Jon@jbreezyyny

Review

I can't believe how much I love this!

Blue Talisman Extrait by Ex NihiloEx NihiloBlue Talisman Extrait4.456 ratings
5/5
Longevity4/5
4 / 5
Projection4/5
4 / 5
Sillage5/5
5 / 5
Value2/5
2 / 5
Bottle5/5
5 / 5
  • After several wears
  • Tested at home
  • On skin

It really is SO different from anything I've ever worn, but absolutely fantastic!

The juicy pear mixed with creamy white florals smells so refreshing, yet delicious. Uplifting, yet relaxing. Seductive, yet elegant.

As it dries down, the pear goes away for me and the vanilla and musk take center stage, with the amberwoods and florals supporting the whole composition.

This is my favorite part of the entire wear. It's hard to explain, but there's this ethereal quality to the musky vanilla here. Imagine you took vanilla ice cream out of the freezer and scraped off a thin layer from the top. That mix of frozen condensation, with vanilla ice cream giving it this light, refreshing, yet delicious and enticing flavor. That's what the drydown does for me.

For those that care about compliments, it definitely excels with that as well. When my friends smelled this, three of them immediately requested a spray and asked for the details on the price and how to get it... they were happy when I told them that dupes of it exist 😂.

The craziest feedback came at work, though. One of my two jobs is teaching English. I hung a poster in front of the school (inside a mall) and 5 minutes later, these two college kids walked by. They stopped and one of them started freaking out in Japanese "えええ!何の匂いそれ!?" (WOAH, what is that smell?!?!). Homeboy proceeded to start aggressively smelling the wall trying to figure out where it was coming from. I walked over, let him smell my wrist to check and he started FREAKING out! The translation was essentially "OH MY GOD! THAT'S THE MOST AMAZING SMELL EVER! CAN I BUY IT IN JAPAN?! IS IT EXPENSIVE?! I NEED TO HAVE IT!" I gave him a spray on the hand and he was on absolutely losing it! 😂

So, long story short, this stuff is absolutely staying in the collection forever. It's the perfect example of something that's truly mass appealing, yet interesting and beautiful for fragheads enough for fragheads to enjoy!

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Comments6

  1. Nat@natskatsu

    Wait I’m intrigued!

    1. Nat@natskatsu

      For you, do you think it’s more on unisex/feminine/masculine side?

    2. Jon@jbreezyyny

      Replying to @natskatsu

      To me, this is pretty much completely unisex! If I HAD to say one way or the other, I'd say it's SLIGHTLY masculine leaning, but only ever so slightly. People generally find the EDP to be feminine-leaning, which is probably true!

    3. Nat@natskatsu

      Replying to @jbreezyyny

      Oh wow, interesting! Is it available to try in any store in Tokyo?

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