Deep Forest

Okay, let's set the record straight. This is not a bad fragrance, in fact, if you get past what you may have been expecting, you'll discover something quite beautiful. This is not a naturalistic scent, it's more an interpretation of a storybook forest in my opinion. Wearing this, I imagine wandering through a dark fairy-tale wood, stepping into an enchanted glen filled with blooming flowers, and noticing a little cottage in the middle of it all. On first spray, I get hit with a smooth leather and an intense bouquet of white florals. This is quickly backed by some citrusy and spicy notes - orange in particular stands out here and together with the leather and spice, gives it an almost orange chocolate chip vibe. After the first few minutes, this settles down into a woody fragrance, heavily accented by the scent of violets (which always remind me of red licorice). Projection is fantastic - I could smell this through the box before unpacking it, and I suspect longevity will be the same (will check in again later). I would say this is a good all-year-round fragrance, but will benefit from cooler weather. You do need to be able to rock more traditionally feminine smells as it leans more in that direction on the unisex scale. That being said, pairing this fragrance with a nice masculine wood fragrance really boosts the "forest" vibe as well as taming some of the more feminine elements. I found it paired well with Guilty Absolute by Gucci, but I imagine it would work well with any simple but high quality woody scent. If you're looking for something a little different but still beautiful, give this a go!

Wow! Mancera has created a Masterpiece that justify the name 👍 Incense amped up Woody Floral Spicy Amber to create heavenly pleasure & comfort, Florals are mingling in between but never allow juice to touch extreme, Don't imagine that green herbal forest here 😄 it's a Bakhoor like Smokey Jungle near volcanic land. I felt that I'm ended up with searching smokey Bakhoor feeling in a fragrance after sniffing it. I'm a diehard fan of Mancera fragrances so this fragrance is second after RED TOBACCO 😍 It's not for everyone coz it's really Up-skilled, Complex, deep, dark Scent. It gives me a Spiritual Comfort with incense note 🧘 Heavy sillage and 12 hrs lasting gives it value addition to shine your collection 👍

The opening of this one, is TOUGH! I am less inclined to give a favorable review based on that alone. It comes off extremely indolic and almost pungently offputting on my skin. Somehow I get more of the florals in the opening than I do in the mid or anywhere in the note breakdown. The mid is much better with the woody notes and spices playing nicer with the florals. The dry down is very leather, vanilla and amber forward. All in all, this one doesn't disappoint. I do get somewhat of a dark resinous leather badassery feel from it that is similar to Varvatos' Dark Rebel Rider to my nose.

This is a gorgeous floral woody with an animalic undertones(only up close-on skin). There is one note not mentioned here, which is JASMINE! Which if used in high doses, could potentially give off an animalic scent. It reminds a tad bit of la religieus by serge lutens but that one is more musky animalic jasmine that leans feminine and has an old school vibe. This one though, is a true gem!

This one is trully mancera’s hidden gem. First impression when i spray, honestly make me surprise and not pleasing for some people. But day by day, Deep forest becomes more beautiful! Midnotes till drydown is the best part and really make me fly. Its monster for projection sillage and longevity. Easy 12+ with only 3 sprays. Dont get overspray bcause it’s so strong.