S&X

S&X began as a collaboration between a photographer and the brand's perfumer, and it was meant to turn the seduction, irreverence and charged sensuality of his photography into scent. The brand calls it fearless, punk rock and wild, and it is sold as an eau de parfum in 30 and 150 ml. Fresh magnolia and jasmine meet the tactile sensuality of leather, lifted by bergamot, with pepper, olibanum, Earl Grey tea, elemi, guaiac wood and patchouli through the middle. Castoreum, white musk, amber and blond woods give a warm, skin-like base. Reviewers find very dark leather and a dirty patchouli from the start, a first half hour that can feel harsh and up front, and then a bright musk and tea that take over from the fourth hour. It lasts: long-lasting votes lead, one wearer reports twelve hours or more, and sillage votes sit at moderate. Autumn and winter lead the season votes, night-out and evening votes are strongest, and it also collects leisure and business votes. It is a unisex scent, and wearers describe resinous, spicy, slightly animalic wood and leather of the kind that men's fragrances once had, with a little synthetic edge that one finds intriguing. It suits anyone who wants a confident, sensual scent with some bite rather than a soft skin scent.