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03/22/2024
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The search for the right olfactory volume of good-mood DNA: Bal d'afrique vs Contralto vs Al Rayhan
I have been looking for the perfect good mood fragrance, mood lifter, cocktail Caribbean, Sunday stroll fragrance à la Bal d'afrique for a long time. I used it myself regularly for a long time and really liked the fragrance in and of itself, but the performance was not satisfactory for me. For me, it lacked the exuberant energy. That little bit of sunshine. I kept sniffing and thought I had found the long-awaited treasure in Contralto. A fragrance like a scream of joy, there is so much sunshine in this bottle (matching the color of the velour) and yet something prevented me from wearing it. It simply smelled too strong for me shortly after getting up, when my olfactory receptors are at their most sensitive, having just woken up from the odorless resting phase of sleep. I think it is ambroxan that acts as a catalyst here and allows the bal d'afrique formula to project properly. I recently read a statement that every perfume formula has its own olfactory projection optimum and that this good-mood fragrance is basically one of those with a quieter optimum. All good things come in threes. In fact, in Al Rayhan I have found the perfect middle ground (for me) between Bal d'afrique and Contralto. Which shows once again that the price of a perfume is not always congruent with individual tastes. As the saying goes, a lot helps a lot. The fragrance pyramid should not be misleading. I don't perceive the fragrance as artificially sweetened, but rather naturally sweetened with fruit, if that makes sense. I don't smell chocolates or sweets. Rather juicy, tangy fruits like pineapple and mango. I'm usually put off by too much candy store, as I think too often they try to cover up a lack of complexity and sophistication with a side of sweetness (it never works). I find it very exciting and it actually combines everything I was hoping for, namely Bal d'afrique without the vetiver and Contralto without the strong balsamic note. Maybe there are people out there who are also thinking about this fragrance DNA.
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