1. DS & Durga — Cognac Reign, 50ml — $100 FP (aged cognac accord over orris. Quiet, close-wearing, still legible past 4 hours.) 2. Jovoy — Sombres Dessins Extrait, 50ml — $55 BO (pink pepper over rose, osmanthus and saffron, on sandalwood, olibanum, rum and labdanum. Dark and dry. One wrist test; not for me.) 3. ~~Matière Première — Encens Suave EDP, 47/50ml — $90 BO (Somalian frankincense over labdanum and benzoin, with coffee and Madagascar vanilla. Smoky-sweet incense. One wrist test; incense in the lead isn't my register.)~~ 4. Matière Première — Radical Rose EDP, 50ml — $110 FP (saffron and Jamaican pepper over rose centifolia, patchouli and cistus. Jammy, linear rose on a real floor; still on skin the next morning.) 5. ~~Navitus — Carte Blanche, 85/100ml — $90 BO (cardamom and tart gooseberry over a warm animalic base, with a mineral streak through the heart.)~~ 6. Parfum d'Empire — Eau Suave EDP, 45/50ml — $85 BO (rose with coriander and saffron over patchouli, oakmoss and vanilla. A spiced patchouli chypre at arm's length; softer and muskier up close.) 7. Serge Lutens — Le Participe Passé, 85/100ml — $85 FP, tester (tobacco, incense, honey, immortelle. Downsizing, not rejecting.) 8. Taif al Emarat — T10 "The King", 70/75ml — $85 FP (cardamom, amber, sandalwood. Heavy projection, minimal drydown movement.)

\*\*FOR SALE — SAMPLE SETS\*\*

1. ~~Zoologist — Set A, 10 x 2ml — $75 (King Cobra, Snowy Owl, Civet, Dragonfly, Chameleon Tropical Blooms Edition, Koala, Harvest Mouse, Bee, Bat, Lovebird) - $75~~ 2. ~~Zoologist — Set B, 10 x 2ml — $75 (Camel, Squid, Seahorse, Dodo Jackfruit Edition, Macaque, Sacred Scarab, Chipmunk, Hummingbird, Panda, Rabbit) - $75~~ 3. ~~Les Indémodables — discovery box, 13 x 3ml (Ambre Suprême, Chypre Azural, Cuir de Chine, Escale en Haïti, Escale en Indonésie, Fougère Émeraude, Immortelle Solaire, Iris Perle, Musc des Sables, Oranger Sirocco, Patchouli Noisette, Rose de Jamal, Vanille Havane. A few vials sampled.) — $80~~

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