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Scandinavica 5 years ago 17 2
6
Bottle
8
Sillage
9
Longevity
7
Scent
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Nice little sister of Eau de Parfum!
After the divided opinions and rather negative comments I already read about the EdP that appeared last year, I was curious and wanted to test and compare both. The fragrance pyramid sounds very appealing, because I personally love tuberose and orange blossom very much, how bad can the fragrance experience be then already or?
Having worn both independently and both at the same time - the EdT on one arm, the EdP on the other - I have to say that they are not bad.
The EdT is definitely more comfortable to wear, it is much milder and not overdosed with two sprays. In the beginning as well as in the EdP the orange blossom is dominantly sweet, as if you had stumbled upside down into a flowering tree, but not quite as intense as in the EdP. Tuberose is added fresh and clean, in contrast to some other fragrances, where it smells heavy and "greasy". Something I could compare to poppies, I don't smell anywhere. The scent is grounded in vetiver and a note that vaguely reminds me of cocoa butter with its powdery gourmand scent (is that the patchouli?). And so tuberosy-orange-flowery one then flowers the whole day (6h+) in front of oneself.
In durability, the little sister is in no way inferior to EdP, the Sillage is strong, but not obtrusive or room-filling.
All in all a nice fragrance with enough restraint to be wearable among people. The composition and the love-hate that some people have for tuberose is, of course, a question of taste.
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Scandinavica 5 years ago 9 1
7
Bottle
5
Sillage
7
Longevity
7.5
Scent
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Walking through British Gardens
Whenever I was in Ireland or Great Britain, it was summer and of course pleasantly wet and rainy. In many gardens there were freshly blossomed peonies, lupines and rose bushes to admire, especially in the countryside the air smells really wonderful around this time.
And Rosa Rossa reminds me of exactly these journeys.
The fragrance is rose through and through and creates an almost perfect imitation of freshly blossomed, delicate roses in which you want to dip your nose. The Sillage is, as with most Aquas, rather weak, but the fragrance lasts for an acceptable length of time (about three hours are already in it). So I can still indulge in my small, summery front garden scent cloud in autumn
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Scandinavica 5 years ago 7 3
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Leather in the shade!
He's so chic, black and unisex? My friend tested it and bought it one day later, although it is otherwise difficult to inspire him. He said I had to test the scent, too, so I did it today
I really wanted to like this fragrance, honestly, just because it made my partner so enthusiastic. It also doesn't smell bad on my partner, although a bit too leathery and tart in the top note for my taste, but otherwise a long lasting pleasant leather, framed by a warm amber cardamom veil, accompanied by earthy patchouli.
But I find it absolutely horrible about me, the top note is such an intense leather bomb that it almost gives me a migraine. Even after two hours of pure leather, now fortunately not so intense anymore. After three hours the scent has abated enough that I dare to smell myself; all I perceive is a hint of amber and a scent that I can most easily compare to ash, not cigarette ash, but rather burnt (needle) wood. I am glad that the leather terror is over then, even if it has left burnt earth.

I can't cope with the scent, but my partner is excellent, so I deliberately didn't evaluate the scent. I'll try layering the scent for the next few days. But he definitely doesn't seem unisex to me.
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Scandinavica 5 years ago 8 4
8
Bottle
6
Sillage
7
Longevity
5.5
Scent
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Night under the... Chamomile stars?
I noticed the chic retro bottle directly, the fragrance itself is also something special. Not feminine or fruity - flowery, but calm, sleepy and green - sounds lovable!

Freshly applied, the top note reminds me a little of a Russian children's cream with camomile and fresh hay. I enjoy this herbal dry aroma because it reminds me of the fields near our former house in late summer.
After about ten minutes there is unfortunately not much left of the camomile, but instead a harsh woodiness spreads and also does not feel warm and spicy, I suppose the Prijat ("mourning tree") is to blame.
The scent is now much more of a bland... Well, muffled and I feel as if I have an old piece of clothing on, which, after a long time in the closet, finally sees the light of day again. Too bad.

Maybe it's because I sweat a lot in this weather and the scent on such damp skin can't unfold much potential, but the fabulous 8+ ratings here almost shock me.
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Scandinavica 5 years ago 4 3
5
Bottle
4
Sillage
5
Longevity
6.5
Scent
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Sometimes...
Yes, sometimes the eyes are bigger than the stomach and you load yourself a little too much on the plate; in this case Clean has loaded itself a little too much on the plate.
It didn't fail because of the good idea, because smelling like sun-warm laundry fresh from the line all day long sounds really wonderful.

I had already expected that the fragrance would not weave an insane sillage around me in general, would come across as very subtle, because fresh laundry fragrance is rather flattering and mild. How right I would be...
The fragrance was very promising, green and fresh in the garden, the orange was very mild, but somewhat synthetic, with.
The top note quickly vanished and the fragrance became wischi-waschi mildly heliotropic. I really like the vanilla flower, but together with the mild jasmine and musk base it could be a harmonious composition, but not for the scent of fresh lingerie. The fragrance retains its fine synthetic touch, which I don't really know how to attribute, until it disappears after about 1.5 hours on the skin and can still be smelled from very close on the clothes

The fragrance is not unpleasant, but unfortunately does not smell as I imagine "fresh laundry fragrance" and has a below average shelf life. So you better just buy a laundry perfume or an additional fabric softener.
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