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Beautiful isser, the new Flanker from the Azzaro pour Homme line. Of course, apart from the rather functional plastic lid. But this color gradient from sunny yellow to Caribbean blue just makes a good mood and awakens holiday feelings with me. A bit like a cocktail with an umbrella. It's so beautiful that I took it with me without waiting for an extensive test. Crazy ...

And the content so appropriate for the past sunny spring days. Lime on top, with its zesty, slightly sharp citrus freshness and just a little fruit sweetness. It smells like a caipirinha. When the lime is crushed in the glass, releasing not only the juice, but also the essential oils from the peel. Lavender is added to this. I detect it here mainly as a fresh, clean and slightly creamy accord. It reminds me of fresh laundry drying in the sun outside. Together with the lime, this smells so happy and clean! Underneath, I would have blindly guessed a very fresh vetiver, but entirely without bitter and earthy notes. Perhaps the resin with the lingering citrus notes creates that vetiver-like herbaceousness. Anyway, it stays on the clean side. And green. Very green.

This Cologne Intense, which is actually an eau de toilette, really couldn't have come at a better time: It fits perfectly into spring, when your nose is longing for something fresh after all those heavy winter scents. Maybe summer too, but that remains to be seen. Maybe the lime will be a little too sharp in high temperatures. At the moment, this scent works great for me anyway and lasts quite passably. Please do not expect miracles, but the last few days were always so 5-6 hours in it.

My conclusion: beautiful spring freshie. Outside beautiful and inside beautiful. Really successful new release at exactly the right time!

Okay, okay. My scent perception is often a little different. But the here partly drawn comparisons to Bleu de Chanel and Dylan Blue I can not explain at all. Except for the color of the bottle and the "blue" in the name have the rather nothing in common from my point of view.

This starts right at the beginning in the course. Unlike the other blue fragrances, is not found in Acqua Essenziale Blu the usual, juicy fruitiness. The citrus is rather tart and leans on the typical Italian Colognes. Very quickly, two chemical -ones® provide a strong synthetic impact, which you can like or not. I find the is quite successful here.

At the latest in the direction of the woody middle and base, Acqua Essenziale Blu then goes a completely different way. Instead of a clean, soft woody base, goes here clearly more tart and coarse to. Whether the cypriole is responsible for the resinous impact, I don't know. It is in any case a clear bitter note to perceive, which was then again with a good portion of sweetness from benzoin and Tonka abgeschmeckt.

So in contrast to Bleu and Dylan, I'd like to make a different comparison, and that's L'Eau Bleue d'Issey. Not because they smell the same, but because they are equally "different". Where the Miyake stands out from the competition with its herbaceous, green heart, the Ferragamo does so with resinous, bitter wood. Both diverge from the one-size-fits-all in their class. And even if L'Eau Bleue still does much better overall, you have to at least give Alberto Morillas credit for taking a risk for variety. Because said bittersweetness will make the fragrance a bit too exhausting for many. Also this factor - I call it 'bulky'- he shares with the L'Eau Bleue.

The external values are quite solid: handy bottle, heavy metal cap, rather average spray head. Similarly, I would rate the performance: quite good durability with rather medium sillage.

Whether you absolutely need this fragrance? Probably not. In a series with many other generic shower gel fresheners one does him an injustice from my point of view. For this he is then but quite independent. Therefore, at this point simply a lance is broken for him.

This winter has not been the coldest so far, at least for us in the southwest. Nevertheless, I finally had time and leisure to test Spicebomb Extreme extensively over a few weeks despite (or maybe because of?) all the restrictions. And I must say the fragrance is already rightly so high in favor and also here in the Parfumo charts.

The main components are not unusual for themselves and certainly not spectacular: vanilla and cinnamon are for my nose clearly in the center. Drumherher dance a few fresh sprinkles, but primarily many other spices - the Christmas associations I can therefore understand. The whole thing also triggers a pleasantly warming sensation for me. Underneath, there's a bit of tobacco and a very soft amber note, neither of which ever come to the fore. Without looking at the fragrance pyramid, I would have guessed a hint of cardamom. The indicated cumin I perceive for it again not individually.

And even if these are all components that are known from other winter fragrances, it is probably the mixture or composition that makes Spicebomb Extreme. The fragrance seems excellently composed and balanced. The same goes for the performance. The fragrance is strong, there is no question about that. At the same time, however, it is so well balanced that it lasts a long time (at a reasonable dosage) without developing an annoying factor. For me, that's actually the greatest art. Because loud and annoying can many...

As an insider tip, you can now really no longer call this fragrance. Nevertheless, I have made the experience that he is not so extremely well known and widespread outside the community. Therefore, and of course because of all the other described benefits, I can recommend the Vanilla Spice Bomb® For the next cold season only warmly!

I think it is fair to say that a pronounced scent is generally regarded as positive and of high quality. I often read things like 'linear' or 'no change' as a rather negative feature in the comments and statements. Why is that? That presupposes that a process must always be good. A course to the bad is surprisingly rarely discussed. Yet this happens at least as often in my tests. Blue seduction is another one of those.

These top note blenders, which score with the prelude and encourage quick buying, are, in my opinion, quite common in fashion fragrances, such as the zaras and drugstore knickknacks. Blue Seduction can probably be counted to the drugstore class and falls for me ideally into the category of these head note blenders.

I was immediately enthusiastic about the start. In my opinion it is very successful and does not smell cheap at all. I would describe it as fruity melon salad with mint. Freshness, fruitiness and light sweetness are well balanced. The menthol contributes a pleasant cooling note. Comes really super!

Unfortunately, it doesn't stop there. The freshness decreases quite fast, which you could get over with such a summer freshness. Unfortunately, the complete scent changes in the meantime and Blue Seduction loses its shape. What remains is a rather pale, lightly spicy base. From the notes given I can only perceive some coffee spice at this point. The rest is indefinable, but then at least not so intense that it would disturb.

I would therefore also not see the purchase as a complete failure. For about two hours you get a very pleasant freshness, after that it gets weak and meaningless. One should consider this before buying

I was very curious about this one. And, yes, that's really something different. Unfortunately, I don't like it so much. And I can't smell nice, either.

It is actually a very interesting combination of (spicy) ground with a minty-fresh structure. Above it hovers something less definable, somewhere between powdery veil and synthi aquatic. This cinnamon-like aquatic reminds me strongly of Montblanc's Présence (which I don't like) and the sweet-spicy yet fresh part is close to Davidoff's Relax (which I like very much). Not only does this sound chaotic - it really does not give a complete picture. For me it smells totally overloaded and very, very unharmonious from beginning to end. Interesting, different and unusual is just not always good.

Now I have given him several chances. It does not always have to be love at first sight. But as I said, somehow there is no smell here. Rather the opposite: the more often I have used it, the more uncomfortable it becomes. A premiere - I've never had one before.

Do I want to keep it? Let me think about.... No