Top Notes 
Heart Notes 
Base Notes 
11/03/2021
Schwerelos
Auto-translated
Show original
Schwerelos
Top Review
16
Oh, how ugly and then so beautiful
This is a fragrance that I NEVER wanted to buy. Sheer furrows dug into my face as I stomped past it over and over again, sniffing. Where did I see him? I think secondarily it was available at every drugstore and major grocery store.
I kept thinking Betty Barclay, only in ugly, cheap and undignified. Oh, what a snob I was. I never wanted to have such an ugly bottle standing with me!
And then I read about drugstore fragrances being underrated. I think it was even here in the forum - or at the BJ? Anyway, I read about it and felt I had to give this fragrance a chance - yes, give it a chance! It was described as grown up and far from the mainstream.
Since I couldn't find a bottle locally, I ordered it (and its noir brother to boot) and was fully excited.
It arrived and was as ugly as expected. And that's the negative thing about it: the look is not appealing, the ball as a lid sits more poorly than not. No fragrance you want to display - or you stand over it.
And then I sprayed him on...
Contrary to the usual vanilla scents of today, it is not pappsweet or even sticky. Much more we find here a spicy, mature and adult vanilla, far from all popular gourmands. It has a somewhat oriental feel to it, woozy and confident at the start, but becoming softer and warmer. I smell clove, which I don't really like at all, but in this combination it doesn't seem stale, but feminine and wicked. There are also subtle floral notes, very light, but they take a back seat to the woody notes. The base with vanilla, amber and musk is absolutely dominant, with vanilla and amber performing an olfactory dance reminiscent of days gone by and pompous ballrooms. Somewhere there is a plate of vanilla cookies, but not the sweet ones - they are cookies that have as much spiciness as sweetness in them and will be scorned by any child. The connoisseurs, however, dance toward the plate with long strides and wide hoop skirts, and with them indulge in a hot vanilla liqueur that transforms the room into a bewitching melange of scents, all united in a moment of sensuality and passion.
This fragrance is not a zero-eight-fuff ten scent, although the price might suggest that. Much more it seems both mysterious and mature, a fragrance that is unlikely to suit any wearer under 30. It reminds me of 90s fragrances in its composition, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was designed then. When I allow associations, I think of Gabriela Sabattini or Charly Red by Revlon. And yet those two seem rather aldehyde-heavy, whereas here everything seems rounded and coordinated, without any scratchy aldehydes at all.
The sillage is decent, but soon loses its obtrusiveness and becomes increasingly close to the body, which I like very much. The durability is okay with a few hours, the next day it is still slightly noticeable in the scarf. All in all, a decent fragrance that could happily cost a few euros more in a different bottle. If I look at the overall work, it is a fragrance that positively stands out from the drugstore crowd. Not a dupe, not a pure favor fragrance in the mass of uniformity, not a trivial fruit water.
Thanks to everyone who recommended it!
I kept thinking Betty Barclay, only in ugly, cheap and undignified. Oh, what a snob I was. I never wanted to have such an ugly bottle standing with me!
And then I read about drugstore fragrances being underrated. I think it was even here in the forum - or at the BJ? Anyway, I read about it and felt I had to give this fragrance a chance - yes, give it a chance! It was described as grown up and far from the mainstream.
Since I couldn't find a bottle locally, I ordered it (and its noir brother to boot) and was fully excited.
It arrived and was as ugly as expected. And that's the negative thing about it: the look is not appealing, the ball as a lid sits more poorly than not. No fragrance you want to display - or you stand over it.
And then I sprayed him on...
Contrary to the usual vanilla scents of today, it is not pappsweet or even sticky. Much more we find here a spicy, mature and adult vanilla, far from all popular gourmands. It has a somewhat oriental feel to it, woozy and confident at the start, but becoming softer and warmer. I smell clove, which I don't really like at all, but in this combination it doesn't seem stale, but feminine and wicked. There are also subtle floral notes, very light, but they take a back seat to the woody notes. The base with vanilla, amber and musk is absolutely dominant, with vanilla and amber performing an olfactory dance reminiscent of days gone by and pompous ballrooms. Somewhere there is a plate of vanilla cookies, but not the sweet ones - they are cookies that have as much spiciness as sweetness in them and will be scorned by any child. The connoisseurs, however, dance toward the plate with long strides and wide hoop skirts, and with them indulge in a hot vanilla liqueur that transforms the room into a bewitching melange of scents, all united in a moment of sensuality and passion.
This fragrance is not a zero-eight-fuff ten scent, although the price might suggest that. Much more it seems both mysterious and mature, a fragrance that is unlikely to suit any wearer under 30. It reminds me of 90s fragrances in its composition, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was designed then. When I allow associations, I think of Gabriela Sabattini or Charly Red by Revlon. And yet those two seem rather aldehyde-heavy, whereas here everything seems rounded and coordinated, without any scratchy aldehydes at all.
The sillage is decent, but soon loses its obtrusiveness and becomes increasingly close to the body, which I like very much. The durability is okay with a few hours, the next day it is still slightly noticeable in the scarf. All in all, a decent fragrance that could happily cost a few euros more in a different bottle. If I look at the overall work, it is a fragrance that positively stands out from the drugstore crowd. Not a dupe, not a pure favor fragrance in the mass of uniformity, not a trivial fruit water.
Thanks to everyone who recommended it!
5 Replies
