Initio

Side Effect

Side Effect by Initio is an unisex eau de parfum from 2015 in the luxury price tier. It opens with rum and cinnamon, moves into tobacco and vanilla and dries down to sandalwood, amber and musk. Expect around 11 hours of wear, and it projects very strongly.

Notes, explained

Opening

• Rum Boozy, sweet and warm. Adds a grown-up edge to gourmands.
• Cinnamon Sweet heat. Reads festive, sometimes to a fault.

Heart

• Tobacco Sweet, dried and honeyed. Nothing like a cigarette.
• Vanilla Sweet, creamy and warm. The most comforting note in perfumery.

Dry-down

• Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
• Amber Warm, golden and resinous. Not a real material — a blend that glows.
• Musk Warm, skin-like and slightly sweet. Makes a fragrance feel like you.

Smells like this

• Mancera Red Tobacco
• Xerjoff Uden Overdose
• Initio Rehab
• Roja Parfums Enigma Pour Homme
• Zara Tobacco Rich Warm Addictive
• Azzaro The Most Wanted Intense

Cheaper alternatives

• Mancera Red Tobacco
• Zara Tobacco Rich Warm Addictive
• Azzaro The Most Wanted Intense

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