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9.4
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Givenchy Gentleman Reserve Privée
A polished iris-whiskey designer fragrance that earns the high score.
9.3
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Bujairami Date Night
Bujairami Date Night is a lighter, more aromatic Layton-style sweet scent with apple, lavender, vanilla, cardamom, sandalwood, pepper, and patchouli that I like enough to order a second bottle.
9.2
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Bujairami Mafia Boss
What is up fragrance family, welcome back to OnlyFumes.
9.2
92% mass appeal
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Sospiro Vibrato
Vibrato is an incredible luxury citrus freshie that smells bright, expensive, smooth, and complete from start to finish.
8.9
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Dior Homme Intense EDP 5.0 oz
A benchmark powdery iris designer fragrance that still feels elegant and serious.
8.9
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Ex Nihilo Blue Talisman
Blue Talisman is a polished pear-citrus musky fresh fragrance that smells expensive, wears clean, and makes the most sense for someone who wants the original luxury version of this DNA.
8.8
91% mass appeal
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Arabiyat Prestige Hamdan The Sheikh
A very close Sauvage Parfum-style alternative with strong value and a slightly fresher, less creamy drydown.
8.8
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FOMO Fraglover's Tea
FOMO Fraglover's Tea is a dry, realistic tea-and-water fresh fragrance that leans slightly feminine and wins by smelling accurate, calm, wearable, and different.
8.8
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YSL Babycat
A smoky vanilla suede statement that feels expensive, warm, and dressed up.
8.7
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Creed Aventus
Creed Aventus is the original fruity woody benchmark that still works best when you judge it as a polished signature scent, not a miracle bottle.
8.7
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House of Sillage The Batman Vengeance
House of Sillage The Batman Vengeance is a warm spicy amber date-night scent that smells smooth, seductive, and much more wearable than a collector gimmick.
8.7
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Rasasi Hawas Highness
Today we wore Rasasi Hawas Highness, and I want to frame this correctly from the start.
8.7
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Swiss Arabian Patchouli 01
Today we wore Patchouli 01 from Swiss Arabian, and this is the kind of fragrance that makes patchouli easier to wear.
8.7
88% mass appeal
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Velixir Uranus
Uranus is an 8.7 for me because the scent profile is excellent: bright citrus, clean spice, neroli, and dry vetiver. The caveat is performance. I am keeping Performance Balance at 6.3, so this is not me saying it wears like a monster.
8.6
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Bujairami No Limit
Bujairami No Limit is a bright Pacific Chill-style fresh fruity scent built around black currant, mint, orange, lemon, soft florals, fig, dates, ambergris, and moss.
8.6
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Gulf Orchid El Capitan Legacy
El Capitan Legacy is a lighter, more wearable JPG-style fresh-sweet cheapie built around pineapple, grapefruit, lavender, violet, amber, musk, and cashmeran.
8.6
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Tom Ford Beau de Jour
Tom Ford Beau de Jour is a mature, clean, aromatic fougere that smells polished and masculine, with enough performance and quality to earn an 8.6 if you like the classic lavender-moss lane.
8.6
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Xerjoff 40 Knots
Today we wore 40 Knots from Xerjoff, and this is not the bright blue aquatic people might expect when they hear sea-themed fragrance.
8.5
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Byredo Bal D'afrique - Today We Wore Full Wear Review
Byredo Bal D'afrique is a feminine-leaning unisex citrus-floral vetiver scent that wins on style, polish, and wearability more than raw projection.
8.5
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Chanel Bleu de Chanel EDP
A polished blue-fragrance benchmark that still works because it feels clean, dressed up, and dependable.
8.5
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Creed Green Irish Tweed
Today we wore Green Irish Tweed from Creed, and this is one of those fragrances where the reputation walks into the room before the bottle does.
8.5
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Initio Oud for Greatness
Initio Parfums Prives Oud for Greatness is airy saffron-lavender oud with dark patchouli musk.
8.5
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Lattafa New York The City of Dreams
Today we wore Lattafa New York The City of Dreams, and this is one of those fragrances where the name makes sense before you even spray it.
8.5
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Nishane Hacivat
Nishane Hacivat is pineapple-citrus chypre with mossy woods and huge presence.
8.4
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Bujairami City Life
Bujairami City Life is a sweet fruity leather gourmand with strawberry, caramel, peach, labdanum, leather, saffron, rose, bourbon vanilla, and benzoin.
8.4
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Clive Christian XXI Art Deco Amberwood
Today we wore Clive Christian XXI Art Deco Amberwood, and this is one of those bottles where the presentation immediately tells you it is trying to be luxury.
8.4
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Lucius
Lucius is a polished clean citrus-woody fragrance that smells expensive and professional, but it is more of a sample-first luxury buy than an easy blind buy.
8.4
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Gentleman Boisée
A smooth woody iris flanker with cacao warmth and strong date-night polish.
8.4
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Initio Atomic Rose
Initio Parfums Prives Atomic Rose is modern electric rose with vanilla warmth.
8.4
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Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Elixir Absolu
A loud sweet designer flanker that leans rich, sticky, and night-out ready.
8.4
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Layton Exclusif
Layton Exclusif is a darker, woodier, more grown-up Layton with excellent performance and a rich drydown, but it is less casual and less value-friendly than the original.
8.4
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Louis Vuitton L'Immensite
Today we wore Louis Vuitton L'Immensite, a polished fresh luxury scent built around ginger, grapefruit, vetiver, watery aromatics, and clean ambroxan.
8.4
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Mind Games French Defense
Today we wore French Defense from Mind Games, and this is the kind of cherry fragrance that sounds simple on paper but wears more polished than the note list makes it seem.
8.4
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Mind Games Gambit
Today we wore Gambit from Mind Games, and this is one of those fragrances where the name actually fits the way it wears.
8.4
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Mykonos Sorrento - Today We Wore Full Wear Review
Today we wore Mykonos Sorrento, and I want to frame this correctly from the start.
8.4
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Elysium Pour Homme Parfum 3.4 oz
A luxury fresh aromatic that feels expensive and complete, but price keeps the score realistic.
8.3
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Bujairami Vanilla Dream
Bujairami Vanilla Dream is a caramel honey vanilla gourmand with caramel, coumarin, honey, vanilla, and musk.
8.3
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Clive Christian Matsukita
Today we wore Clive Christian Matsukita, and this is one of those bottles where the presentation immediately tells you it is trying to be luxury.
8.3
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Maison Alhambra Jean Lowe Fantasme
Today we wore Maison Alhambra Jean Lowe Fantasme, and this one needed a little extra research because the note lists online are messy.
8.3
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Perseus 4.2 oz
A bright grapefruit-vetiver PDM that feels easy to wear and more modern than heavy.
8.3
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Rasasi Hawas Thunder
Hawas Thunder is a bright fresh-spicy Hawas flanker with sweet apple, sharp ginger, and a warm woody base that feels modern, loud, and worth wearing again.
8.3
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Velixir Ares
Velixir Ares is a bright citrus-woody daily fragrance with a smooth clean drydown, solid fresh-fragrance performance, and strong practical value.
8.3
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Velixir Narcisus
Velixir Narcisus is a clean bergamot and orange blossom scent with a modern Ambrofix, patchouli, and musk drydown that smells better than its moderate projection suggests.
8.3
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Duran Duran Black Moonlight Parfum 1.7 oz
A dark artistic Xerjoff collaboration that feels more mood-piece than casual grab.
8.2
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Amouage Beach Hut Man
Amouage Beach Hut Man is a powerful green coastal niche scent that trades tropical sweetness for mint, galbanum, moss, vetiver, resin, and dry woods.
8.2
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Bujairami Midnight Booz
Bujairami Midnight Booz is a boozy gourmand with cognac, liquor, raspberry, tonka bean, Bulgarian rose, oakmoss, praline, oak, and sandalwood.
8.2
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Creed Viking
Creed Viking is a bold spicy aromatic Creed with sharp pink pepper, cool peppermint, classic lavender, spicy clove and rose, and a clean vetiver and cedar drydown.
8.2
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Dior Homme Cologne - Today We Wore Full Wear Review
A clean citrus heat scent that makes sense when freshness matters more than density.
8.2
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Filippo Sorcinelli Epicentro - Ultra Niche Today We Wore Review
Epicentro is a serious artistic niche fragrance that turns earthquake, dust, green wood, resin, and recovery into something wearable, strange, and quietly beautiful.
8.2
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Parfums de Marly Godolphin
Parfums de Marly Godolphin is smooth luxury leather with fruit, florals, amber, and vanilla.
8.2
92% mass appeal
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Velixir Morpheus
Right away, Morpheus opens with a big citrus flash. I get citron first, then that softer orange brightness behind it, and the bergamot gives it a clean sparkling edge. It does not smell like a heavy orange fragrance.
8.2
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Yves Saint Laurent MYSLF Eau de Parfum
MYSLF is a clean, polished YSL designer signature with bright bergamot, smooth orange blossom, modern Ambrofix woods, and enough performance to work as an everyday easy reach.
8.1
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Bujairami Extra Pulse
Bujairami Extra Pulse is a modern peppery orange-blossom amber scent with black pepper, orange blossom, bourbon vanilla, amber, woody notes, and patchouli.
8.1
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Bujairami New York
Bujairami New York is a clean city-fresh scent with bergamot, coriander, ambroxan, apple, vanilla, ambergris, tonka bean, and woody notes.
8.1
80% mass appeal
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Wild Vetiver
Today I wore Creed Wild Vetiver, and just from the name, I went into this expecting something green, rooty, maybe a little rugged, and very Creed-polished.
8.1
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Gentleman Intense
A cleaner, fresher Gentleman that makes iris easier to wear casually.
8.1
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Gulf Orchid El Capitan
El Capit?n is a warm spicy Gulf Orchid cheapie with cardamom, lavender, vanilla, and tonka bean that feels made for affordable date-night wear.
8.1
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MAKNZ Cactus Groove
MAKNZ Cactus Groove is a fresh citrus-green Cactus Garden-style alternative that makes sense as a budget warm-weather test, but it still needs measured performance before I call it a full replacement.
8.1
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Parfums de Marly Pegasus
Parfums de Marly Pegasus is a spicy, powdery, creamy almond-vanilla fragrance where the cumin and pink pepper make it much more niche than a normal vanilla and lavender scent.
8.1
82% mass appeal
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Velixir Poseidon
A bright Afternoon Swim-inspired citrus aquatic that works best as an easy, clean, warm-weather reach.
8
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Bujairami Sweet Escape
Bujairami Sweet Escape is a sweet sugar cane and vanilla gourmand that goes soft, cozy, and musky instead of loud or smoky.
8
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Clive Christian Strange Heavens Out of the Blue
Today we wore Clive Christian Strange Heavens Out of the Blue, and this is one of those bottles where the presentation immediately tells you it is trying to be luxury.
8
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Sauvage Parfum 6.7 oz
A smoother, darker Sauvage that trades some freshness for depth and polish.
8
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The One EDT 5.0 oz
A classic warm tobacco date-night scent, capped by modern performance expectations.
8
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Prisme Vert EDP 3.0 oz
A green citrus floral that feels bright, polished, and more interesting than a simple fresh scent.
8
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Rasasi Hawas Overdose
Hawas Overdose is a loud warm spicy vanilla-praline fragrance that gives you the Althair mood with less polish, more sweetness, and a much easier price point.
8
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Room 1015 Wavechild
Room 1015 Wavechild is a playful watermelon-coconut aquatic that works best when you treat it as a fun warm-weather rotation scent, not a serious everyday signature.
8
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Xerjoff Don
Xerjoff Don is boozy tobacco, realistic dry gunpowder, and spun sugar with a gritty money-and-smoke aura.
7.9
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Aromatix X French Avenue Sun Kissed
A bright solar fresh scent that feels easy, summery, and casual.
7.9
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Creed Centaurus
Creed Centaurus is a polished cinnamon-tobacco fragrance with a creamy vanilla-balsam drydown, but it is sample-first at Creed pricing.
7.9
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Initio Mystic Experience
Initio Parfums Prives Mystic Experience is soft dark coffee amber with woods and musk.
7.9
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The House of Oud The Time
The House of Oud The Time is a soft citrus-tea fragrance that opens a little Imagination-like, turns creamy and almost white-chocolate smooth in the middle, then dries down into a delicate feminine-leaning musky tea scent that feels more like a beautiful gift pick than a personal daily reach for me.
7.9
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Velixir Galatea
Today I am wearing Velixir Galatea, and I am treating this as a real full-wear review instead of just smelling the cap and guessing.
7.9
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Purple Accento Crystal 3.4 oz
A fruity floral Xerjoff with luxury presence, but the sweetness keeps it style-specific.
7.8
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Mango Oud Extrait de Parfum 3.4 oz
A tropical mango-oud niche scent with a great concept and a practical wearability cap.
7.8
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Kilian Apple Brandy
The late skin scent is incredible, but the opening is a little too realistic and the date-night wow factor arrives later than I wanted.
7.8
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Kilian Apple Brandy On The Rocks
The late skin scent is incredible, but the opening is a little too realistic and the date-night wow factor arrives later than I wanted.
7.8
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Merakai Bliss EDP 3.4 oz
A clean citrus-woody aromatic that feels easy to wear but needs performance testing.
7.8
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Elysium Eau Intense 3.4 oz
A tart luxury fresh scent with a beautiful profile but real value and performance questions.
7.7
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Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal Pour Homme Intense
Jean Paul Gaultier Scandal Pour Homme Intense is clean aromatic leather with less sweetness than the Scandal line usually suggests.
7.7
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Maison Alhambra Jean Lowe Verde Aura
Today I am wearing Maison Alhambra Jean Lowe Verde Aura, and I am treating this as a real full-wear review instead of just smelling the cap and guessing.
7.6
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Goal Italy
Today I am wearing Goal Italy, and I am treating this as a real full-wear review instead of just smelling the cap and guessing.
7.6
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Lattafa Khamrah Waha
Lattafa Khamrah Waha is a fresher, salty-aquatic twist on the sweet Khamrah DNA, with citrus, ginger, cucumber, sea salt, vanilla, tonka bean, and woody amber holding the whole thing together.
7.6
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Luminous Noir EDT 3.4 oz
A woody aromatic Patek Maison that needs wear testing before a stronger score.
7.6
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Swiss Arabian Musk 01
Today we are wearing Swiss Arabian Musk 01, and this is one of those fragrances where I am not expecting something loud or flashy.
7.4
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Clive Christian 20 Iconic Feminine
Today we wore Clive Christian 20 Iconic Feminine, and this is one of those bottles where the presentation immediately tells you it is trying to be luxury.
7.4
72% mass appeal
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Guerlain L'Homme Ideal EDT
A refined citrus-almond designer scent with a smooth woody leather finish and a conservative 7.4 score.
7.4
60% mass appeal
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Imaginary Authors Cape Heartache
A foggy pine forest with a sweet strawberry ghost running through it.
7.3
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Kalan 4.2 oz
A bold spicy-citrus PDM that has character, but not an easy blind buy.
7.3
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Rayhaan Azul
Rayhaan Azul is a wearable Dior Homme Cologne-inspired citrus freshie that works best in the heat, but the lemon-cleaner edge keeps it at a 7.3.
7.2
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Initio Wild Rush
Initio Wild Rush is an easy sweet aromatic fougere that smells pleasant, but it wears basic, low-toned, and softer than the name suggests.
7.1
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Parfums de Marly Sedley
Parfums de Marly Sedley is a clean mint-citrus fresh scent that smells polished and wearable, but it feels too familiar and too expensive to be exceptional.
7
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Parfums de Marly Percival
Parfums de Marly Percival is a clean, generic blue-fresh niche scent with okay longevity, but it does not feel exceptional enough to justify the money.
6.8
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Bond No. 9 New Bond St.
Bond No. 9 New Bond St. is a loud, polished cacao-coffee gourmand with strong personality, but the sweetness, price, and limited wearability pull it down for me.
6.3
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Rayhaan Nocturno Elixir
Rayhaan Nocturno Elixir is a Bleu de Chanel Parfum-style budget inspiration with a promising dark blue woody idea, but on my skin it turns old-woody, nutty, and slightly sour enough to land at 6.3.
6
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Roja Parfums Aoud
Today we wore Roja Parfums Aoud, and I am going to say this up front: this is for oud lovers only.