Sweet booze and cigarettes

I honestly didn't think I would've like that scent, but now I can't stop talking about it. I'm very careful around amber, as I'm ultrasensitive to some of the components. I'm not big on leather either, as sometimes it smells like burnt garbage to me. Austin perfectly avoids those issues, being an absolutely gorgeous scent.

The fragrance itself is mostly linear, a bit more boozy on the beginning, slightly more leathery in the end. It indeed somewhat resembles Angel's Share, in the sense of both being bold, boozy, sweet fragrances. I'm not a fan of AS drydown at all, though, and as Austin stays same-ish throughout, so it's definitely much more preferable to me.

As with so many City Rhytm perfumes, both sillage and longevity are very good, so no worries about performance here. Which makes it all around a fabulous perfume, the scent being boozy-leathery intoxicating blend with sweetness undertone that adds deepness to it. A slight bitter whiff of tobacco that appears here and there makes the composition an all-rounded scent that exudes confidence and mystery.

It evokes images of a noir movie character, a secretive stranger in a bar, a seductive melancholic artist with skeletons in their closet. This is a perfume of a person who had seen it all but ever craving for new experiences. This is something I'd recommend to absolutely anyone to try, just for the experience of it.