Oil Fiction is a polarising beast: some praise its opulent, vintage amber-floral warmth as a masterpiece, while others dismiss it as outdated, soapy, and drowned in ambroxan. It’s got a loyal following, but definitely not a blind-buy.

Reduces Mugler Alien to its bare minimalist skeleton, jasmine over woody-amber, capturing the shape but not the mineral radiance that makes the original distinctive.