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Eenie, meenie, minie, mo and moe are out...
If you have been with Parfumo for a few years, like I have, and thanks to many, many generous people here have been able to get to know more and more fragrances, then at some point most people think about letting another fragrance go for every new one that comes along. This has several reasons: Lack of space or money or the fact that you already have similar fragrances and don't need several that differ only slightly. But sometimes it is also the case that the newcomer is a little bit better than another very similar, great scent that is already in the collection.
And so it is with Ange ou Démon Le Secret Croisière. He will replace my esteemed Ange ou Démon Le Secret Elixir I have already written a comment on the Elixir. Even if I would write the commentary a bit differently today, almost three years later, I still experience the fragrance in the same way. Only I would praise it perhaps a little less highly. That's the disadvantage of having had the opportunity to get to know so many fragrances: You're not as easily impressed as you were at first. One is more serene, demanding, sometimes too demanding.
For comparison, I sprayed both fragrances once in parallel:
Already in the top note the elixir is fresher with much more orange blossom and also more jasmine. The crosière is milder, in comparison clearly with Tiaré, softer, more gentle. This respective character of both fragrances remains throughout the whole process. When I wore the Crosière alone a few days ago, Tiaré was far less dominant. It's interesting how the perception virtually jumps to the differences and the similarities fade into the background when you compare two fragrances:
The elixir clearly gets a sugar note in the heart note, a bit like a love apple, only not as an apple but with an unspecific fruit. Compared to the Crosière, the Elixir is more sparkling, more active, sweeter, but also harder, while the Crosière radiates a lazy summery calm. This ponderous slowness is wonderfully relieving in my nose and reminds me of long lazy days with an exciting book in the wicker beach chair, of total relaxation, or deceleration. Even if I like both, the hardness of the elixir, which I attribute to the jasmine, is borderline, while the crosière is very pleasant, especially for the summer and to come down, without being a tiaré bomb. And this is quite essential for me, because tiaré scents, as impressive as they are, have always annoyed me after a while. And that is not the case here
Both Ange ou Démon Le Secret Croisière and Ange ou Démon Le Secret Elixir have a pleasantly powdery aftertaste that is the same. It is dry, slightly spicy and somewhat woody. It is an essential component of both fragrances and so unique that it makes the relationship very clear. If one of the two is worn alone, it is definitely determining. This note is present in both of them throughout the day and at the end of a day of about 6 hours it is also the main factor in the fading base.
So, for those who are looking for a tangy, fresh, active, in between sweet, but fortunately not pungent, summer scent and who are not afraid of jasmine, the Elixir is definitely worth a try.
For those like me who tend to find jasmine problematic and who like a little, but not too dominant tiaré and who like a lazy, decelerated summer scent, the crosière is the right one for them.
As I read, the Elixir no longer exists and the crosière is now called Riviera. I don't know the Riviera, but experience suggests that it was also reformulated.
And so it is with Ange ou Démon Le Secret Croisière. He will replace my esteemed Ange ou Démon Le Secret Elixir I have already written a comment on the Elixir. Even if I would write the commentary a bit differently today, almost three years later, I still experience the fragrance in the same way. Only I would praise it perhaps a little less highly. That's the disadvantage of having had the opportunity to get to know so many fragrances: You're not as easily impressed as you were at first. One is more serene, demanding, sometimes too demanding.
For comparison, I sprayed both fragrances once in parallel:
Already in the top note the elixir is fresher with much more orange blossom and also more jasmine. The crosière is milder, in comparison clearly with Tiaré, softer, more gentle. This respective character of both fragrances remains throughout the whole process. When I wore the Crosière alone a few days ago, Tiaré was far less dominant. It's interesting how the perception virtually jumps to the differences and the similarities fade into the background when you compare two fragrances:
The elixir clearly gets a sugar note in the heart note, a bit like a love apple, only not as an apple but with an unspecific fruit. Compared to the Crosière, the Elixir is more sparkling, more active, sweeter, but also harder, while the Crosière radiates a lazy summery calm. This ponderous slowness is wonderfully relieving in my nose and reminds me of long lazy days with an exciting book in the wicker beach chair, of total relaxation, or deceleration. Even if I like both, the hardness of the elixir, which I attribute to the jasmine, is borderline, while the crosière is very pleasant, especially for the summer and to come down, without being a tiaré bomb. And this is quite essential for me, because tiaré scents, as impressive as they are, have always annoyed me after a while. And that is not the case here
Both Ange ou Démon Le Secret Croisière and Ange ou Démon Le Secret Elixir have a pleasantly powdery aftertaste that is the same. It is dry, slightly spicy and somewhat woody. It is an essential component of both fragrances and so unique that it makes the relationship very clear. If one of the two is worn alone, it is definitely determining. This note is present in both of them throughout the day and at the end of a day of about 6 hours it is also the main factor in the fading base.
So, for those who are looking for a tangy, fresh, active, in between sweet, but fortunately not pungent, summer scent and who are not afraid of jasmine, the Elixir is definitely worth a try.
For those like me who tend to find jasmine problematic and who like a little, but not too dominant tiaré and who like a lazy, decelerated summer scent, the crosière is the right one for them.
As I read, the Elixir no longer exists and the crosière is now called Riviera. I don't know the Riviera, but experience suggests that it was also reformulated.
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