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titanoff828 – :
its Straight to Heaven…dialed to 11.
An extreme done the right way…by making it extreme.
i can’t even begin to describe some of the awkward situations this intoxicating good scent has put me in.
salim141 – :
Scent – sweet liquor musk.
Season/Time of Day – I prefer to use this one in the colder months, during the day.
Projection – I did get noticed, I didn’t get a compliment.
Longevity – I get 12hrs consistently.
tby078Diobtetty – :
This is a beautiful scent. Very masculine. It smells like spilled rum on cedar wood with patchouli aroma. Sweet, but not so much. You should definetely try this before buying. It’s not for everyone. The longevity is long lasting, the sillage is also great. It’s straight to heaven…
TNDGavrosh – :
It smells like patchouli wrapped in medical bint that has been sopped in rum and buried in soil. Strong and good longevity. Unfortunately too much woody/patchouli/earthy for me, I prefer sweet perfumes. It reminds me of Cher Wood Molinard.
hostingfa – :
One of the reasons i loved STH so much was because of the transparency and the all-season wearability. It is the only boozy patchouli scent I can think of that can be worn year-round. This Extreme version seems to have lost some of that wearability and also seems to be centered around fewer notes. To me it seems to be less classy than the original and a little more generic. It takes the concept of the original and simplifies it, and this isn’t a good thing imo. I’ll have to do more testing to confirm
shpattneo – :
After testing Gold Knight a few times, I had decided to go ahead and buy an unneeded bottle over the weekend. The nice SA at Saks asked if I had smelled this one yet, which I had not. She sprayed a card and I really liked it, so I decided to walk around for a bit to give it some time. About an hour later, I caught up with my wife and let her take a whiff. She lit up and said, “mmmm, what’s that?”, in the same way that I do when I smell somethin good cookin. Needless to say, I’m now the proud owner of STHE along with a few sample bottles of Gold Knight to satisfy me for awhile.
It is very similar to the original, but has a deeper hue to it due to the intensified rum and vanilla, which I prefer. Don’t get me wrong, the vanilla isn’t the main attraction here as much as the rum and dried fruit, and nobody’s yelling “timber” from the cedar either. This is well balanced and quickly becoming my favorite, even after just a few days. I even get a hint of something that reminds me of a leather jacket I had in high school.
STHE has great performance and sillage is moderate. I find this very pleasant and I highly recommend it. I also think this is a true unisex fragrance.
Very well done.
tiredofl1fe – :
Definitely a straight up Classic and a true Niche powerhouse, STH deserves a space with anyone who is just after something easy to wear and straight out Quality signature scent –
I always avoided the orginial becasue of it’s terrible ”it’s just not there-ness” lol so for me this much needed update was a God-send, now finally I can join the party and bottle some of this goodness
So, what is it? I haven’t explained!! A woody, boozy fruity cocktail, so balanced and ridiculously elegant you’d have to sniff at the store again and then , buyyy (no, joking,, don’t unless you really want to!!)
The vanilla again is the star, bringing the best of the booze (rum maybe) and woods, and the woods themselves give this the timeless and familiar masculinity we males all look for in a signature scent
Fruits are there, and musky sexiness and vanilla all get better by the drydown as usual but the opening is pleasurable, that’s what so important for today’s competitive scnene!
I don’t think it’s still better than Enigma per say but it’s certainly the alternative hit for me, that is so popular it makes Enigma the ‘alternate’ one xD
My rating: 9/10
xvx447InsuffBooni – :
My, Oh My! This is not supposed to happen, fragrance so good to make you emotional…You’ll think about nothing but love when you put this on. So I warn you! Wear this only around your “loved one”, that special one only!!! Just a few sprays and you’ll be in that special place, all your problems gone, nothing else matters but the love bubble that this incredible juice will create around you. You’ve gotta try this to know what I’m talking about.
Side effects of this too-good-to-be-true juice: intermittent smiles, heavenly daydreams, IMMEDIATE sexiness. So use wisely if you can help it.
FroShu – :
I love the original but this is on another level. Kilian has executed an extreme flanker perfectly with this one. Performance is better. Maintains the same DNA of the original but with more richness and depth.
tasja – :
I hadn’t anticipated a flanker to the original By Kilian Straight to Heaven, but Extreme is a pleasant surprise, and addresses some of criticisms of the original.
The original is celebrated for its purity, a clean, somewhat masucline expression of cedar, which is nice, but was a bit monotonous for my taste. The boozy additions of rum and vanilla in the Extreme flanker balance out the woodiness and give the blend more depth, variance, and frankly, strength. Extreme performs better than the original.
Extreme’s cost is greater, at $315 for 50ml, contra the original’s current pricing of $275.
Definitely a nice take on the original, and leaning toward a boozy and sweet subgenre that I’m a fan of. One I’d lean toward buying if I could find it at a discount.
8 out of 10
poludurok – :
@micavana thanks for your opinion! I know you are right, gonna test it soon and hope it will turn out to be a good one 😉
uro439intitytek – :
@ScentTower It would be worse if it were not discontinued, but reformulated to be a mere shadow of itself, as so many other fragrances have done over the years. So I say try it while it is in its full glory. Something I tell my daughter… don’t cry for what you may have lost but smile for the memories of what you had. My $0.02
LorENoraUsart – :
Looking forward to test this, what is holding me back is that if I let’s say really really love this juice I need to buy it with the only downside that it will be discontinued (It’s a limited edition)
We will see! 🙂
Thank you!!!
vl76 – :
Nice! A very good scent to me! Similar to Masque Montecristo without the harsh opening. This is the image I get from this scent…
I am taking a night stroll in the middle of a hot and dry desert. I stumble across an old wooden shack constructed with charred wood. Maybe a place that bootleggers used to stash rum? Opening the charred wooden door I am stuck by the scent of rum soaked ceder casks. As my eyes adjust, I slowly scan the interior of the shack. Exploring the dirt floor and the bowls of vanilla, nutmeg and dried fruits sitting on the cedar rum casks. A hint of animals are on the fringe of the scent from the shack. As if animals took up residence here months back, but abandoned the shack after a few nights. Maybe after the bootleggers returned?
This is a VERY well made fragrance with a complex mixture of scents. I get good projection and longevity on my skin. I can see this scent in either casual or business attire.
Bottom line, if you like scents that are different than the mass market / designer fragrances you find in every store that sells fragrances, you should try a sample of this stuff.
argus31rus – :
this was is boozier and less ‘dried fruits’ than the original.
still trying to figure out if i like it or love it…
studentlstts – :
Depending on your perspective this is a success I think. Is it stronger version of the original? Well its certainly unmistakable as STH, and although I dont get disastrous performance on the original like some others do yes this does seem to be stronger.
Also for it having more rum and vanilla yes id say that as well. Which as someone who likes sweet scents I think that makes this better. Although the nutmeg is not quite as strong in this one which I thought was really well done in the original.
However if you didn’t like the original, im not sure if this really changes anything as, it still smells fairly mature to say(which dont get me wrong straight to heaven is one of the few fragrances that although I think smells kinda out there for the normal person, i still find it is generally well liked even by a younger crowd), its not just a boozy fragrance either, boozy doesnt really do it justice as the alcohol is quite strong period, so if that bothered you in the original, well this doenst “fix” that.
Anyway over all besides the missing not quite as good nutmeggy goodness of the original I think this smells better. But unless you have a disposable income or really love the original it probably is redundant.
Domination – :
So in comparison to the original Straight to Heaven, the rum and vanilla are definitely more prominent in the opening of this one and the cedar is not as prominent in this one. However, once it settles down, it does become a little more woody. My advice, if you already have the original one, you’ll love this one but it may not be worth the money because the two are very similar.
bcotzuafab – :
Much better than the original in my opinion. I can actually smell the rum in this one! However, the woody elements still keep it from being overly sweet.
phymbop – :
sampled this at Saks and all i can say is WOW!
what a beautiful fragrance!
10/10
domkit – :
i just got my hands on this and it smells exactly like the original nothing new. i assume where the extreme comes into play is in the projection and longevity …
will report back soon 🙂
mantaKAD – :
Definitely looks interesting. I’ve tried the standard Straight to Heaven and although it was nice, I think the rum and fruity notes were too subdued by the cedar and patchouli.
Risctb – :
WOW I LOVE STH, just hope this one is as good and better with a killer longevity!!
Then it’s a buy I would say.
Looking forward to your reviews, especially the differences to the original: better, same worse scent, AND performance!!
More sillage? More longevity? LOVE that rum note, really do…
Looking way FORWARD to this…! 🙂
z92dima – :
Hopefully Jasmine is assertive in this one. Fingers crossed.
On the other hand why the need of amber when vanilla already double dosed in this version?!
anuta – :
Smelled it for the first time today…
TOTALLY full bottle worthy, even at the Kilian price!
Will review soon.
DISIL – :
Love the original. I Just hope it is better than the original especially for kilian price.