Unlike many other scents - mostly created to woo the impulse customer with their opening blasts - this one actually improves with time. The fruity-orangey opening is not bad, but on my skin it never develops satisfactorily the fruitiness is a bit too generic, and the citrus a bit too stale, more like a peeled orange that was left on the plate and dried out over a day or two. Not overpoweringly heavy, this makes a lovely autumn and winter fragrance. Initially I thought this fragrance wore very close to me, but so many people have noticed it today, it clearly has strong sillage. The fragrance reminds me of a more subtle, and far more natural version of A*Men Pure Coffee. Now, after wearing it for about 4.5 hours, coffee notes have appeared. ![]() Today, this is a different fragrance altogether (I wore Rive Gauche yesterday, so The Dark Heart Of Old Havana might seem sweeter in comparison): I'm not smelling the fruit notes at all instead, this fragrance started off as powdery pepper notes, and slowly sweetened, and developed vanilla, tonka and tobacco notes. ![]() The first time I wore this fragrance, I found the sour fruit notes completely overpowered most of the other notes, and could smell little else, apart faint vanilla and tobacco notes. ![]() I'm wearing it for the second time today, and, strangely, it seems a different fragrance altogether from my first wearing, two days ago. ![]() The Dark Heart Of Old Havana is my third fragrance by 4160 Tuesdays, after The Lion Cupboard and Tart's Knicker Drawer.
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