Fredericoo

NYC February 2020.
Before the world has been forced to a standstill and fundamentally changed everything, my wife and I were guests in probably the most beautiful city in the world.
The hotel lobby of a good hotel smells here now once strongly of sandalwood/leather. For us, this is something very fine. One gets a pleasant feeling. Either smells luxury so, or after Oud/Rose as it is the case in the UAE.
That it is meanwhile -gelinde said- more difficult to enter the USA is probably aware of everyone. Therefore we mourn the city -which never sleeps- of course strongly behind.

So what do you do when you want to go back to a place but aren't allowed? Correct! Return in thought. Us Parfumo's help here with certainty fragrances!
Santal 33 catapults you after a spray back into the concrete jungle!
You are abruptly on the streets of the Big Apple, as soon as you wear this wonderful fragrance.

Durability and sillage are really good. Santal 33 remains at least a day and projects 8-9 hours decently glamorous. The fragrance is thereby very high-quality and luxurious, but fits thereby most likely to modern young ladies.
At the beginning dominates the sandalwood note, which remains with you throughout the stay. Leather and cedar wood join in. Thus, the prelude is woody. In the later course, it becomes spicier. Here you can think of pickles or dill under certain circumstances.
At least something reminds me of it.
But? Be it so! That makes purely nothing!!! It is also not as if one would stink after a well-kept glass of gherkins.

"New York, New York" or just "Santal 33, Santal 33", but best yet both together.

Sticky!

Purchased it! There was a lot of good content on YT and I am a big fan of oriental fragrances!
“Silage and longevity are fantastic” - “contains a very nice oud”.
So? Now take my money!

Unfortunately, as I was unboxing it, I got a bit confused. “Why is the box so sticky?”.
Was there something going wrong? Well never mind! It’s all about the scent, ain’t it?

So 1,2 - here we go.
Or... well I should say - here we take off!
If you are searching for an rose and oud fragrance with a very dominant rose, which lasts for an eternity and projects like hell, than you may blind buy this stuff!
The performance is a monster! Never had something similar.
Even after I showered and washed myself down to the bones I was smelling this monster.
So I guess, the scent and the boxing is sticky too!
(Fun fact: a lot of people have reported similar experiences with the boxing).

I will give it another shot, since I tried Oudh 36 Nuit in the cold and rainy winter days here in Germany! Maybe a hot summer will benefit this monster!

For a long time I thought about whether and how I should comment on this masterpiece.

My favorite fragrances I always associate with a story. The love of Bleu De Chanel is probably the greatest, however.

It was just under 1 1/2 years ago. Late summer morning.
Hustle, bustle, excitement, serenity, joy.
All rolled into one!
08:30! At 09:15 is civil wedding with my dream woman! After we have overslept, as so often, something and now stand shortly before the yes-word is missing to the outfit only one thing: the fragrance!
I reach for the bottle of my confidence Bleu De Chanel. My wife also chooses your counterpart Coco Mademoiselle!
Suddenly envelops me serenity and confidence.
No other perfume lets me dream more and live into the day than Bleu De Chanel!

Why I chose that fragrance?
It is incredibly fresh and at the same time reveals its woody notes. One automatically perceives a very high quality. This quality was of course very important to me for this day.

You can wear Bleu De Chanel almost always and everywhere!
In everyday office life and on special occasions, it fits equally.
The sillage is fine in my opinion, because an "in your face" fragrance he also just does not want to be.
He is just an educated gentleman who has already "seen" something in life and does not have to deal with it strikingly.
The durability is also in order.

Let Bleu De Chanel take you on a journey!
He remains for me (... respectively for us) always THE special fragrance and is therefore my number one!

Some things change.
Sometimes that's good, sometimes that's bad.

However, if something is already perfect, you should leave it that way.
Anyone who has used Aventus for years knows what I'm talking about, because here we have the change that no one likes.
For comparison:
There are two flacons in my drawer!
One is an edgy high quality bottle from 2016 and then a rounded bottle from 2020.
Two different batches -> two different scents.

The shape of the bottles is symbolic of the fragrance:
One has more edges, the other is rounded and flat.
I'm sorry Creed! You can no longer encourage anyone to buy this product with a clear conscience!
Surely: niche fragrances are what special! Each filling differs in nuances to the previous. That's what makes it so exciting and possibly exclusive!
Here, however, is now missing the fullness and richness of the fragrance! No fine, oriental fresh kick more.
Likewise, the "new" loses power. Sillage and durability face a high purchase price, which one wanted to pay earlier gladly!
So for me it is "goodbye". It was nice with you.

Scents are always something personal for me. They take you on a journey, awaken memories or remind you of places where you have been.
Santal Royal reminds me of Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
A balance act of rose and oud.
For many, oud is too heavy; for others, rose is too cloying. The quality of both ingredients in Santal Royal is unbeatable for me. Both perceive your role and live harmoniously with each other.
The fragrance is for me the absolute epitome of luxury and could not be worn often enough. Therefore, he finds place in my top 3!
The ratio of price and performance is unsurpassed!
Guerlain for me you have shown here your best performance, thank you!!!
Only deduction would be the sillage, because that could already be a little better. For it, he keeps long and you can sometimes just not have everything.
All those who stand on smoky and high-quality fragrances: please try!