Love Shot by Ex Nihilo bottle
Ex Nihilo

Love Shot

3.7/5 · 460 votes Feminine 2016
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Character

Longevity3.6/5
Sillage3.2/5
Day90
Night73
Fall100
Spring84
Winter81
Summer52
Our take

Love Shot opens with a burst of raspberry so glossy and ripe it feels like biting into a candy-coated fruit, all sugar and shimmer. But then the leather cuts through, not a hulking biker jacket but a supple gloved hand, slightly smoky and dusted with powder. As it dries, the musk settles in, warm and animalic, rounding the edges into a sweet, slightly dirty embrace. This is a chypre fruity that plays dress-up, a cherry red lipstick kiss smeared across a black leather clutch, playful but with a hint of defiance.

It feels synthetic in the best way, that airbrushed gloss of a niche perfume that knows it’s too bright for a serious boardroom. The longevity and sillage sit squarely average, a three out of five on both counts, so you get a solid four hours before it fades into a soft skin scent. That’s its honest weakness: it promises a loud entrance but settles into a murmur quicker than you’d like.

This is for someone who wants a sweet, fruity leather without the weight of a true animalic. Skip it if you crave dark, tarry hides or deep, smoky incense. Wear it for a spring afternoon picnic where you want to feel sharp and flirtatious, or on a fall evening when you’re pretending the chill doesn’t bother you. It swings for day and night alike, though it lands better in sunlight. A fun, confident spritz that doesn’t take itself too seriously, for better and worse.

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