Bal d'Afrique Absolu

“It’s a beautiful fragrance but…very overhyped. The opening is citrus heavy and isn’t really anything special in my opinion. The dry down however is delightful, a smooth chocolatey citrus with a hint of blackcurrant and musk. It is beautiful, however the projection on skin and clothes for me is a bit lacking.Overall if you’re looking for a fragrance for all year round then I would recommend something else. The price is very high and for the projection I just don’t think it’s worth it. Beautiful scent on the dry down but very disappointing projection.”

“It's a great scent. I do enjoy it, but I don't think it's better than Contralto, which i already owned. It's woody and floral to my nose. I don't get much if any, citrus but I do get a very small bit of the currant in the opening. Moderate projection and I got about 2 hours of decent projection before it started settling in to a skin scent. The problem is the price considering Contralto gives me the same DNA, albeit Contralto is closer to the EDP than the Absolu, for a fraction of the price and Contralto offers incredible longevity and better projection.”

“The opening smells 90% like the OG its just a classier version of it, it has more depth and a touch of sweetness. Then the drydown its praline(the right amount of sweetness) and powdery notes while the citrus is slowly fading over time in the background. More female leaning than the original in my opinion.Its a classy sweet perfume, its def not just a longer lasting version of the original, im assuming on the account that citrus and airy qualities of the original cannot be made to last that long. Overall 8/10, i can see it becoming a bestseller. A safe buy for women.”