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Holiday at last! Full of anticipation I feed the navigation system with my upcoming destination, off I go! But then the shock of a flat tire on the way... Disappointed, I command my navigation system to stop the route guidance, the well-deserved holiday will have to wait.

This or at least something similar I can symbolically describe my experience with Sur la Route. In the beginning absolutely enthusiastic and full of anticipation, it turned out to be a prudish and in practice a bit boring citrus scent for me personally in the later course of time.

When I look at the bottle and the color of the perfume, they reflect very well the scenario that Sur la Route creates in me. A man dressed in a classic yet very modern way while walking through a Mediterranean landscape. Mirages caused by the scorching heat flicker across the road, while the grasses at the edge round off the concert with their hectic dance movements. The landscape is coloured in pastel colours, the heat has almost completely robbed it of its fertility. But appearances are deceptive, high up in the tree tops you can still find the last remnants of late summer, overripe but still juicy citrus fruits, which round off the dust-dry walk with a short refreshment.

I like to compare this scent with Bond No9s Bleecker Street, because in my opinion you can find the same DNA here, even if the scents themselves are completely different to be perceived.
Where Bleecker Street for me is a picnic with fruits on a squeaky green meadow, Sur la Route for me represents the scenario described above. But both scents have one thing in common: A citric start followed by a grassy base.

Sur la Route starts pleasantly with a very authentic but at the same time reserved citrus note, which is quickly underpinned by a grass smell that is slightly musty in my eyes, which I associate with grass dried out by heat. Attention, we are not talking about vetiver here! To me, all of this seems very classic, but still timelessly modern and by no means mainstream, although this is basically a normal designer fragrance.

But where is my problem with this scent now? Well, on my skin this fragrance seems very simple and fast moving. I hardly notice the beautiful citrus note, especially on my skin, resulting in a slightly musty grass note, as already described. Probably this is also where the associations with leather come from! In addition, I don't even notice the scent anymore after an hour, the projection, at least for me as a wearer, is simply almost non-existent. My environment has also perceived this scent rather neutrally or not at all. For me this is rather unsatisfactory, so why spend 230€ for a designer fragrance that was really convincing only on paper (test strips) for me?

Nevertheless, Sur la Route is a very nice designer scent, but in my opinion it is not worth 230€ in the end. When I spend such sums, I want to perceive and enjoy the scent, and not just a few minutes

As I have already described in my last commentary, I will be looking more closely at Zara fragrances in the near future. Beside the current Summer Collection, it's time for the "Vetiver Pamplemousse", which has been available for some time now.

I don't want to beat about the bush here, because according to the simple scent pyramid, you don't really have to drift here. You get an unbelievably authentic crapefruit, which you would love to bite into. This is accompanied by a soft note of vetiver, which after a few hours gets more and more into the foreground. Soft and gentle, less dirty and masculine, as you know it from classic scents that play with the grass note.

What can I say, I'm excited about this smell. For 25 € you can get here a quite simple, but in terms of quality first-class fragrance, which reminds me very much of the house "Atelier Cologne" or the "blu mediterranio" collection of Acqua di Parma. There is nothing synthetic or cheap here, the fragrance is simply very authentic, for me a revelation

Logically, we are not talking about an H/S monster, especially not in this price range. I could perceive the scent for a good 4 hours on the back of my hand, whereby it projected quite well, especially on textiles in the first hour.

Lovers of citric fragrances, which are more oriented towards the niche, or focus on an authentic presentation, should really try this one. I like to go out of the window here, you can safely order it blind.

In the course of the current isolation I want to use my free time sensibly, do creative things or simply give presents to my loved ones. So I had the idea of ordering all the current ZARA fragrances from the summer collection, reviewing them day by day and finally giving them away for birthdays or other festivities. In this way I give pleasure to others but can also pursue my hobby myself.

In general, I find Zara fragrances quite exciting. They are modern, often of relatively high quality and you can get them for small money in the local stores. Since the fashion house throws their perfumes on the market almost every week, there is often a lack of experience reports in this jungle.

I would like to start with the probably youngest fragrance of the series, the 8.0 Summer. 100 ml could be bought on the website last week for unbeatable 9,99€. Is there still much that can go wrong?

Now that I have spent a good 5 days working on the fragrance, I can confirm that I can perceive pretty much all the ingredients in the fragrance pyramid. Immediately after spraying it on, I am greeted by a mix of tangerine and apple, which is underpinned by a fresh cucumber. To me, it seems less citric, more fruity-creamy with a noticeable note of cucumber. This scenery is less authentic, I would describe it more as a modern synthetic without being negative about it. I attribute the creamy nuances to the amberwood in combination with the tangerine, which I already got to know in Cool Water Intense. The longer the fragrance, the more it reminds me of Davidoff's Flanker

So far it sounds quite solid, but this scent could hardly drydown on my skin, so weak it was on the chest. I had to apply it very generously on my clothes or on a test strip in order to notice it on the textile after 5-7 hours. As I said, I could perceive a creamy Amberwood mix there. On my skin the scent degenerated into an unfortunately Zara-typical triviality, which I could not really define.

So this fragrance lives completely from its top note, which I like quite well in reverse. You'd have to punish it for lack of durability and a weak drydown, but hey, at this price you can hardly complain. And I'm honestly, I like the fragrance better than the above mentioned Cool Water Intense.

If you like to refresh yourself in summer with a sparkling top note and have no problem with a modern synthetic or a weak durability, you probably won't make a bad deal here at this low price.

According to Roja Dove, only a few people manage to realize the dream of this supposedly evergreen and lushly flowering paradise. In 2020, I have a firm resolution: I want to go to this paradise too!

Anyone who is regularly active on YouTube and the relevant perfume-related communities must necessarily be familiar with this Elysium, especially in the so-called Parfum-Cologne version. While the buzz around Aventus has faded away over the years, this one is just emerging from the sea of hype and is on everyone's lips, because there is hardly a "Top 10 Niche List" of a well-known influencer without this beautiful bottle. As I liked the pyramid of scents very much and I generally like citric-fresh scents, I thought to myself, you can order a 270 € expensive perfume blind. Sounds silly, it is, but at least with this fragrance I wanted to put an end to my passion for collecting, but more about that in the end.

Looking at the extremely lush pyramid of scents, one expects a citric fragrance, paired with slightly ethereal green nuances, which are embedded on a musk and wood foundation. Well, I can agree with that, but according to my nose the pleasure is much more trivial. In principle, the scent can be broken down into three stages: Citrus, juniper or currants and towards the end vetiver, all other of the drölfhunder ingredients I do not really want to notice here, whereby the juniper berries are by far the most dominant for me. Later this role is taken over by vetiver, woods I unfortunately miss completely.

As far as the shelf life is concerned, I would classify it as only moderate, after 5-6 hours the sun goes out in the highly praised paradise, but I didn't expect much more considering the "fresh" scent DNA.

From this dynamic, the attentive reader can see that I am actually a little disappointed with this fragrance, I just expected something else. I would have liked the citric notes to be juicier, more prominent and a little longer lasting. This fragrance is above all a berry bomb, I perceive the juniper and redcurrant very distinctly throughout the entire fragrance process. This is new for me and to be honest I did not expect such a course of events in advance. The reason for this false expectation was probably the constant comparison with Aventus. This one here definitely NOT in common with Aventus!

Despite everything, the quality and craftsmanship of this fragrance is clearly noticeable. It tells a story, kidnaps the wearer to different places, is somehow complex, yet simple in its nature. Many will like it, but few will really appreciate it. I confess, I have a very simple freshie nose, I just like it

The purchase of this fragrance was also symbolically the end of my passion for collecting fragrances, the end of a journey, which had supposedly arrived in paradise. The most expensive bottle in my collection, the climax was reached. A total of almost 70 fragrances, a total value of one small car. It has to stop at some point

I would have loved to celebrate this milestone with that scent, but the spark didn't really want to ignite yet. I'll keep wearing the sample, maybe I'll learn to love him. But only like and find okay, that is definitely not enough for me with such an expensive fragrance. Until then, the bottle will remain in its original packaging, maybe it will get the last free place in my collection, who knows.

Honestly dear perfume community, what is your problem? If Dior had retained the old DNA and simply modified it, people would probably be upset about a lack of innovation. Now the perfumer has thrown the old concept overboard and created something completely new, yet the screaming and disappointment is apparently great, at least in the die-hard community. Actually no reason to worry, after all your old Dior Homme line is still in stock.

Here, as with Sauvage, a fragrance has been created that can be worn all year round, interpreting a classic fragrance DNA in a new and modern way, so that it can be worn by young and old alike. For me, this fragrance definitely has an old gentleman's touch, but I love it when fragrances that are getting on in years are interpreted in a modern way and thus become more wearable again. Dior has definitely succeeded in this and this aspect should be emphasized and appreciated a little. I can imagine this fragrance on a 40 year old in a suit, but also on a 25 year old city guy who makes his money as a blogger and always wears the hippest clothes

As far as olfactory DNA is concerned, I do not fully understand this criticism. The fragrance is reserved, a bit fresh in the opening by the bergamot and woody in its entire course, I can't recognize or describe much more. I can still understand that some people find it boring, but it definitely stands out from the cute designer mainstream. Parallels to Molecule 01 are definitely present here, only that Dior Homme almost overrides the raison d'être of the old insider tip. Because I was bored of him!

I'm sure that the current ratings are more the result of defiance and disappointment with the beloved Dior Homme line, rather than because the fragrance is so bad. Give it a few more years and it will probably be as gehpyed as Sauvage. Dior fragrances are usually a little ahead of their time and, just like Chanel, not too seldom create trends that the industry then follows for a long time.

And please always keep in mind, we are talking about a designer release, which is aimed at the mainstream. No niche!

For me a solid release from Dior, I will definitely wear it often in springtime!