Vlach

Very oily muscatel sage with a dash of vanilla - I can't see pea soup directly, but I can guess the relationship ;) Because the smell has something of a meal - for example a spicy-fatty dinner that has been standing untidy on the old wooden table for some time - the guests have left, only the stories are still in the room.

The labdanum and the woods become more dominant over time, occasionally I also hear the lipstick-powdery iris. Towards the end Patchouli remains together with the resin,

In general, this fragrance is both dominant and restrained, warming and fascinating at the same time, without being really graspable. As with Gabriella Chieffo, for me this is often not a scent for the public but rather a private story that echoes. Catalyst rather than reactant.

Sweet rose. Right at the start after an alcohol surge. Then a tone is added, apple and lychee presumably, which in combination with the rose looks like burnt rubber. Burned gum in a fruity/floral way. This impression soon goes back to making room for caraway - together with rose. In this phase it reminds a little of Lumiere Noire from MFK, also because Patchouli might already have been visible subliminally. In addition there is a slightly animal/erotic note. One always thinks in the first moment "ah, only rose" and then immediately, when one gets involved only a little, one perceives much more. The woods then ground the rose fragrance. Also here a parallel to Lumiere noire.

EC works differently on (my) skin than on a test strip. The rose is dominant on the skin only later, the fruit parts appear stronger and more acidic at the beginning, the burnt rubber note remains longer. The rose also appears "sharper" and less sweet. Here I also recognize the reason of sweetness and animalism - it is honey with musk.

I like this fragrance, a lot. It is engaging, iridescent and fruity warm in all its rosiveness. Tendentiell sometimes so flowery-sweet that I see him more on ladies than on gentlemen, but if I had to classify him he would be unisex ;)

Autumn/winter, going out/evening would be the main classification for me, but except in the extreme heat you can wear it whenever you want. The durability is however rather small, even if again and again a "breath" is to be heard.

Finally I would like to go into the thoughts I had while testing the fragrance. The name and the reference to Newton are already striking. Yeah, there's a little apple that's supposed to have fallen on his head and so on. But basically it is an unconventional rose-honey wood scent with a light coconut note. But when I now connect the rose with the "cross" of the perfume name I come ... on the Rosicrucians, which had as symbol a rose among other things at the (wood) cross. The Rosicrucians call "knowledge" among other things honey, which they want to gain from the rose on the cross ... one of her aphorisms is "Dat rosa mel apibus" - "The rose gives honey to the bees". - Now also the Rosicrucians know/knew that the rose supplies only nectar, and the bees themselves produce the honey - this is the covert task for the spiritual man to bring about new works and a transformation of mankind from the mystical truths. And so Etat Libre D'Orange writes on her website about the fragrance: "we have tried to create a fragrance that will change the world."

Maybe just thoughts overexcited with the scent of roses? Well possible! But: Newton was (most likely) Rosicrucian ;)

There was a time when the damp cloths in the Wienerwald pubs had a very similar smell. Must have been like that in the late '70s. My grandmother always had some with her, and cleaned me up with Fratz on every conceivable occasion.

It must probably be the mixture of lemon, orange, neroli and rosemary. a good mixture - fresh, sunny, versatile, not disturbing and functional to elegant.

I associate it with cleanliness and security. (And forest and meadow and sun, we always had the wet wipes with us for walks). And Backhendl in the Vienna Woods . Yes, that too.

And so I like this scent, it refreshes me, makes me feel "clean". And at the same time there is this melancholy of past people that I knew less than I thought, of distant places that I would not find anymore. My chicken time.

Yes I see myself with this scent going through Mediterranean towns
Yes I see myself with this scent sitting on the beach and looking at the sea
Yes I see myself working and playing with this scent in the garden
Yes, I can imagine spraying this scent on paper and fanning it at me for refreshment
Yes, he'll put a soft smile on my face.
Yes he lets me take a deep breath
Yes, it develops a little bit all the time, I like that generally in fragrances
Yes I think I have found a buyer for the summer.
Yes he is angry, but so much at the beginning that it makes it funny.
No I don't like that he sometimes reminds of lemonade with bath cleaner

9 times yes
1 time no

Scent = 9 ;)

Fine, soft starting. Slowly gaining strength without becoming pushy. Body odour rose which meanders and shines exactly at the border between warm and cold, sweet and sour. Great cinema. Dark spicy notes (mugwort?, cumin, patchouli) against and with a steamed, dark red rose. I'm beginning to understand the name of this fragrance.

In a way it is dark red to ebony black, but at the same time it warms like sunlight. He could also be called Snow White. White as snow, red as blood and black as ebony. Ok, just a male Snow White ;)

I can hardly imagine wearing this fragrance at a time other than in the evening - this dark light needs the twilight to be visible to be felt. Yeah, sunshine works, too, but it's easy to overheat. Maybe on an autumn or winter afternoon, when you are longing for a warmth that has been swallowed up by the darkness outside for a long time.

Unfortunately, the shelf life on my skin is rather low, after two hours the fragrance starts to dissolve in rose powder, soon afterwards it can only be perceived very closely. I will test this several times and adjust my rating if necessary. Too bad. It should have been a little more