Warm spicy (cinnamon, pink pepper), sweet, smoky (tobacco), aromatic opening Modern, mature, potent fragrance Great projection and sillage Can be overcloying at times Can be used in the office for 1-2 sprays and best for evenings out Best for Fall and Winter Woody, earthy, powdery, vanillic (bourbon vanilla), bit leathery on dry down Great longevity Very discernible for 3-4 hours and stays as a skin scent and on clothes for 5-6 more hours When you thought it's gone, you suddenly catch whiffs of the fragrance intermittently several more hours after application Classic Creed flask-shaped bottle: bright, fiery red; gold heavy cap, good atomizer Great overall performance I would highly recommend Centaurus⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Luxurious-Bold-Incandescent Supposed clones: Crimson by Rayhaan = 9.5/10 similarity (Maturation has really helped a lot.. this can do the job for a fraction of the cost) Royal Taboo by Aromatix = 9/10 similarity (I don't know if further maturation will make it close to 1:1) but at this point this is a slightly a toned-down version that I might actually prefer over the OG and Crimson.. @Aditya Choksi this is my initial impression..

Believe it or not, I actually uploaded my frag collection to my Amazon Alexa (via Word doc) and I have been carrying on conversions with that thing for about 45 minutes. We discussed this fragrance and that fragrance and I got a number of recommendations for tonight. I finally settled on Imperium by Electimuss. This is part of that 20 decant discovery set that I bought last week for $73. To summarize, this is turning out to be a perfect selection for the night and I'm starting to believe (after two samplings so far) that the (UK) House of Electimuss is on to something. They seem to use good ingredients, the blendings are QUITE good, and the prices for the overall quality is very good! Now, about Imperium; This is an aromatic, citrus, and amber fragrance. I would say that the opening is bright, and even a bit sparkling with a blend of bergamot and coriander. The bergamot provides a fresh, slightly green, and bitter-sweet citrus, and the coriander adds a peppery, and spicy warmth. The middle is a fresh and a somewhat spicy floral blend. There are plenty of floral notes; rose, lily, saffron, jasmine, neroli (one of my favorites), and tuberose. This is blended very well to give you a very well balanced frag. The final dry-down is smooth, warm, with a wonderful vanilla-amber base. You should be able to pick up the vanilla, amber, musk, maybe a little oud, and patchouli. The vanilla really gives it a creamy and elegant richness. I've read reviews by some comparing to Aventus. I get where they're coming from, but they're wrong. And from what I've read, I'm expecting the performance to be above-average, maybe 8-10 hours. This is definitely unisex (because of all the florals) but to me it's leaning slightly masculine. At around $160 at fragrancenet it's a solid buy, but I need to do more research on the entire Electimuss line, and see my other options before I pull the trigger on this one. I'm not far off from fragrantica's rating. I'll give it a: 8.25 / 10.00