Top Notes 
Bergamot
Grapefruit
Orange
Heart Notes 
Orange blossom
Pink pepper
Water jasmine
Base Notes 
Amber
Oakmoss
Patchouli
Sandalwood
Vetiver
White musk
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A Glass of Patchouli, Please!
Now it’s time for my very first comment in this wonderful forum.
Today, after work, I explored a family-run perfumery in Hallein, Austria. A small shop where, alongside a few selected fragrances, jewelry and of course cosmetics are sold. What I hadn’t encountered before:
In the entire perfumery, there are no paper strips! Instead, there are grappaglasses placed in front of the fragrances, into which the owner regularly sprays a cloud of the respective perfume. As she explained to me, this prevents the typical migraine haze that many perfumeries and department stores are firmly gripped by, as customers are not constantly spraying but only need to take a sniff from the glass. Additionally, you get a quicker sense of the heart and base notes and don’t smell the paper itself, as can happen otherwise.
She let me sniff some glasses of Trussardi, which didn’t evoke any particular reaction in me. Then she handed me the stylish glass with the new men’s fragrance from Etienne Aigner. I only knew the brand from leather accessories and had no idea what to expect. I was even more delighted when an intense patchouli scent wafted up from the glass. Wow! I hadn’t anticipated that.
Greedily, I leaned my nose further into the glass and inhaled the oriental spice.
The nice owner finally gave me a spritz of First Class Executive on my wrists. What a contrast to the fragrant grappaglass. Only then did I read the name. What were the Aigners thinking? First Class Executive. A failed attempt to appeal to customers from upper management? A competition to pass the time during the marketing department's lunch break, where silly English job titles were to be found? The first seconds seemed to fit the peculiar name. Typical citrusy-piercing top notes, like those from hundreds of men’s perfumes of the present.
Slowly, however, the patchouli, which I had shockingly fallen in love with, fought its way to the surface, and a certain shimmering elegance enveloped it. On the way home, I had difficulty driving, as I constantly had my right wrist near my nose. I really liked the Executive, precisely because of the patchouli, which I wouldn’t have expected in a mainstream men’s fragrance. Now, three hours later, I’m lying on the bed writing my comment. "My" patchouli is no longer particularly noticeable. However, I generally lack the ability to discern individual notes in a fragrance composition. On my wrist, I now perceive a pleasant melange of sweet-woody-warm and citrus-cool tones, a light brown swirl over which a silver shimmering veil lies.
I probably won’t be getting the Executive, even though it would definitely be worth it - I will satisfy my craving for patchouli with Parfumerie Generale. Fragrances from the elegant-masculine-modern range simply don’t suit me personally, which is no fault of the Executive. For me, elegant scents are Pour Monsieur by Chanel and Arpege by Lanvin.
For everyone else: Dare to try it out, despite the ridiculous name.
Cheers!
Today, after work, I explored a family-run perfumery in Hallein, Austria. A small shop where, alongside a few selected fragrances, jewelry and of course cosmetics are sold. What I hadn’t encountered before:
In the entire perfumery, there are no paper strips! Instead, there are grappaglasses placed in front of the fragrances, into which the owner regularly sprays a cloud of the respective perfume. As she explained to me, this prevents the typical migraine haze that many perfumeries and department stores are firmly gripped by, as customers are not constantly spraying but only need to take a sniff from the glass. Additionally, you get a quicker sense of the heart and base notes and don’t smell the paper itself, as can happen otherwise.
She let me sniff some glasses of Trussardi, which didn’t evoke any particular reaction in me. Then she handed me the stylish glass with the new men’s fragrance from Etienne Aigner. I only knew the brand from leather accessories and had no idea what to expect. I was even more delighted when an intense patchouli scent wafted up from the glass. Wow! I hadn’t anticipated that.
Greedily, I leaned my nose further into the glass and inhaled the oriental spice.
The nice owner finally gave me a spritz of First Class Executive on my wrists. What a contrast to the fragrant grappaglass. Only then did I read the name. What were the Aigners thinking? First Class Executive. A failed attempt to appeal to customers from upper management? A competition to pass the time during the marketing department's lunch break, where silly English job titles were to be found? The first seconds seemed to fit the peculiar name. Typical citrusy-piercing top notes, like those from hundreds of men’s perfumes of the present.
Slowly, however, the patchouli, which I had shockingly fallen in love with, fought its way to the surface, and a certain shimmering elegance enveloped it. On the way home, I had difficulty driving, as I constantly had my right wrist near my nose. I really liked the Executive, precisely because of the patchouli, which I wouldn’t have expected in a mainstream men’s fragrance. Now, three hours later, I’m lying on the bed writing my comment. "My" patchouli is no longer particularly noticeable. However, I generally lack the ability to discern individual notes in a fragrance composition. On my wrist, I now perceive a pleasant melange of sweet-woody-warm and citrus-cool tones, a light brown swirl over which a silver shimmering veil lies.
I probably won’t be getting the Executive, even though it would definitely be worth it - I will satisfy my craving for patchouli with Parfumerie Generale. Fragrances from the elegant-masculine-modern range simply don’t suit me personally, which is no fault of the Executive. For me, elegant scents are Pour Monsieur by Chanel and Arpege by Lanvin.
For everyone else: Dare to try it out, despite the ridiculous name.
Cheers!
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