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11/22/2020
Unterlaender
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Free Life -- last positive rebellion in the house of Aigner
Guys, if it still existed, "Free Life" would be my signature fragrance even before the ingenious No 2! Two things right up front -- yes, similarities with Davidoff's Zino are obvious, although this one, released a year before Free Life, is a bit more earthy, herbaceous. And secondly -- I found the bottle, especially the one from the first series with the purple satin glass, the light-grey cap and the poison-green lettering so eighties, that I still like it today.
Like I said, I knew him before Zino, and I still love him today. This has a lot to do with sentimentality, because in the past 20 years or so he has become increasingly rare and, like so many old-school fragrances, is now being balanced out with gold. Once again quickly to the subject sentimentality -- I had it on me, when I had to say goodbye to my schoolmates* at the Abi-Ball in April 1989, had it on me, when my sister and years later my best friend married and wore it, meanwhile already ennobled to rarity, on the day of the birth of my little daughter and a few months later at her christening
What do I still like so much after 33 years of this olfactory steam pile driver from Aigner? It's this uncomplicated "I am Free Life, your buddy. I'm a real light-footed brother, always ready for a joke and offering you the daily amount of good humour included". Yep. We can leave it at that.
"FL" is a well-balanced mixture of bergamot, lavender and citrus notes, to which vanilla and tonka bean are added in the heart note, and patchouli raises its voice, even if only a little shyly. Towards the end it becomes powdery, sweetish, but not too sweet. One last time because with "FL" -- from a purely subjective point of view -- the great era of Aigner fragrances ended. Soon, a few years later, "FL" and its powerhouse giants such as Sport Fragrance, Silver, Super Fragrance and Urahn No 1 were buried. What then -- with the exception of my, see above, all-time-favorite NO 2, sailed under the flag of Aigner was, to be honest, a pity about the alcohol used for it and damage to the reputation of a still large brand.
I consider myself lucky to own a 30ml bottle of the first series in addition to two full minis, and yet I will only apply this broadband seducer again on an occasion worthy of it (wedding, baptism, world peace, my 100th birthday in 48 years etc pp). Peace!
Like I said, I knew him before Zino, and I still love him today. This has a lot to do with sentimentality, because in the past 20 years or so he has become increasingly rare and, like so many old-school fragrances, is now being balanced out with gold. Once again quickly to the subject sentimentality -- I had it on me, when I had to say goodbye to my schoolmates* at the Abi-Ball in April 1989, had it on me, when my sister and years later my best friend married and wore it, meanwhile already ennobled to rarity, on the day of the birth of my little daughter and a few months later at her christening
What do I still like so much after 33 years of this olfactory steam pile driver from Aigner? It's this uncomplicated "I am Free Life, your buddy. I'm a real light-footed brother, always ready for a joke and offering you the daily amount of good humour included". Yep. We can leave it at that.
"FL" is a well-balanced mixture of bergamot, lavender and citrus notes, to which vanilla and tonka bean are added in the heart note, and patchouli raises its voice, even if only a little shyly. Towards the end it becomes powdery, sweetish, but not too sweet. One last time because with "FL" -- from a purely subjective point of view -- the great era of Aigner fragrances ended. Soon, a few years later, "FL" and its powerhouse giants such as Sport Fragrance, Silver, Super Fragrance and Urahn No 1 were buried. What then -- with the exception of my, see above, all-time-favorite NO 2, sailed under the flag of Aigner was, to be honest, a pity about the alcohol used for it and damage to the reputation of a still large brand.
I consider myself lucky to own a 30ml bottle of the first series in addition to two full minis, and yet I will only apply this broadband seducer again on an occasion worthy of it (wedding, baptism, world peace, my 100th birthday in 48 years etc pp). Peace!
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