Shooting Stars Collection: Modoc Xerjoff for men

Ok, I'm probably alone here but, to me, this is all about an iris/violet accord laying on a so-so vanilla/vetiver base. Quite interesting at first but boring in no time...

As usual with Xerjoff: no, no , no.

Rating: 6.5/10

Trying a sample of this out right now.
My sample leaked all over during shipment and I try'd to salvage what was still wet on the vial by applying it to my hand. The opening scent reminds me of when I was a kid with a soldering iron burning designing into a piece of cheap leather. Very warm scent but not smokey. For the first 10min its the exact smell to me from burning leather with a hot soldering iron. Now that it has calmed down its VERY nice, same as the opening with less of the burning leather(not smokey)

First seen this fragrance being unboxed on youtube, the bottle came in a very nice satchel. The presentation makes it worth its money I think, Thanks

The first 3 - 4 hours it is fat vetiver swimming in amber. Later it become more interesting since appear spices and a tree in musk. Taking into account as Xerjoff qualifies itself, I expected more.

Reading all the reviews of Modoc, it gives me the impression that this is one of those scents that smell very different on any person. Santal? Animalic Notes? Amber? Don`t get any of this on me. I also don`t see it as a chypre fragrance, since there is nothing here that on me gives the bitterness or the mossy tone. For me, it`s a very well done Vetiver and Iris scent. The combination is quite unusual, correct me if i`m wrong but i don`t remember any vetiver and iris fragrance. It`s interesting how the perfumer created a leathery vibe reforcing the rubberish aroma of vetiver. And it also impresses me how the three elements get along so well, it`s almost like they were friends of a long time. The rubber facets of vetiver goes and then i notice the woodier and leafy sides, wrapped in a creamy, powdery, slightly sweet musk. The powder aspect is very subdued, and seems like a insertion point for the iris. I got sometime to detect the iris here, since it doesn`t smell powdery, metallic earthy. It`s more of a iris facet which is not easily explored, the anisic side found in L'Artisan Iris Pallida.
What this one doesn`t have on me is a dynamic evolution. It seems complex but linear. I wished that i could tie Oroville complex evolution and the sillage and longevity of this one.

My sample starts out smelling like alcohol and an odd medicinal, cedar-like note that I can’t identify. It then settles down into an extraordinarily strong iris/violet accord, dry and powdery, almost chalky, reminiscent of new leather that's still giving off the chemicals it was treated with. After a little while a slightly smoky vetiver comes through along with - what’s that? - a whiff of patchouli? Must be a component of the amber that’s reported by some sources to be at the base.

After an hour or two, the iris subsides a little, revealing a light scent of orange/orange blossom plus vanilla, accompanied by the dry powdery violet/iris/vetiver that seems to be the main attraction. Two to three hours later I start smelling sandalwood, so it seems that the “amber” contains vanilla, patchouli and sandalwood, for starters. After 5 or 6 hours the scent settles into a woody musk with a little sandalwood and some slightly teak-like nuances, a little bit sweaty and very comfortable feeling.

Modoc has plenty of sillage and lasts all day and more. It’s at least three completely different scents in one. I like it overall but, like all of the other Xerjoff fragrances, not enough to deem it worthy of the inflated price tag.