Top Notes 
Gin
Vimzorkap
Heart Notes 
Jasmine
Base Notes 
Mahogany
Suede
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Spirit-free (but not entirely unsympathetic)
So, now I’ve been able to test it as well. As Kankuro already said, it’s clearly a crowd-pleaser, a fragrance that Lieschen Müller should use to persuade her perfume-critical husband. Okay, Joop's ingratiating mentality may be somewhat questionable, but it’s really nothing different from what Calvin Klein has been doing to earn his bread for years.
Since we’ve only heard expressions of disappointment so far, but hardly anything about the scent, I’ll give it a try: Freigeist wants to come across as sophisticated and elegant, but the cheap and very synthetic ingredients unfortunately largely prevent that. I say unfortunately because I can certainly sympathize with the theoretical approach of not stomping through McDonald's like a lumberjack, as “Hugo” does. They could have done more with it.
The listed fragrance notes can only be fragmentary, because apart from the quite perceptible percentages in the form of gin (more like a Gin Fizz a la L'Eau D'Issey) and a hint of jasmine (like Acqua Di Gio and 281 others listed on Parfumo), we are again dealing with tons of fruity and always somewhat overly sweet aquatic notes (presumably Calone).
Somewhat indecisively, the lovely middle notes lead into a surprisingly masculine wood accord, which unfortunately already smells heavily of plastic again. Mahogany, really! Surprisingly, this was not the final point, as now the laminate begins to pulse in competition with the tireless freshness specter. Unusual. Perhaps also a small case study showing that artificial marine notes are becoming increasingly indestructible, because as unsatisfying as the whole thing may be, a certain endurance cannot be denied.
Since we’ve only heard expressions of disappointment so far, but hardly anything about the scent, I’ll give it a try: Freigeist wants to come across as sophisticated and elegant, but the cheap and very synthetic ingredients unfortunately largely prevent that. I say unfortunately because I can certainly sympathize with the theoretical approach of not stomping through McDonald's like a lumberjack, as “Hugo” does. They could have done more with it.
The listed fragrance notes can only be fragmentary, because apart from the quite perceptible percentages in the form of gin (more like a Gin Fizz a la L'Eau D'Issey) and a hint of jasmine (like Acqua Di Gio and 281 others listed on Parfumo), we are again dealing with tons of fruity and always somewhat overly sweet aquatic notes (presumably Calone).
Somewhat indecisively, the lovely middle notes lead into a surprisingly masculine wood accord, which unfortunately already smells heavily of plastic again. Mahogany, really! Surprisingly, this was not the final point, as now the laminate begins to pulse in competition with the tireless freshness specter. Unusual. Perhaps also a small case study showing that artificial marine notes are becoming increasingly indestructible, because as unsatisfying as the whole thing may be, a certain endurance cannot be denied.
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