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Neukölln 27 - It's fraiche!
What is an eau fraiche?
Somewhere in the vastness of this forum, there is certainly already one or more clever (fresh or already somewhat dusty) Bloggereien. Since I have at some point here on the slippery slope towards Cologne expert, but do not have the ambition to complete the additional module of training as a fresh specialist, there will be no profound elaboration in all details. Especially not on the occasion of a commentary on this modest freshwater system, for which not even a concrete perfumer is officially responsible.
A few sketch strokes, however:
The first Eau Fraiche in fragrance history may have been the work of the great Edmond Roudnitska for Dior in 1955, targeted minimalism of lemon, mandarin, rosewood, oakmoss and vanilla under the name 'Eau Fraiche', but initially still 'Eau de Cologne Fraiche de Christian Dior'. It was not a flanker to another perfume, but a fresh fragrance purposefully developed as such in line with the similarly conceived fragrances of previous years 'Eau de Roche' by Rochas and 'Eau d'Hermès'. Fresh, simple, clean scents that wanted to introduce forest, rock spring water and freshness, but couldn't exactly decide if they wanted to be cologne or something of their own. As exemplified by the name change in the Dior of 1955.
Since then, there are Eau Fraiches without end, sometimes the fragrance is called as such (Eau Fraiche by Elizabeth Arden, 1986), sometimes the fragrance has a different name and Eau Fraiche is instead of Eau de Cologne or Eau de Toilette as a fragrance indication underneath (Summer Linen - Eau Fraiche - by Clean, 2010), sometimes it is a fragrance concentration indication (O de Lancome - Eau Fraiche - next to the also existing Eau de Toilette of the same name and sometimes a reference to a fresh flanker as in the Chance Eau Fraiche Eau de Toilette, which is something different from the Chance Eau de Toilette (both by Chanel). Other languages go too, that Agua Fresca by Adolfo Dominguez is even quite well known. To make it even more complicated, there is also, for example, Chèvrefeuille Eau de Toilette Fraiche by Yves Rocher (the best honeysuckle fragrance ever to exist in the world) and, especially fun, Terre d'Hermès Eau Très Fraiche. Probably ELDO or JHAG will come out with "Fucking Fresh Eau" soon.
I'd say the situation is so convoluted that it makes even less sense than with cologne to try to clean up this mess. As a rule of thumb, perhaps, an eau fraiche is something similar to an eau de cologne, but interpreted a bit more freely, and that it often comes across as woody and spring watery rather than citrusy.
So now Alvarez Gomez, Spanish home of the absolute world-class yellow classic colognes (1912) and the rather singular brown rha-barber shop colognes (2012), of a completely out-of-touch orange colognes (2020) has also come up with an Agua de Colonia Concentrada Eau Fraiche (oddly enough, not Agua Fresca)
And it turned out pretty well.
If one had refrained from applying again a (however, not too bad) Mo shot in his own knee, it could have been a whopping 8.5, so it is only benevolent 8. Of course, this is a very simple, plain, practical everyday water of poor projection and above all durability, but for that it is also a cologne and costs on the Internet shop of the manufacturer only 15.90 euros in the 150-ml sprayer. Basically, the whole thing is conceived as a nicely balanced match between an orange team (captain mandarin, orange also plays) and a green team (herbs and woody), and as referee (or audience) drifts, and thus this Eau Fraiche wins a very own charm also something pleasantly slightly sweetish-fresh with, like after-eight ice cream, eucalyptus candy or vanilla spruce needle oil (which would close the circle, because vanilla was already in Roudnitska's Eau Fraiche from 1955).
And as an embarrassing streaker then just a doughy musk runs over the place. Too bad. But only very briefly. Maybe you can cut out the scene.
Somewhere in the vastness of this forum, there is certainly already one or more clever (fresh or already somewhat dusty) Bloggereien. Since I have at some point here on the slippery slope towards Cologne expert, but do not have the ambition to complete the additional module of training as a fresh specialist, there will be no profound elaboration in all details. Especially not on the occasion of a commentary on this modest freshwater system, for which not even a concrete perfumer is officially responsible.
A few sketch strokes, however:
The first Eau Fraiche in fragrance history may have been the work of the great Edmond Roudnitska for Dior in 1955, targeted minimalism of lemon, mandarin, rosewood, oakmoss and vanilla under the name 'Eau Fraiche', but initially still 'Eau de Cologne Fraiche de Christian Dior'. It was not a flanker to another perfume, but a fresh fragrance purposefully developed as such in line with the similarly conceived fragrances of previous years 'Eau de Roche' by Rochas and 'Eau d'Hermès'. Fresh, simple, clean scents that wanted to introduce forest, rock spring water and freshness, but couldn't exactly decide if they wanted to be cologne or something of their own. As exemplified by the name change in the Dior of 1955.
Since then, there are Eau Fraiches without end, sometimes the fragrance is called as such (Eau Fraiche by Elizabeth Arden, 1986), sometimes the fragrance has a different name and Eau Fraiche is instead of Eau de Cologne or Eau de Toilette as a fragrance indication underneath (Summer Linen - Eau Fraiche - by Clean, 2010), sometimes it is a fragrance concentration indication (O de Lancome - Eau Fraiche - next to the also existing Eau de Toilette of the same name and sometimes a reference to a fresh flanker as in the Chance Eau Fraiche Eau de Toilette, which is something different from the Chance Eau de Toilette (both by Chanel). Other languages go too, that Agua Fresca by Adolfo Dominguez is even quite well known. To make it even more complicated, there is also, for example, Chèvrefeuille Eau de Toilette Fraiche by Yves Rocher (the best honeysuckle fragrance ever to exist in the world) and, especially fun, Terre d'Hermès Eau Très Fraiche. Probably ELDO or JHAG will come out with "Fucking Fresh Eau" soon.
I'd say the situation is so convoluted that it makes even less sense than with cologne to try to clean up this mess. As a rule of thumb, perhaps, an eau fraiche is something similar to an eau de cologne, but interpreted a bit more freely, and that it often comes across as woody and spring watery rather than citrusy.
So now Alvarez Gomez, Spanish home of the absolute world-class yellow classic colognes (1912) and the rather singular brown rha-barber shop colognes (2012), of a completely out-of-touch orange colognes (2020) has also come up with an Agua de Colonia Concentrada Eau Fraiche (oddly enough, not Agua Fresca)
And it turned out pretty well.
If one had refrained from applying again a (however, not too bad) Mo shot in his own knee, it could have been a whopping 8.5, so it is only benevolent 8. Of course, this is a very simple, plain, practical everyday water of poor projection and above all durability, but for that it is also a cologne and costs on the Internet shop of the manufacturer only 15.90 euros in the 150-ml sprayer. Basically, the whole thing is conceived as a nicely balanced match between an orange team (captain mandarin, orange also plays) and a green team (herbs and woody), and as referee (or audience) drifts, and thus this Eau Fraiche wins a very own charm also something pleasantly slightly sweetish-fresh with, like after-eight ice cream, eucalyptus candy or vanilla spruce needle oil (which would close the circle, because vanilla was already in Roudnitska's Eau Fraiche from 1955).
And as an embarrassing streaker then just a doughy musk runs over the place. Too bad. But only very briefly. Maybe you can cut out the scene.
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