Maya
AbdesSalaam Attar Profumo

Been wearing for about three hours, and I have to give it a thumbs down. It reminds me of a chocolate from an innovative chocolatier that just didn't work out. Sweet and spicy, but not in a sensually pleasing way, or even an intellectually pleasing way. Not disgusting, but I've been furrowing my forehead from the first minute till now.

Pungent. Chocolate note bounces about. The vanilla is sharpened by spices. Spices have the nature of a marinated meat accord. A roasted cumin aspect prevails. A wet, bovine-trampled, straw-covered barn stall smell pricks my nose. Unusual. Not particularly wearable in the long term, for my tastes. There's some crushed, black pepper which is slightly redeeming.

Oddly later, it seems to take on an anise / licorice vibe. Faint, but there.