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It is October 2021, more than 1.5 turbulent years are behind us, which made us rethink and faced challenges. Especially people like me - students.

For 3 semesters, we sat at home, waiting. We questioned - ourselves, our study choices, politics. Kind of a forgotten species, in my opinion.
But then, at the end of August, the liberating news: we're going back to face-to-face teaching!
Incredibly, after open clubs, packed football stadiums and everlasting discussions about schools, it's finally our turn again. We're getting our lives back. At least in large part.

So I pack my seven things and drive from my parents to my apartment, where I've been hanging out for the past year and a half more than I care to remember. There was nowhere to go.
I pack my backpack, my clothes (no idea what you look like when you go to uni every day??) and of course I think about my perfume. A few weeks ago I participated in my first sharing and I know for sure, there's a little sample of Twilly in my mailbox. I don't know what it smells like and I've never tried it before, but the reviews are enticing.

Monday - the first day of college. Every one of my friends knows I'm the one with the perfume quirk. Of course, I want to live up to the reputation and just put on this fragrance in my euphoria - without having sniffed it before. Besides, I want to appear well-groomed and smelling good in the university.

I'm late, so I run, but already on the first meters I doubt whether it could not have been a mistake. Without knowing the scents, I smell the ginger directly. But in a strange way, not pungent, not fresh, totally powdery, although that doesn't fit ginger for me. I smell a bit like a symbiosis between mom and grandma.
I'm not happy, so I had not imagined the first day fragrance-wise. But it can not be helped, I must now continue otherwise I'm still late for the first lecture.

The sillage is overwhelming in the first hours, I'm a little afraid that my fellow students soon sit away, whether the intense perfume cloud. But with time I like the fragrance better, whether I'm just used to it (because I'm not a big fan of powdery fragrances) or I like it in the meantime - I'm unsure. After 2-3 hours is of the fragrance mainly the described spiciness for me perceptible (sweet I can not recognize), which in turn I like very very much. But hardly have I enjoyed the spice, he is also already gone from my skin.
On the clothes he is still longer perceptible, so that I also now and then a little cloud pokes in the nose. I like what I smell, meanwhile.

In the evening I lie on the couch - quite exhausting so a day at the university, you are no longer accustomed to anything. And it has also been an adjustment, but the remains of Twilly give me security, although I wear it for the first time. It just feels comfortably warm, and yet the spice also gives me a bit of that "bossy" feeling - maybe the right start to the new semester?

It's not going to be my new favorite, and it'll probably stay bottled - but Twilly is an apparition for me. In every respect - a strong start (especially if you like it powdery), a great development, strong sillage and a great feeling that is conveyed to me. For me, a very interesting fragrance!

So or so similar was my statement last year with the Coach Dreams. Compared to Coach's previous fragrances, what I liked about it, quite apart from the scent composition, was the cuddliness. Not so squeaky sweet and fruity as the Florals, not such a pungent top note as in the original Coach perfume (although it still becomes sympathetic to me in the course).
I wrote this statement, not suspecting that a new flanker would soon see the light of day.

Admittedly, with this one I took a while.

As I said, the Coach Dreams I found really great, which is why my joy about the Sunset was correspondingly great when I saw him standing in the window of my perfumery. Oh yes, the box has a great color, not so pink, rather peach (and I love peach!) - and the beautiful bottle has also remained, which I already liked so much last year.
So purely in the perfumery and it was generously sprayed on, on a test stick - fortunately. The prelude I do not like at all on the stick. He is fresh-fruity and I perceive again the stabbing that I did not like with the sweet Florals.
Oh great, all my hope has vanished into thin air. The test stick ends up in the trash.

Since then, a few weeks passed, I'm having dinner with my mom. She comes a little later (as always, no parking space found jaja ;) ), sits down swinging next to me - and brings a real fragrance cloud.
"What are you wearing there?" I ask. "Oh I got ne sample of the new coach" - very enthusiastic she does not sound. But I'm surprised, about the fragrance, so warm and vanilla, almost autumnal he comes along, so I have not perceived him at all. He is really very intense, and accompanies us the entire dinner.

A few weeks pass again, until I concentrate again on the coach in the perfumery. He gets another chance, carefully a spray on the wrist, ah what's the same still one on the neck afterwards. And then he has me, all of a sudden. On my skin, it's not nearly as pungent and annoying as it was on the test strip. He has this cuddliness again, which I already liked so much with the big sister.
After about half an hour, I notice the pleasant warmth of the vanilla, but it is pleasantly muted in conjunction with the heart notes. And with that, this flanker works its way up high on my Coach best list. The transformation he goes through, I find great.
Also the durability is good, on my skin loosely 6h, on the clothes even much longer. By my standards, almost a banger.

Due to the predecessor (and the name) I had expected something different, but was still positively surprised. I imagine to the Coach Sunset rather a golden hour in late summer, when the leaves are slowly colorful and the days are shorter, but you do not want to let the summer go quite yet.
It took with us a little, but now I can overwrite my statement from last year - this is for me the best Coach (so far).

Today was the day - I dared to wear a men's fragrance for the first time since my perfume euphoria.
Why not? Anyone can wear anything, as long as he feels comfortable. I have always held the opinion and will always do so.
But me wearing men's perfume? Nah... Perfume may be with me many things, or rather by perfume I can be many things. Sometimes I smell fresh, like freshly washed sheets and feel accordingly reborn. Sometimes I am sweet and fruity and feel like I could embrace the world. And sometimes I want to wear a scent that makes me feel sexy and irresistible. But masculine? I don't know what that would do to me.

So many years went by, until today I was standing in front of the samples my boyfriend has enough of. It was like an intuition, they drew me magically and without thinking much I reached for this Roma. I knew it was fresh, it was a little spicy without being too masculine. I wouldn't necessarily describe it as a unisex fragrance because of that, but whatever.

It is unceremoniously sprayed on and even before the first scent clouds reach my nose I think: "Oh God, what have I done? And now? Wash it off again or go out like this anyway? Quickly put on one of my scents or give it a chance after all?" And then I notice him. The first man scent, on me. And he wipes all my skepticism aside.
The scent smells just as pleasant on me as it does on my boyfriend. I smell fresh bergamot and also something fruity. It's probably quince, but it could also be cucumber - and I really like cucumbers in my summer scents, they refresh me like a fresh cucumber water every time. Over time, something woody joins in, without robbing the fragrance of freshness.
A little alienating it is before moment though, to smell like my friend does, but that does not detract from my men's fragrance experience.

Enthusiastic I am mainly from H&S, whether it is because my nose is not accustomed to these men's fragrances on me or is he yet more convincing than many of my own fragrances? About this I will not allow myself a judgment, because I think my nose might actually have tricked me a little here.
I, for one, am thrilled. Admittedly, a compliment catcher was the fragrance on me rather not - my friend smelled immediately that something is wrong. O-tone: "How do you smell then?" but to be fair, he has also worn the fragrance once itself. I for my part but feel changed today. I am a bit stronger today, a bit more determined, without feeling robbed of my femininity. But that's probably more due to my new experience than to the Roma itself.

My conclusion: i like the scent, i like it on me and also on my boyfriend. He is not a must-have but a good everyday companion with which you can feel comfortable without being particularly conspicuous. And for me possibly still a trailblazer: I will certainly try one or the other "men's perfume". Thank you Roma!

You know those people who wore scents so present that even in adulthood you remember being aware of them as a child?

Such a person was my kindergarten teacher. I loved her and still visited her sometimes years later. She must have been around 40 at the time I was in kindergarten with her. She was a tough woman, strict and loving at the same time and from today's perspective I would say probably also a woman who knew what she wanted.

Of course, she has not worn this fragrance here, so young I am then again not *laugh*
But in my memory it must have been a very similar. Because she always had this sweet-leathery note around her. Even as a child I noticed her scent, you might think sometimes it was a bit too much, but she always wore it very convincingly.
To this day I don't know what scent she wore and I probably won't find out. But this JPG really does come close, but maybe just in my memory - who knows.

Anyway, when I first tested it, I had this association right away. It smells of childhood, of happy childhood days, even if it was raining and snowing outside. After cotton candy or warm vanilla pudding - in any case after security. I don't smell any fruit, at most a pungent leg in the top note, but fortunately that fades quite quickly. I do find the scent very unround and as has already been written a bit edgy. Nevertheless, he smells like happiness for me.

I would never wear the fragrance myself, however, it would probably be a sure headache guarantor with its presence. But I have found the scent to be very close to my educator. She could wear it well, as well as many tough women (mMn of all ages), who are not afraid to take a room and pull the people in it under their spell - you can probably do that, with the help of this fragrance.

... my best friend says to me when I bring her a sample of Girl. "I think after the holiday I'll get that!"
We say goodbye, she goes on her well-deserved vacation and I go back to work. Before that we wanted to see each other briefly, and I gave her a small sample of this fragrance along with some borrowed books.

But from the beginning:
The beautiful bottle had immediately caught my eye in the perfumery. Simple and unagitated, without corners and edges and in a beautiful color - it stood out from the pink and nude-colored uniform mush on the shelf. Even though these fragrances have their merits, of course. Immediately I associated him with my best friend.
A young woman, sports teacher, appropriately athletic figure. Blonde hair framing her face.... An uncomplicated woman to steal horses with, but first you have to get to know her better.

So does this fragrance. So I spray it on a test stick. The ingredients I find out only with the help of the fragrance pyramid, but that's nothing negative for me, especially you should smell good and feel comfortable with a fragrance and less sniff out every ingredient immediately. For me personally, this is also a sign of a great interaction of the individual components, but that is of course individual.
I smell especially something fresh, light sweetness, combined with a pleasant warmth. From the pink pepper I notice nothing - fortunately, because this constellation he would rob the coherence.

Again I think of my girlfriend. A sporty woman, yes. But above all, one who is there when you have a bad day, who also has her own soft sides and to whose friendship I am so grateful, she can give you a feeling of happiness and security even on the worst day, when no one else can.
We are so alike and yet we differ in many ways.
For me, the scent has been written off by now. No, if someone should have him, then my girlfriend. She is like made for him - or he for her?

I don't decide on a scent today, but ask my favorite saleswoman if she can possibly give me a sample of Girl. She can. Perfect, so I bring it to my friend.

And so we come back to the beginning of this story. My girlfriend is thrilled and excited about the sample - and so am I. She waves to me again and then she is already on the way to the vacation. When she comes back it will soon be autumn, so vanilla and sandalwood will be all the better to wear then.
And if I have a bad day again sometime, I come to her and maybe she wears this fragrance then. I'm looking forward to that a little, funnily enough