{"product_id":"soragladiator","title":"Sora Dora Gladiator extrait - 2 ml manufacturer boxed sample","description":"\u003cp\u003eGladiator by Sora Dora is a Citrus Aromatic fragrance for men  launched in 2021. Gladiator was created by Amelie Bourgeois, Anne-Sophie Behaghel and Camille Chemardin. this is extrait concentration. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGLADIATOR blends notes of grapefruit, pineapple, Sicilian bergamot and Italian lime, garnished with bitter orange. The middle notes have spicy mint and Egyptian geranium extracts, enhanced by the delights of ambergris.  Thanks to Indonesian patchouli combined with the essence of Haitian Vetiver and Virginia Cedar, it envelops you with its power, enchanting and irresistible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes: Pineapple, Grapefruit, Sicilian Bergamot, Bitter Orange, Italian Lime, : Geranium, Spicy Mint, Green Apple, White Flowers, Coumarin, Indonesian Patchouli Leaf, Virginia Cedarwood , Haitian Vetiver, Woody Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFragrantica - A joy to wear when it's hot outside. Starts off with a fresh blast of herbal, bitter mint, a lot like Amouage Beach Hut does. This bitter freshness is doubled with grapefruit.Has pineapple and apple in the heart, but it doesn't remind me of Aventus or Elysium like it does for some people. In fact, in some whiffs it may remind you a teeny bit like Dior Sauvage. A fleeting resemblance only.The woody-musky drydown is masculine, yet has a calming quality to it.This one surprises me with how well it lasts and projects, especially when you go out directly in the sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFragrantica - This is truly a special fragrance. It's familiar and mass appealing as a blue fragrance but not in a \"me too\" sense. The three notable comparables (I also own these) are PDM Percival, LV Meteore, Bond no9 Scent of Peace. These three fragrances feel like upgraded versions of their designer counterparts.Put the three in a Venn diagram then you have Gladiator in a huge central overlap, but with a super upgrade. The perfumer accomplished a way to improve where the past three are lacking: performance, sillage, richness. It has that addictive quality where I smell something and I want to actually swallow that scent. When sprayed on skin, you can see the sheen of the oils used. I had it on the back of my hand and I can draw scent trails in the air. The olfactory equivalent of light trails in long exposure photography. Extrait concentration with moderate projection (a couple feet past arm's length) but with CRAZY sillage that lingers. Someone will smell you in a hallway or room that you left half an hour ago. Easily 12 hours performance before it becomes a skin scent. This outlasts the aforementioned three. And it's a scent that most people will like, unless they hate blue type fragrances. Marketed as unisex but leans very masculine. It's fresh, but deep enough to wear year round, even during winter. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFragrantica - The juice, however, is quite good. It's firmly in the \"Aventus adjacent\" camp, meaning it's fruity and woody and musky. The mint is a really nice addition and a standout note for me. I think it makes this more suitable for hot summer days than Aventus itself.Longevity is solid, around 8 hours or more and projection is moderate for a few hours.It's really a scent with designer sensibilities, while having niche quality. If you're into the Aventus style scents, then this is really worth checking out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFragrantica - So this opens very Aventus, with a juice sweet pineapple along a beautiful grapefruit. Is not smoky, just fruity and sweet. As it settles, after 5 to 10 minutes a zesty, bright and cold hearted mint comes along with the geranium and apple. This might remind you Sauvage, not as for the smell, but how the ambroxan comes along in Diors EDT.With that said, after 40 to 50 min, the woods come along and rounds up the citruses and flowers, making it fresh and with Invictus Paco Rabanne vibes going on in here, but in a more mature way (kind of an older brother).After almost 2 and half hours, you get a beautiful and intoxicating dry down with a little touch of musk (is not listed, yet you can smell some traces) flowers and ambergris, just greatly combined.All and all this is a great 4x4 scent that will give you a good amount of compliments, with 2 an half hours of good projection and up to 6 to 7 hours of an arms length projection, with +10 hours of longevity. Is good, yet it reminds me very much to other fragrances.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sora Dora","offers":[{"title":"Each","offer_id":44773796839585,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1993\/6689\/files\/SoraGladiator_f7d52ad8-688d-465e-834f-0e1f5a617f7e.jpg?v=1737146700","url":"https:\/\/theperfumedcourt.com\/products\/soragladiator","provider":"The Perfumed Court","version":"1.0","type":"link"}