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What do you associate with Steven Terrence "Steve" McQueen? Daredevil. The Magnificent Seven. Motor sportsman. Le Mans. Bullit. Green Ford Mustang Fastback. Twelve-minute chase. Heuer Monaco. In short, probably the coolest actor Hollywood has ever seen. And for me, a candidate for James Bond, too. King of cool halt.

Would this perfume have been his? Never. For this it is too modern. It starts very fresh and very fruity. But no citrus and no fruit salad. And before the whole thing drifts off in the direction of shower gel, there's a fair dash of peppery clove. After a good half hour, the whole thing gets a little woodier with a slight floral touch. After a while, this wonderfully fresh, fruity, modern, masculine, slightly woody-tart blend settles on a fluffy bed of musk. My first thought about this perfume was Égoïste, by the way. However, in a fresher form.

The longevity and sillage are perfect. Not too much and not too little. Definitely not a re-spray candidate. And the best thing is the sprayer. Rich, beautifully wide spray. Top.

Unfortunately, I have no idea if and if so, where this perfume is still available. Let alone what it costs. I also received it only by serendipity.

More I can say to the extreme unfortunately also not. It is a good example of how excellent fragrances are sometimes completely unknown and therefore remain undiscovered.

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Your Profumorist

The 70s and 80s were characterized by rich, mossy, heavy, room-filling, testosterone-laden incisive fragrances like "Azzaro pour homme", "Antaeus", "Patou pour homme", "Quorum", to name a few. A little later, "Boss No. 1" and "Zino" were added. Unisex didn't really exist yet. Those were still the signature scents of Darth Vader, Gordon Gecko and the Terminator. What we nowadays call classics and still so often like to wear.

In the mid/late 80s, the olfactory landscape changed radically. From heavy and mossy became aquatic and fresh. A change can not be more crass. Starting with "Green Irish Tweed" and three years later with "Cool Water" and "New West" the refreshment wave washed over us. The '90s saw the arrival of "L'eau d'Issey pour homme," Calvin Klein's unisex masterpiece "CK One," Kenzo's "Pour homme" and Giorgio Armani's disco sling "Acqua di Gio." All of which we now call modern classics, and some of which we still love to wear.

In the mid / late 90s and early new millennium, things changed again. It became cloying. "Le male". Jean Paul Gaultier. In the 00s still came "One Million" and "Spicebomb". The high-end offshoots of this style go by the name of "Dior Homme". Someone also suddenly discovered a funny resin from the eaglewood tree and leather was also up-to-date again, despite the vegan trend.

And what happened from the early 10s? Right. The so-often-maligned shower gel fragrances. "Aventus", "Bleu de Chanel", "Sauvage" and all their consorts, imitators and copycats. And despite their "shortcomings", they continue to enjoy great popularity all over the world. They are kept fresh across the board and are wearable in every season and for every occasion. The egg-laying Wollmichsau?

Maybe not yet?! Because what is in store for us in the new decade? Dior has begun with it in the last year. The new "Dior Homme". Fresh without real citricity. Floating soft woodiness. One hardly suspects sillage because it is difficult to perceive it oneself. But perceived by others, it is enormous. Similar to Molecule No. 1. just molecular.

As you can see, many things are constantly changing in life. That is natural law and that is also good.

When Hermès launches a new men's fragrance, the anticipation is huge for me. "Terre d'Hermès" is one of my absolute favorite fragrances for a desert island. And "Voyage d'Hermès" one of the underrated fragrances.

H24 is incredibly soft and fresh in all its phases. Freshness without recognizable citrus. Slightly green without associations of grasses or woods. Floral, but not a bouquet in a vase. When Pepper 81 writes below that the fragrance reminds her of the old "Higher" by Dior, I can only agree 100%. H24 is simply excellently balanced and balanced.

The durability is very good. More than eight hours with me. About the sillage I can not say much. I suspect, however, that this is also not from bad parents (if others perceive them at one).

What remains? Well, I think that the H24 is another fragrance of a new category, or rather, a new way of doing things. Dior has led the way. And I bet my collection that Chanel will go for the same make with their new men's fragrance. And everyone else will then follow suit. And no, this is not the end of the world. It's the march of time and there's no stopping it. And of course it won't please those who are more into oriental and sweet scents.

Oh yes, it would be interesting to know what these fragrances will be called. Molecular Freshies? (is anyway everything gedenglished).

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PS: I can only recommend the film "Nose" about Francois Demanchy and Dior to everyone here. Amazingly objectively held and just beautifully staged.

If I count my inactive reading time here, I have been on this platform for a good six years. Six years testing hundreds of perfumes. Six years in which a collection, indeed a certain preference for certain fragrances and scents has been established.

Six years in which, however, certain users were also highly appreciated. Or users who have at least expressed a different opinion here, not always conforming to the taste of the masses. Who remembers HaraldK? The boss of any kind of sweetness in fragrances (he would hate the Layton, by the way). Or Catch22? The critic is wrong. The one who, with his interwoven, poetically questionable reviews, was actually basically anti. Or Sarungal? Token Toni? Loewenherz? It would be terrible if this platform would lose further heroes like FabianO, Yatagan, DonJuan or the Leimbacher.

André, I remember what you said to me about that perfume: "You won't like it." Well, I just wanted to have a say. And no, you were wrong. I like it. Sweet-fruity spicy is not really my fragrance. But I like this one. The sweetness won't kill you. The fruitiness of the apple is thankfully limited. Pepper and rose are very perceptible to me. All in all, a truly well-balanced scent that fits perfectly into the cold season and which might also appeal to those who are at home with other scents. The durability and the sillage are enormous. And by the way, I don't see any similarities to Boss Bottled and the current rating of 8.7 is too high.

Schoork, my man, I'm gonna miss you out here on this rig. Your comments were different and most of the time they made you laugh, but without forgetting the actual description of the fragrance. I don't know what made you retreat and I don't want to speculate about that either. You must have had your reasons. I'm glad to have made your acquaintance

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46 years old. He doesn't have to argue anymore. He speaks for himself. Over the years, he's been true to himself. Different, yet unmistakable

A classic? I think he would say milestone. But he doesn't like to advertise that. Even "Antaeus" and "Zino" are younger. Honestly...

Reformulated in recent decades? Of course. Several times. What do you think? After all, we are living in 2020 and no longer in the eighties. So please stop crying. Life is so

The phrase "Pour Homme"? Please! He doesn't need that. Gentleman says everything

Arrogant? Confident, more like. He knows what he wants. He doesn't like young posers. He just doesn't need it anymore

Elegant? Hubert de Givenchy created Audrey Hepburn's look. Any more questions?

Do you wear tight chinos in summer that end above the ankles? Tassel Loafer? Without socks? Then wear something blue. This is still a man's job!

Leather? Of course. Patchouli? Of course. Must be in every proper men's perfume. You heard me Men's perfume. The contemporary apple-fruity-fresh-sweet full-synthetic-cyber scents are not. Even if it says "For Men" on it and the salesgirl told you so. It's not true.

Does he smell animal? Not like a puma cage. But it fits!

Modern-day headlines? Ridiculous. It's still shooting from start to finish. Alpha and Omega. All at the same time.

Do you want an impression of the scent? You want to know what iris root smells like? Do you want a treatise on shelf life and scent clouds? Read the other comments!

This one's both a gentleman and a macho man. Macho is a possible counter term to softie. Just so you know!

You want to impress? Not hide? Are you confident? Here's the answer to your voices in your head!

Do the voices in your head tell you to test this perfume? Yes? Then do it. I dare you. You won't die from it. It's worth it. And if not, you can at least have a say

Try it. Everyone should have a small bottle in their cupboard

This perfume does not need Intense, Concentrée, Nuit, Extreme or Extrait offshoots. It's all in one. So don't wait for it!

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Over seven weeks of restricted living. Home office and childcare included. After two weeks at the latest, I didn't know how to keep the children busy. Everything was tight. The handicraft items that were bought shortly before the closure of all shops were already reused three times. The motivation to do homework on my own dwindled from day to day with my grandchild. At least she will be allowed to go to school temporarily starting tomorrow. Well, and the little kindergarten rocker is bored without his playmates.

But what's to whine about? As long as you're healthy, you're fine. And somehow you get used to the situation. Queuing for half an hour to buy bread. Hey, my colleague who grew up in the GDR says it's like in the old days. I've heard that before. And also otherwise you have to see the positive sides. The house is clean again. I got better with Mario Kart on Wii. My son and I unlocked all the characters in Mario Party 9. That's great, isn't it? Actually more me than him. He prefers to watch. And I can climb the walls of Mario Party in under 10 seconds. Not bad. We have already looked at Youtube, Netflix and Amazon Prime twice. And apart from that I do things I never did before. Like checking the status on WhatsApp. Unfortunately, this always ends up in some task. You send me a heart, I'll send you one. Didn't know how to do that till the end. But my daughter (9), who has only had a mobile phone since Christmas, explained it to me. And these challenges in general. My favourite is the drinking game. A hard one at the beginning, then a beer and finally a schnapps to wash it down. You know what that is? Of course I know it. Too bad I ran out of homemade plum brandy and I had to buy more beer. You never know when the next nomination will come. I've also gotten in the habit of not mentioning the nominator's name. Then you can send the same video again and again. And smartphones in general. I think that's great. My daughter can watch your girlfriends for hours at a time, even though she's not allowed to talk to them. That's terrific. Not in the '90s. Well, what else? I know every flavor of the local ice cream parlor now. My favorite? White chocolate with pistachio. Although cookie, snickers, coconut, melon, mango, vanilla, cream cherry, malaga, pistachio, (dark) chocolate, strawberry, peach, mint and banana are not bad tasting either.

So, how do I get on this. Oh, yeah. Home office. Office. I'm back in the office for the first time in seven weeks this week. And I'm all by myself. A whole floor to myself. Very cool. And I hear that smell is the men's office. Yeah, it is. The office. The last refuge for us men. The last bastion. What used to be the pub, is now the office. It's the only way. Tavern closed. And there's no soccer anymore. So why should I go to the pub? Talk to my friends? Please! And how I should get to the beer at the bar with a distance of 1,5 meters, nobody has explained to me yet

But I'm rambling again. The men's office is starting off very fresh and very fruity. And the start seems very familiar. Yeah, you could say it smells like the pepper-tainted, fruity version of Sauvage. But actually the start reminds me a lot of the Craftsman from Tabac Original. And unfortunately I can't decipher which fruit I'm supposed to be smelling from the scent pyramid. After a good two hours the whole thing changes a bit. A little bit of that fart dryness is added, which is partly known from Molecule No. 1. In fact it doesn't do that either. For me the scent is a mixture of Craftsman/Sauvage with a shot of Molecule No. 1. As I like these scents altogether, I must say that I also like this one. It reflects the current zeitgeist. Nothing new. Nothing spectacular. But you just smell fresh and clean.

And absolutely nothing to complain about is the durability and the sillage. Both are really great. That's the way you wish for it.

I can't say much about the bottle. The old man looked like one of the Molecule series. Well, maybe Mr. Nice called and congratulated us on the new perfume, discreetly pointing out the similarity. But the new flacon design reminds me of the Comme des Garcons.

What remains? A contemporary fragrance, which everyone should test for himself or herself, without considering the background.

Apart from that I still have to greet you everyday heroes. Keep up the good work!

Your Profumorist