10/24/2023
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When the demands increase
My 100th review was for a fragrance that was really worth describing: Brunello Cucinelli. After this small, personal anniversary, I was curious to see which fragrance would tempt me to write a review next. Because in all the years since I've been on this portal, sometimes more sometimes less active, my demands regarding an EdT and / or EdP but clearly changed. Everything has risen. My demands on fragrances. According to my feeling also the prices for fragrances in general. The sheer number of annual new releases anyway. And in my perception, the number of people who in the morning with what also always more or less audibly eindieseln.
When I then in a men's magazine (Tweed) came across a number of scents unknown to me, it was clear that Cinematic of "The Scent".
Cinematic sounds modern to me from the word. Somehow digital. According to the perfumer "...notes and chords that wander back and forth...dynamic and airy...". Well, paper is known to be patient, at the end of the day it's the end result that counts and that pleases or not.
Unboxing. A sturdy cardboard box protects the contents during transport. Very unexcited the box comes along and the bottle itself does not knock me out of the chair now in the first moment. A kind of cube, provided with a sticker. This is already very very simply made, but purists would break out in cheers and call the design super clean. I just find it cheap, it doesn't catch me at all, sorry. If I have to pull the trigger on 120 stones, I also have an expectation of the bottle. At least, the cap has a magnet, which works cleanly and similar to the Louis Vuitton fragrances a certain high quality can be seen. The spray head also does a serious job and distributes the contents in an emphatic mist.
The fragrance. First impression: wow, quite spicy! I waver between pepper and ginger, the fragrance pyramid makes it clear that it is the herbaceous plant root. Fortunately, the spiciness doesn't last too long, as it quickly gets the company of citrusy notes. Still irritated by the sharpness to the prelude I can also do little with the newly formed combination, somehow reminds me of a smell between toilet stone and bathroom cleaner. So I give the whole mixture time to develop and devote myself to other things. 30 minutes later, I like Cinematic much better. The irritating hints at the start are gone, what remains perceptible in my nose is a mixture of essentially ginger, lemon and a spice (the fragrance pyramid leads cardamom). And yet the fragrance now somehow comes across as softer than at the beginning, I imagine I can hear vanilla notes. Vanilla is a thing, I'm not necessarily a big fan of it. I don't like coffee that is infused with vanilla, caramel, or any other flavorful accessory. I also have my difficulties with Tom Ford's Vanille Fatale or Tobacco Vanilla, not to mention YSL's Black Opium. Why? Because too strong a vanilla note comes across as very sweet, floral and feminine and that's just not mine. With Cinematic, however, I find the vanilla perfectly balanced with the ginger, one appreciates and accepts the other, in fact I'm inclined to say both complement each other wonderfully. Hours later, not much has really changed in terms of the basic character, from my point of view a pleasantly spicy but by no means aggressively appearing journeyman. Not entirely surprisingly, the lemon becomes weaker and weaker as the hours pass and the existing spices, held in check by vanilla and musk notes, remain before the fragrance gently fades after hours.
Sillage: Yes, I must say, the initial Wumms of Cinematic is not from bad parents. Comes clearly more audible around the corner than I would have expected. However, the appearance is not long-lasting, after about two hours there is not much left. A test on the clothes I have not carried out, here I suspect a clearly longer performance.
Durability: The goes fully in order. 7-8 hours, so you can live, if you consider that many citrus fragrances already say goodbye after 3-4 hours.
For whom and when: to answer this is not so easy for me. First, I see the fragrance clearly unisex. For this reason, point deduction, I'm just more on the macho-HauDrauf-corners-and-edges-HierKommI-UltraMaskulin rail like Fetish of Roja perfume or Antaeus of Chanel. Cinematic is a softie and as perfumer Miguel Matos already indicates, "...base that cushions you." That's actually very much to the point, because the fragrance envelops you throughout the day, maybe even lulls you. It is your companion, it is just there, but unobtrusive, fine, beautiful, high quality.
More latte macchiato than espresso. More cashmere sweater than leather jacket. More Ugg boot than cowboy boot. More office than sports. More ICE than subway. More jazz than techno. More vanilla than chili pepper.
I see the fragrance coming into its own perfectly in the months of October-April/May, due to the warmth it radiates. You have to be able and willing to wear it. He is a charmer and quite also in the corner compliment fishing well kept. For younger gentlemen from my point of view nix, with ladies already rather the complete range.
Conclusion: There will be days when I love him. And there will be days where he will be too soft for me. Definitely not a blind buy candidate. But just as definitely an exciting addition for those who thought to have everything already at home.
When I then in a men's magazine (Tweed) came across a number of scents unknown to me, it was clear that Cinematic of "The Scent".
Cinematic sounds modern to me from the word. Somehow digital. According to the perfumer "...notes and chords that wander back and forth...dynamic and airy...". Well, paper is known to be patient, at the end of the day it's the end result that counts and that pleases or not.
Unboxing. A sturdy cardboard box protects the contents during transport. Very unexcited the box comes along and the bottle itself does not knock me out of the chair now in the first moment. A kind of cube, provided with a sticker. This is already very very simply made, but purists would break out in cheers and call the design super clean. I just find it cheap, it doesn't catch me at all, sorry. If I have to pull the trigger on 120 stones, I also have an expectation of the bottle. At least, the cap has a magnet, which works cleanly and similar to the Louis Vuitton fragrances a certain high quality can be seen. The spray head also does a serious job and distributes the contents in an emphatic mist.
The fragrance. First impression: wow, quite spicy! I waver between pepper and ginger, the fragrance pyramid makes it clear that it is the herbaceous plant root. Fortunately, the spiciness doesn't last too long, as it quickly gets the company of citrusy notes. Still irritated by the sharpness to the prelude I can also do little with the newly formed combination, somehow reminds me of a smell between toilet stone and bathroom cleaner. So I give the whole mixture time to develop and devote myself to other things. 30 minutes later, I like Cinematic much better. The irritating hints at the start are gone, what remains perceptible in my nose is a mixture of essentially ginger, lemon and a spice (the fragrance pyramid leads cardamom). And yet the fragrance now somehow comes across as softer than at the beginning, I imagine I can hear vanilla notes. Vanilla is a thing, I'm not necessarily a big fan of it. I don't like coffee that is infused with vanilla, caramel, or any other flavorful accessory. I also have my difficulties with Tom Ford's Vanille Fatale or Tobacco Vanilla, not to mention YSL's Black Opium. Why? Because too strong a vanilla note comes across as very sweet, floral and feminine and that's just not mine. With Cinematic, however, I find the vanilla perfectly balanced with the ginger, one appreciates and accepts the other, in fact I'm inclined to say both complement each other wonderfully. Hours later, not much has really changed in terms of the basic character, from my point of view a pleasantly spicy but by no means aggressively appearing journeyman. Not entirely surprisingly, the lemon becomes weaker and weaker as the hours pass and the existing spices, held in check by vanilla and musk notes, remain before the fragrance gently fades after hours.
Sillage: Yes, I must say, the initial Wumms of Cinematic is not from bad parents. Comes clearly more audible around the corner than I would have expected. However, the appearance is not long-lasting, after about two hours there is not much left. A test on the clothes I have not carried out, here I suspect a clearly longer performance.
Durability: The goes fully in order. 7-8 hours, so you can live, if you consider that many citrus fragrances already say goodbye after 3-4 hours.
For whom and when: to answer this is not so easy for me. First, I see the fragrance clearly unisex. For this reason, point deduction, I'm just more on the macho-HauDrauf-corners-and-edges-HierKommI-UltraMaskulin rail like Fetish of Roja perfume or Antaeus of Chanel. Cinematic is a softie and as perfumer Miguel Matos already indicates, "...base that cushions you." That's actually very much to the point, because the fragrance envelops you throughout the day, maybe even lulls you. It is your companion, it is just there, but unobtrusive, fine, beautiful, high quality.
More latte macchiato than espresso. More cashmere sweater than leather jacket. More Ugg boot than cowboy boot. More office than sports. More ICE than subway. More jazz than techno. More vanilla than chili pepper.
I see the fragrance coming into its own perfectly in the months of October-April/May, due to the warmth it radiates. You have to be able and willing to wear it. He is a charmer and quite also in the corner compliment fishing well kept. For younger gentlemen from my point of view nix, with ladies already rather the complete range.
Conclusion: There will be days when I love him. And there will be days where he will be too soft for me. Definitely not a blind buy candidate. But just as definitely an exciting addition for those who thought to have everything already at home.
