03/08/2020
TruuMax
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Tom Ford dressed as Jack Sparrow
After I have owned a small tester of Philipp Pleins push into the perfume world for a few weeks now, I have... Mixed feelings...
Since the bottler is an acquaintance of mine, I had the pleasure of seeing even this bottle. The design is a matter of taste, but it is heavy and beautifully crafted... The glass is not completely black but rather a little bit... Milky smoky purple. It really looks quite impressive, if you like this morbid pirate humour.
The opening is intense. It is. Pepper, alcohol and something creamy (I guess vanilla) hit you in the face, while leather and cardamom are getting to kick your ass...
It's really not a great top note for my taste...
But it's worth waiting for when you get warm with intense scents like Tobacco Oud and its varieties... I can't help but think of Dark Rebels by John Varvatos. Leathery, almost coffee-like earthy tones that are slightly broken up after an hour of flowery fresh accents and thus made even more special... This is really unique. At least I can't think of any other heavy scent that brings in feminine tones later on. Reminds me strongly of the Plein answer to Fucking Fabulous. Just as strange, difficult to wear and fascinating.
But the whole thing then remains mostly like this until the scent is already at its limits...
So far, so strange...
Only there is one thing: The part costs 350€.
After 6 hours you can no longer smell anything. Nothing.
No one I asked either. I generally dose scents a little bit over.
Conclusion:
Less a fragrance, but more a 350€ expensive fragrance experience. This is by no means badly done, even if Plein really can't score any sympathy points in the subconscious. Without several tests I would not buy it.
Since the bottler is an acquaintance of mine, I had the pleasure of seeing even this bottle. The design is a matter of taste, but it is heavy and beautifully crafted... The glass is not completely black but rather a little bit... Milky smoky purple. It really looks quite impressive, if you like this morbid pirate humour.
The opening is intense. It is. Pepper, alcohol and something creamy (I guess vanilla) hit you in the face, while leather and cardamom are getting to kick your ass...
It's really not a great top note for my taste...
But it's worth waiting for when you get warm with intense scents like Tobacco Oud and its varieties... I can't help but think of Dark Rebels by John Varvatos. Leathery, almost coffee-like earthy tones that are slightly broken up after an hour of flowery fresh accents and thus made even more special... This is really unique. At least I can't think of any other heavy scent that brings in feminine tones later on. Reminds me strongly of the Plein answer to Fucking Fabulous. Just as strange, difficult to wear and fascinating.
But the whole thing then remains mostly like this until the scent is already at its limits...
So far, so strange...
Only there is one thing: The part costs 350€.
After 6 hours you can no longer smell anything. Nothing.
No one I asked either. I generally dose scents a little bit over.
Conclusion:
Less a fragrance, but more a 350€ expensive fragrance experience. This is by no means badly done, even if Plein really can't score any sympathy points in the subconscious. Without several tests I would not buy it.