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Author: ben p. -

Goodness! This is a beauty. I have on each hand this, and the current from the Exclusifs line which is dainty and shy in comparison. I'd say the drydown of the current EDP has very little to do with Russian leather, more like an approximation of raw meat with some woods and florals. The oil is much more fitting of a raucous flapper from the 20s. The oil is denser, warmer, darker. A beautiful and voluptuous ylang ylang dances with smokey leather. There is a generous amount of birch upfront which gives it a wonderfully, almost masculine feel. It gets sweeter as it dries, and the iris pops out, and I get the connection to other classics like Bois des Iles and No. 5, but this stays Russian leather from start to finish. Seriously good.