This is an absolutely gorgeous fragrance! It’s one of my favorites for fall, and will smell incredible during the winter as well.The fragrance opens with a fruity and spicy burst. Plum isn’t listed, but I love plum notes in perfume and to me this smells distinctly plummy. Specifically, it smells like sweet, ripe, juicy plums that have been soaked in rum; with cinnamon, cloves, and sugar. Within minutes there’s an earthiness and slightly resinous quality that peaks through, coming from the patchouli and labdanum. It smells very woody, earthy, airy, and almost ambery. Something about it even smells cold to the nose, and there’s a bit of a cooling effect when I sniff it. It’s gorgeous and slightly melancholic, but has that rich and sweet spiciness— it reminds me of Halloween and Christmas combined. To paint a mental image of the scent, imagine someone heating rum-soaked plums with sweet spices in a pot, in the middle of the woods lol. I don’t get the blood orange, or lavender at all— perhaps a slight rose that’s adding to the sweetness.I’ve had this for several months now, and the performance is pretty solid. It projects moderately, and has nice longevity. I think someone within two feet of you can smell this coming off of you. After about an hour or so, only those within an arms length would probably smell you. I can smell this on my skin for about 8 hours; the lasting time on clothing is longer. It makes an incredible and persistent scent bubble, and the spices and sweet scent carry when you’re walking past people. It’s not cloying or loud; definitely not a beast, but the performance isn’t lacking at all! In my opinion it’s perfectly unisex (though leaning slightly feminine) and I could see it appealing to men and women in equal measure. I love this scent profile!