Here, my right arm retained the scent much longer: as much as 12 hours in one case with 3 sprays from an actual bottle, while the same quantity only gave me 10. Rather bitter or acrid type of perfume reminiscent perhaps of hot dry climates around the mediterranean.

It is not, for example, similar to the raw tobacco absolute aroma that I’ve experienced with Abdes Salaam Attar’s all natural creations for his Via del Profumo line. A subtle, quiet floralcy wafts nebulously at the edges, but it doesn’t really translate into a specific flower at this point. Now, the thing you have to understand about Iris Perfume or What the Underpants are Hiding, they can’t capture the bloom’s smell except through headspace technology, and even that is pretty… Continue Reading →. anise, liquorice, lemon essence, mint essence, sage essence, lavender essence, geranium essence, ylang-ylang essence, magnolia, coriander essence, tobacco absolute, hay, patchouli essence, cedar, musk .

That is the world of Cuir Cuba Intense, brought to you by Patricia de Nicolaï, a talented perfumer who is, in my opinion, the true, rightful heir to the Guerlain throne.

You won’t really notice any difference between a product purchased from Perfume’s Club and a product purchased from a seller in our new Marketplace.I think Cuir Cuba Intense is a great addition to the Nicolai collection, and quite different from anything else in the line. I see myself wearing this one in the evenings, whenever I want to feel beautiful and a little bit sexy. Do not forget: Cuir Cuba Intense is a fragrance that for its notes of leather and tobacco is highly appreciated by men, however, the licorice note also makes it loved by women who are looking for olfactory originality. From the first sniff, I got a whiff of something I hadn't even thought of in about 10 years, but that had defined my childhood.

Eventually, by some alchemical transformation of this alternate universe, the tobacco is no longer even tobacco.

I have sensitive to aromachemicals, but many people can’t detect them at all or don’t care when they do. Thanks for the review here, I’m quite curious about Cuir Cuba being a fan of a lot of de Nicolai masculines, especially Baladin. Here, the tobacco resembles the leaves in what I imagine would be their rawest, almost dirty stage, when picked off the plant and left to dry.