Ignorabilis

The first impression of Ambassador for Women is fruity-creamy. In the entire course of the fragrance, no single note stands out for me, but it is much more different fragrance impressions that flow into each other. The creamy sweetness, which is floral underpinned and nudged by delicate green.
The comparison to my beloved Aura by Mugler came directly to mind as well. Science has shown that as we age, personality traits like extraversion and openness decline. Quite the opposite of conscientiousness and social compatibility, which again increase significantly in old age.
This is a bit of how I imagine Aura when she retires. She looks back happily on her wild years and always proudly talks about how she turned everyone's heads as a mysterious femme fatale and never backed down from a confrontation. Today, she's become a bit more conservative, more considerate as well. Where Aura resists everything and does her thing regardless, Ambassador is just more tolerable. It doesn't try to be bold or prove anything and still has character. A beautiful creamy scent that you love to smell on others, that is suitable for any occasion and that you can also rely on for durability.

Describing this fragrance is a bit like trying to reach for a cloud.
It took me a long time to develop an opinion on Pure Musc and if I'm honest, it took me a long time especially to allow myself to potentially change it back.

When I wear it, there's nothing superficially there, just a feeling of being surrounded somehow. Quite soft he is. If you want to smell him specifically, he evades. You have to be patient with him and let him come by himself. Again and again he says a friendly hello, or rather, he gently strokes your cheek and smiles, lost in thought.

For me, this fragrance has little development. From start to finish, the floral white heart is present. The white flowers here do not seem heavy, but quite relaxed and fine. These in turn are surrounded by a voluminous cloud of musk. The sillage is moderate, the projection rather weak. The durability I feel especially on clothes even quite good, on the skin I can not quite assess it.

This fragrance is elegant and cozy at the same time. But also difficult to interpret for me, which is why I could not build an emotional connection, although I have retrospectively but often reached for him. I liked it especially for productive days when you're around people a lot and working through your to do lists. A perfect office fragrance.
Now the generous filling is empty. A repurchase is not planned for the time being, but who knows ... one sees himself, as is well known, always twice in life.

Mmmh, now that's a surprise!

And another reminder not to always rely on the "Similar" suggestions. "Le Bain" by Joop I had already virtually written off when I saw at the time that it was supposed to be similar to "Vanilla" by Bettina Barty. The latter is one of the scratchiest fragrances for me, which somehow only represents Christmas gift boxes with equally scratchy gold wire and little angel figurines, and made me immediately regret spraying it on myself so optimistically at the time.

Today, I stood again in front of the same drugstore's modest selection and, in the midst of joyfully testing the colorful Cheapies, discovered Joop Le Bain. On the test strip, I smelled a vague spicy sweetness, which made me doubt if a few of the scents before hadn't mixed on my mask by now. I decided to spray it on myself and left the store again.

In the fresh air, I smelled again and my fears dissolved right into thin air. I was greeted by a spicy orange blossom vanilla with hints of aldehyde. I'm very wary of vintage scents, but this one kind of picked me up. Over the course of the next few hours, I kept sticking my nose to the back of my hand. After the opening, a pleasant tartness came in. The vanilla got a sip of cherry brandy, and somewhere in the background, marzipan beckoned. A dark winter-sweet gourmand, definitely!

In the notes here I look in vain for the cherry and almonds, yet I could swear I smell them. In fact, after an hour, I came up with a very strong association with Rouge Smoking by BDK. And even in direct comparison, I find it similar.
Le Bain has the more present vanilla and a more elegant, mature attitude, while Rouge Smoking, in direct comparison, has more focus on the sweet amaretto cherry and seems a bit more carefree, almost frivolous. But to me, they're still kind of related - is it just me?

Be that as it may, Le Bain makes you want more ... or rather desire for "more often, but in moderation". This fragrance is so dense that it can probably be quickly overdosed. Nonetheless, absolutely wearable and definitely a dream if dosed correctly and in cold temperatures. I would rate the longevity as medium. After six hours I can still smell it, but it's already saying goodbye. I can only guess how intense he may once have been.

Usually I review fragrances only after extensive testing, so see this review perhaps less as a detailed final fragrance conclusion, but more as an inspiration to give some unimpressive fragrance yet a chance. :)
Definitely going to test this one out again in the winter. I'm already looking forward to it!

To start directly: I find this flanker very well done!
Pretty starts this fragrance with a fruity sweet pear. Quickly also jasmine comes out, but of the bright, friendly variety. While the fruity top note moves into the background and is replaced by sweet vanilla, the lavender comes quite intense and gives the good-humored jasmine-pear compote a spiciness, without which this fragrance would have sunk into irrelevance for me. Vanilla I do not smell out explicitly as such, but a warm sweetness is perceptible throughout, which, however, never becomes too much.

What surprised me, however, were the reactions to this fragrance. Hardly sprayed on in the morning, I hear already next to me "Ohhh, THAT smells but now really good!" from someone who could hardly care less about fragrances. "Oh, really that good?", I think, and take another closer sniff. Refreshed later - the longevity isn't so great after all - I hear from a perfume lover "You smell like .... mhh ... Spring!". So at least after application, it turns heads, it seems!

Sophisticated it is not, but it pleases, that's for sure. I understand where the Libre comparisons are coming from, but the vibe is different again, I think. Libre has a bit more edge, where it Sparkling Bouquet is more playful and friendly. In mood, this flanker stays with the original, and also gets closer and closer in drydown. However, it comes less sweet, but more fruity and bubbly.

No revolution, but I had a lot of fun with this sparkling bouquet!

My expectations of Escada fragrances are actually always the same... fruity, sweet, summery, youthful. Of course, you can see this negatively or positively. On the one hand, you know what you get, on the other hand, it also keeps the joy of discovery within the brand a little limited. So whenever an Escada bottling falls into my hand, I can see myself putting it aside for a day in the future when I'm really bored. And today was such a day.

Compared to the usual Escadas Especially dances a little out of line. Here you are also welcomed by a good-humored pear, which is accompanied by ambrette seeds. However, the scent is less sweet and youthful, like others of this brand. The rose is readily perceptible and also one that I don't find stale. Ylang-ylang and musk I do not perceive.

However, with the aquatic notes and rose, the scent takes on a slight shampoo touch. Overall, it seems clean, very floral and also fresh.
Now you can say: yes, the fragrance is of course very generic. Would you recognize it out of thousands, as is the case with many other fragrances? Probably not. For my taste, he might be a little bolder.
However, I can well imagine that one or the other lover of spring floral fragrances can be excited just by its straightforwardness. Simply a friendly and pretty fragrance, which is also difficult to overdose by the mediocre performance ... one with which you just hard to do something wrong.

So all in all:
Generic? Yes!
Bad? No.
Blind buy/as a gift? Can be done :)