12/02/2014
Drseid
819 Reviews
Drseid
Bringing The Tropics Home...
Brazilia opens with a tropical mango fruit accord mixing with underlying grassy greens. As the composition moves to its early heart, things stay very linear as at first the mango and greens remain in the same proportion as open before slowly the grassy greens grow in intensity to become the star with coniferous fir joining the remaining mango in support. During the late dry-down the grassy greens and mango vacate the composition, leaving the coniferous fir, joining slightly powdery oakmoss with hints of moderately sharp vetiver and cedarwood in subtle support through the finish. Projection is excellent, as is longevity at approximately 12 hours on skin.
Brazilia was a vintage blind buy that I had absolutely no idea of what to expect. There is almost no information on the composition anywhere, so all there was to go by was an attractive bottle housing light green juice, and a dark green box with a Toucan on the front. Having now sniffed Brazilia, the Toucan and light green colored juice really capture the spirit of the composition perfectly. The mango fruit that asserts itself early sets the tone of a tropical location, but the greens counter it to make the composition much more versatile than one might imagine. If there is one gripe that comes to the fore, it has to be that until the late dry-down things stay pretty linear. Indeed, while one usually notices a quick transition from the opening top notes to the middle heart accord, in the case of Brazilia this just didn't happen. Either there were no top notes or the transition to the heart accord was so gradual that until the coniferous fir arrived there really wasn't much development at all. Indeed, the progression is so slow that the late dry-down really sneaks up on the wearer, as the composition changes gear completely late, becoming moderately powdery and woody. After many, many hours of the linear mango and greens this change-up is quite welcome, giving the wearer a much needed respite from the primary accord that can become slightly grating at times. It should be mentioned that even though the composition is labeled as an Eau de Cologne, this stuff is *strong* with projection and longevity both quite solid and unheard of for something thus described. All-in-all, the bottom line is Brazilia is not a composition one should go out of their way in finding as it is quite rare and far from inexpensive on the aftermarket (my bottle cost around $100 for 100ml), but if you long for a composition with a tropical vibe that still keeps its versatility intact one could do far worse than the 3.5 star out of 5 "very good" rated Brazilia by Mantigo.
Brazilia was a vintage blind buy that I had absolutely no idea of what to expect. There is almost no information on the composition anywhere, so all there was to go by was an attractive bottle housing light green juice, and a dark green box with a Toucan on the front. Having now sniffed Brazilia, the Toucan and light green colored juice really capture the spirit of the composition perfectly. The mango fruit that asserts itself early sets the tone of a tropical location, but the greens counter it to make the composition much more versatile than one might imagine. If there is one gripe that comes to the fore, it has to be that until the late dry-down things stay pretty linear. Indeed, while one usually notices a quick transition from the opening top notes to the middle heart accord, in the case of Brazilia this just didn't happen. Either there were no top notes or the transition to the heart accord was so gradual that until the coniferous fir arrived there really wasn't much development at all. Indeed, the progression is so slow that the late dry-down really sneaks up on the wearer, as the composition changes gear completely late, becoming moderately powdery and woody. After many, many hours of the linear mango and greens this change-up is quite welcome, giving the wearer a much needed respite from the primary accord that can become slightly grating at times. It should be mentioned that even though the composition is labeled as an Eau de Cologne, this stuff is *strong* with projection and longevity both quite solid and unheard of for something thus described. All-in-all, the bottom line is Brazilia is not a composition one should go out of their way in finding as it is quite rare and far from inexpensive on the aftermarket (my bottle cost around $100 for 100ml), but if you long for a composition with a tropical vibe that still keeps its versatility intact one could do far worse than the 3.5 star out of 5 "very good" rated Brazilia by Mantigo.
ChicoRoch1
