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12/20/2020
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Rubia
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This is about the most boring thing I've ever smelled. It's sweet, it's floral, it's nonspecific. Nothing stands out, I can't make out any of the notes, except maybe something rosy. I smell no bergamot, no grapefruit, no pink pepper, no incense. And I don't smell pear, unless by "pear sorbet" they mean something like Del Monte Williams Christ preserves. But even then, I smell more sugar syrup than pear. Like I said, there's something rosy about it. I'm not familiar with the pyramid candidates iris and ambro-thingy, unfortunately. I don't know enough about orange blossom either. I'm afraid that orange blossom smells entirely different from orange zest or juice (is that so?), and that I don't like it - as opposed to zest and juice.
To me, this is a scent that does nothing wrong, but also does nothing right. It's like pictures in the waiting room at the doctor's office: lovely, non-controversial, lowest common denominator, banal. Laskarina doesn't come cheap. Had I bought it instead of just purchasing a bottling, I'd feel like I'd purchased an expensive museum ticket, but instead of the Louvre, I'd come to the IKEA poster section.
Why fabricate something like this in the niche instead of mainstream for deodorant and fabric softener? Possibly Laskarine is highly priced because the ingredients are sustainably and fairly sourced and very skillfully crafted? But then it's a shame it wasn't made into something more exciting. And sustainable, fair, and skillfully sourced is surely available as a Weleda deodorant or essential oil or something.
I tested away a 1.5 ml sample and every time I smelled it on skin or paper, my first thought was: boah, how boring, how rowdy, like class crush from parallel class 8b. Ok: Maybe my newbie nose is missing all kinds of artistry and subtlety here - but how quiet it would be in the Parfumo forest if only the experienced birds were chirping. In short: I'd find a bold scent that misses much more exciting than this sweet-floral bla.
To me, this is a scent that does nothing wrong, but also does nothing right. It's like pictures in the waiting room at the doctor's office: lovely, non-controversial, lowest common denominator, banal. Laskarina doesn't come cheap. Had I bought it instead of just purchasing a bottling, I'd feel like I'd purchased an expensive museum ticket, but instead of the Louvre, I'd come to the IKEA poster section.
Why fabricate something like this in the niche instead of mainstream for deodorant and fabric softener? Possibly Laskarine is highly priced because the ingredients are sustainably and fairly sourced and very skillfully crafted? But then it's a shame it wasn't made into something more exciting. And sustainable, fair, and skillfully sourced is surely available as a Weleda deodorant or essential oil or something.
I tested away a 1.5 ml sample and every time I smelled it on skin or paper, my first thought was: boah, how boring, how rowdy, like class crush from parallel class 8b. Ok: Maybe my newbie nose is missing all kinds of artistry and subtlety here - but how quiet it would be in the Parfumo forest if only the experienced birds were chirping. In short: I'd find a bold scent that misses much more exciting than this sweet-floral bla.
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