I recently got a discovery set from the House of Sillage, and it came with $100 gift certificate towards a full bottle. I loved one of the scents in the discovery set (The Classic) enough to get a full bottle, but I found it at a discounter for much less than the HoS site even after the hundred dollar gift certificate. So then I kind of had this hundred dollar gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket… I definitely liked a few of the other scents in the discovery set, including this one, and separately I got a decant of the Batman Vengence as well — but didn’t feel any were full bottle worthy for the price even after the gift certificate. And then… HoS put Ruby Flame in their online outlet store at a pretty big discount. When I figured out the hundred dollar gift certificate would work for that one too, I pulled the trigger. It’s got a pretty gimmicky bottle - not only does it have the House of Sillage trigger atomizer cover, but it also has this gold lion with ruby eyes motif - but somehow I don’t mind it. This one is interesting to me. It opens with a slightly woody red pepper along with some warm spiciness, but the main attraction is this rich earthy cocoa vibe. It is definitely not a sweet chocolate, it’s kind of this interesting savory chocolate scent, kind of like if you have a box of rich dark chocolate truffles coated in cocoa powder, eat all the chocolates, and the box still has this rich cocoa scent without any of the sweetness. Or like how a good mole sauce is rich chocolatey spicy without being sweet. There’s a hint of rose (which for the first time ever doesn’t put me off - I usually can’t stand rose in men’s fragrances) but it doesn’t come across very sweet at all or even very floral at all – this is almost like dried rose petals that add some earthy richness to the already rich cocoa vibe. There’s some patchouli in here also to make it even more earthy in the mids. Maybe this leaves a sillage trail like the name of the house would suggest — I’ll have to ask somebody to check when I walk by them — but for me sitting around the house wearing it today it was lightly projecting and I was getting wafts of it off my arms for about four hours, and then it was a rich skin scent for another 3-4 hours more after that. I feel like this scent would work well in all seasons except maybe the hottest of summer, it’s definitely for evenings.

Taking a leaf, or in this case Spines, out of @Darren Poesel’s play book and trying to get some faun and artsy photos. Today I am wearing Dior Fahrenheit Parfum, remember it is opposite land Down Under, as I am in the cooler months of Autumn (fall) heading into Winter. Thanks to the Fahrenheit Kind that is @Michael LoCascio Sr for putting me onto this super amazing Fragrance. Have a great day Brothers

So I did cave and grabbed the Azzaro Wanted By Night EDP. I mean at better than 50% off RRP it was basically Free 😂 RRP is $190 AUD (135 USD) and selling for $89.99 AUD (64 USD) for the 100ml I just caved and added it to my small collection. I will give it a wear tomorrow, but so far my 8 year old Daughter and my MiL think it smells nice.