Using a sample set right now, in phase III of testing before considering buying a bottle. For me i like to collect things in phases. Phase I on a tester strip, which you bring home and see how it develops the next day, phase II which involves tearing it on your skin, and phase III, which is getting a sample of the fragrance that you’re able to bring home and test out for real. It’s a bit redundant, but as someone who never knows what he likes until he’s tested it long enough, it works for me pretty well lol. I don’t know if something is actually worth buying until extensive testing. Anyways, have you ever found a fragrance that you loved on a tester, loved on a strip, and loved on your skin, a 3 in one combo if you may ask?? because my brothers, i certainly have with this fragrance. I remember first trying it in store along with the other mind games fragrances. I wasn’t particularly impressed or blown away by a lot of their stuff. It wasn’t bad but didn’t 🤩wow🤩 me, you know what i mean? And then they told me about a new release from this brand, and thought i’d give it a try. And the moment i smelled this… i got wowed! like 🤩wow🤩 …kinda wowed. I thought it has to be too good to be true, but nonetheless, i decided to give this one a full test run with my 3 phase test run. And it has NOT FREAKING DISAPPOINTED ME AT ALL. I’m not a typical gourmand lover, but this is definitely one that i see myself using and wearing. It opens with a beautiful, lasting creamy pistachio, with slight spicy undertones of cardamom. Middle notes are nutty and dominant with hazelnut and a slightly boozy rum accord, which connects beautifully to the opening. Drydown is a base of resin, almond milk, and tonka bean. It reminds me a lot of a pistachio gelato if you put some spice and almond slivers on top. Or a pistachio cookie especially in the drydown. Definitely a favorite take on the pistachio note. Performance, absolutely insane. I get around 10 hours with strong projection. It lives up to its label as an extrait. A perfect cool spring scent or fall winter date night fragrance.

Today I’m wearing Prada paradigm and jpg le beau. I think the coconut from le beau really works with the paradigm.