The fragrance opens with an expressive combination of spice and florals, led prominently by cardamom, pink pepper, and tuberose. The cardamom and pink pepper provide a lively spicy warmth, while the tuberose immediately brings a rich floral presence. There is an intriguing contrast between the brightness of the spices and the fuller, more luxurious character of the florals. At around 15 minutes, the fragrance becomes increasingly floral as the initial spice begins to settle. Tuberose and iris move into the foreground, with the tuberose remaining the more dominant of the two. The iris adds a softer, slightly powdery elegance that complements the richer floral character of the tuberose beautifully. By 30 minutes, the composition begins transitioning toward a creamier and sweeter scent profile. Traces of the florals remain clearly present, with tuberose continuing to command the composition, but there is now an emerging gourmand quality underneath. The contrast between the lush florals and developing sweetness gives this stage a particularly rich and sophisticated character. At around 60 minutes, the fragrance becomes a beautiful combination of sweet florals and gourmand warmth. A creamy musk begins to emerge underneath, while subtle woods provide structure and balance. The result is smooth and indulgent, with the floral character gradually melting into the sweeter base rather than disappearing completely. The dry down is where the fragrance fully embraces its gourmand personality. Caramel, vanilla, and tonka create a rich, creamy sweetness, supported by a soft woody foundation. Gentle traces of musk remain in the background, adding smoothness and texture while preventing the gourmand elements from becoming overly dense. It is a warm, polished, and beautifully composed finish. Overall, this fragrance has a particularly enjoyable evolution, beginning with cardamom, pink pepper, and prominent tuberose before moving through iris and creamy musk into a caramel, vanilla, and tonka dry down. What makes the composition interesting is the way the floral and gourmand personalities overlap—the tuberose gives the fragrance its identity early on, while the creamy sweetness provides an increasingly seductive finish. Performance: Projection is good, creating approximately a 2+ foot scent bubble for more than two hours. Sillage is also good, leaving a noticeable 2+ foot scent trail for nearly three hours. Longevity is particularly solid, lasting around 8–9 hours on my skin and becoming a skin scent shortly after the three-hour mark. My Rating: 8.5/10

@Raul Olveda Thank you for sharing your find! I had to go and get these. They’re so unique that I’m in love with all of them.

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Hello! It's been a while. Apologies for inactivity, I have a lot on my plate. Some mild familial troubles, though nothing new, and trying to figure them out, along with some big stuff. My life is hitting a major transition period, as I've been called to serve a mission for my church (LDS), and I'm preparing to begin training and go on my mission in just a few weeks! I got called to California, speaking the Hmong language, so much of my time has been spent on studying, scripture reading, and studying this beautiful language. In my free time though, I spend a lot of time working on perfumes. I've started really falling in love with making them, though I still have a lot more to work on before making anything that doesn't smell too muddy, I've hit a potential gold mine, and I won't have to worry about them smelling generic. Below I've attached a little rough sketch I've been working on for my logo. The letters need better alignment, and the logo is just a pre filler sketch my friend designed for me, though I plan to make it more golden ratio-esque and slightly more minimalist, as the mollusk design I engraved on each bottle and cap. I've designed the bottles, packaging, story cards and storytelling, and currently have around twenty concepts in the works, with four being currently developed by *yours truly 💅*, and the more I do this, the more I'm realizing this is a career I want. I've also spent a long time locking in on different tastes and building little profiles for a lot of the brothers here, and so when I start releasing my stuff in a few years, you'll find things that are a little curated to your guys' tastes ;) Still an enormous thank you to Mr Centeno and this community for getting me on this journey! After a lot of time, work, effort, and money, I'm hoping to break through eventually, however long it takes. Currently we don't have any socials, but I am working on a website in its bare bones, and when I return in the two years, I'll start having these finished up, and prepared to continue the designs. I will be so happy to share this progress with you as I continue on.

Today I went with Signature BLOOM by Zaharoff. BLOOM is one of those fragrances where the name can fool you into thinking you’re getting a simple floral. This is anything but simple. At its core this is jasmine lots of jasmine but surrounded by incense, resins, woods and just enough sweetness to give it some weight. The opening comes across bright, creamy and floral with gardenia, star jasmine and coconut. The coconut isn’t tropical or suntan-lotion heavy to me. It seems to work more in the background, giving the white florals some creaminess and body. As it starts settling down, the jasmine really takes over. There are several different jasmine facets here along with orange blossom, peony and amber, and that gives BLOOM a much fuller floral character than your typical clean white-floral fragrance. But the part that makes this work for me is the drydown. Underneath all those flowers you start getting myrrh, olibanum/frankincense, sandalwood, oud and vanilla. That resinous incense underneath the jasmine gives BLOOM a darker backbone and keeps it from becoming something I would consider overly feminine. It’s almost like taking a big white floral bouquet and putting it inside an old room where incense has been burning. That’s what gives it character. And because you know I enjoy incense in fragrances, that’s probably the part of BLOOM that interests me the most. The incense doesn’t completely take over; it sits underneath the flowers and gives them depth. Performance: BLOOM has noticeably more presence than some softer white florals. For me, this is the type of fragrance I want during Arizona Fall weather. It’s floral enough to handle the warmer part of the day, but the amber, woods, myrrh and frankincense give it enough substance for these cooler October mornings. Projection: Stronger during the opening, then settles into a noticeable scent bubble. Sillage: Moderate to strong. Longevity: I would expect roughly 7-9 hours, with much longer traces on clothing depending on sprays and skin.