Compass Box Hedonism

Nice cookie’s and cream smell, nice sweet cookies cream and patisserie aroma in your mouth. Very nice dry retrotaste

Nose is more akin to rhum than to whisky; coconut, vanilla beans, demerara and a backdrop of dried grass. Palate is creamy smooth, viscous but not oily, flavorful but also not really interesting. The coconut from the nose shows up here as a bag of sweetened coconut shavings, and is complimented by a dry almond extract - all that's missing is low-quality American style milk chocolate and this could be Almond Joy in a glass. And as much as I like an Almond Joy, it's deliberately over sweet and very one-note, both of which are not attributes I want in my whisky. There's no definable open/middle/close here; it feels like I've taken a bite of candy that just hangs out until it's gone. I applaud Compass Box for coloring outside the lines, and because it is obviously well crafted I bumped it up a half a star, but it's just not my flavor profile at all, and I won't be buying another bottle.

Birthday bottle 2025. Cork broke, first one ever. Lasted til after the summer. Pure taste. Creamy, soft, malty. Shiny.

Another shout out to @ContemplativeFox for the taste. Thanks! Nose is grain, honeydew melon, watermelon. Caramel. Orange. Something metalic as well. Body is raisin, chocolate. The chocolate is rich. Cream too. Finish carries the chocolate, followed by a mild orange peel note. This is shockingly good. I don’t know why I doubted it… Compass Box tends to deliver. Yet this one really nails complexity + uniqueness, without getting weird and unenjoyable. I will be getting one of these.