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Rookie82 4 years ago 7 2
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Hidden beauty
This title could, of course, at first suggest a commentary, which, playing with words in a poetic way, tells an olfactory fairy tale, travelling through the scent, which at best even rhymes, in a poetic way, that the whole thing is accompanied acoustically by more or less crooked harp chirping in the background
However, I must take the wind out of the sails of lovers of such works at this point. Nobody should be left disappointed, after all, other people can certainly do this much better.

The actual background is in fact of a more pragmatic nature. Again and again and with pleasure I take this bottle in my hand. Haptically, no fragrance from my collection can match the (scented) water in this pretty-bellied bottle. In houses like Viktor & Rolf they would probably be dismayed, even indignant, to put on record that the idea was actually stolen and that this outstanding flacon design should actually be exclusively reserved for the at best solid Spicebomb series.
The noble impression finds a more than worthy conclusion in a plain wooden cap. A wooden cap is of course never held by a magnet. It can be pushed over the spray head with such precision, an almost gliding erotic process. The fact that this is due to a simple plastic sleeve embedded in the wooden knob, one would like to misappropriate at this point.
The dark vessel, although otherwise made entirely of glass, is surprisingly insensitive to finger marks, or as they say in South Baden, "Fingerdobäde". This is, of course, besides the optics, the circumstance to protect from the destructive power of light, the last advantage of this dark colouring and brings me back to the pragmatically chosen title.
No natural or artificial light source known to me has been able to give me an insight into the amount of this delicious juice that is still available to me. Not that I would find it now insanely bad, but naturally where light is, evenly also something shade. If I should be able to solve the topic successfully with the help of a construction spotlight or stadium floodlight pole, this olfactory probably rather unhelpful comment will be updated, I promise!

The perfume itself is simply fantastic. It's often remarked, sometimes in a negative way, that it's very close to the mainstream. I always ask myself what definition one uses to arrive at this conclusion. Because the fragrance has a pleasing character? That is certainly true, but isn't the niche allowed? Otherwise the perfume is quite unique in its entire appearance. I'm certainly no expert myself, I know far fewer fragrances than many other members here, but in the meantime I can also claim not to have swum olfactorically on the rim.

According to my nose, the fragrance offers a unique quality of the individual fragrances, packs them in a garment that can be worn almost without limits and this is in my view the supreme discipline that an outstanding fragrance has to master.

I perceive the fragrance as fruity and woody, subtly sweet and creamy. The shelf life covers about one working day. The silage is pleasantly strong for the first 3-4 hours, as is so often the case, and then gradually recedes. Due to the pleasing, some would say edgeless, fragrant character, even the more present initial phase is only negatively impacted by a few

Urgent test recommendation on my part!
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Rookie82 4 years ago 22 7
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Current mood or more?
It'll be, like, two years ago. I was just going through one of my more enthusiastic phases on Parfumo, ordering and testing a lot. All too often I came to a judgement which, from today's perspective, was made far too rashly. By the way, I still succumb to that temptation today. This may be due to an impulsively direct manner. Since I basically have no problem with admitting errors as such later on, I live quite well with them

Lumiére Noire pour Homme was an exceptional fragrance for me from the very beginning. Even after some tested flower calibres, nothing comparable has come under my nose until today.
I found him so special that this circumstance was to his disadvantage. Also the rose was basically, and this is a matter of head, simply too "feminine preloaded" nailed behind the frontal lobes. This new fragrance had great problems to establish itself in the role of a men's fragrance. I classified this perfume as a wedding scent, a candidate for special occasions and these are circumstances that leave me almost angry.
I don't like this... Perfumes only for special moments ... i don't want to buy myself. Just like good cutlery for special occasions. Objects and products that are subject to daily use in such categories to divide I find silly for me and I try to avoid.

A few weeks ago, the bottling, which had been criminally disregarded up to that point, fell into my hands again. It was a Sunday and I dared to use the scent. In the meantime, my nose had gained some new impressions, many of which are based on flowery aspects, I think most of them even come from the same pen.
Those impressions did not improve the chances of this candidate at first, they only manifested the impression that for me as a man the rose was not an alternative to a regularly used perfume.
Well, I now own a bottle of this masterpiece.

From that Sunday on, I felt this fragrance to be completely different, but I completely rearranged it from the very first moment. Clearly masculine, in my view there is no doubt about that at all. Daily use? But I'm asking. I know of few fragrances which interweave a difficult core theme for me in such a way, on the one hand present and yet act in the background, bringing with them such an unagitated presence and yet, moderately dosed, offering such great potency.

What I have learned to appreciate here compared to my early days, are fragrances that manage to do the splits, to let go in time and not to stick like a limpet and almost logically hit the opposite nerve at some point.
I know, I have such candidates in my collection. However, they are having an increasingly difficult time and are therefore on the brink of collapse. With Lumieére Noire pour Homme, its creator has succeeded in a godlike way in playfully avoiding this circumstance.

This fragrance, I think, suits me like few others
He, I want to say, humanizes in his own unique way. I'm perfectly comfortable using it. The last 14 days, I wore it on the days 9-10 and not only that I never got tired of it, I would have loved to wear it on days 11-14. Only the fear of losing respect for adaptation and the specialness of the commonplace drive me prophylactically into this calculated action.

Has something of a fear of loss, so it must be love, right?
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Rookie82 5 years ago 17 1
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The decline of an industry?
If one is concerned with fragrances, especially those that want to be classified as niche (or niche?), the general tenor likes to put it in the notch of exquisite ingredients, often of natural origin and of course rarely or costly to find or even extract. The appropriate self-portrayal and positioning of the respective house does the rest and the inclined buyer has almost logically the conviction to do it with something very special. Now the omnipresent herd hype arises but really the cash rings. Chapeau ... you can do that.
Honour to whom honour is due and a person manages to compose a lastingly inspiring scent composition, that is certainly admirable.

On the other hand, there are companies like Dua Fragrances. They let themselves be "inspired" by the creations of established artists. That's how they promote it. Others would claim they steal intellectual property. In many cases this is difficult to contradict. One would have to believe that a business model such as this can only work if, in addition to a rather aggressive advertising campaign, the price is comparatively ridiculously low compared to its role model.
30 milliliters of this stuff cost $65 with no shipping. As in this case, no exorbitant savings, if any, can be made on most of DF's plants.
Then why the hell does this still work?
First of all ... i sure don't have an answer that's wisdom's last resort, but I have a hunch.
I think it might have something to do with courage. Why Mut?
Let's take the "Poseidon's Invasion", which has been given an extremely embarrassingly martial title here. A lousy name, which just as well in the night program of Tele5 strange people entertainment in the form of a B- ... or maybe more C movies.
The prelude confirms this thesis in a frightening way. Sprayed on the wrist, I have the feeling I sniff an empty tube which once contained vitamin C tablets.

Auweia, I was only grabbed by irrationality in the form of a blind purchase because I came by pure chance into the situation to lay out a small remaining quantity of Original Aventus (gaeäääähn) with the "Invasion of Barbers" already in my collection for a long time
This mixture of scent impressions inspired me so much in this moment that I could only nod approvingly when I read DF actually brings a hybrid of both scents onto the market. I actually imagine that the mix of known scents, before they are put on top of each other in Duá's laboratory in any way whatsoever, is first subjected to a simple layer experiment
is underlying.

I find this an extremely refreshing approach and also courageous. I like the thought that somewhere over the big pond a Yank just like me was sitting, probably by pure chance sprayed the two scents on his arm and was similarly enthusiastic.
Looking at DF's current new publications, this business model should be established to an extended extent. Currently one new release is chasing the other.

I can imagine that many will not like this here. I can also understand it a little bit. Personally, I take a rather pragmatic view. I'm interested in what comes out in the end. In most cases I look at the overall impression and appreciate constant fragrances as a rule at least just as much as fragrances with complex progressions, which have already given me a treasure.

In the end, the whole package really knocks my socks off.
The brewing tube says goodbye after a few minutes and a rather fruity pineapple jumps to my nose mainly with the violet leaf, some lavender and a divine patch note into bed.

This perfume proves to be quite economical. Connoisseurs of DF flacons know about their stingy atomizers. With 2-3 sprays you can easily get over the working day of a manager. For the first 3-4 hours or so, the fragrance radiates quite vigorously, before increasingly retreating in its linear course, but remaining perceptible for at least 11 hours

To the best of my knowledge, creating the brisk methodology of fragrance hybrids is new, but from my point of view it is a successful approach. The industry will therefore be able to cope ;)
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Rookie82 5 years ago 12 6
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Simple Summer Opener 2019 or has the acceptance phase been reached?
Getting older ... we all know. Little tingling gimmick of life. You become calmer, but you can still sleep less long. There is less celebration, the more you sprint in the rut of everyday life in your hamster wheel, consisting of job and not infrequently obligations that just escape the amusement tax. One calendar week hunts the next and the 2nd building saving contract has been paid out recently. In the longing for youthful unconcern one starts to ride a motorcycle and even has success with it.
Matching it one carries his still in full splendour existing hair longer and more modern to a plait, no bud, oh well ... it's "Man Bun" ... sure, whatever else.
Shit nevertheless (sorry), you are now closer to a 4 in front than the per se more charming three and to top it all off you begin to prefer classic scent impressions originating somewhere in the mid 60s to a wide range of modern alternatives.

The summer is still young, but the morning ritual of perfume selection is decided the days before the bath was entered. It's hard to imagine that a day can start olfactorically better. Only a short time ago, when I was making a statement about Edition Blanche (EDP), I let myself be carried away by the statement that it was actually an ode to the citrus fruit.
Ridiculous and yet somehow comforting, this perhaps youthful carelessness?
Putting Green may be boldly cribbed. I take it with a shrug of the shoulders, I lack the comparison to the original. The top note guarantees the best mood, all ingredients work perfectly together, almost created for each other. Fresh harmony and happiness in perfection.
Another blessing ... this fragrance levelled off after about 4-5 hours but very close to the skin. To enjoy this top note twice a day is a privilege that must first be appreciated. But hopefully this knowledge is not based on this, uhhh ... Old wisdom? For now, I'll tell myself that I'm just smart.
Do they still say "smart" these days?

Does the whole thing now look classic or even old-fashioned? Not a second ... hopefully nobody around me dares to believe with his hipster puddles more sublime than to smell my humble self.
Honestly? I like to accept it, so that the previous phases of the traumatic experiences of getting older (denial / anger / negotiation / depression / ... ) are more limited, as the inclined reader might now suspect. :-)
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Rookie82 5 years ago 21 6
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Men Olymp
First of all I would like to thank the few people who have dealt with the fragrance so far and have written down their impressions here. The in the number sparse opinions to this have been enough for me to order this scent blindly over the big pond.
To take it in front, I know the MDCI, at which this Dua does not orientate itself and will also further no reference to it be able to take.

Converted scarcely 65€ (incl. dispatch) become due for 30ml. If you take out the calculator now, you are not so much cheaper compared to the original. Decisive for me was the great curiosity about this fragrance anyway and above all the few opinions which attested the Dua decisive advantages over the MDCI. Admittedly, the risk seemed quite manageable to me, as I was convinced that if I didn't like this cute little overseas dwarf I would quickly get it back to my wife or husband via the souk.

What was I excited about when I freed the solidly wrapped fragrance from cardboard and bubble wrap? Then it's in your hand, the little bottle. Minimalistic, timeless and practice-oriented standard, I would say, glued to the front with an appealing label print and pulled over the edge on the left side. Some would call it cheap. I don't make a big deal out of flacons. I like it very much because of its minimalism, especially since the space in my fragrance cabinet takes on similarly limited forms, such as living space in my hometown Freiburg.

The fragrance itself offers a development that triggers true enthusiasm in me. I had already promised myself a lot, but I was also prepared to have to deal with processes of disillusionment due to my expectations. Far from it ... finally high expectations were exceeded by far again!
The direct prelude has made me a little insecure. Grapefruit and bergamot in the first seconds, still rather pointing to solid home-style cuisine, start a start that does not necessarily promise this dinner, which ended. Little by little the further notes of this work of art complement each other and the melange of all this sends me on a journey of at least 12 hours, which is peppered with moments of total well-being under pure ecstasy.

This perfume is extremely concentrated. The spray head is designed in such a way that only small quantities of this precious liquid are atomized per stroke. That is also of crucial importance! Assuming one of you gets this scent one day through a sharing and preferably through one of these 10ml standard nebulizers, be very careful! A single spray blow from these would be guaranteed already overdosed. The sophisticated atomizer of the original flacon allows a very target-oriented dosage. Fired three times with this, one is felt to be about half of what the above-mentioned travel atomizers shoot out. Despite his enormous concentration Invasion of the Barbers doesn't manage to hang in his nose and never gives the impression of being "perfumed". He never gets too much and yet is always present. Since I've owned it, I've worn it to work every day so far. What underpins my personal enthusiasm is the fact that I almost want to avoid the evening shower. She was delayed to the last. Today I will also use it in minimally higher doses. What am I looking forward to! When writing these lines I always try the spray head.

This perfume never seems to have fallen out of time. However, I also feel this from my subjective point of view as a child of the early 80s. Probably one should move around the 30th year of life (or older), in order to leave in the sum also a coherent impression with outsiders.

I love that scent! The uncompromisingly masculine beginning announces an experienced man who, with advanced duration, reveals more and more of his charming human being. Like when you get to know somebody and only carefully reveal your soft, vulnerable nature over time, this fragrance manages to build up more trust hour after hour, becomes softer and more open, shows more and more traits around traits you can fall in love with, or maybe even have to fall in love with. Arrived in the world-class base, which after an eternity at the end of the day, or a night only slowly calms down, he is the perfect partner, which you believe you want to keep with you until the end of the days.

Even if Invasion of the Barbers proves to be very productive and will last me 30ml, every perfuma and every perfumo is welcome to inform me before a collective order at Dua. Because one thing seems to be certain, a bunker bottle must be in stock. I'm too scared at the moment, it could be adjusted at some point.

100%, no less!
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