CHICAGO HIGH

The opening blast of pineapple and champagne is genuinely fizzy — it feels like uncorking a bottle at 8pm. An hour in, the leather and patchouli ambre turns it into something deep and smoky. I keep catching myself sniffing my own wrist.

The honey and tobacco settle into something warm and almost cozy, while that leather-patchouli base keeps it grounded for hours. I can still catch the champagne fizz on my skin well past dinner, which is exactly what I wanted from a 100 ml bottle.

The pineapple and champagne opening is so bright it feels like a toast, but the leather and patchouli base keeps it grounded and grown-up. I get whiffs of the honeyed tobacco for hours after, and 100 ml means I'll be living in this for a while.