02/29/2020

Leporello
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Let's shed some light on the ivory tower...
If you have been dealing with perfumes for some time, taking a closer look, testing and sticking your nose into the fragrant mist, you have to be careful not to lose your grip. This is what happened to me and therefore also to be understood self-critically. The more you test, smell and get to know, the more you have certain ideas about a fragrance. You create, I believe, a kind of "perfect" fragrance in the back of your head and take it out for comparison. I have noticed that the more "luxury or niche fragrances" I have tested, the harsher my criticism of the "crowdpleasers" turns out to be. This is not necessarily good and you run the risk of doing wrong with some of the scents. A prime example of such an unjustly devalued fragrance is Baldessarini Eau de Cologne. Let's leave out the striking advertising with its slogan and go straight to the content. Baldessarini Eau de Cologne is a fragrance that can now be purchased online and offline for little money. The range is complemented by after shave, shower gel and deodorant stick, and has been for years.
After a long time I bought this scent again, because I liked it very much from the moment it was released and for me it is a kind of egg-laying wool-milk sow. Of course, the wheel is not reinvented here, but the combination of fresh, rather sweet-citric notes and spices with patchouli is very round and pleasant. So I can't really classify the fragrance into one category, because it is neither a classic spice fragrance nor a fresh springtime treat. The top note is not immediately fresh and spicy, but rather warm and sweetish, steamed and accompanied by light spicy notes. This opening reminds me a little bit of the way one would use a kitchen mortar to grind tangerine peel, spices and oil of citrus fruits into a paste. Fortunately without Christmas baking associations. However, this top note fades away very quickly and after about fifteen minutes makes room for a rather interesting mixture of patchouli (but not the musty cellar patchouli), balsamic notes (no idea what that is) and wood. My nose is not able to understand why mint is listed here. What is described here as a balsamic note and patchouli reminds me a little of the smell of slightly moist tobacco fine cut, as we used to buy them in the bag. Nevertheless, I find it difficult to claim here that it is a pure tobacco scent, rather a fruity and spicy spring scent with nuances of tobacco. Surprisingly, Carven's new fragrance Paris La Havane reminds me of the concept of Baldessarini's Eau de Cologne, a little as if Carven had created an "Intense version" of this fragrance. The shelf life of this Eau de Cologne is just under six hours with rather skin-tight Sillage, which can nevertheless be sufficient at times.
If I were to describe the fragrance of Baldessarini's Eau de Cologne in an association, it would be most likely with the image of a hilly Cuban landscape full of tobacco and fruit plantations surrounded by forest and morning damp. Everything blurs into a sweet-spicy and subdued fruity blend. But what we and I can learn from this fragrance is that it is worthwhile once again to flood the ivory tower with light and go to the lowlands of "mainstream fragrances" to discover little treasures there too
After a long time I bought this scent again, because I liked it very much from the moment it was released and for me it is a kind of egg-laying wool-milk sow. Of course, the wheel is not reinvented here, but the combination of fresh, rather sweet-citric notes and spices with patchouli is very round and pleasant. So I can't really classify the fragrance into one category, because it is neither a classic spice fragrance nor a fresh springtime treat. The top note is not immediately fresh and spicy, but rather warm and sweetish, steamed and accompanied by light spicy notes. This opening reminds me a little bit of the way one would use a kitchen mortar to grind tangerine peel, spices and oil of citrus fruits into a paste. Fortunately without Christmas baking associations. However, this top note fades away very quickly and after about fifteen minutes makes room for a rather interesting mixture of patchouli (but not the musty cellar patchouli), balsamic notes (no idea what that is) and wood. My nose is not able to understand why mint is listed here. What is described here as a balsamic note and patchouli reminds me a little of the smell of slightly moist tobacco fine cut, as we used to buy them in the bag. Nevertheless, I find it difficult to claim here that it is a pure tobacco scent, rather a fruity and spicy spring scent with nuances of tobacco. Surprisingly, Carven's new fragrance Paris La Havane reminds me of the concept of Baldessarini's Eau de Cologne, a little as if Carven had created an "Intense version" of this fragrance. The shelf life of this Eau de Cologne is just under six hours with rather skin-tight Sillage, which can nevertheless be sufficient at times.
If I were to describe the fragrance of Baldessarini's Eau de Cologne in an association, it would be most likely with the image of a hilly Cuban landscape full of tobacco and fruit plantations surrounded by forest and morning damp. Everything blurs into a sweet-spicy and subdued fruity blend. But what we and I can learn from this fragrance is that it is worthwhile once again to flood the ivory tower with light and go to the lowlands of "mainstream fragrances" to discover little treasures there too
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