Worst Niche Fragrances Gets the Hot-Take Treatment

A fragrance reviewer goes through niche brands and tears apart their worst offerings, claiming Penhaligon's Confetti and multiple Mancera fragrances (including Mancera Tonka Cola and their lemon-mint-oud combo) are boring, gimmicky, or just plain bad, while Goldfield and Banks Pacific Rock Flower allegedly smells like pickles and Goldfield and Banks White Sandalwood smells like paint—though he admits some Mancera hits like Mancera Amouage Cafe Cedrat Boise and Mancera Amber Fougere are keepers.