Papilefiko

Sweet, spicy, herbal & woody. What a fun, unique scent. Somehow managing to be sweet and dry at the same time. I suppose that’s the combo of cardamom and citrus over the woods and lavender. Once it dries down there’s more of a fougere quality with the classic balsam fir but still unique with the hints of pencil shavings poking through. Like others, it reminds me of a high end hotel or lodge. I was most surprised by the performance. I have a few barbershop fragrances and performance is usually a compromise. This was strong from the start and even had co workers mentioning that they picked it up right at my office door. They liked it, but I don’t want to fill a room at work so I go with 3-4 sprays tops. Strongest longevity is on clothing for me which lasts all day. All in all, I love it. Consistent part of my spring/summer rotation.

The people that convinced me this would resemble the smell of Torino 22 should be ashamed lol. Torino 22 is my favorite scent OAT, so I figured it would be inevitable for me to love this. Papilefiko is a lot more spices, green notes, with a lot less sweetness and saffron profile. Nevertheless, this was an excellent blind buy!! Im beyond satisfied, as I usually am with Nishane products. The opening was a bit body odor-ish and quite spicy. This immediately fades away about 5 minutes into the dry down and it is just delightful! Sweet/Spicy done to absolute perfection. Also, you never have to worry about longevity/projection to be an issue from the house of Nishane. 5/5 successful blind buys from Nishane so far with 2 more on the way!!

This stuff is beautiful. Their signature style shines through, reminding me a lot of fan your flames. If you took out the booziness and coconut sweetness from Fan Your Flames, and refined the edges boosting up a little spice and light floral to the blend, a more specific and mature scent (to me) than FYF, not that FYF is juvenile by any means, this just doesn't rely on the piña colada aspect to tie it together, brings a unique forest-y resin type accord on its own, for fans of the house I'd highly recommend. I still will default to Sultan Vetiver as my top Nishane, but this is pretty close.

The colors on the bottle is exactly what you smell. Something orange and something green. My personal interpretation is something like carrots and citrus orange, but on the warm and spicy side. This is backed by very prominent fougere notes, something piney, earthy, vegetal, green and foresty. This is like Dior Sauvage Elixir's more sophisticated and graceful brother: Papilifeko has that sweeter and more brighter edge, and is more refined, smooth and elevated to niche standards. Longevity is moderate with 7ish hours, which is decent for extrait.

My first reaction is a soundly: "Wow" this stuff is not good, this stuff is reaaally good. It has a very fruity opening although it is not listed in the notes. It starts with a bang of cardamom and oriental spices, it leaves a good trail and it accompanies you in a blasamic, spicy, fruity trip. Once it dries down i totally get the Balsam Fir. The composition is also very Vibrant, stays on skyn for a long time and that's just amazing. Truly i get everything i like in a fragrance, Cardamom, a fruity opening and a masculine dried down.