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06/17/2012
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The Form of the Fruity-Floral Frag
My understanding is that fruit notes in perfumes are nearly always constructed, so I cannot be too disappointed in myself for not being able sincerely to claim that I smell kiwi in Guerlain Aqua Allegorica TUTTI KIWI. Of course part of the problem may be that kiwi itself, even in nature, at least in my experience, does not have a super-distinct smell, in contrast to, say, strawberry. banana, apple, and cherry. What I smell may be petit grain combined with some "abstract" fruit notes.
Although its fruitiness is quite vague, this composition nonetheless smells pretty familiar to me, but not in a readily pinpointable way. It just smells like the Form of the Fruity Floral Fragrance, which does not, in my opinion, participate in the Form of Perfume. This TUTTI KIWI seems to be a "please the mass market" launch, like so many other of the Guerlain offerings since Y2K, when things really started going downhill at that house. Perhaps in part because the fruit is so nondescript, this composition seems a bit dull and thick. There's no development beyond the fading away of the petit grain (or reasonable facsimile). Nor are subtlety or complexity features of TUTTI KIWI. Instead it's just the same old generic "abstract" fruitiness found in so many other frags in the post-Perfume period of this house.
C'est dommage, mais c'est comme cela.
(Not for me.)
Although its fruitiness is quite vague, this composition nonetheless smells pretty familiar to me, but not in a readily pinpointable way. It just smells like the Form of the Fruity Floral Fragrance, which does not, in my opinion, participate in the Form of Perfume. This TUTTI KIWI seems to be a "please the mass market" launch, like so many other of the Guerlain offerings since Y2K, when things really started going downhill at that house. Perhaps in part because the fruit is so nondescript, this composition seems a bit dull and thick. There's no development beyond the fading away of the petit grain (or reasonable facsimile). Nor are subtlety or complexity features of TUTTI KIWI. Instead it's just the same old generic "abstract" fruitiness found in so many other frags in the post-Perfume period of this house.
C'est dommage, mais c'est comme cela.
(Not for me.)
