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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