Luna
Al Kimiya (2014)

Take a usual male fragrance, add leather and soap to it and you have Luna. Good performances but disappointing.

Fruit salad in a leather glove. There is a dissonance here that is very off-putting. To be fair, I almost never like fruit-themed fragrances, and combine fruit with leather and spice, not a recipe for success. There is a plastic smell that I guess is from the combination of Iris and current.

An opening blast containing the aroma emenating from a fruit mocktail, with apricot, peach, tangerine and apples dominating the top notes on my skin. Delicious.

The drydown introduces whiffs of a soft spiciness, later on combined with a restrained vanilla impression as well a very soft musk and some underlying woodsy impressions.

I get moderate sillage, very good projection and nine hours of longevity on my skin.

The top note mix is beautiful and well blended. The later stages lack these qualities to some extent and are less original. Nice for daytime in spring. In toto: a thumbs-up - just. 3/5.