05/03/2019
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You're all right, but....
...the scent is almost destructive to me.
I can understand every single comment on Rose of No Man's Land. Find the background information about Byredo and his doer highly interesting. Likes Scandinavian design, (jewellery even more than furniture) And was thrilled when I had the first sample available for testing.
My result at that time for the fragrance rating was a smooth 9th What a mood, what a wonderful painting, what a beautiful rose. As beautiful as Bette Middler singing about her. The fragrance ended up on my wish list and not soon afterwards in my collection.
Then the dilemma began, because I didn't find a suitable occasion to wear Rose of No Man's Land. On days when I wasn't feeling well, the scent was too gloomy and melancholic for me, it pulled me down, hurt my soul and especially the base was dusty and grey for me and only a few cobwebs were missing to make the picture perfect. It was the first time that I didn't feel repelled or disgusted by a scent, but felt almost hurt.
If I tried to wear the perfume on days when I was well, when I was in a positive mood, I had a similar feeling as if I was wearing the wrong clothes for an important occasion. Uncomfortable is still to put it mildly. Then it didn't fit at all and so the bottle stood almost reproachfully in my scent cabinet and I was really glad when a grateful customer found himself.
I assume that I would have liked a base with oak moss, vetiver or cedar wood much better, but then it wouldn't have been that special scent anymore. If the perfumer wanted to depict the horror of war or the memory of the fallen with the fragrance, then he succeeded perfectly and so the fragrance is a real work of art for me. But it's not a perfume I want to wear.
I have left the evaluation, because the fragrance is not a bit worse, just because I do not feel comfortable with the base in the long run. And who knows, maybe my feelings about perfume will change again. It wouldn't be the first time. In my experience, Rose of No Man's Land is a very special fragrance in our perfumery portfolio and should be declared an olfactory general education. You don't have to like it and you don't have to wear it, but you should already know it.
I can understand every single comment on Rose of No Man's Land. Find the background information about Byredo and his doer highly interesting. Likes Scandinavian design, (jewellery even more than furniture) And was thrilled when I had the first sample available for testing.
My result at that time for the fragrance rating was a smooth 9th What a mood, what a wonderful painting, what a beautiful rose. As beautiful as Bette Middler singing about her. The fragrance ended up on my wish list and not soon afterwards in my collection.
Then the dilemma began, because I didn't find a suitable occasion to wear Rose of No Man's Land. On days when I wasn't feeling well, the scent was too gloomy and melancholic for me, it pulled me down, hurt my soul and especially the base was dusty and grey for me and only a few cobwebs were missing to make the picture perfect. It was the first time that I didn't feel repelled or disgusted by a scent, but felt almost hurt.
If I tried to wear the perfume on days when I was well, when I was in a positive mood, I had a similar feeling as if I was wearing the wrong clothes for an important occasion. Uncomfortable is still to put it mildly. Then it didn't fit at all and so the bottle stood almost reproachfully in my scent cabinet and I was really glad when a grateful customer found himself.
I assume that I would have liked a base with oak moss, vetiver or cedar wood much better, but then it wouldn't have been that special scent anymore. If the perfumer wanted to depict the horror of war or the memory of the fallen with the fragrance, then he succeeded perfectly and so the fragrance is a real work of art for me. But it's not a perfume I want to wear.
I have left the evaluation, because the fragrance is not a bit worse, just because I do not feel comfortable with the base in the long run. And who knows, maybe my feelings about perfume will change again. It wouldn't be the first time. In my experience, Rose of No Man's Land is a very special fragrance in our perfumery portfolio and should be declared an olfactory general education. You don't have to like it and you don't have to wear it, but you should already know it.
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