06/27/2021
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The dark side of the force... uh... tangerine?
Hello there, you smelly lot! No, he he, I meant of course sniffing pack! :D
Great that you guys "pop in" here again when I post a new comment. Today it's about Mandarina Corsica by L'Artisan, which sounds great just from the name. Exotic and citrusy, and as I'm sure most people know, I also like citrusy scents, especially scents with oranges or just like here with tangerines.
This fragrance here is also supposed to contain maltol, and I have to admit that I had no idea what maltol was until now. But apparently this is a fragrance that makes for sugar and cotton candy like scents. And this possibly also comes across like caramelized candy like at a fair or Christmas market (aaaah, sounds so yummy, and hey, half the year is almost over, which means it'll be Christmas again soon, yeah!!!! :DD). This makes me think that the scent could possibly smell less fresh and more wintry instead, but I'll find out in a bit.
Therefore, it goes already!
A little later you smell the sugary fragrance notes clearly more intense, while the tangerines move further and further into the background. In addition, it seems to become slightly spicier with time.
From the base, the fragrance becomes more powdery, as now the tonka bean is more intense. Therefore, you can also smell the typical, dark sweet scent of tonka bean, while from the tangerines is hardly anything left.
The late base actually only smells of tonka, so the fragrance is powdery-sweet. It's all quite nice, but also a wee bit too simple.
He is in any case very nice, even if he now represents nothing great and is somewhat simple, but you can test him already times. Would he be a little stronger, I would also recommend him to go out, but so, as the sillage is here, he is more so a fragrance for everyday life and leisure.
Oh yes, the scent reminded me of the cooler season. I'm already looking forward to Christmas and hope that I'm also vaccinated by then (and many others too), so that then the Christmas markets open again and can be visited. Missing out on a Christmas market was once too many! Maybe there will be a Parfumo-Meeting, where all the Parfumas can beat me up, because I always call everyone stupid,... who knows? :)
So until then people, have a nice evening :)
Great that you guys "pop in" here again when I post a new comment. Today it's about Mandarina Corsica by L'Artisan, which sounds great just from the name. Exotic and citrusy, and as I'm sure most people know, I also like citrusy scents, especially scents with oranges or just like here with tangerines.
This fragrance here is also supposed to contain maltol, and I have to admit that I had no idea what maltol was until now. But apparently this is a fragrance that makes for sugar and cotton candy like scents. And this possibly also comes across like caramelized candy like at a fair or Christmas market (aaaah, sounds so yummy, and hey, half the year is almost over, which means it'll be Christmas again soon, yeah!!!! :DD). This makes me think that the scent could possibly smell less fresh and more wintry instead, but I'll find out in a bit.
Therefore, it goes already!
The fragrance:
The fragrance begins with sweetish and slightly citrusy tangerines as well as tonka beans, which at first seem somehow incongruous, but do not smell bad at all. In general, the fragrance is also (dark) sugary-sweetish, which could be due to the Maltol, because as just described Maltol is responsible among other things just for a sugar-like scent. A little later you smell the sugary fragrance notes clearly more intense, while the tangerines move further and further into the background. In addition, it seems to become slightly spicier with time.
From the base, the fragrance becomes more powdery, as now the tonka bean is more intense. Therefore, you can also smell the typical, dark sweet scent of tonka bean, while from the tangerines is hardly anything left.
The late base actually only smells of tonka, so the fragrance is powdery-sweet. It's all quite nice, but also a wee bit too simple.
The sillage and the durability:
The sillage is quite okay, the fragrance is good smellable due to its sweetness, but a firecracker he is not. The shelf life is quite good with its eight-ten hours. The bottle:
The bottle is L'Artisan-typical heptagonal and consists of a dark tinted glass. The fragrance liquid appears thereby greenish to olive. On the front you can see a narrow and reddish patterned label with fragrance name and logo. The lid is glossy black and also heptagonal. Everything looks very good. Conclusion:
Okay, Mandarina Corsica has become a fragrance where you might think of a fresh summer scent from the name. However, the scent is dark and sweet and clearly goes in the autumnal-winter direction, even if it should not radiate as intensely as most winter fragrances. Perhaps he is thus also rather an all-rounder, which one could always use?He is in any case very nice, even if he now represents nothing great and is somewhat simple, but you can test him already times. Would he be a little stronger, I would also recommend him to go out, but so, as the sillage is here, he is more so a fragrance for everyday life and leisure.
Oh yes, the scent reminded me of the cooler season. I'm already looking forward to Christmas and hope that I'm also vaccinated by then (and many others too), so that then the Christmas markets open again and can be visited. Missing out on a Christmas market was once too many! Maybe there will be a Parfumo-Meeting, where all the Parfumas can beat me up, because I always call everyone stupid,... who knows? :)
So until then people, have a nice evening :)
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