Schnickeria

First of all, many thanks to the dear @Hexenschuss for the opportunity to test. Unfortunately, the atomizer has leaked on the way despite careful packaging, so I had the purple color only on the packaging. But that's quite exciting in hindsight, because that's how I started to get to know the fragrance with the base note first. All day our hallway smelled like warm sandalwood, which I love. A real coming home scent.
So when I opened the atomizer this morning to swipe what was left on my wrist, I was very surprised. The fruity top note - I would have guessed blackcurrant, by the way - is very long very present. (Incidentally, it reminds me very much of "Mira-Baï | Chopard".) And very contrary to the base note. Some fragrances start fruity and end that way, which doesn't mean they don't have a progression. They just wander so harmoniously through the ingridients. There's a heliotrope in the heart note and then there's vanilla in the base note. Not so this one. While the top note here is a light, fruity, uncomplicated summer accord, the base note I perceived yesterday was anything but cheerfully rippling, but profound. One a caipirinha, the other deep black coffee. One an afternoon chat with the girlfriend, the other an intriguing philosophical debate. One Minnie Mouse, the other the German voice of Bruce Willis. All the while, the calm, patient sandalwood tries to hold its own against the blithely ignorant chattering dragon fruit - it only succeeds with patience and mildness. The fragrance overall becomes a bit more restrained and quiet, but sandalwood is obviously too tired or too humble to make a stronger presence. All in all, once the dragon fruit has calmed down a bit after about 45 minutes, a scent with recognition value. Not quite mine, I miss something round, soft, but overall fragrance where I would think from time to time, yes, it must be today.

By Night White - hardly any fragrance has engaged me as much as this one. I was originally looking for a fragrance that smelled similar to Emporio Armani Elle. I love this one, but since it's the signature of a friend of mine (as it is of 2 million other women), and I think scent stealing is dumb, I decided to look for an alternative here on Parfumo. After a lot of scrolling, reading, comparing scents and test sniffing, I came across BNW. Quickly ordered a filling and waited joyfully. When the postman rang (once ?), I first sniffed the small atomizer. A Mmh vanilla rose in my nose - great! Sprayed on... and... and hm. Nice, but too unround, the woody in the dry down didn't want to connect with my skin, kind of lay on top, angular and unround. The next day - a very hot summer day, I tested again. And while riding my bike, a beautiful scent rises in my air and I cheered, "This one is coming from me!!!" What I had thought was out of round the day before just felt grown up today! Fine, fine, fine, I'll take that one. By the time I got rid of my shirt in the evening, all that was left was sandalwood...a slight nausea rose in me. Crazy, this was soooo nice a few hours ago! Too bad, I thought, that's where the search starts all over again. I put the test tube aside for now and tested my way through other scents like Lanvin Eclat d'Arpege or Le Parfum by Lalique. I found all the scents quite nice and quite pleasing, but none really blew me away. Too soft, too little substance. When the days got a little cooler, I gave myself and BNW a third chance. We were at a garden party in the evening and I put on BNW. And rediscovered it for the third time: a warm, protective vanilla/sandalwood note - how lovely! I had to sniff it all evening and each time I was reassured. Like a home-away-from-home feeling, like there's nothing more to do. This scent wraps me in warmth and security. It's not what I was originally looking for, and for me it doesn't turn into the oft-cited vanilla/lemon cloud, even if I can guess what's meant by it. And I still find that there's something square about it, which makes it far from "fluffy". Whenever I wear BNW, I feel incredibly secure and arrived, yes - grown up. Only for the really hot days I will have to find something else, but EA doesn't work there either. Besides, now comes first of all the autumn.
By the way: As for the similarity to EA, I can definitely understand it; soft vanilla with woody, vibrant undertone. Still, both have a very different effect on me, BNW is more vibrant, possibly due to the pepper note. And BNW is definitely more skinscent than EA. Thus, it is all mine.