I have 3 of their fragrances, given that they're based in my home city (Melbourne, Australia) and that the house plays around with a bit of oud. Suleyman, Sultan Mehmed and Bojnokopff
The good: Fragrances are blended well, have unique compositions and do smell wonderful with a fair degree of complexity. I bought them after an initial test in store.
The bad: Performance. I'm tempted to walk around with the bottles lol. I'm not after beast mode performance, but they should have decent longevity/projection/sillage.
If they boost the performance (maybe release an extrait or enhance using synthetics) these would be epic scents.
I purchased a bottle of Kolonya soon after reading Luca's review. At long, long last, after years and years of buying fragrances from overseas, I can buy a top tier scent locally, which means I don't have to deal with :
a. unfavourable exchange rates
b. crazy shipping charges
c. Postal workers threatening to destroy perfume packages because it's illegal etc.
I purchased a bottle of Kolonya soon after reading Luca's review. At long, long last, after years and years of buying fragrances from overseas, I can buy a top tier scent locally, which means I don't have to deal with :
a. unfavourable exchange rates
b. crazy shipping charges
c. Postal workers threatening to destroy perfume packages because it's illegal etc.
I have 3 of their fragrances, given that they're based in my home city (Melbourne, Australia) and that the house plays around with a bit of oud. Suleyman, Sultan Mehmed and Bojnokopff
The good: Fragrances are blended well, have unique compositions and do smell wonderful with a fair degree of complexity. I bought them after an initial test in store.
The bad: Performance. I'm tempted to walk around with the bottles lol. I'm not after beast mode performance, but they should have decent longevity/projection/sillage.
If they boost the performance (maybe release an extrait or enhance using synthetics) these would be epic scents.
Which one would you keep out of these 3 if had to get read of one? Coincidentally, I've narrowed my choice of purchase (being a blind-buy) to one of these 3.
The notes in Sultan Mehmet are most appealing to me because I love apple, but the longevity has raised alarm bells. Bojnokopff seems to have good longevity but I'm not a big fan of lavender.
Which one would you keep out of these 3 if had to get read of one? Coincidentally, I've narrowed my choice of purchase (being a blind-buy) to one of these 3.
The notes in Sultan Mehmet are most appealing to me because I love apple, but the longevity has raised alarm bells. Bojnokopff seems to have good longevity but I'm not a big fan of lavender.
Mehmed is very nice, you really smell the sweet apple, but not too sweet, overall it is balanced.
Suleyman is a little less sweeter (still has apple in it) I personally prefer it over Mehmed.
Bojnokopff is nice, but you do notice the lavender (doesn't smack you in the face however). It's more choc-lately if anything IMO.
They all smell very nice IMO, doubt you'd be disappointed blind buying. I'm going to try showering myself in them and see how it goes with performance haha.
I managed to try Sultan Mehmet, it is a lot greener than I thought. The natural ingredients used really shine through. The only problem is that it has been 3 hours and it has totally disappeared even on my clothes. Very disappointing.
Also, managed to try Kolonya which lasted longer than Sultan M. It starts of green, fresh, and citrusy but there is something in the base that smells a bit stale.
I'll try Bojnokopff tomorrow, hopefully it will be better than these two.
This is not a knock on them. If they are mostly naturals, then the performance is just not going to provide the longevity that ACs do. It is just not possible.
Most natural houses use chemicals that are derived from naturals, and that can be justified as “natural” that way, and that can boost performance. There are some purists like Aftelier in California (Mandy) that do not use any such chemicals, and their scents last 2 or 3 hours.
I am interested in this house and have some samples somewhere that I will try. I have continued loving Kolonya.
Wore Kolonya today. Wow! It is unbelievably good. I can't wait to wear it again. Lots of depth & complexity from a basic cologne structure with wonderful nuances.
This is not a knock on them. If they are mostly naturals, then the performance is just not going to provide the longevity that ACs do. It is just not possible.
Most natural houses use chemicals that are derived from naturals, and that can be justified as “natural” that way, and that can boost performance. There are some purists like Aftelier in California (Mandy) that do not use any such chemicals, and their scents last 2 or 3 hours.
I am interested in this house and have some samples somewhere that I will try. I have continued loving Kolonya.
This is true, but when Kolonya lasts longer then Sultan Mehmet and at half of the price, it's disappointing. If I'm paying £140 for 50ml, I expect at the very least 6-8 hours longevity.
They all smell very nice IMO, doubt you'd be disappointed blind buying. I'm going to try showering myself in them and see how it goes with performance haha.
So I copied the Russian Adam technique (for those of you who don't know, 25+ sprays lol).
That did the trick. I'm back on board with this brand. Lol.
The perfumer has done a fine job overall, performance is the only thing that is lacking when it comes to Fort and Manle fragrances.
Tested Süleyman Le Magnifique and Forty Thieves (Fatih Sultan Mehmed is queued) and they are just meh - not bad, not good. Nothing special, aren't worth the price and, thus, this house is out of my list forever
I sampled on in the store and really liked it but couldn't remember which one it was. I was just about to order the sample set. It is good to know there is a longevity issue. Maybe I'll wait on the sample set now. Thanks for the heads up.
They don't all have the longevity issue. I wore Amber Absolutely tonight and it was still going strong after 8 hours. I bought the sample set but have yet to give them all a proper wearing.
They don't all have the longevity issue. I wore Amber Absolutely tonight and it was still going strong after 8 hours. I bought the sample set but have yet to give them all a proper wearing.
