Just got this bad boy yesterday. I don't have Althair or the original Liquid Brun, but this stuff fuk$. Sticky sweet, beautiful and long lasting. Have a lot of new fragrances since my last post, but will try to get around to doing a full review soon.

What is your favorite flanker? Feel free to name your top 3 or rank them below.. Unfortunately I do not own the SWY Leather and SWY Oud so I didn't get the chance to review them..

Got a couple of new Middle Eastern pickups!! Vintage Radio: This was meh for me. It just smells like fabric softener to me. It's not a bad scent but the hype on it made me buy it. The plum note has came out more since I've had it, but it's only been 2 months so hopefully gets better with time. Easily last 8-10 hours. Natural Oud: I like this one a lot. Very masculine and woody. One lady at my job tried to say it smelled like roach spray and all I could reply with was: 🙄"I don't have roaches so I wouldn't know what that smells like off the top of my head."😑She was saying that before she was even within 20 feet of me and I work in a big warehouse. I was only wearing 3 sprays. Others thought it smelled nice though. This one also lasted about 10 hours Lovely Cherie: Boozy cherry is all I can say; but in a good way. Very unisex and can be pulled off by both sexes. Others online have said this was too feminine for them but I think a man can easily wear it. Others have said it smells like cold medicine but I don't get that at all. It projects for like the first 1-2 hours then sits more close to the skin; not a skin scent though. Lasts a solid 6-8 hours for me. Tobacco Touch: By far my favorite out of the bunch. There was a very prominent clove note when I first got it with a hint of vanilla but now the tobacco has come out more and the vanilla melds with it nicely. Super sexy and sensual and very close to the original. Lasts a solid 10+ hours. I also have Tuscano Leather but did not want to add it to the pic. Smelled like straight boot polish when I first sprayed it. Like a STRONG boot polish. My dad came into my room irritated and asked "What the hell did you spray!? It fuckin stinks!! 😂 It has gotten better over the months but I would have to layer it with Lovely Cherie or something else sweet. There is a hint of berries but nothing that stands out. That leather note is nuts. I have Bentley Intense if I want to get my leather kick. This one stays in a dark place by it's lonesome like Harry Potter but I treat it like Voldemort (He who shall not be spoken).

So I picked up a bottle of Bentley Intense for $27 on Jomashop, figuring I'd rather have a whole bottle than spend half that price on a decant. I think the fragrance will grow on me (it's very dry and a little medicinal for me, and I've been favoring scents with some sweetness) but I don't love it yet. However... I was thinking to myself "what if I sweeten it up with one of my favorites" and tried the following: 1) 3 sprays Bentley Intense plus one spray of TF Tobacco Vanile: holy moly it adds some complexity to the TV, and just a little sweetness rounds out the BI 2) 3 sprays BI plus one spray TF Oud Wood: it's like the oud note settles into a comfy leather chair with a glass of rum 3) 3 sprays BI plus one spray TF Eau d'Ombre Leather: enhances the leather note in the TF and adds some sweet vanilla cardamom warmth to the BI, rounding it out I gotta say, ALL of these smell awesome and delicious to me, better than the BI on its own (at least for now - I might come to love the BI)... but the BI adds something to the TF's that mixes things up. And at 3 sprays from a 100ml $27 bottle to one spray of a TF, this will stretch out my TF's for a looooong time. Am I crazy to layer these? Is it crazy to not love a fragrance but love how it layers?

Yesterday, as I unwrapped my Christmas presents, I was delighted to find a new addition to my collection-Light Blue Eau Intense by Dolce & Gabbana. This was a thoughtful gift from my mother, who remembered it as one of my favorites from her visit a couple of years ago. The return of this scent to my collection is a nostalgic reminder of the past and a testament to the enduring appeal of this fragrance. Upon the initial spray, you are greeted with a fresh citrus aroma that is wonderfully fresh and uplifting for any warm day. The citrus notes are predominantly grapfruit and orange, giving it a zesty and invigorating quality. After a few minutes of the notes, you begin to get some aquatic notes that are a bit salty and do remind me of a light ocean breeze. While it does have these salty notes, this is not as realistic as my bottle of Oud Mineral by Tom Ford. Light blue brings an ocean breeze while not being overly realistic to an actual ocean breeze; this is more of the idea of the ocean breeze like the one you get in an air freshener. After about 30 minutes, the scent gets closer to the skin, and I begin to get a powder-woody aroma that gives up a classical men's cologne profile. The dry down continues to project close to the skin to about the 4th-hour mark before it disappears from my skin. This is a classic scent that I love, and it brings me back to the 2010s when this was my go-to fragrance for everyday use. I used to have no more than one bottle at a time, and this was it. I still enjoy it and am glad to have it back in my rotation. Honestly, I would have bought this again earlier if this had a stronger lasting power. This is an easy blind buy for me and one that I would recommend to anyone who needs a fresh summer scent that you can wear at any time.