Vintage Essence - 2261

The first question you might have, whilst searching for the reviews: Does this smell like the original?
Yes and no.
Let me explain. The original has quite of a strong wood and tobacco note in there. It feels a little smoky, woody and dark.
This interpretation here has all the notes, but it smells a little more like sweet rum or whiskey. I mean that in the best possible way.
The way Angel's Share smells like cognac this one here smells like rum or sweetish whiskey.
As if you opened a bottle of old rum in a gentleman's club library.
I would describe the original in the same way, but with the original you smell the gentlemen's club library more than the rum/whiskey (basically the rum was opened at the table next to you...not at your table). Whilst with this interpretation here the rum was opened right in from of you, whilst you were in the gentleman's club library.

I actually prefer this version as I'm really happy to be able to smell the rum/whiskey more rather than the rest of the notes. That's how I would have wanted the original to smell like. I would have preferred the rum/whiskey as centre, which it gets here.

So if you totally insist of Vintage Essence to smell exactly like the original you won't be happy. But if you're happy with the fact that Vintage Essence smells pretty much like the original just with a stronger rum/whiskey note, then you'll be very pleased.