33 community ratings

Vicious Vanguard

2025UnisexModern

Votes lean masculine

8.4/ 10

Community score
33 ratings

Nebiru Parfvms Vicious Vanguard is a unisex scent that ties the brightness of Ceylonese cinnamon and blood orange to a dark, smoky base of rose and oud resin.

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Skunky's take: Nightlife loves this one, or so the votes say.

How does it perform?

From 29 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

8.4 /10

Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.

Sillage

8.2 /10

People close to you notice, nobody gets overwhelmed.

Bottle

8.0 /10

Sits nicely on a shelf.

Value for money

7.8 /10

Most people feel it is worth the price.

Blind buy risk

Low risk

88% 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

Ceylonese cinnamon

Italian orange

Kaffir lime Italian blood orange

Iranian saffron

Heart notesfirst few hours

Dong quai

Taif rose Orange blossom absolute

Crimean rose

Base noteswhat stays into the evening

Myrrh

Borneo oud resin

Papua oud

Ethiopian civet

Peru balsam White oud Burmese oud

Indonesian oud (sumbawa)

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Citrus
Floral
Spicy
Woody
Oriental
Resinous
Smoky

What does Vicious Vanguard smell like?

Voters rate both longevity and sillage as strong, with most of them in the top band for each. The vote count is small, so this is a tendency rather than a verdict. There are no season or occasion votes, but the dense build suits no single gender.

It opens with cinnamon, orange, kaffir lime and saffron mixing citrus with spice. Taif rose, Crimean rose and orange blossom lead the heart. In the base, myrrh, Borneo and Papua oud, Peru balsam and civet set a resinous, woody, smoky ground. Tauer Perfumes № 06 - Incense Rosé and Nebiru Parfvms Helix / Helix XQ have a close profile.