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The First Impression Deceives
I stumbled upon testing this fragrance purely by chance. My brother sorted out some of his samples and asked me if I wanted to try them. I didn’t expect anything good, considering he had already discarded them before using them up completely, but just as tastes vary, so do fragrances. I held onto hope, accepted all the samples, and tested them piece by piece, day by day, until I arrived at this one.
So I made the first spray on my right wrist, and just seconds later, I regretted it. An aggressive, biting, and harsh scent hit my nose. My hair stood on end, and I had to shake myself reflexively. I felt a bit nauseous and tried to wash off the scent quickly with water in a panic, which, fortunately, was not that easy. The aggressively bitter note, reminiscent of a pesticide-laden orange peel, mostly dissipated after a few moments, leaving a fruity, fresh, and slightly bitter orange-citrus note with a pleasant hint of pineapple and pepper, as far as my borrowed nose could detect. The scent was now less piercing and had transformed into a nice, fruity-bitter companion.
As I smelled the fragrance a few more times, a thought suddenly struck me, one that perfectly described the scent for me in two words: “masculine fruit.” Most fruity fragrances I’ve sniffed so far either leaned towards a very citrusy or extremely sweet note. The latter is always a bit too feminine for my personal taste. This fragrance, with its unusually bitter side, is indeed a bit more pleasant to wear, at least for a man.
I now felt a bit ashamed for having judged the fragrance so hastily, which, of course, doesn’t change the fact that the opening is very off-putting to me. However, everything after that is refreshingly bitter in a very pleasant way. If the fragrance were a bit cheaper, I would probably buy it, but at the moment, the price-performance ratio doesn’t quite fit for me, and it will likely remain with the rest of the sample.
So I made the first spray on my right wrist, and just seconds later, I regretted it. An aggressive, biting, and harsh scent hit my nose. My hair stood on end, and I had to shake myself reflexively. I felt a bit nauseous and tried to wash off the scent quickly with water in a panic, which, fortunately, was not that easy. The aggressively bitter note, reminiscent of a pesticide-laden orange peel, mostly dissipated after a few moments, leaving a fruity, fresh, and slightly bitter orange-citrus note with a pleasant hint of pineapple and pepper, as far as my borrowed nose could detect. The scent was now less piercing and had transformed into a nice, fruity-bitter companion.
As I smelled the fragrance a few more times, a thought suddenly struck me, one that perfectly described the scent for me in two words: “masculine fruit.” Most fruity fragrances I’ve sniffed so far either leaned towards a very citrusy or extremely sweet note. The latter is always a bit too feminine for my personal taste. This fragrance, with its unusually bitter side, is indeed a bit more pleasant to wear, at least for a man.
I now felt a bit ashamed for having judged the fragrance so hastily, which, of course, doesn’t change the fact that the opening is very off-putting to me. However, everything after that is refreshingly bitter in a very pleasant way. If the fragrance were a bit cheaper, I would probably buy it, but at the moment, the price-performance ratio doesn’t quite fit for me, and it will likely remain with the rest of the sample.
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