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Tuscan King is supposed to unite - a look at the notes reveals it - Aventus and Tuscan Leather. Two very hyped fragrances here, which one hardly encounters in the wild among people who are less addicted to perfume. Or never. Anyway, this mixture made me curious, because even if I don't want to start a batch discussion about how Aventus smells best, I think smoky birch as a leather synonym with reasonably implemented citrus is good. Royal Vintage by Micallef, for example, I really appreciate, with the cypress accentuating the limey quality quite strongly. Enough of the preliminary banter to stretch the commentary, let's get to the olfactory result:
Tuscan King is not for me an 8.5, which I award anyway rather rarely. In fact, the fragrance starts with smoky citrus birch, which is already gently reminiscent of leather. But if you let Tuscan King work for about ten minutes, the raspberry is not noticeable. This pulls the fragrance into a praline-like leather sweetness, yet not pungent like Ombre Leather 18 but rather full-bodied though not mine. While in Tuscan Leather the saffron parries the tips of the raspberry excellent, this is missing here - at least in my perception.
Now saffron is definitely present, but this was presented here very weak to fit better into the overall construct. Overall, you also walk on a narrow path, threatening to slip into sweetish fruitiness because just at the beginning of pineapple, currant and then raspberry of course draw an exaggerated picture, which is clearly reflected in the leather note.
Now you can hold up Tuscan King positive that the combination of pineapple and dimmed saffron stimulating effect, you smell so not every day. In the base is now a gentle leather note perceptible, finely arranged, the whole is for me positively connoted.
At some point, the birch, which creates the leather, changes. It becomes brighter, fruitier, the smoky element has disappeared. Only the acidity as well as the spicy saffron provide at this point a reasonably consistent quality. In this state, the fragrance then also lingers, so it is ultimately a smooth and pleasing creation. Can, but does not have to.
Overall, Tuscan King is relatively balanced. My collection he will not enrich but that is due to several factors: for one, inherent in the fragrance is a smoothness that seems to me too round, too lovely, even too fruity. If the citrus elements were more accentuated, I'd keep reaching for Royal Vintage. If the scent were leaning more towards saffron and spices - well, Tuscan Leather is in my collection, among others. Either way, there would be no room. Nevertheless, I would like to note that Tuscan King has by no means been constructed as coarse as La Yuqawam but quite more variances and especially deeper details are present.
Tuscan King is not for me an 8.5, which I award anyway rather rarely. In fact, the fragrance starts with smoky citrus birch, which is already gently reminiscent of leather. But if you let Tuscan King work for about ten minutes, the raspberry is not noticeable. This pulls the fragrance into a praline-like leather sweetness, yet not pungent like Ombre Leather 18 but rather full-bodied though not mine. While in Tuscan Leather the saffron parries the tips of the raspberry excellent, this is missing here - at least in my perception.
Now saffron is definitely present, but this was presented here very weak to fit better into the overall construct. Overall, you also walk on a narrow path, threatening to slip into sweetish fruitiness because just at the beginning of pineapple, currant and then raspberry of course draw an exaggerated picture, which is clearly reflected in the leather note.
Now you can hold up Tuscan King positive that the combination of pineapple and dimmed saffron stimulating effect, you smell so not every day. In the base is now a gentle leather note perceptible, finely arranged, the whole is for me positively connoted.
At some point, the birch, which creates the leather, changes. It becomes brighter, fruitier, the smoky element has disappeared. Only the acidity as well as the spicy saffron provide at this point a reasonably consistent quality. In this state, the fragrance then also lingers, so it is ultimately a smooth and pleasing creation. Can, but does not have to.
Overall, Tuscan King is relatively balanced. My collection he will not enrich but that is due to several factors: for one, inherent in the fragrance is a smoothness that seems to me too round, too lovely, even too fruity. If the citrus elements were more accentuated, I'd keep reaching for Royal Vintage. If the scent were leaning more towards saffron and spices - well, Tuscan Leather is in my collection, among others. Either way, there would be no room. Nevertheless, I would like to note that Tuscan King has by no means been constructed as coarse as La Yuqawam but quite more variances and especially deeper details are present.
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