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12/11/2018
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To avoid further misunderstandings, this eau de parfum is not about vintage Port wine but about the Ponte Maria Pia in Porto, which was planned by Gustave Eiffel at the time and was considered the largest arched bridge in the world when it was completed in 1877.
While the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris is still in operation, the single-track bridge has not been used by trains since 1991 and has not been used despite subsequent maintenance work.
So much for the name and the dedication. The fragrance has relatively little to do with Porto or Portugal. No, as already some prescribers reported Porto Vintage comes across as very Christmassy - at least at the beginning. The top note in particular captivates with its candied orange peel, which is predominantly found in Christmas pastries such as Christmas stollen and fruit bread. I have never seen a perfume in which this fragrance has been so intensively expressed and authentically reproduced as here.
A few more breaths of anise as well as cardamom beckon and give Porto Vintage a spicy punch. If ginger is added later, the composition becomes a bit harsher. Unfortunately, the indicated cinnamon cannot really assert itself, although it is urgently needed and would have fitted ideally.
The christmas flair gets more and more lost, the base with the promised Grand Marnier (40% French liqueur from bitter oranges) and gingerbread can't make up for anything, because unfortunately there's almost nothing to see.
What remains is a slightly scratchy, exhausting, fruity and spicy mix, which doesn't really smell gourmand or christmasy or wintery to me, but is rather slightly dubious. You can carry it somehow, but from behind I secretly sneak up on the price question and the equivalent. Too bad about the potential in the top note, but a bridging of the fragrance over the heart to the base note has failed in my opinion.
While the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris is still in operation, the single-track bridge has not been used by trains since 1991 and has not been used despite subsequent maintenance work.
So much for the name and the dedication. The fragrance has relatively little to do with Porto or Portugal. No, as already some prescribers reported Porto Vintage comes across as very Christmassy - at least at the beginning. The top note in particular captivates with its candied orange peel, which is predominantly found in Christmas pastries such as Christmas stollen and fruit bread. I have never seen a perfume in which this fragrance has been so intensively expressed and authentically reproduced as here.
A few more breaths of anise as well as cardamom beckon and give Porto Vintage a spicy punch. If ginger is added later, the composition becomes a bit harsher. Unfortunately, the indicated cinnamon cannot really assert itself, although it is urgently needed and would have fitted ideally.
The christmas flair gets more and more lost, the base with the promised Grand Marnier (40% French liqueur from bitter oranges) and gingerbread can't make up for anything, because unfortunately there's almost nothing to see.
What remains is a slightly scratchy, exhausting, fruity and spicy mix, which doesn't really smell gourmand or christmasy or wintery to me, but is rather slightly dubious. You can carry it somehow, but from behind I secretly sneak up on the price question and the equivalent. Too bad about the potential in the top note, but a bridging of the fragrance over the heart to the base note has failed in my opinion.
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