Well, I don’t have to point out how beautiful the bottle is do I? In person it is like your very own beautiful African wood and crystal statue complete with an actual textured glass carving of a African chest piece and a beautiful curvature within the back of the glass bottle…what you also can’t see in pictures is the lovely Massai-like adornment around the neck of the bottle which looks like African necklaces.

The fragrance also does not disappoint -- this is intoxicating in the most wonderful way. It is a very inspiring scent--sweet, rich, woody in a wonderful way! It's like nothing I've ever smelled before. (F.Y.I.: my fragrance preferences are for the richly-spicy, exotic and/or citrus.) This scent gives me all of that which I love: warm, sweet, spicy, exotic, woody, boozy, dark. I really love the rum and saffron notes. This is not necessarily for everyone or for everyday - It's a very heady, spicy scent; a sexy and mature fragrance. My husband loves it, and I've received many compliments.

The drydown is a different story. I happen to love it. It lasted a long time on my skin. It's also androgynous scent that would smell equally gorgeous on men and women. For the cumin-wary, FYI: black cumin is, not the cumin you're accustomed to in Indian and Mexican food. This is a scent that carries surprises, secrets. It’s such a wonderful gift idea for the person who “has it all” in terms of fragrances. Because of the mix of woody spicy scents here, some may prefer to wear this at night time and/or as a winter fragrance, as strong sun/heat may warm up the rum just a tad too much for some noses, but overall, the Lubin Parfumeur, Olivia Giacobetti, has developed a spectacular fragrance that is at once deep and fresh, spice-heavy but with a sense of clarity. (via palacinka.com)