Smokin' Gun
Smokin' Gun by BORNTOSTANDOUT is an unisex extrait de parfum in the niche price tier. It opens with rum, bitter orange and juniper berry, moves into incense, leather, cinnamon, oakwood, whiskey and pine and dries down to virginia cedarwood, tobacco, vanilla and sandalwood. Expect around 10 hours of wear, and it projects strongly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Rum Boozy, sweet and warm. Adds a grown-up edge to gourmands.
- Bitter Orange Marmalade without the sugar. Sour and slightly medicinal.
- Juniper Berry Gin, basically. Piney, dry and bracing.
Heart
- Incense Smoky, dry and meditative. Adds gravity to anything.
- Leather Smoky, dry and a bit animal. Can be a new jacket or an old saddle.
- Cinnamon Sweet heat. Reads festive, sometimes to a fault.
- Oakwood Dry, toasty barrel wood. Closer to a whisky cask than a forest.
- Whiskey Boozy, oaky, a little smoky. Warmth you can almost taste.
- Pine Sappy and bracing. Straightforwardly outdoorsy.
Dry-down
- Virginia Cedarwood The pencil-shaving one specifically. Dry, sharp and slightly sweet.
- Tobacco Sweet, dried and honeyed. Nothing like a cigarette.
- Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.
- Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
Smells like this
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- Xerjoff Alexandria Orientale
- Dior Dior Homme Parfum
- Profumum Roma Arso
- Valentino Uomo Born in Roma The Gold
- Pineward Cotswold
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