Wearing the Absolu Aventus by Creed today. Its a bit brighter and Greener in my experience than Warm/Amber/Woody for such a cold day, but I have wanted to wear it and am hoping I can "Channel" some warmer weather! Projection is fair, it sits close to the skin maybe a 3' scent bubble. The dry down is nice and even, but Longevity seems to be lacking in my opinion. If you don't mind respraying this could be a good one. Now to be fair I am a classic "Oversprayer" so I may have gone easy on this one today, but I will reseat and err if that changes anything. Have a great Monday Everyone!!

Yeah I went crazy again, getting a haul of blind decants through purchase and trade. A few winners resulted in full bottle purchases (Oud Zarian and Colonia Il Profumo) but I did all right with the rest, much better hit ratio than my disastrous recent other blind buy decant hauls. Definitely found some to keep testing / battle out for full bottles, and many others just fine to work through as infrequent wears or to trade away. Here’s my rundown, from best to worst: - Memo Paris Palais Bourbon: FBW!!! Very nice, rich warm very woody lightly sweet, lightly balsamic resinous and lightly spiced. Softly tangy oud, like the oud in OFG but more rounded. Very soft projection. Mids get absolutely beautiful. But… this is probably a bit redundant vs my other rich warm spicy frags in my small collection. - House of Cosmo Polaris: FBW? Very pleasant lightly fruity, geranium-sweet ginger with a hint of warm cardamom, aromatics and tanginess. Giving me YSL L’Homme Le Parfum vibes. Also projects well for several hours then becomes a nice skin scent. Not blowing me away b like the hype would suggest, but very wearable, although might be too sweet for me. I think it needs to macerate, I’ll try it again in a few weeks. - House of Cosmo Lunar Minerale: Cusp of FBW? Very pleasant lavender cardamom woody warm lightly mineralic scent — but with some carrots at the open (Fragrantica lists violet as a note, but I’m getting that rotting wet bag of carrots that synthetic Iris gives me). Kind of like JPG Le Male Le Parfum, minus the vanilla sweetness, plus a crisp mineralic note. Projects well for a few hours then strong skin scent. Not blowing me away either, but it is very wearable. I think it needs to macerate, I’ll try it again in a few weeks. I might battle this vs the new Le Male in Blue which is also a Lavender/ mineralic scent. - Xerjoff Nio: FBW? Opens with sharp citrus, it’s tangy green & woody, with a bit of white florals. The open is very harsh and screechy to me, but after a bit the sharpness fades and it settles into a super elegant and beautiful sparkly green woody scent. The mids are top tier, but that open keeps it from being a no brainer to be FBW. Needs more testing