Animalique

“Can't believe it hasn't been mentioned yet but, Animalique CLOSELY resembles the discontinued Bvlgari Black in the drydown. The opening is more heated plastic, but during the mid and dry down it's uncanny. If you loved that frag and want something in the same strata, this is worthy of a try.”

“I finished a 2ml sample from the big discovery set (the best discovery set ever!)Classy feminine leather. But I don't want to smell like a beautiful handbag, although it is pleasant. The dry down is a nice amber- such an interesting journey. After wearing this a few times I realized the dry down does smell like Gypsy Water. A beautiful perfume that isn't me. Also, I don't smell the floral or tobacco notes. The only leather fragrance I've loved was Iris Malikhan.”

“the opening is gasoline which i’m thinking is the suede note. but just wait because then the mimosa comes in and it becomes very soft and powdery. i don’t get much tobacco on me. looking at the pyramid of notes, i feel like the suede (gasoline) is more in the top and the drydown is more mimosa. longevity is pretty good considering this is byredo. i’d say blind buy safe but just getting past the gasoline opening punch is the toughest part. liked it enough to get a full bottle and i feel like it’s a good value as it’s a four season fragrance.”