Neil Morris fragrances, part 5 Gotham (end)

by Karin on January 7, 2011 · 2 comments

in Amber, Leather, Neil Morris, Perfume review, Perfumes, Tonka Bean

Neil Morris spoke to me about this lovely, dark, lush fragrance:

I was walking one October in New York City, which is also called Gotham. It was a particularly warm evening, very dark, almost menacing in an intriguing way ... almost intriguingly menacing, it spoke to me of things hiding in the dark ... there was a kind of Sherlock Holmes feeling. It was a magical night, going to a couple of different clubs. It was intriguing, looking down dark alley ways -- a very unusual night in Gotham City, like a Batman Gotham scent, like a slice of pie, a portion of your life and trying to recapture it.

The notes are:

Top notes: Black Pepper, Yuzu
Mid notes: Rose, Narcissis
Base notes: Amber, Pearl Musk (lovely, creamy as Neil described it), Myrtlewood, Tonka absolute, Labdanum, Russian Leather, Redwood, and Ambergris

This fragrance is as lovely as the notes make it sound. It is creamy and smooth, intriguingly sweet in a dark way. It is not a floral sweetness, but it is rich with the amber and tonka, tempered with leather and woods. The pearl musk is lovely and creamy. It is not a musk that hits you in the face and just keeps on and on.

This fragrance weaves a spell. I left it for last, but it could have been first. Somehow for me, there is even the mingled scent of car exhaust in the air, but this is a good thing. In that respect it reminds me, but lightly, of one of Andy Tauer's scents, Lonestar Memories, but they aren't really alike.

Again, the price is $150 for 2 oz of perfume, not edp or edt.

Karin

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Originally posted 2008-02-04 10:01:57.

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helg February 8, 2008 at 8:54 am

I will be reviewing this one as well;-) Thanks for your very interesting impressions, loved reading them.

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