Muse is a divisive beast: some hail it as a unique, sexy powerhouse, a 'plum wine' with incredible longevity; others find it overwhelmingly sweet, headache-inducing, and reminiscent of Lush. It's certainly not a safe blind buy, so sample before you splurge.

No. 177 recreates Gucci Oud's fruity-rose-oud contrast reasonably well, though the raspberry opening is sweeter and more forward than the original's more balanced juiciness, and the oud itself reads more generic and less resinous.