38 community ratings

Bellum

Name: Bellum
Brand: Custodia Libertatis

2024UnisexModern

Votes lean masculine

8.9/ 10

Community score
38 ratings

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Custodia Libertatis Bellum is a dense unisex scent that sets animal, leathery and resinous tones over a sweet, gourmand frame, and it suits autumn and winter evenings.

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Skunky's take: When coat weather arrives, this bottle comes off the shelf.

How does it perform?

From 35 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

8.7 /10

Sprayed at breakfast, still around at dinner.

Sillage

8.3 /10

People close to you notice, nobody gets overwhelmed.

Bottle

8.3 /10

Sits nicely on a shelf.

Value for money

8.0 /10

Most people feel it is worth the price.

Blind buy risk

Low risk

97% of votes are positive and opinions barely differ.

Notes

They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.

Top notesfirst 15 minutes

Neroli Black tea Musk Cocoa

Heart notesfirst few hours

Civet Tobacco Frangipani Coconut Honey Iris

Skunk accord

Base noteswhat stays into the evening

Leather Tonka bean Castoreum Vanilla

Chinese oud

Cedarwood Ambergris Labdanum

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Sweet
Gourmand
Spicy
Woody
Oriental
Animal
Creamy
Resinous

What does Bellum smell like?

Both longevity and sillage are rated strong. Most voters pick autumn and winter, with spring not far behind, and it is favoured most for evenings and nights out. It works on men and women alike, but it has been discontinued.

It opens with neroli, black tea, cocoa and musk. The heart brings honey, coconut, tobacco and civet to the front, with iris and frangipani softening the weight. In the base, leather, vanilla, tonka bean, Chinese oud and labdanum build a sweet, woody, resinous floor. Bortnikoff Attar Oud Monarch and Sultan Pasha Attars Tabac Grande have a close profile.