This was the only bottle on the shelf I haven't rated. Aroma of vanilla, cooked agave and cake batter. Flavor of black pepper, vanilla, cake batter and artificial sweetener. Not much finish. Not sure who the target customer is.
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The nose for me was an ultra vanilla bomb with lactic funk, cardboard, Johnson and Johnson baby oil, and cake batter. The taste was straightforward with vanilla, oak, pepper, cake batter, and cardboard. The finish is peppery with an artificial sweetness that sticks in the back of the throat, vanilla clinging to the tongue with the presence of green agave and vegetal aftertaste.