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Finally I have managed to lead this boy to my nose and I have to say that this is a fine little thing. It starts fresh and maritime, nutmeg ground the whole thing to a fresh and spicy scent. It is noticeable that at the very beginning a clear alcoholic note resonates with the pure. I don't really like to define whether the alcohol contained in this fragrance simply evaporates worse.
Then it becomes coniferous - but full pot! The pine makes no secret of saying "Here I am" and struggles with the cedar for supremacy. But the jaw is the superior part. Makes it a little oldscoolig, but interesting.
After the conifers have been trimmed a little, this fragrance is surprisingly multifaceted. It doesn't have much on the ingredients list, which is all the more surprising that it is both flowery and slightly powdery, balsamic and creamy. Like that, when only a few ingredients - that is probably the secret of the makers. I like it! Yes, it reminds a little of a bubble bath, not the one with the spruce needles, but of a blue stuff whose name I can't think of right now. But it reminds me of another scent that you wouldn't even have on your bill and which I could only determine by chance because I tested both at the same time: the Eau de Toilette from Aramis. Yeah, they're different already. Where the classic is tart and citric, Kenzo Homme comes across as softer, more cuddly. One could almost say that it could also be a reinterpretation of that classic. Sandalwood does not dim this away, but prepares a pleasant "bed", never appears too dry, as can often be the case with woody fragrances. Fine fragrance.
The Sillage is very good for the first few hours, but he stays in clothes for days without getting on his nerves. On the skin it disappears after 8-10 hours, so endurance is quite given.

I could make this comment as brief as no other. And this with an expressiveness that would leave no more doubts.

I still don't, because that would be boring. Once again my beloved Quasar Fire from O Boticario was over and I had to have supplies from Portugal jetted over. Yes, these are the ones with the bombastic fragrances at reasonable prices and which nobody here knows, because what the farmer does not eat, he does not know - or was it the other way round? Anyway, you know what I mean. :-)
I always look at the range, because the importer always has individual fragrances on offer. One of them had been itching me for a long time, that was the Zaad Vision. As EdP(!) to roundabout 46€ regular price the 90 ml not particularly expensive, however, it gave it just at that moment for ridiculous 26€ plus the Fire also in the offer for 20€ instead of 29€ - you can already strike.

What ingredients do we read here in relation to Zaad Vision, hereinafter referred to as ZV? Not much: spices, citrus, amber. Could be anything or nothing.

Now let's see what we find on the page of O Boticario in German translation:
Top notes: Italian bergamot, Italian mandarin orange, LMR Tunisian lavender, nutmeg.
Heart notes: Thyme, Cypriol, Ciste Absoluto, LMR Gurjum Balm Oil.
Base notes: Guaiac wood oil, amber, cashmeran, MLR myrrh, patchouli.
What the LMR, MLR, Cypriol and Ciste Absoluto mean seems to be an insider. Cypriol is to me a term in relation to a grassy (water) plant. Ciste Absoluto could be classified as cistus somewhere. If you can translate better, you are cordially invited to confirm or improve.

That sounds better and makes you want more?

I ordered and paid for it on Sunday and pressed the parcel into my hand on Wednesday. I hold a very massive and large bottle in my hand. The pressed glass is not particularly even on the surface; O Boticario prefers to invest in the content - that seems to be the company philosophy there.
Impatiently I pull off the no less massive and heavy lid and press the button. What the F...! - fuck you...! I know him!

Now I could shorten again, but I continue to make it exciting. Take a look at this scent (1):
Top notes Bergamot, Mandarin, Orange, Mineral notes
Heartnote Heartnote Rosemary, Oud, Patchouli
Basenote Basenote Vetiver, Amber, Musk, Labdanum, Myrrh

Beautiful, isn't it? But now look at this (2):
Top notes Bergamot, Mandarin, Rosemary
Heartnote Heartnote Oud, Vetiver
Basenote Basenote Mandrake, Amber, Musk

At this point I would like to ring in a guessing game. But here we are with a fragrance of O Boticario and not Armani, Guy Laroche, Lancome, YSL and all known top dogs. That means I would have to wait forever for a participation or move the whole thing to the forum, which would make this review ad absurdum.

Let's take a closer look at the ZV bottle. It is simply designed and made of solid-coloured brown glass. A metal application represents the name. The lid made of solid plastic in the same brown colour as the glass.
The one with the scent of (2) is similar: coloured brown glass, a solid plastic lid in the same colour and a metal application, but this time on the lid. The bottle made of (2) shimmers rather reddish-brown against the light, ZV however rather yellowish-brown.

Well, klingelt´s? Hardly, we are not with top dogs here, but with Portuguese or Brazilians.
The spirit is now already out of the bottle, a wow experience with a nostalgic touch, although nostalgia is actually not quite right, because the one he reminds me of came onto the market not so long ago and got a successor after a rather unsuccessful reformulation in 2010: (1)!

Now I could make it short again, but let's stay a little longer: the creator(s) of ZV had a VISION - the name fits like a fist on an eye or an ass on a bucket - a VISION: Today we build a fragrance that probably came onto the market too early once. The specifications stated that the original version of this fragrance should be revived in its polarizing properties, especially with regard to the beginning: Raspberry cola and cough syrup meets leucoplast with the typical smoky, musty note.

You don't usually say good things about copies: Would-be, do-it-yourself, cheap prints etc pp. Here, however, we have a copy that is not as excellent as the original as the successor of (1), but "phase-shifted". Instead, we have here a copy that reproduces almost 100% of the original version of the fragrance we are looking for, which lies between (1) and (2) in the further course, but always (1) clearly shines through and in the finish even quite refined and only slightly sweetened with a vanilla-like touch.

Still puzzling? But now I deliver you: ZV is a clone of YSL´s M7 in its original version (!). Not a would-be, not just do-so-as-if, but an absolutely equal product. Durability and silage are more than just above average. Good, it's an EdP, you can expect more. But ZV that's what you can call a powerhouse in good conscience. A spray blast can almost no longer be described as discreet, two sprayers more than enough and if you put another one or two sprayers on top of it, you put your scent signature for hours in any kind of room in which the wearer has previously stayed. No "here I am", but also a "here I was - half a day ago" and therefore on a level with the original version of calibres a la Joop pour Homme.

That's what this scent expresses.
Classic citric prelude, which has quite some range. But in the middle of the race it goes steeply downhill. Aniseed is something sweet and flattering, but also requires an appropriate dose. Unfortunately here a bit too much of restraint. So the liaison with the olive blossom does not really succeed. Here a sweet spice like basil or pimento would have been a much better partner. Not that the scent is restless, but I have the impression that it smells a bit strange for a short time, slightly musty. But this phase fades away quite quickly and at the base he rips it out again. Woody-leathery with a matching sweetness that never comes to the fore too dominantly.
I wouldn't call it arbitrary now, because it has its own independence and there are always similarities somewhere. Armani Code is a fragrance that is certainly not suitable for friends of powerhouses, but otherwise always dresses appropriately and at every opportunity. If you are not looking for excitement, but want to be sovereignly scented, you might find the right scent here.

Eros is one of the 36 billion scents that are felt to be one of the most important ones, which absolutely must pay homage to the nineties-fresh nonsense mixed with sweet-2000s. Synthetically inspired scents can have their charms - but this one doesn't. The top notes are pure freshness. It's just a pity that the green apple goes down the drain here, just like in the €5.95 cheap home Red Line from La Rive. The mint doesn't know what it wants: sometimes it's there, then it's not; the - attention - pompous Italian lemon doesn't tear it out either.
Sweetening from the middle. A good tonka can be interesting. This one stays quite calm, but doesn't come across naturally. Oh, I forgot: Synthetics
And then comes something that confirms the synthetician: there is a disgustingly penetrating pepper in it. You wonder why it's not in the fragrance pyramid? Well, so do I! Or should the rose geranium really be called Rose Geranium Leaf? Because it smells similar to pepper
A good cedar is not to be sneezed at. Here however further third-class quality, which somehow hangs on the not existing pepper and tries miserably to bring in here another sharp nuance. But it doesn't really work.
Then the vanilla is not suitable. Okay, not quite, because if it wasn't, the missing pepper would be even more annoying. Vetiver and oakmoss seem to be just a placeholder, because smelling is not one of them. But it doesn't matter, it's not worth the money anyway - it's better to eat Italian food with the money