Bvlgari Malakeos

Malakeos by Bvlgari is a Aromatic Fougere fragrance for men. Malakeos was launched in 2016. The nose behind this fragrance is Jacques Cavallier Belletrud. Read about this perfume in other languages: Deutsch, Español, Français, Čeština, Italiano, Русский, Polski, Português, Ελληνικά, 汉语, 日本語, Nederlands, Srpski, Română, العربية, Українська, Монгол, עברית. Rate only the most important ingredients you sense in this fragrance. Become a member of this online perfume community and you will be able to add your own reviews. Not only was this not "that bad of a fragrance", its quite probably the most exceptional fougere ever created. The reason it was "literally erased from the face of the planet", is because the people who did get to experience it, generally recognised it for what it is, a fougere masterpiece, and snapped up remaining stock once it was discontinued, too precious to decant for those who unfortunately missed it.. What a slept on fragrance that’s literally erased from the face of the planet. Not even the internet wanted this fragrance to exist, because you can’t find a sample of this anywhere… let alone of a bottle of it. Jeeze everybody… it wasn’t that bad of a fragrance. This is without any doubt best attractive scent Ive ever had, Im presently collecting Malakeos, If anyone have it please reply I've owned this for a while, and although it always reminded me of vintage Rive Gauche, the notes listed by the brand kept throwing me off. There's a lot more going on in the top and mid notes on that didn't make sense according to the note pyramid. I smell lavender EO and absolute, banana peel, violet, carnation,(tuberose?) and narcissus. A weird combo that I've learned to enjoy, now that I know what I'm smelling. There's also some rose/geranium, cardamom and star anise for good measure. The base notes to my nose are patchouli, leather, coumarin/hay, oakmoss, ambrox, a microdose of civet and some other expensive-smelling musks, as well as frankincense (that same note that's in most of, if not all, of the high end Bulgari La Gemme fragrances). Gaiac wood provides a smoky/buttery/fatty facet to the base. The strangest part of the fragrance however is this piercing, extremely loud "fresh" accord, that smells like the 1990s. Something along the lines of Dyhydromercenol, but Im not enough of a chemist or perfumer to know exactly what I'm smelling. Overall, Malakeos is a fougere on steroids (ambrox brings the coumarin and florals to level 100), that smells like if Grey Flannel and Rive Gauche had a baby (but very modernized of course). If this is your genre, you'll love it. Otherwise, the classical fougere, even when powered by ambrox, can come off as dated to modern noses. I believe that's why this wasn't a top selling fragrance and was ultimately discontinued. Overall, a 9/10 for me, I'm a fan. Now this is a rarely acknowledged, hard to find fragrance in the La Gemme Collection. Truly an exceptional barbershop-style fougere fragrance. After fina...

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