When I first put this on I wasn't impressed. All I could smell was leather but not rich deep leather. Kind of airy leather. Was ready to write it off but then after a minute or so I started to get more incense. Fine, I thought, at least it's not linear, but where's the vanilla? After a few minutes...there it was. A beautiful vanilla orchid that blends seemlessly with the leather and a hint of incense. Now this scent makes perfect sense, Dark Academia indeed! This is a gorgeous leather, same vein as YSL BabyCat if the emphasis were leather instead of vanilla and it was much airier instead of thick. That's the closest comparison I can make to this.