09/13/2021
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The bull's eye
My first fragrance was the good old venerable Boss in the mid 80s. A simple bottle, no frills and yet a fragrance that I will never forget. Since then I have - I don't know how many - tested, bought and sprayed fragrances, but the longer I do that, the more difficult the search for something really new becomes. Felt / smelled everything was already there.
Sure, even the industry itself can not reinvent the wheel. There are umpteen ingredients, these can be mixed differently, but at some point all the possibilities are exhausted and new creations are inevitably always somewhere like a fragrance, which there is just in at least similar form already exists or existed. There are certainly fads, such as the oud in recent years, which almost every manufacturer built into his 14th Flanker, but otherwise...?
As I get older, I'm also no longer looking for the kind of fragrances that run around like a loudspeaker screaming everything left and right. Sillage gladly, durability also, but between intrusive and subtle is then still a fine line.
And so I finally stumbled upon the Parco Palladiano line from Bottega Veneta. Already two years ago, I was fascinated by the flacon, because it looks like a glass in which numerous prisms have been cut. A visual highlight, no doubt. The price deterred me then so much that it was not even enough for a test. This time - and as I said, looking for something special - I let myself be tempted into a blind purchase, which created a mixture of uneasy feeling and anticipation until delivery.
The unboxing itself is unspectacular, but for the price I expected other than a plain box. Although I do not care about velvet boxes, I knock the one like the other directly into the bin. Still, a little appreciation to the consumer would have been nice.
The bottle, yes, as already mentioned, very respectable, nevertheless, also here a point of criticism: the closure. Visually adapted to the bottle, but the pulling off and putting on just does not fit the price. Too strict, too heavy, you have to go to work with emphasis. A magnetic closure would here also the own claim of Bottega Veneta clearly fairer. For this, the sprayer does a good job and releases the contents with emphasis into the freedom. Wait briefly, let set and then take a strong breath.
As spicy-green the fragrance is pigeonholed, I would add woody if necessary, initially maybe even slightly fresh, in any case pleasant and super pleasant. A nose flatterer par excellence. The announced rosemary does not sniff my nose. Sage, if too prominent, can quickly become annoying (as in throat lozenges), but here finely dosed and in combination with the laurel a fantastic composition. Green fragrances are often dangerous, because they like to drift sometimes into the musty, but here, it should be anticipated, that does not happen even after hours.
On me, the scent has a soothing calming effect. No forest walk in the usual sense, too little dark for that, but with the previously mentioned "freshness", perhaps better expressed "lightness". PP V Lauro does not crush you in the thicket and also not in the moss, despite the green character resonates energy.
I always catch myself noticing how much I like the scent. When I sit down, a small pinch spills out of my open shirt and into my nose. Lauro is classic without being boring. Very natural looking compared to many synthetics. Omnipresent, but never overbearing or loud. A statement without celebrating the very grand entrance. The fragrance doesn't have to, it works that way too. When passing by others, it leaves a fine impression without slaying the fellow human beings. It simply makes a mark. Very very noble, very successful.
In the course of the day, the lightness gives way to a slightly enhanced green, the woody hints present from the beginning come out a little stronger and emphasize the masculine character. Lauro brings me through the day and is still my companion at dinner.
At the beginning I had mentioned that more or every fragrance was so or similar before. And yes, of course, there are quite a few greenlings of other brands, yet this one is special. Because the complete arrangement is almost perfect for me. Great cinema. The fragrance reaches full marks with me, I simply find no point of criticism.
Sillage and durability are according to desire about the dosage individually hochfahrbar. However, an overdose in the sense of fogging does not correspond to the character of Lauro. In the normal case 10 hours, so neat.
About the flacon, I had already let out.
The price, we need to talk about that. Okay, the bottle is not one of the bar, but the people of Bottega Veneta long to the motto "take it from the living, the dead pay no more". 170 hammers for 50ml is absolute pain point. Yes, other niche products run around with a similar price tag, and yes, luxury always runs. Still, you shouldn't push consumers' patience and willingness to buy to the limit, because once overpriced, you've lost the customer.
A fragrance with unique selling proposition, which I will certainly very happy to wear in autumn and winter!
Sure, even the industry itself can not reinvent the wheel. There are umpteen ingredients, these can be mixed differently, but at some point all the possibilities are exhausted and new creations are inevitably always somewhere like a fragrance, which there is just in at least similar form already exists or existed. There are certainly fads, such as the oud in recent years, which almost every manufacturer built into his 14th Flanker, but otherwise...?
As I get older, I'm also no longer looking for the kind of fragrances that run around like a loudspeaker screaming everything left and right. Sillage gladly, durability also, but between intrusive and subtle is then still a fine line.
And so I finally stumbled upon the Parco Palladiano line from Bottega Veneta. Already two years ago, I was fascinated by the flacon, because it looks like a glass in which numerous prisms have been cut. A visual highlight, no doubt. The price deterred me then so much that it was not even enough for a test. This time - and as I said, looking for something special - I let myself be tempted into a blind purchase, which created a mixture of uneasy feeling and anticipation until delivery.
The unboxing itself is unspectacular, but for the price I expected other than a plain box. Although I do not care about velvet boxes, I knock the one like the other directly into the bin. Still, a little appreciation to the consumer would have been nice.
The bottle, yes, as already mentioned, very respectable, nevertheless, also here a point of criticism: the closure. Visually adapted to the bottle, but the pulling off and putting on just does not fit the price. Too strict, too heavy, you have to go to work with emphasis. A magnetic closure would here also the own claim of Bottega Veneta clearly fairer. For this, the sprayer does a good job and releases the contents with emphasis into the freedom. Wait briefly, let set and then take a strong breath.
As spicy-green the fragrance is pigeonholed, I would add woody if necessary, initially maybe even slightly fresh, in any case pleasant and super pleasant. A nose flatterer par excellence. The announced rosemary does not sniff my nose. Sage, if too prominent, can quickly become annoying (as in throat lozenges), but here finely dosed and in combination with the laurel a fantastic composition. Green fragrances are often dangerous, because they like to drift sometimes into the musty, but here, it should be anticipated, that does not happen even after hours.
On me, the scent has a soothing calming effect. No forest walk in the usual sense, too little dark for that, but with the previously mentioned "freshness", perhaps better expressed "lightness". PP V Lauro does not crush you in the thicket and also not in the moss, despite the green character resonates energy.
I always catch myself noticing how much I like the scent. When I sit down, a small pinch spills out of my open shirt and into my nose. Lauro is classic without being boring. Very natural looking compared to many synthetics. Omnipresent, but never overbearing or loud. A statement without celebrating the very grand entrance. The fragrance doesn't have to, it works that way too. When passing by others, it leaves a fine impression without slaying the fellow human beings. It simply makes a mark. Very very noble, very successful.
In the course of the day, the lightness gives way to a slightly enhanced green, the woody hints present from the beginning come out a little stronger and emphasize the masculine character. Lauro brings me through the day and is still my companion at dinner.
At the beginning I had mentioned that more or every fragrance was so or similar before. And yes, of course, there are quite a few greenlings of other brands, yet this one is special. Because the complete arrangement is almost perfect for me. Great cinema. The fragrance reaches full marks with me, I simply find no point of criticism.
Sillage and durability are according to desire about the dosage individually hochfahrbar. However, an overdose in the sense of fogging does not correspond to the character of Lauro. In the normal case 10 hours, so neat.
About the flacon, I had already let out.
The price, we need to talk about that. Okay, the bottle is not one of the bar, but the people of Bottega Veneta long to the motto "take it from the living, the dead pay no more". 170 hammers for 50ml is absolute pain point. Yes, other niche products run around with a similar price tag, and yes, luxury always runs. Still, you shouldn't push consumers' patience and willingness to buy to the limit, because once overpriced, you've lost the customer.
A fragrance with unique selling proposition, which I will certainly very happy to wear in autumn and winter!
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