Not as smoky as a I expected. Much sweeter than I expected.
I've been researching A City on Fire for a while and all I've been hearing about it is how overwhelming the smokiness is on the nose and how it mellows out pretty quickly. I love smoke-forward fragrances so I decided to try A City on Fire.<br /><br />The first thing that hit my nose was unfortunately not smoke. It smelled more like sweet, resinous licorice.<br />I love the smell of the woods and a nice wood fire. Oftentimes I will have a casual campfire in my front yard burning woods such as: oak, hickory, and maple. There is nothing in A City on Fire that compares to a real smoky fire.<br /><br />I also had difficulty finding that burnt match scent through all the sweetness. Whatever smokiness in the fragrance mellows out much quicker than the sweetness leaving a mild, one-dimensional sweetness that could be mistaken for an odd medicinal/soapy residue.<br /><br />Maybe I just had a defective bottle?
Rating: 2 stars