In the bottle: First whiff, spicy/leathery. I like it a lot.
Initial application: Here comes the amber! Then the leather! Leather and amber blow up together! This is a huge fragrance.
Dry-down: Still strong leather and amber, with the myrrh and musk giving a bit of a spicy undertone. This reminds me a great deal of DSH Celestial Smoke, only with leather added.
Five hours later: This one isn't mellowing or morphing a bit -- it has inordinate staying power.
People who sniffed this on me generally reacted with exclaimations, but not negative ones. It kicks serious butt, and I'll probably retest Loviatar again on a brisk autumn day, so see how it responds to my autumnal body chemistry.
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Revised: It wasn't a brisk autum day, but it was a 75 degree day instead of 95 degree day. I thought I'd slap on some Loviatar for the jollies of it, and sure 'nuf, the cooler weather changed the dry-down of the fragrance. The leather was softer and the dry-down was sweet and spicier. It's without question a cooler-weather scent for me. It's on the "buy a bottle" list now!