05/20/2021
Notausgang
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Sniffing the roses unsuspectingly
In front of me on the table is a small test tube, with one or two milliliters of transparent, inconspicuous liquid. The only label is the number "4", written on the plastic with a felt-tip pen. I don't know anything about it - don't know the manufacturer or the bottle, not the price range or the notes that await me, all the information that is communicated to us via the senses of sight and hearing, when in the case of fragrances someone else plays the main role - the nose. All right, and the brain. And both of them get a proper workout from this little sample.
So I try to approach this unknown fragrance systematically, my notebook and a pen are always within reach.
Test sniff
On the spray head of the tube, I smell... not much. The scent doesn't seem particularly potent, although it has been sprayed a few times.
"Fruity-oriental" I write down hesitantly, "rather weak".
Paper sample
Before it may be sprayed on my skin, I subject the fragrance to a test on a paper strip. Here reveals itself then also a greater radiance than emanated from the spray head itself. The star of this perfume now shows itself for the first time: Rose!
I note: "Rose. Perles de Lalique? spicy: peppery - woody - a little bit fresh. minimal plastic (aldehyde?) note. quite gentle."
Wear test
Rose immediately fills the room when sprayed on the skin. It is not heavy or stale, but fruity, transparent, dewdrop fresh. Hence my association with Perles de Lalique , a fragrance that made this flower accessible to me for the first time through a light, almost futuristic treatment of the rose. I am quite thrilled by this elegant, feminine, slightly sweet and floating rose that I perceive in "number 4".
I reach for the pen: "delightfully fruity/jammy rose. spicy, a pinch of pepper. fresh! not aquatic, but dewy."
As the fragrance progresses, the rose pulls back a bit, but remains ever-present. Underneath, I perceive an equally delicate base, "possibly ISO-E? woody-transparent. Rose - rose - rose. green aspects. Resin?" My partner also senses fruity notes and keeps pulling my wrist towards his nose saying, "I like this one a lot! You're keeping it, aren't you?"
Pearl comparison
In many aspects, the unknown fragrance reminded me of Perles de Lalique : the fresh rose, the woody base, PdL did not skimp on ISO-E. In direct comparison, each fragrance sprayed on a wrist, PdL is clearly more acidic and has more intense woody notes.
I can hardly believe it when I admit to myself that I like "4" even better - it's rounder and more delicate. After repeated wear, when I sniff it directly on my skin, I can detect the woody notes here as well. "Patch? Vetiver? Cashmeran?" I'm guessing the latter, as a certain resinousness is evident, though it never clearly comes to the fore. No, the foreground is someone else - her. The rose.
Elegant. Floating. Sweet and delicate and gentle. Fresh. Beautiful.
Thank you to dear First for this exciting blind comment challenge! With a choice of 4 unlabeled fragrances, I got to pick one to write a review on. And it has become DCCLIII per La Donna, which has immediately displaced Perles de Lalique from my wish list.
So I try to approach this unknown fragrance systematically, my notebook and a pen are always within reach.
Test sniff
On the spray head of the tube, I smell... not much. The scent doesn't seem particularly potent, although it has been sprayed a few times.
"Fruity-oriental" I write down hesitantly, "rather weak".
Paper sample
Before it may be sprayed on my skin, I subject the fragrance to a test on a paper strip. Here reveals itself then also a greater radiance than emanated from the spray head itself. The star of this perfume now shows itself for the first time: Rose!
I note: "Rose. Perles de Lalique? spicy: peppery - woody - a little bit fresh. minimal plastic (aldehyde?) note. quite gentle."
Wear test
Rose immediately fills the room when sprayed on the skin. It is not heavy or stale, but fruity, transparent, dewdrop fresh. Hence my association with Perles de Lalique , a fragrance that made this flower accessible to me for the first time through a light, almost futuristic treatment of the rose. I am quite thrilled by this elegant, feminine, slightly sweet and floating rose that I perceive in "number 4".
I reach for the pen: "delightfully fruity/jammy rose. spicy, a pinch of pepper. fresh! not aquatic, but dewy."
As the fragrance progresses, the rose pulls back a bit, but remains ever-present. Underneath, I perceive an equally delicate base, "possibly ISO-E? woody-transparent. Rose - rose - rose. green aspects. Resin?" My partner also senses fruity notes and keeps pulling my wrist towards his nose saying, "I like this one a lot! You're keeping it, aren't you?"
Pearl comparison
In many aspects, the unknown fragrance reminded me of Perles de Lalique : the fresh rose, the woody base, PdL did not skimp on ISO-E. In direct comparison, each fragrance sprayed on a wrist, PdL is clearly more acidic and has more intense woody notes.
I can hardly believe it when I admit to myself that I like "4" even better - it's rounder and more delicate. After repeated wear, when I sniff it directly on my skin, I can detect the woody notes here as well. "Patch? Vetiver? Cashmeran?" I'm guessing the latter, as a certain resinousness is evident, though it never clearly comes to the fore. No, the foreground is someone else - her. The rose.
Elegant. Floating. Sweet and delicate and gentle. Fresh. Beautiful.
Thank you to dear First for this exciting blind comment challenge! With a choice of 4 unlabeled fragrances, I got to pick one to write a review on. And it has become DCCLIII per La Donna, which has immediately displaced Perles de Lalique from my wish list.
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