the presentation is stunning; the bottle feels lux, its a bit hard to open. currently i get the apples, dates, booozy sweetness. its sweet but not in a saccharrine feminine way - there's something masculine about it and an underlying woodiness/ oud that i don't like. i just got it but its definitely strong, it has a heavy kind of candle-like quality. it gets sweeter as it dries down and after letting it macerate i might like it more.