Arrived right before dinner, and I had to wait to open all these wonderful goodies, we were having homemade steak fajitas. The black labeled Precious Liquid sent some samples and scent cards wrapped in plastic to keep the scent in, WONDERFUL scents. The Pantheon Roma R and Oud Zanzibar also great, oh what am I saying.......They'll all Great. Thanks Maxaroma and Antonio Cent. for the great services they offer. 🔥

After trying a sample of Tom Ford Ombre Leather last week and discovering that both I and my wife are fans, I also picked up Maison Alhambra Opulence Leather (formerly sold as Amber and Leather), a more easily affordable clone. I put one spray of each, one on the right wrist, the other on the left, to compare. I was definitely able to tell them apart, especially at first. The Alhambra seemed less ... sweet? Drier? Not sure what people call it...and instead came with a greater smokiness, like you pick up on the edge of an autumn bonfire. I'm not sure how much of a seductive, crowd-pleasing scent that is, but it's actually one with lots of very positive nostalgic memory associations for me, so it was quite pleasant. Within a half hour or hour, I guess I started to lose confidence that I was keeping them separate, but they seemed to converge and become nearly identical. The Tom Ford seemed to get a little MORE smoky, while the Alhambra seemed to mellow out, maintaining the wood smoke feel, but becoming much more approachable. OK, date night coming up, taking the wife out in a couple hours...