Midnight Sandal 4711 2023

At first, you can clearly smell ginger and bergamot.
Then it becomes spicy. You have to like that. It gets very spicy. You can almost only smell cardamom.
Sometimes I have a feeling of cold with perfumes.
It's not cooling; rather, it sends a shiver down my spine.
Unfortunately, I let myself be swayed by the saleswoman.
It has notes that I like, but it's just too harsh and masculine.
In between, it somehow becomes piercing. My date noticed the perfume when I gestured, but I didn't receive a compliment.
I have to say, unfortunately, that it also smells rather artificial. Think I'm crazy now, but I find it smells more like burnt leather. With a hint of cleaner.

First of all, I find it very unfortunate how this beautiful and delicate fragrance is rated here, it leaves me somewhat speechless…. I respect every opinion, but fragrance-affine people notice the finesse of these individual ingredients. A noble sandalwood is never loud but very subtly caressing and elegant. Here, in combination with ginger, bergamot, and coriander in the opening, it's a bit cheeky and zesty, piquing curiosity. After about 10 minutes, it settles and becomes incredibly harmonious and warm. This beautiful woodiness with the amber feels like an embrace full of closeness and delicate sensuality. It's wonderful for someone to smell so inviting. Very gently in the background, the slightly floral note of jasmine emerges, but only to give this fragrance a subtle nuance of femininity. I think it suits both ladies and gentlemen, for people who love the dark, earthy scents, who are themselves always a bit mysterious. The expression gentle oriental with the sandalwood in combination with amber and cardamom fits perfectly for me. It lasts a good 6 hours on me, remaining pleasantly close to the body - none of those gasping, overpowering fragrances. I believe this brand has easily made the leap into the fine fragrance category, and I look forward to testing more perfumes from this new series. My fragrance recommendation for people who appreciate fine scents with the highest quality ingredients that gently and elegantly bring the wearer to the forefront, showing a never intrusive presence. The price for 100 ml is 120 euros, a stunningly beautiful black bottle, almost a bit Art Deco.

Midnight Sandal .. oh how beautiful that sounds, I thought to myself when I read that a new fragrance from 4711 is coming. It sounded interesting, promising, although I certainly didn't expect a heavy hitter, but rather something flattering, subtle, nothingness, for the approaching night, after a long shower .. and then jumping warmly and seductively into the freshly made bed. Oh yes! That would be it!

Instead, I get an indefinable shower gel trauma - too much synthetic citrus sludge meets fussy woody notes that flop so badly that one could literally fry eggs on greasy hair. Moreover, it smells a bit like toilet cleaner. Lightly, subtly sprinkled with some vetiver, which sinks in a pale sea full of heliotrope. I can detect a bit of ginger, but it's just a milky trace that runs through this perfume. Everything is quite gel-like, stuttering. Even the confusion is confused here.

I absolutely agree with ParfumAholic and their statement. It's a mega flop and totally full of plastic stuff. Even thoughts are clouded by all the synthesis.

The only good thing about it is that this concoction (sorry, that's how I have to call it) absolutely doesn't last long. It's like a shower with a very cheap shower gel, where you don't even know exactly where all the ingredients come from. I'm mega disappointed - the name is beautifully chosen and the bottles, in my opinion, are an absolute eye-catcher. But the content is simply dreadful. Not worthy of a good aquatic. For me, a scent for the quiet little room.