This facet lasts for about 3 hours projecting strongly, to starts toning down its fruitiness, making space for a more resinous, ambery, sweet, floral, a bit salty, spicy, and a bit powdery aroma. This fragrance is a powerhouse without being offensive and quite unique as its inspiration. However, many can find it cloying at the opening, so, spraying awareness is key, specifically on clothing, where that opening will last forever. It is warm weather appropriate but also a whole year round, any occasion scent, with great projection and longevity. Website Notes: Top Notes - Orange, Watermelon Heart Notes - Coconut, White flowers Base Notes - Vanilla, Cocoa

This one is considered an alternative/twist to YSL MYSLF L’Absolu. Even though people love this line, I haven’t been a fan of it, I don’t have any of them. L’Absolu is my favorite from the line so far, but I don’t have it yet. Modhesh Noble has a spectacular opening, with a fresh and very aromatic, slightly minty, green, citrusy, spicy, and a bit resinous aroma. Then transition to a more subtle scent, with fresh, a bit powdery, minty, green, floral, and ambery nuances standing out. But, I got surprised and amazed by the dry down. The aroma started to increases it’s intensity again, projecting very well out of my skin after 6 hrs, with the fresh, spiced, green, floral, musky and some smokiness being the stars of the show. This is a beautiful, refined, exotic, intoxicating, alluring, mass appealing, compliments getter, year round, any occasion fragrance, with great projection and longevity. I’m very impressed! 🫠😍

This is an alternative to Gucci Guilty Elixir. I have the Absolu version, but I remember the Elixir perfectly, and is on my wishlists. Star of Life Elixir is stunning and does remind me very clearly of Guilty Elixir. It opens with a beautiful blend of subtle citrusy freshness, florals, spice and sweetness. In a couple of minutes the citrus tones down blending in to make space for the florals to shine along with the vanilla sweetness and the amber. The dry down keeps some of the freshness from the opening, the florals and the amber, but the vanilla and the florals stand out keeping the rest of the notes as the backbone. This is an incredible fragrance, with great quality, a beautiful and alluring aroma that gets compliments, and has powerful projection and longevity, without being offensive, even if you overspray it. It’s a whole year-round, any occasion scent. Definitely a sleeper that hasn’t been exploded enough. Box Notes: Top Notes: Fresh spice and citrus. Heart Notes: Lavender, woods and patchouli. Base Notes: Vanilla, and amber.

An alternative to Xerjoff Erba Pura. This one is one of those that smells amazing in the air, but it was a hyped monster that you could smell everywhere. Therefore, I don’t even remember if I wore it ever before. But my coworker wore it 2 weeks ago, and inspected me to wear it today dressed up to participate on the worship team at church. A beautiful citrusy, sweet, musky and ambery aroma that is mass appealing, all year round, any occasion, with great projection and longevity.