4 - The Black Hoodie Eau de Performance 2018

4 - The Black Hoodie Eau de Performance by Gammon
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4 - The Black Hoodie Eau de Performance is a perfume by Gammon for men and was released in 2018. The scent is fresh-aquatic. It is being marketed by Beiersdorf.
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Main accords

Fresh
Aquatic
Woody
Synthetic
Citrus

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Aquatic notesAquatic notes Mandarin orangeMandarin orange GrapefruitGrapefruit PineapplePineapple
Heart Notes Heart Notes
BergamotBergamot CypressCypress Juniper berryJuniper berry White amberWhite amber
Base Notes Base Notes
Marine notesMarine notes CedarwoodCedarwood SandalwoodSandalwood VetiverVetiver

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6.825 Ratings
Longevity
6.524 Ratings
Sillage
6.124 Ratings
Bottle
6.929 Ratings
Value for money
6.010 Ratings
Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 25.08.2021.

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Mantus

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That certain silky masculine edge
The first thing you can perceive is an intense and very strong sweetish, soft appearing fruity note, which seems amazingly authentic to me personally, and which was simply frozen and owed to the iced mandarin.

The tangerine is accompanied by another very delicate fruity-sweet note, which gives the tangerine a fine acidity and gives the top note a certain wake-up effect and comes from the grapefruit.

These two notes are surrounded by typical Cascalones, but they don't seem as lapidary as one might imagine. Instead, a healthy measure of breezy sea breeze is presented here, which I personally don't get tired of, and which comes from the aquatic notes, which I unfortunately can't name exactly, but I do suspect the use of coriander seeds in combination with nana-mint and/or eucalyptus, as the top note exudes a fine masculine, subtly soapy, spicy soft touch, but of course I could be completely wrong and would not classify the notes I suspect as aquatic.

A little bit later, a very fine herbaceous citric hint can be perceived, which gives the fragrance very pleasant bright characteristics and can only be the bergamot.

At the same time, the bergamot is enveloped in a typically masculine, slightly woody and woody nuance, which I would not describe as old-fashioned, but as "ripe", and which is due to the cypress - and all this without losing its aquatic background!

Quite delicately in the background and with me only directly on the skin detectable is a very fine, almost fragile berry-woody nuance, which in my opinion ensures that the fragrance gets a pleasant silky edge and is due to the juniper berry.

Directly on the skin, so if you put your nose on the sprayed area, something softly balsamic, almost sweet, spreads and I really find it extremely pleasant and I did not come across white amber.

In the last 3 hours, a plastic breath flashes up from time to time, but never continuously, which bothers me a little bit, but this one can be overlooked, since it is not permanently perceptible, but I personally find it unpleasant, since I always seem to smell my pulse joint in the intervals when the plastic breath is active
The base is dominated by a fine, resinous, woodsy note, which has a very light, creamy touch and is due to the Virgina cedar in combination with the sandalwood.

These two notes are accompanied by a very fine earthy, almost woody nuance, where I suspected rather elemi resin than vetiver.

The entire base is closed by a lovely Mediterranean-looking hint where I personally guess lavender, but I'm not sure, because it seems extremely weak and unfortunately I'm not able to name any other maritime notes.

Unfortunately I could not perceive pineapple, but I can well imagine that this component was used to complete the picture.

Altogether the fragrance lasts 7 hours on my skin.

The Sillage is designed from the beginning to be 3.5 hours on a very good perceptible three quarters arm length, before it minimizes itself in quiet steps until the fragrance is finished.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to our perfume "Honk1510" for the bottling.
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NOT An analog hero in a digital world
A black hoodie has something relaxed for me. One (s) is in the here and now. No disguise or conformity necessary. It is the relax zone. Relaxed on the terrace or even with buddies what drink. Go for a run. Chill out. Leisure.

For me, this style of clothing stands for. If one assumes this now and the entire project style of the 4 fragrances of Gammon in mind, I hoped already that a fragrance comes out, which is somehow "with itself". Something actually relaxed exudes.

4 starts directly with a quite transparent citrus-fruit round dance, but at no time strives for naturalness. This would be for me exactly the connotation that I would have expected in a hoodie fragrance.
So here are in no way parallels to actually natural citrus fragrances, such as Une Mandarine pour Mon Homme, to seek or find.

Quite quickly pushes dusty wood in the foreground. The specified juniper berries prolong if necessary here still the citrus impression. Here also comes nothing new or striking. Everything seems like taken from the kit of successful fragrances, remixed and then just by marketing crisply packaged.

Towards the base, the synthi-wood (ISO?) then becomes somewhat rounder and takes over completely. Again: no surprise or even recognizability or something like a DNA.

"An analog hero in a digital world," Hank Moody described it very aptly in Californication. (In this case, himself.)

While the special niche fragrances (Heros) today actually strive for naturalness and individuality, the rest of the market is often just the digital copy of an old, better idea / time. This one also makes price and marketing very on niche, but can not hold the claim in my opinion in the approach.

Conclusion: I am definitely not target group. This is possibly younger.
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