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It's been a while since I was looking for suggestions in the forum for a suitable scent based on vetiver. Many great tips came together and I tried most of them. In the end I came to the conclusion that there can't be just one. This grass is too versatile and complex. And too varied is what the perfumers have made of it. In the end, it became this one for the cooler months and Elie Saab's Essence No. 6, which I will also comment on in due course, for spring and summer.

Encre Noire Sport is very Encre Noire and little sport - actually not really a sport at all. He is a very green variety, which is why the name Encre Verte would have suited him much better. Grapefruit significantly refreshes the dark DNA and cypress adds an extra cool note that makes me think of foggy-cold mornings in November. In general, the fragrance appears much brighter and friendlier than the original at the beginning, but for me it remains just as creaky and undercooled in my heart and therefore not much more accessible.

The tart and woody aspects of the vetiver are particularly emphasized by this composition. For me this works excellently, but rather in autumn and winter and there especially as a contrast to the prevailing spicy to gourmand scents. Especially if you like to wear perfumes in alternation like I do, Encre Noire Sport is a great change in the cold season. Just the perfect bad-weather activator.

It may also be due to this regular change, but for me Encre Noire Sport has enough power. Applied in the morning, I can still perceive it well in the evening. However, it only radiates more powerfully at the beginning and subsequently remains rather close to the body. The bottle is typical Lalique: beautiful and of high quality. Unfortunately, the format is not practical in handling.

Thanks again to the community for their help in the search, which led to this excellent, though rather gloomy winter vetiver

I would like to use fruit yoghurt to illustrate this fragrance. Manufacturer, brand and variety don't matter at first, but it should be cheap. We all know this fruit yogurt. And it is well known that the most natural thing that a yoghurt like this has ever seen is probably the chemical laboratory assistant's break fruit, which he carried past the whole test tubes on his way from the refrigerator to the sink. And yet, against better knowledge and against all reason: Mir schmeckt´s.

This is how you can imagine New Game from La Rive. Through and through synthetic. Some indefinable fruit substitute perfume (about type fresh apple compotetimitate) meets a kind of universal spice mixture (most likely type pseudooriental herb dream) meets some kind of generic artificial wood basis (probably type "sweet pressboard"). On top of this there is a fully synthetic fragrance veil from start to finish (definitely a type of hair varnish from the 500ml discount family can). And yet, against better knowledge and against all reason: Mir gefällt´s.

The overall package smells balanced, fresh-fruity, slightly spicy and consistently clean. This synthetic veil makes it even more modern and somehow urban for me. He falls me into the category Immergeher, No-Brainer etc.. I think you know what I mean. Also holds solid, with moderate Sillage. My unique test of Azzaro Wanted is too far back to remind me. Therefore, I cannot judge how close the relationship is. But also completely stand-alone considered New Game makes a good figure for me already.

My conclusion: Cheap "daily rocker", with which you certainly won't get offended. More solid than hype. For the young or young-at-heart man without synthetic phobia. More casual than elegant and more like a day as a club. Not bad!

The cross-references led me here from DK Men, one of my absolute favorites. And in fact, Le Dandy is very close at the base. But at the beginning of the fragrance I first feel reminded of another old acquaintance.

Overripe fruits - for me peach and some plaume stand out - make the prelude. The rather indefinable alcoholic component gives the whole a slightly fermenting impression. I get in interaction with the spices Rumtopf associations. In this phase one could draw parallels to the prelude of Paloma Picasso's Minotaure. The two share the somewhat human obsessiveness, but otherwise go completely different ways.

Le Dandy's fragrant heart also awakens memories. The composition of the spices has something of the vintage Égoïste as soon as the fruits have withdrawn. Unfortunately, this phase has gone very Chanel again (5 euros in the Kalauer cash) and I have the feeling to come more or less immediately after the base. This is very similar to DK Men / Fuel for Men as mentioned at the beginning: mild woods and spices on a bed of Verloursleder.

Now the result is literally more than the sum of its parts, which unfortunately proves to be negatively true here. The ingredients are well chosen, but poorly arranged. Despite some nice moments you can't overlook the fact that the overall picture doesn't look very dandy and elegant but rather roughly drawn. Other values also make me think of a proll rather than a dandy: the flacon looks nice, but the atomizer is of the clumsy, snotty kind. The performance is similarly cheeky: at the beginning cheeky, then rather meek and then damn fast away. Thick pants and all that.

In the end, I find it very difficult to classify myself here. The fragrance is too good for a bad rating and at the same time too bad for a good rating. So Le Dandy, who is actually more Le Proll, can't really score with me.

After so many years of well-groomed mediocrity, Davidoff is really going to knock out another firecracker. And then there's the supposed cool-water flanker. Who'd have thought? I sure don't...

Okay, admitted: I also found The Game Intense very successful among all the unspeakable releases of the last years. Was this perhaps the first flash of a recovered strength? After Run Wild recently left me sobered again, I honestly didn't believe in it anymore. Besides, I'm not really a fan of the original Cool Waters, so my expectations of this Davidoff were dampened again. A bit of the Britney Spears of the perfume world. And now this. What do you want me to say? So I like to be surprised very much!

Zero cool water here. Anyone who has come up with the idea of publishing the fragrance in this series should be shot and killed. Instead, a very independent summer fragrance away from the infamous Cool Water aquatics. Can it really only be the three listed ingredients? Probably not. But they're definitely the most concise. The green mandarin makes the (as expected) citric opening. In fact, I imagine that I really perceive this greenery, that is, immaturity. In addition to the usual citric, there is also such an indefinable spiciness as can be tasted, for example, in immature mango. The citrus is accompanied by a tropical, not too sweet coconut note and a soft, creamy amber. I wouldn't speak of a real scent run. Throughout the day the focus shifts towards coconut and amber, but the initial citrus freshness and spiciness is still noticeable even after prolonged wearing. The fresh basic impression lasts. I find that remarkable.

In general, the overall endurance is unexpectedly good. For me, Cool Water Intense lasts for the entire working day without any problems and is a real long runner, especially on clothing. The Sillage is quite strong at the beginning, later quieter but always present.

In short, forget the name and ignore the shape and colour of the bottle. Let me surprise you. Fresh, sweet and creamy are brought together here very pleasantly. Simple knitted, but well implemented and at the same time very effective. And with good performance and a great price/performance ratio. He's really fun! Thanks, Britney.

Fendi. A big name, but one that hasn't really shone when it comes to perfume for quite some time now. Long gone were the times of Fendi Uomo or Asja. On this year's search for a chic summer fragrance, this Fan di Fendi flanker on paper made me curious about the rather unusual combination of herbs, aquatics and leather. And then the Fendi brand. Hope is known to die last.

In practice, this seemed to work out at first. The start is wonderfully fresh. A beautiful, bright beginning of citrus and lavender. Aquatic notes are also early and surprisingly not very synthetic. So far so good. Unfortunately this fresh wave soon reaches the herb garden and breaks there. Sage and basil are good to smell, the pepper rather less. I can't tell it from a certain note, but something in this wild kitchen herb mix doesn't harmonize at all with the fresh top note. Unfortunately, this part of the process completely spoils my scent. Because even if this olfactory discord subsides later and Fan di Fendi Acqua comes across much more pleasant in the last third, I just can't smell the middle part nice

I can rate the shelf life as positive. It is not particularly loud, but for a newbie nevertheless quite long perceptible. And the bottle is also an eye-catcher, but what are the durability and appearance if the perfume can't keep up with it?

I'm afraid that was nothing. Neither with a fancy summer scent nor with Fendi. Very unfortunate - I really would have liked to have that.