Intenso

Wherever you find the word vanilla, I have to test it.
I really like the queen of spices, even though it is often embedded in a very feminine way.

The Acqua Colonia Collection Absolue is quite new on the market and I immediately ordered a few bottlings as I found the combinations quite exciting.

I'll get straight to the point: I'm not really convinced by the fragrance!

There is no trace of vanilla anywhere. It's rare that vanilla can't assert itself at all within a fragrance structure.
The heart notes dominate this perfume mercilessly and without any tolerance.
The fragrance is therefore floral through and through.

I can also detect a hint of fruitiness, then more and more musk in the drydown, but no beauty, and very soft, somewhat mineral amber.
But again, all of this is relentlessly overlaid with floral influences.

Furthermore, the florality to be sniffed out here also has a tendency towards synthetics, so I just thought to myself: "That too..."

Longevity and silage can only be described as "moderate" for an EdP.
After 6 hours, the fragrance falls to its knees.
If at all, then I see the fragrance more on a woman.

Conclusion: Rather disappointing!

After reviewing my first fragrance from this brand and this collection, here is the second part.

In the first part, I took a closer look at "Chatoyant | Iruela" and tell you a little more about the collection and the founder of these fragrances, who was previously completely unknown to me.

Chatoyant was already a perfume that I was enthusiastic about.
Luxuriant appeals to me even more and is a great fragrance in my opinion, although it is rather unagitated and gentle.

If you take a look at the fragrance pyramid, you will definitely find notes that like to play first fiddle or have a very dominant aura.

With Luxuriant, Iruela has managed to create an incredibly balanced fragrance in which almost no note really stands out as dominant.
I find this a particularly successful achievement with cinnamon and tuberose, as both notes often seem too potent and too strong to me and make a variety of fragrances unattractive for me personally.
Ginger also often comes across as somewhat prickly, not with Luxuriant!

Since everything here is very harmoniously interwoven, I find it difficult to describe the fragrance exactly.
I would describe it as fruity, slightly floral and slightly creamy, but at the same time it still has a certain freshness, which makes it unisex wearable for me.

The orange blossom stands out a little, the fruity component of this DNA is quite present and very pleasant.
The extremely harmonious base of sandalwood and vetiver gives the fragrance a great frame, similar to the Chatoyant.

Once again, I really like the deep green color of the bottle.
As mentioned above, the silage of the fragrance is rather mellow.
After a good 6 hours, I perceive the fragrance only faintly.

The other fragrances in the collection are also still being tested.
I am indeed very curious about other opinions.

Conclusion: A great fragrance that will have a permanent place in my collection.
I am delighted to have discovered this brand for myself.

This fragrance is a good example that a bottle alone can move to purchase.
This great indigo blue immediately appealed to me, moreover, one of my strongest purchase motives came out, namely the curiosity or greed for something new.

The fragrances of Sandra Iruela have not yet fallen in front of my eye or nose at times.
This collection called Oriental collection is described as a tribute to the roots and tradition of the Middle East. It is their second collection.
The focus of this four-part series is probably to be in layering, so you can do justice to his own creative streak with the total of four fragrances.

Sandra Iruela was born and raised in Barcelona, accordingly, the fragrances in Spain are also much better known than with us in Germany.
The fragrances of this series can be found for around 130, - euros (50ml), so not even so cheap.

One of the four I could get hold of here, namely the Chatoyant.
The inspiration for this fragrance was probably a trip to Marrakech and should symbolize the olfactory atmosphere of the diverse markets there.

In my opinion, the fragrance can be compared most closely with "№ 4 Intense | Asabi"
No, it is not to be equated with this fragrance, so I just want to illustrate in which direction the fragrance structure tends.
The fundamental difference here, however, is that Chatoyant still comes along much finer and more harmonious.

Quite basically, this is a floral, fruity and finely balanced fragrance, which is in any case unisex wearable.
That he does not slip too much into a feminine wearing image, the fragrance owes in all likelihood the great base.
This is gently woody and also vetiver and a touch of patchouli can be discovered in phases. In combination with the floral and fruity a wonderfully coordinated composition.
Bergamot also gives the overall picture some freshness

Although the whole thing is called "Oriental Collection", it is here but in no way an oriental Hau-Drauf man. Since I do not know the other fragrances yet, I can not allow myself to the name of the collection a final judgment, but in view of this fragrance, I would have liked the term "Mediterranean collection" better and would be more coherent, but this only on the sidelines.

Chatoyant lingers with me a good time on the skin, the projection and silage is moderate here, however, and should thus be well perceivable, or thereby disturbing to notice.

Personally, I am very pleased to have discovered this fragrance and am very interested in also testing the other three candidates of the collection.

Mancera is without a doubt one of my favorite brands. Again and again you can find here quite unusual combinations, mostly underpinned with a typical synthetic, which you can find so in my opinion only at Mancera. My nose smells fragrances of this house quickly out, perhaps also because I like the basic Machart.

With Tonka Cola was immediately piqued my interest and what can I say, the implementation is quite successful, as long as you only pay attention to the first third of the scent.

The start is characterized by some citrus, a lot of cinnamon and a clear cola note, very exciting!
Cinnamon you should definitely like, because as we all know, this spice rarely lets loose. Also here, in any case omnipresent.

In the course, however, this Mancera develops much more to the disadvantage, so at least my opinion.
This is mainly responsible labdanum and benzoin.
Although the cola-cinnamon mixture remains present, but then joins a sweetish, clearly perceptible resin note in addition to a blasmanic note.
With both things I have so my problems. There are very few fragrances in this category, which I like.

Here is aggravated by the fact that the combination of cinnamon and cola with labdanum simply does not harmonize. It makes the fragrance seem much less modern. Without meaning it disrespectfully, I then always have the association towards an older lady.
This is per se not equally bad, but can not be reconciled with my preferences.

For me, the fragrance is not wearable in the long run, it becomes annoying and typical of Mancera is also that it is anything but quiet. He reaches a "Red Tobacco | Mancera" or comparable not the water, yet he projects quite neatly. A good endurance is also given.

Conclusion: super exciting start, unfavorable course, for me difficult to wear.
The base could have been designed much more suitable.

I own this fragrance for a long time and from the beginning I liked it extremely well.
It has not yet come to a review, because I still do not find it easy to describe this fragrance.

This is in no way to promise that he is highly complex, difficult or special, but especially with a view to the fragrance pyramid and the changeability within the DNA, it was not quite so easy for me to put the fragrance into words.

There are days when spray Metal Wave and the fragrance shows from the beginning very woody, in the background light juniper vibe.
But there are also days when the fragrance starts quite briskly with a sweet, partly powdery DNA where you might think the queen of spices (vanilla) has a hand with in the game.

Yes, as the fragrance progresses, it becomes sweeter and sweeter, there's no question about that.
The start is, at least for me, but partly provided with large differences - Exciting!

At the end of the fragrance chain, however, is always the same result.
A quite soft-woody, quite sweet, bright / friendly fragrance with a moderate projection, which should not bother anyone great.

I personally like the fragrance as already mentioned at the beginning extremely well. He is suitable for almost any occasion, apart from sports, where I would not wear him.
He has the optimal balance of silage and projection and strikes neither on the feminine nor on the masculine side.
I like to title the fragrance as my "All Day Champion", but for a classic signature fragrance I would not want to commit in principle.

Cost-wise, the AllSaints also plays in a very inexpensive category for what you get. On offer, you can buy it for sometimes well below 40 euros. With a 100 ml bottle absolutely fine. The bottle itself pleases me as well by the simple design , the shape and the very matching cap.