Full bottle worthy and disappointments.

I went through my 60 decants mostly niche, some designer and some middle eastern.

Here are some of the fragrances that make the list for guaranteed full bottle list.

1. Serge Lutens Ecrin de fumee - blew me away . May enter my top 5 - amber chocolatey resinous sophisticated- raw cocoa not milk chocolate.

2.BDK creme de cuir- dark suede, pineapple,cashmere - cozy and calming . Absolutely amazing.

3. Serge lutens L'orpheline- very hard to describe but - musky incense sweet but not sweet? Idk it's amazing though.

4.amouge epic man - woody , lumber jack, sweetish AMOUAGE incense . Great but there are better amounges (both jubilations)

5. Mancera red tobacco - cherry ish pipe tobacco that why I love it so that's all I have to say LOVE IT!

6 Comme des garcons concrete - chalky white sterile clean. Me and my wife can wear this so win win.

7. Killian straight to heaven - lovely accurate bourbon oak note drys down to a softer scent kinda powdery ish. Amazing .. don't know if I can agree with that price tag longevity is ehhh.

8. Carner Barcelona botafumerio- ambery balsamic sweet incense

- I absolutely love this. I just have so many dark incense amber fragrances in my collection. This is so good I might still buy a full bottle even ifi t is redundant.

9. Narcisco Rodriguez Bleu noir edt- musky sharp beautiful cleanliness... I have the EDP so it might be a little too redundant I do enjoy the fresh opening so on the edge of a full bottle.

MIGHT BE FULL BOTTLE WORTHY: I need more time.

1. Xeroff Alexandria II - I love it then hate it then love it then it's okay.... I don't know... the opening is beautiful middle is ehhh dry down Is just good.

2.Nishane B- 612 - this is growing on my more than any fragrance

Orange , dry woods, powdery creamy. This has the powderiness of Prada black that's why I think I like it.

3. burberry hero EDP - if you remove the initial Amber woody sweetness and make this a linear dry cedar scent like the dry down then this is a top 5 designer. The dry down reminds me of pasha parfum in a way beautiful. Sweet dry woody.

4. Boss the scent elixir- spicy hot lavender with a smooth dry down. A spicier one million royale - great scent.

5.comme des garcons 2- tea clean sterile fresh. A little sharp in the begining but one of CDC best.

6. Narcisco Rodriguez Bleu noir parfum - this absolutely destroys dior Homme intense, Valentino uomo intense, givenchy reserve prive etc. The quality of iris, musky , then just add a slight blue freshness - this is repetitive in my collection so it's a no for right now.

7. The dupe that made the list : rayhaan italia - more fresh than naxos but not as dark lacking tobacco note that naxos has.

This is great and gives naxos a huge run for its money

8.Amouage enclave - the opening smells like crest toothpaste the rest is amazing . I can't justify the opening

Horrible over hyped: JUST BAD / disappointing

1.Nishane wulong cha- if I wanted to wear lemon pledge dusting cleanER I would just buy this actually mine as well buy lemon pledge. This is exactly what it smells like. Repulsive I had to scrub this off.

2. Papillon Anubis- this smells like gasoline and paint. You can say it's "art" but it smells like the paint you make art with. Repulsive. Scrubber.

3. CDC wonderwood- nothing wood.... I sprayed this 5 times and it disappeared In 30 seconds. Worst longevity of all time.

Theres a lot more but these are the ones that sucked the most / pissed me off the most.