Finally testing my decant split

Warm, smooth, synthetic; Velvet Sesame might have been a more accurate name.

Spicy pepper + faint violet opening, big warm sesame and barley heart, and I get strong, synthetic benzoin and tonka on the dry-down. Decent performance, and retains DVN’s signature smoothness. I do enjoy this, but have other things in my collection that get me close enough (layering Meant to Be Seen + L’Eau Papier), and not worth the steep price tag, IMHO. My wallet can rest easy for now 😅