Santal Royal

“Opening is burning plastic electrical fire mixed with rancid cinnamon children's lip balm and sore throat breath. Thankfully I sprayed it on my mate and not myself. If it develops into something wonderful, I will be glad to change my mind but otherwise this is a no for me.Update:Tried it on myself for the second try and the opening still isn't working for me. However, after a night's sleep, I can still smell it on my hand and its a lovely sandalwood skin scent that I like very much.”

“I am testing this from a decanted sample, sent me by the estimable trabuquera.A sniff of the bottle before spraying... Hmmm... This reminds me of perfume I have... A spritz to the back of my hand and - yes! - I am right.This is similar to my most complimented perfume - Wisal Dhahab Ajmal - if a little more rosy.The Guerlain is stunningly good, but the Ajmal is nearly its equal, whilst being about 1/4 of the price (although the Ajmal bottle has nothing on that of the Guerlain, which is just beautiful).Please check out WD Ajmal; you will be pleasantly surprised.”

“Sweet woodsy, slightly animalic, still somewhat refreshing somehow with rose and peach. Quite basey. Neroli is hard to detect.Dry down stays somewhat sweet, performance goes quite quickly. Animalic remains.One of the more interesting Guerlains, to my nose.Edit: scent still detectable on skin overnight.”