Shooting Stars Collection: Shingl Xerjoff for women

Smells like an amber-based plummy oriental on me. I get none of the listed notes, sadly. It's a classically styled oriental, with the fruited amber. Pass.

Like Doc Elly, i don`t get any bergamot and anise on shingl. The opening is in fact dry, spicy. I wouldn`t say peppery, it smell more like carnation on me. Then it comes the iris, and the combination of iris and carnation makes me think of Guerlain scents, since both notes are very detectable on the guerlinade accord which is very used on their vintage offerings. Then, the iris-carnation thing start to get warm, sweet, boozy. I mostly detect a combination of rum, vanilla and musk, which creates a comfortable, contemporany, delicious base. This one seems perfect for winter days, very cozy. I don`t know if i would pay 300 dollars for it, maybe it`s because it`s a considerable amount of money of my budget, but well, besides that, i think this one is lovely and i would like to have it if it was a little bit cheaper.

This was another vial with a malfunctioning sprayer! #8c%! However, the crammed spray top on this one was actually loose and falling off so that it was possible to get to what was left of the perfume after leakage. Luckyscent, you might want to rethink those spray vials. The first thing that I smell is an incredibly strong, dry, peppery iris note, so strong that nothing else could possibly make its way through. If there’s bergamot or anise in there, it’s completely stomped on by the bloated elephant of an iris. It’s wonderful if you like iris, but if you don’t, then watch out! After an hour or so, the iris becomes creamy as well as powdery and a little boozy - custard and rum flavored, to be exact, and it’s at this point that the scent really comes into its own.

With time, Shingl mellows into a sensual, comfortable, leathery-ambery-fruity-musky scent that reminds me a little bit of the original Rochas Femme. Once this transformation happens, I can enjoy it for hours. It’s not really the same set of notes as Femme, but it’s the same genre, if that makes sense. At that point it’s one of those perfumes that provides an example of how I wish my skin smelled, but it was quite a journey to get there.