Scent King 

Excellent presentation, heavy bottle, fantastic pressurized atomizer and the most addictive male vanilla benzoin scent that for the money is one of the best that you will find. It's linear but I like that sometimes as long as it is a great scent that you keep on sniffing your arm to. I find this one and Malachite to be very high quality for the price you pay and for that reason will probably blind buy the other two in the Sceptre series just because there is nothing to lose, and for the bottles alone they are supreme. The sillage is loud and it lasts quite awhile, 6-7 hrs for me I am really digging this scent. This was a blind buy and I've had this over 2 months now and it's creeping into beast mode territory. The boozy bourbon vanilla in this is intoxicating and addictive to me. One of my best pickups this year.

MidnightBlue 

To my amateur nose... On it's own, a slightly boozy, balsamic, benzoin-centric linear scent. The little bit of oud is medium-soft and not smoky or animalic. The vanilla helps round the fragrance and add a touch of sweetness. Too simplistic to make any kind of statement. A solid skin scent fragrance (for cooler or cold seasons). The sillage is nice. If you're just working away on the computer or lounging around watching something on the big screen or whatever, you'll catch hints of it in the air and it's nice. If you get up and move, it will trail behind you and swirl up and around. If you like to layer, this would be a useful bottle to have. I enjoy masculine vanillas and this was unique to my nose so I purchased a bottle. Autumn/Winter indoor wear. Lazy days. Informal/family holiday events where you have no desire to stand out. 6/10 overall - linear, masculine-leaning benzoin