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09/25/2020
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Winner of my heart: Samsara Extrait. But the EdP puts up a good fight...
8am: I make my way to the home office (a very short walk, that is) and decide to pit my freshly purchased Samsara Extrait against Samsara Eau de Parfum (the current version). I've had the EdP since last year and I love it.
So I apply to the right wrist a - only one and probably also rather carefully applied - spray of Samsara EdP and very briefly rises a perky cloud, a hint of nose-fresh lemon, paired with the matte floral and slightly dusty bergamot and the wonderful Guerlain peach (everyone always talks about the famous Guerlain vanilla, shall be fine with me, they can indeed very well, but has anyone ever noticed how well Guerlain can peach - a fragrance that others almost notoriously soup in the synthetic-squeaky peach fruit gum direction (sour)?). The accord becomes medium-dark quite quickly - I capture the fresher notes after only a few minutes with just my nose on my skin. This is different, by the way, when I spray the clothes, there the brighter notes remain clearly longer perceptible. But I want to test yes on the skin.
On the left wrist, in turn, I strip a touch of the closure of the Samsaraflascherls, the Extrait. A touch only, but it is a statement: the subjective olfactory impression of this almost homeopathic application is at least as present as with the sprayed EdP. Here I look for the fresher notes almost in vain, the extrait starts (sprayed it probably seems a bit fresher) right with the real statement and that is: sandalwood. Strong, dark mollige, spiced sandalwood, the other notes are ornaments and decoration and wonderful accessories, only the iris powder I can still grasp as a single note.
9 AM: Both fragrances are on par and have also evolved into a fairly similar soft, dark-colored scent impression. Plump sandalwood dominates, to me the Extrait now seems spicier and perhaps also denser, softer, a bit more velvety, the EdP is a bit more floral, the jasmine has used its chance well, I would say. Both scents projection is neatly perceptible - again and again puff sandelseelig spicy clouds on and I can not say whether they ultimately come from the right or left wrist.
10 o'clock: There is not yet really something new to report. I sit overjoyed in this matte floral-spicy sandalwood cloud, smell sometimes right, sometimes left and hardly notice a difference.
11: Look at that, the Extrait seems to be weakening a bit. The EdP has the nose in terms of fragrance intensity now clearly in front, a surprising turn in a competition in which the winner seemed to be already determined in advance.
12 o'clock: All-clear. The EdP has ignited the last stage and slowly sinks back towards the base note diwan.
The Extrait, however, still seems very rested, the heart notes smell present and it also seems to have gained again: It is also at a distance again more audible.
And: I finally find an expression for what I felt with both already the whole scent course, security namely. Gently spiced vanilla, sandal embrace, powder peacefulness.
1 pm: The EdP rests and will do so for many hours and the technical winner is determined. It is the extrait, it has more endurance, even if the floral notes very slowly become quieter.
2 pm: The extrait also begins to retreat. A buttery smooth glide into the base notes begins, which becomes
15 o'clock approximately approaches completion.
Around 16 o'clock, both versions are back on par. Both base notes smell wonderfully comforting and embracing and peaceful, warm and homey and I sniff sometimes left, sometimes right and know from experience that I will do this for a long time. And a small miracle: Completely unexpectedly puffs even now still from time to time a sandal clouds on - even the base notes still have a certain outside effect.
Conclusion: both have done quite famously on my Duftfresserhaut - many other parfumotestierte fragrance monster performers have given up in many tests much earlier.
The Extrait scores with maximum fragrance development with minimal dosage - a tiny wiper was enough for the whole day and it smells over a few hours always a little bit softer, gentler, more comforting and delicately darker than the Eau de Parfum, which is a little brighter and a touch edgier.
The EdP, however, costs only a fraction and is - in itself - a wonderful soft woody velvety fragrance of great beauty.
But my heart winner remains the perfume. Because it - apart from this short 11 o'clock droop - always had a nose advantage and because it is able to make the world - and especially this cruel, crusty and rainy Vorherbsttag - a little bit nicer.
Last but not least: I will publish this text identically at the Eau de Parfum, after all, it affects both versions to equal parts. So do not be surprised. And: Should this contradict any rules, then just say it, I delete then an article.
So I apply to the right wrist a - only one and probably also rather carefully applied - spray of Samsara EdP and very briefly rises a perky cloud, a hint of nose-fresh lemon, paired with the matte floral and slightly dusty bergamot and the wonderful Guerlain peach (everyone always talks about the famous Guerlain vanilla, shall be fine with me, they can indeed very well, but has anyone ever noticed how well Guerlain can peach - a fragrance that others almost notoriously soup in the synthetic-squeaky peach fruit gum direction (sour)?). The accord becomes medium-dark quite quickly - I capture the fresher notes after only a few minutes with just my nose on my skin. This is different, by the way, when I spray the clothes, there the brighter notes remain clearly longer perceptible. But I want to test yes on the skin.
On the left wrist, in turn, I strip a touch of the closure of the Samsaraflascherls, the Extrait. A touch only, but it is a statement: the subjective olfactory impression of this almost homeopathic application is at least as present as with the sprayed EdP. Here I look for the fresher notes almost in vain, the extrait starts (sprayed it probably seems a bit fresher) right with the real statement and that is: sandalwood. Strong, dark mollige, spiced sandalwood, the other notes are ornaments and decoration and wonderful accessories, only the iris powder I can still grasp as a single note.
9 AM: Both fragrances are on par and have also evolved into a fairly similar soft, dark-colored scent impression. Plump sandalwood dominates, to me the Extrait now seems spicier and perhaps also denser, softer, a bit more velvety, the EdP is a bit more floral, the jasmine has used its chance well, I would say. Both scents projection is neatly perceptible - again and again puff sandelseelig spicy clouds on and I can not say whether they ultimately come from the right or left wrist.
10 o'clock: There is not yet really something new to report. I sit overjoyed in this matte floral-spicy sandalwood cloud, smell sometimes right, sometimes left and hardly notice a difference.
11: Look at that, the Extrait seems to be weakening a bit. The EdP has the nose in terms of fragrance intensity now clearly in front, a surprising turn in a competition in which the winner seemed to be already determined in advance.
12 o'clock: All-clear. The EdP has ignited the last stage and slowly sinks back towards the base note diwan.
The Extrait, however, still seems very rested, the heart notes smell present and it also seems to have gained again: It is also at a distance again more audible.
And: I finally find an expression for what I felt with both already the whole scent course, security namely. Gently spiced vanilla, sandal embrace, powder peacefulness.
1 pm: The EdP rests and will do so for many hours and the technical winner is determined. It is the extrait, it has more endurance, even if the floral notes very slowly become quieter.
2 pm: The extrait also begins to retreat. A buttery smooth glide into the base notes begins, which becomes
15 o'clock approximately approaches completion.
Around 16 o'clock, both versions are back on par. Both base notes smell wonderfully comforting and embracing and peaceful, warm and homey and I sniff sometimes left, sometimes right and know from experience that I will do this for a long time. And a small miracle: Completely unexpectedly puffs even now still from time to time a sandal clouds on - even the base notes still have a certain outside effect.
Conclusion: both have done quite famously on my Duftfresserhaut - many other parfumotestierte fragrance monster performers have given up in many tests much earlier.
The Extrait scores with maximum fragrance development with minimal dosage - a tiny wiper was enough for the whole day and it smells over a few hours always a little bit softer, gentler, more comforting and delicately darker than the Eau de Parfum, which is a little brighter and a touch edgier.
The EdP, however, costs only a fraction and is - in itself - a wonderful soft woody velvety fragrance of great beauty.
But my heart winner remains the perfume. Because it - apart from this short 11 o'clock droop - always had a nose advantage and because it is able to make the world - and especially this cruel, crusty and rainy Vorherbsttag - a little bit nicer.
Last but not least: I will publish this text identically at the Eau de Parfum, after all, it affects both versions to equal parts. So do not be surprised. And: Should this contradict any rules, then just say it, I delete then an article.
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