L’Artisan Parfumeur Obscuratio Winner
L’Artisan Parfumeur Obscuratio instantly captivates the wearer with an immensely pleasing blast of patchouli goodness: chocolatey, sweetly spiced, and hard to resist.
Ex Nihilo Explicite Review (Jordi Fernandez) 2020 + Flowers with Fangs Draw
Ex Nihilo Explicite is a fascinating play of contrasts; a calibrated structure of gourmand creaminess balanced with the narcotic flowers. Don’t be deceived by the soft opening of this fragrance. It promises to be sweet and comforting, but there are teeth hidden underneath that pretty pink smile, and she will sink those sharp fangs into your flesh without the slightest remorse.
Floro by Jeroboam Winner
Floro by Jeroboam feels classical and elegant, there are no cut-scenes, no rapid transitions, no overly sweet or screechy edges, just long focused “camera” movements, seamlessly sliding from the juicy floral setting to a creamy and milky sandalwood realm
Velvet & Sweet Pea’s Purrfumery Pangolin Violette Rose Review (Laurie Stern) 2021 + Volupté With a Purpose Draw
Velvet & Sweet Pea’s Purrfumery Pangolin Violette Rose is quite simply Sumptuous. It is a brilliant example of what is possible when impossibly beautiful materials are utilized in perfumery: Nature’s glory.
1904 by Chatillon Lux Winner
Shawn Maher celebrates the great Fair – the largest and most expensive ever dreamt up – with Chatillon Lux 1904, that parades vibrant, contrasting notes like an array of fairground attractions, setting burnished, pungent coffee and creamy woods against zingy fruit notes, all wrapped up in a flowery jasmine bow.
Symphonium by Xerjoff Winner
Symphonium by Xerjoff is one of the best chocolate perfumes with citrus notes, spiced with woody cardamom and seductive musky and oud finish.