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With a shake of the head
September 2020:
For a long time, a small bottling of this on paper excellent fragrance lay in my sample tray. Long I waited, when the right time is to try this yet quite expensive perfume.
Then came a day with time and I sprayed it on.
Yes, it's there. Fresh, citrusy, warm, very slightly woody first. Really much develops then also not more. Sure, everything fresh and citrus disappears from the top note and gives the view of the rest free. But there's nothing really outstanding to be found there. The fragrance is warm, spicy, woody, all in all neatly composed. Only justify the price called.... He can not do that for me.
Well, for me he simply does not seem to be, this successful attempt to create an oud for late summer or even summer evenings. Because he is - even if very lengthy and persistent - me too tender, too close, too conservative and classic, all in all just too everyday, goes at the same time but also somehow under.
And when then the last rays of sandalwood and very gentle cedar lose their glow, comes with me also nothing more crawled behind the stove.
Yes, he's there. He's nice. He stays for a while. Also nice. He then disappears again at some point. Still nice.
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November 2021:
Over a year after I wrote the above, I'm re-sampling to see if anything has changed, and yes, I haven't posted this review in that long.
Even twice I gave it another chance. But seriously, what's the oud doing in this name? The vanishingly small proportions in the composition are so negligible that it seems outright misleading and makes all the good reviews far from understandable for me.
Those who like it, please feel free. But I have to conclude for me, this fragrance sucks.
It could be any brand. There's nothing here that seems distinctive or special in any way. It's just... a creamy woody scent with citrusy notes.
Top 90 men's perfumes? How did it do that?
For a long time, a small bottling of this on paper excellent fragrance lay in my sample tray. Long I waited, when the right time is to try this yet quite expensive perfume.
Then came a day with time and I sprayed it on.
Yes, it's there. Fresh, citrusy, warm, very slightly woody first. Really much develops then also not more. Sure, everything fresh and citrus disappears from the top note and gives the view of the rest free. But there's nothing really outstanding to be found there. The fragrance is warm, spicy, woody, all in all neatly composed. Only justify the price called.... He can not do that for me.
Well, for me he simply does not seem to be, this successful attempt to create an oud for late summer or even summer evenings. Because he is - even if very lengthy and persistent - me too tender, too close, too conservative and classic, all in all just too everyday, goes at the same time but also somehow under.
And when then the last rays of sandalwood and very gentle cedar lose their glow, comes with me also nothing more crawled behind the stove.
Yes, he's there. He's nice. He stays for a while. Also nice. He then disappears again at some point. Still nice.
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November 2021:
Over a year after I wrote the above, I'm re-sampling to see if anything has changed, and yes, I haven't posted this review in that long.
Even twice I gave it another chance. But seriously, what's the oud doing in this name? The vanishingly small proportions in the composition are so negligible that it seems outright misleading and makes all the good reviews far from understandable for me.
Those who like it, please feel free. But I have to conclude for me, this fragrance sucks.
It could be any brand. There's nothing here that seems distinctive or special in any way. It's just... a creamy woody scent with citrusy notes.
Top 90 men's perfumes? How did it do that?
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It's on fire!
With a resounding kick, this scent starts and screams smoke. Burning wood. Burning straw. Dripping sweat of anxiety and fear.
And I'm already sure this is going to be a different experience than the brand's other scents.
Sure, the adjectives for this scent are 'animalic', 'wild', and 'dark', and the brand already has a deep, smoky scent in its portfolio with "Bois d'Ascèse | Naomi Goodsir". But the smokiness that occurs here is a whole other level.
It's bitingly smoky, burningly harsh, dust-dry, and yet somehow oily. One thing for sure: not ordinary.
But unlike the other smoky representative of the brand, the strength of the burning material decreases with time. Then cedar, amber and rose emerge. In particular, I was worried about the rose, but it does not appear floral and sweet, but in its sharp form, which delicately emphasizes the animalic character, yet at a distance seems soapy.
Smoke remains dominant. Only join the rest of the players and he becomes quieter. The fragrance itself, however, never. The remains loud. Wild just. And dirty he is.
Four to five hours in the spectacle, the fire is then extinguished. Also no more glow is there. Instead, cedar and the aforementioned pungent rose.
Fades Corpus Equus then after about seven hours with even for me pleasant rose and a creamy wood-hay mixture. Delicious.
Durability and intensity as always terrific. But definitely far from the elegance of his fellow fragrances, a completely different caliber of everything actually. An absolute statement fragrance, without a doubt. Also again a work of art, as usual from the others, only this time a very bold, daring work of art, which - I would argue - will not have as many lovers:inside, as the other five.
And I'm already sure this is going to be a different experience than the brand's other scents.
Sure, the adjectives for this scent are 'animalic', 'wild', and 'dark', and the brand already has a deep, smoky scent in its portfolio with "Bois d'Ascèse | Naomi Goodsir". But the smokiness that occurs here is a whole other level.
It's bitingly smoky, burningly harsh, dust-dry, and yet somehow oily. One thing for sure: not ordinary.
But unlike the other smoky representative of the brand, the strength of the burning material decreases with time. Then cedar, amber and rose emerge. In particular, I was worried about the rose, but it does not appear floral and sweet, but in its sharp form, which delicately emphasizes the animalic character, yet at a distance seems soapy.
Smoke remains dominant. Only join the rest of the players and he becomes quieter. The fragrance itself, however, never. The remains loud. Wild just. And dirty he is.
Four to five hours in the spectacle, the fire is then extinguished. Also no more glow is there. Instead, cedar and the aforementioned pungent rose.
Fades Corpus Equus then after about seven hours with even for me pleasant rose and a creamy wood-hay mixture. Delicious.
Durability and intensity as always terrific. But definitely far from the elegance of his fellow fragrances, a completely different caliber of everything actually. An absolute statement fragrance, without a doubt. Also again a work of art, as usual from the others, only this time a very bold, daring work of art, which - I would argue - will not have as many lovers:inside, as the other five.
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My name is Rose
As has already been mentioned, this is not one of those dead-mixed rose-oud scents that you get really bored of. This one is a distinctive, very oldschool rose composition that is already very typically rose pungent to me at the outset, with a hint of not-so-clean-smelling excrement. I feel a bit reminded of those aspects of the old "Dodo (2019) | Zoologist".
And hey, I just took a whiff of the spray. Okay, I dare you. Up with it.
A bit of anxiety sets in, because inconspicuous this one definitely isn't. But I don't have to go out today, so we'll just try it. And should I still go out and somehow be missed, on 20km no similar fragrance is running around and the sillage is hard.
I can also clearly say that there was no Lush product in a long time, in which this fragrance was used, as is sometimes the case. "Flower's Barrow | Lush / Cosmetics To Go" is known to be the scent from the Blousey shampoo.
But what this scent is definitely in the 2020s is bold. And looking at the price Lush is pulling down... dangerous.
So after that badass rose note slowly dissipates, you're met with a soapy component led by neroli and wood. Not the typical creamy that sandalwood so brings, but the dirtier side of it. Nevertheless, rounding and soothing.
Yes, salt is there, too. Why anyway. Already in the whisky world, there's disagreement about whether you can smell salt or saltiness at all, because salt doesn't actually have a smell. Anyway. It has the impression of a salty aura. No algae, no sea.
One and a half to two hours after spraying on, a very unusual chyprenote comes to work, which is complex but not profound. The fragrance is linear, about one and a half hours very intense, then two more clearly in the sillage and the next five to 6 hours skin deep; kept simple, strong in the effect, soapy and dirty at the same time, retro unparalleled and really brave. But since he first came on the market in 1989, one can rather understand his composition.
But since I can never empty this bottle alone, get in touch!
And hey, I just took a whiff of the spray. Okay, I dare you. Up with it.
A bit of anxiety sets in, because inconspicuous this one definitely isn't. But I don't have to go out today, so we'll just try it. And should I still go out and somehow be missed, on 20km no similar fragrance is running around and the sillage is hard.
I can also clearly say that there was no Lush product in a long time, in which this fragrance was used, as is sometimes the case. "Flower's Barrow | Lush / Cosmetics To Go" is known to be the scent from the Blousey shampoo.
But what this scent is definitely in the 2020s is bold. And looking at the price Lush is pulling down... dangerous.
So after that badass rose note slowly dissipates, you're met with a soapy component led by neroli and wood. Not the typical creamy that sandalwood so brings, but the dirtier side of it. Nevertheless, rounding and soothing.
Yes, salt is there, too. Why anyway. Already in the whisky world, there's disagreement about whether you can smell salt or saltiness at all, because salt doesn't actually have a smell. Anyway. It has the impression of a salty aura. No algae, no sea.
One and a half to two hours after spraying on, a very unusual chyprenote comes to work, which is complex but not profound. The fragrance is linear, about one and a half hours very intense, then two more clearly in the sillage and the next five to 6 hours skin deep; kept simple, strong in the effect, soapy and dirty at the same time, retro unparalleled and really brave. But since he first came on the market in 1989, one can rather understand his composition.
But since I can never empty this bottle alone, get in touch!
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The 80s called..
...and they brought awesome stuff.
But wait, some will say, this guy isn't a child of the 80s!
That's right. I'm not. But a child of the early 90s. But that's another topic.
But then how do I get to the 80s?
Well, it's like this: no matter what period I think back to my aunt's apartment, her rooms had exactly the same aura as this perfume exudes, especially in the opening. At the same time, I am actually sure that there was neither tobacco, nor rum...
What I perceive here is the scent of a globetrotter with diverse interests, which did not necessarily degenerate into hobbies, but despite everything intensively, but only theoretically rampant. I would like to ascribe to this fragrance a very special, cosmopolitan, at the same time traditional and self-confident character, which reminds me of this very person who spent her whole life gaining knowledge and prospering. Whether and to what extent this was Charade, only what I witnessed and understood at the time, or whether this corresponded to the truth, is, in my opinion, irrelevant from a melancholic point of view.
Nonetheless, this is a fragrance here that I have come to know with pride and awe and that had to find a place in my collection for that nostalgia alone.
But now enough of the personal connections. A bit what to the fragrance itself there is then but still from my side. Or should that 8 years after release actually no longer necessary. Anyway, I find that moves a fragrance times again in the memory back and since I have discovered him now only this year, does that maybe someone else also still.
After a surprisingly sweet start with lots of opulence and elegance, theatrical flair from backstage and frontstage at the same time, with a large section of wardrobe in which a smoky yet woody tobacco goes hand in hand with heavy rum, the scent ebbs comfortably into its heart notes. It stays woody, it gets resinous, it stays sweet, it gets floral - insofar as you want to call the scent of straw flowers floral. Yes, they have a certain sweetness, but ultimately they are rather dry-green in character, almost powdery in my opinion. But I also like strawflowers more for their looks. Great plants.
And all the while, there's a smoky-leathery heaviness resonating from the very bottom that's just perfect. The overall concept underscored and perfected by an extremely graceful, thin-walled bottle with a minimalist label and great grip. Yes, the new black lidded bottles are nicer than the slightly taller silver lidded ones were. But either way, that shouldn't be a reason to indulge in this sometimes 10 hour long spectacle. Because that's what it is above all. A spectacle.
But wait, some will say, this guy isn't a child of the 80s!
That's right. I'm not. But a child of the early 90s. But that's another topic.
But then how do I get to the 80s?
Well, it's like this: no matter what period I think back to my aunt's apartment, her rooms had exactly the same aura as this perfume exudes, especially in the opening. At the same time, I am actually sure that there was neither tobacco, nor rum...
What I perceive here is the scent of a globetrotter with diverse interests, which did not necessarily degenerate into hobbies, but despite everything intensively, but only theoretically rampant. I would like to ascribe to this fragrance a very special, cosmopolitan, at the same time traditional and self-confident character, which reminds me of this very person who spent her whole life gaining knowledge and prospering. Whether and to what extent this was Charade, only what I witnessed and understood at the time, or whether this corresponded to the truth, is, in my opinion, irrelevant from a melancholic point of view.
Nonetheless, this is a fragrance here that I have come to know with pride and awe and that had to find a place in my collection for that nostalgia alone.
But now enough of the personal connections. A bit what to the fragrance itself there is then but still from my side. Or should that 8 years after release actually no longer necessary. Anyway, I find that moves a fragrance times again in the memory back and since I have discovered him now only this year, does that maybe someone else also still.
After a surprisingly sweet start with lots of opulence and elegance, theatrical flair from backstage and frontstage at the same time, with a large section of wardrobe in which a smoky yet woody tobacco goes hand in hand with heavy rum, the scent ebbs comfortably into its heart notes. It stays woody, it gets resinous, it stays sweet, it gets floral - insofar as you want to call the scent of straw flowers floral. Yes, they have a certain sweetness, but ultimately they are rather dry-green in character, almost powdery in my opinion. But I also like strawflowers more for their looks. Great plants.
And all the while, there's a smoky-leathery heaviness resonating from the very bottom that's just perfect. The overall concept underscored and perfected by an extremely graceful, thin-walled bottle with a minimalist label and great grip. Yes, the new black lidded bottles are nicer than the slightly taller silver lidded ones were. But either way, that shouldn't be a reason to indulge in this sometimes 10 hour long spectacle. Because that's what it is above all. A spectacle.
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Oud come out, you're supposed to be here
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Jasmine
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Rose
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Oh, there's a bit of wood there
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Rose...
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Who put citrus on the cinnamon here? Oh that's an accessory to the rose...
Oud...I don't know. That bit of musty breeze in the back there maybe?
My mother thinks it's great, I think it's awful.
After an hour, at least the rose is no longer quite so penetrating but good is something else. So after two, three hours, the projection is then dropped from 'I jump you annoyingly in the nose' on skin proximity, the composition is therefore not better for me.
Whoever gave me this sample was probably similarly disappointed as I was.
I apologize formally already times to all who like this fragrance.
And handwork and perfume art in all honor. But to dump kilos of rose on oud and then lead the spectacle with all sorts of accessories into the absurd, is not nice and with the adjective 'absolute' or 'total' in the name, other expectations are also aroused. The only thing that is quite total (annoying) in Oud Assoluto is the rose. That ultimately also ensures that even in the moment that there is suddenly a minimal breeze of oud and wood, the overall work of art is still off-putting. And what is still clearly recognizable towards the end of his time, is this damn rose.
The house no longer has a chance with me. And I now an aversion more to rose fragrances that want to stain themselves with oud.
Oh yeah, a masculine scent this is supposed to be. Well if Cruella de Vil is masculine, then this perfume is masculine. Mea culpa, ew.
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Rose
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Rose
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Jasmine
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Rose
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Oh, there's a bit of wood there
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Rose...
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Who put citrus on the cinnamon here? Oh that's an accessory to the rose...
Oud...I don't know. That bit of musty breeze in the back there maybe?
My mother thinks it's great, I think it's awful.
After an hour, at least the rose is no longer quite so penetrating but good is something else. So after two, three hours, the projection is then dropped from 'I jump you annoyingly in the nose' on skin proximity, the composition is therefore not better for me.
Whoever gave me this sample was probably similarly disappointed as I was.
I apologize formally already times to all who like this fragrance.
And handwork and perfume art in all honor. But to dump kilos of rose on oud and then lead the spectacle with all sorts of accessories into the absurd, is not nice and with the adjective 'absolute' or 'total' in the name, other expectations are also aroused. The only thing that is quite total (annoying) in Oud Assoluto is the rose. That ultimately also ensures that even in the moment that there is suddenly a minimal breeze of oud and wood, the overall work of art is still off-putting. And what is still clearly recognizable towards the end of his time, is this damn rose.
The house no longer has a chance with me. And I now an aversion more to rose fragrances that want to stain themselves with oud.
Oh yeah, a masculine scent this is supposed to be. Well if Cruella de Vil is masculine, then this perfume is masculine. Mea culpa, ew.
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