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05/23/2020
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Have courage to be mediocre!
No, no, no! I'm not saying that the smell is "just" mediocre. On the contrary, I find it really good, as you can see from my review
Fresh alcoholic, then sweetish watermelon with spicy flowers that are at the same time gentle - that's the top note.
Joyful immediately reminds me a bit of the rare Red Door Revealed. This association increases in the heart note, which is no wonder, since the main floral note is the same: peony. And peony is very much in the foreground here and there. I like that very much! br /> While the peony in Red Door Revealed is rather powdery, the heart note of Joyful is increasingly sweet and then drifts off into the already weaker, tart undertone. Since I also sense a pencil note here, I could imagine that some cedar is also involved, maybe even a touch of cardamom. But probably it is once again the currant that contributes these notes without me perceiving them as currant.
The watermelon fades further into the background, but the sweetness remains. And this is also the reason why I don't include Joyful in my collection permanently. Even though the sweetness is pleasant and neither sharp nor pungent nor honey-like, but just like sweet flowers, the size is a bit too much for me.
In the base, the parallel to Red Door Revealed is then lost, as the peony now says goodbye. What remains is soft, friendly, sweet florality, which is uncomplicatedly cheerful and easy to wear. All in all, Joyful has a decent shelf life of at least 6 hours, although it is a rather light, summery fragrance
This is a really good scent, but not one that will become famous. It's not extraordinary enough, nor is it a pioneer in any way. It is also not from any fanatically highly praised brand and it will also not shock anyone.
But it is a fragrance that can be quite popular, that many people like, in themselves, but also in others; it is a fragrance that people will choose as their signature because it is so friendly, so pleasant. All in all, it is thus in a certain sense mediocre.
I like mediocrity.
"Indifference is the revenge with which the world punishes mediocrity," Oscar Wilde is said to have said. That sounds funny and true, but you can see it differently:
We live in a meritocracy in which many, especially many sensitive people, judge themselves too harshly and thus hinder themselves from the outset. They tell themselves, for example, that they do not even need to apply for a job, that there are certainly better trained, better selling, better looking people. Or someone says to himself: Oh no, I don't even try to perform in public with my band, there are so many better ones. And write songs yourself? Beware! There are so many great composers, what I write would be ridiculous
So sometimes it helps to consider that not only the best work somewhere or the best, most famous, most brilliant perform in the clubs. Even on the radio there are a lot of songs that are not able to go beyond "All my little ducklings" in terms of complexity.
How would the world be strange if only the "best", the "perfect" always appeared? And above all: Quality is also usually in the eye of the beholder. Or in his nose.
Fresh alcoholic, then sweetish watermelon with spicy flowers that are at the same time gentle - that's the top note.
Joyful immediately reminds me a bit of the rare Red Door Revealed. This association increases in the heart note, which is no wonder, since the main floral note is the same: peony. And peony is very much in the foreground here and there. I like that very much! br /> While the peony in Red Door Revealed is rather powdery, the heart note of Joyful is increasingly sweet and then drifts off into the already weaker, tart undertone. Since I also sense a pencil note here, I could imagine that some cedar is also involved, maybe even a touch of cardamom. But probably it is once again the currant that contributes these notes without me perceiving them as currant.
The watermelon fades further into the background, but the sweetness remains. And this is also the reason why I don't include Joyful in my collection permanently. Even though the sweetness is pleasant and neither sharp nor pungent nor honey-like, but just like sweet flowers, the size is a bit too much for me.
In the base, the parallel to Red Door Revealed is then lost, as the peony now says goodbye. What remains is soft, friendly, sweet florality, which is uncomplicatedly cheerful and easy to wear. All in all, Joyful has a decent shelf life of at least 6 hours, although it is a rather light, summery fragrance
This is a really good scent, but not one that will become famous. It's not extraordinary enough, nor is it a pioneer in any way. It is also not from any fanatically highly praised brand and it will also not shock anyone.
But it is a fragrance that can be quite popular, that many people like, in themselves, but also in others; it is a fragrance that people will choose as their signature because it is so friendly, so pleasant. All in all, it is thus in a certain sense mediocre.
I like mediocrity.
"Indifference is the revenge with which the world punishes mediocrity," Oscar Wilde is said to have said. That sounds funny and true, but you can see it differently:
We live in a meritocracy in which many, especially many sensitive people, judge themselves too harshly and thus hinder themselves from the outset. They tell themselves, for example, that they do not even need to apply for a job, that there are certainly better trained, better selling, better looking people. Or someone says to himself: Oh no, I don't even try to perform in public with my band, there are so many better ones. And write songs yourself? Beware! There are so many great composers, what I write would be ridiculous
So sometimes it helps to consider that not only the best work somewhere or the best, most famous, most brilliant perform in the clubs. Even on the radio there are a lot of songs that are not able to go beyond "All my little ducklings" in terms of complexity.
How would the world be strange if only the "best", the "perfect" always appeared? And above all: Quality is also usually in the eye of the beholder. Or in his nose.
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