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Thanks Bruno!
Some time ago I wrote that there are many different stories about how to get perfumes. Most of them are about how you either bought a fragrance in a perfumery or ordered it in an unspectacular way on an online platform. Then there are perhaps stories that tell about the fact that one discovered his perfume at a flea market or a stock exchange or even somehow bought or exchanged it through the souk here. Of course there are also scents that one got as a present or even found. Those who do not take honesty and morals very seriously might have taken their perfume with the so-called "five-finger discount". Probably would hardly come to a perfume in the mind, but unfortunately it is supposed to exist.
It would probably be no less interesting if you commissioned your fragrance personally and had it produced. But with my Carthusia Uomo everything is completely different. I more or less inherited it. OK - now not in a will with notarial certification, but rather as a minimal memento of a recently deceased friend. He ran a small, but nevertheless well renowned and quite demanding publishing house in Düsseldorf. Although he was no longer the youngest, he still did a lot of things himself within his company. Unfortunately much too much, because despite a heart attack the year before last he could not or did not want to cut back on his time, which in the end turned out anything but well. Tragic, because it was somehow predictable.
I knew him only relatively briefly, but I appreciated his pleasant worldly manner and his enormous general knowledge.
In order to dissolve the publishing house, I was then able to take some literary works from the portfolio in return for a donation and was also asked whether I was interested in his perfumes, after all I was deeply involved in the subject. I was not expecting a large or important collection, but at least the Carthusia Uomu, a nearly full 25 ml bottle, which I gratefully accepted. I don't associate it with personal memories and experiences, but I liked it more than very much when I tried it on. And that has its reason:
What I particularly liked is this tangy-spicy freshness with this light herbaceousness. Bergamot is only used very modestly and is overtrumped by a pleasant soft green note with a skilful shot of patchouli and above all, a good deal of oakmoss. If you like the latter, you've come to the right place, because Carthusia Uomo is bursting with barbershop attitude, without that soapy touch. Maybe it is too much of an aftershave theme or too profane for others. For me it is just right, because these fine-tangy nuances appeal to me. Moreover, this long-lasting eau de parfum reminds me a little of Gucci's Nobile. I know I've mentioned this before, but here, the similarity is particularly intense. Maybe it's also because both fragrances share eleven ingredients in the pyramid, and as Italians, they both radiate that typically spicy Mediterranean flair.
That Carthusia Uomo gets off so badly here, I am a little surprised. After all, I find the scent not so much polarizing or unpleasant, but rather an excellent alternative to Nobile, which was incomprehensibly discontinued and is being traded highly on eBay.
At this point I would like to thank Bruno and especially his sister, who made it possible for me to get to know and appreciate Carthusia Uomo and to keep this welcome souvenir.
It would probably be no less interesting if you commissioned your fragrance personally and had it produced. But with my Carthusia Uomo everything is completely different. I more or less inherited it. OK - now not in a will with notarial certification, but rather as a minimal memento of a recently deceased friend. He ran a small, but nevertheless well renowned and quite demanding publishing house in Düsseldorf. Although he was no longer the youngest, he still did a lot of things himself within his company. Unfortunately much too much, because despite a heart attack the year before last he could not or did not want to cut back on his time, which in the end turned out anything but well. Tragic, because it was somehow predictable.
I knew him only relatively briefly, but I appreciated his pleasant worldly manner and his enormous general knowledge.
In order to dissolve the publishing house, I was then able to take some literary works from the portfolio in return for a donation and was also asked whether I was interested in his perfumes, after all I was deeply involved in the subject. I was not expecting a large or important collection, but at least the Carthusia Uomu, a nearly full 25 ml bottle, which I gratefully accepted. I don't associate it with personal memories and experiences, but I liked it more than very much when I tried it on. And that has its reason:
What I particularly liked is this tangy-spicy freshness with this light herbaceousness. Bergamot is only used very modestly and is overtrumped by a pleasant soft green note with a skilful shot of patchouli and above all, a good deal of oakmoss. If you like the latter, you've come to the right place, because Carthusia Uomo is bursting with barbershop attitude, without that soapy touch. Maybe it is too much of an aftershave theme or too profane for others. For me it is just right, because these fine-tangy nuances appeal to me. Moreover, this long-lasting eau de parfum reminds me a little of Gucci's Nobile. I know I've mentioned this before, but here, the similarity is particularly intense. Maybe it's also because both fragrances share eleven ingredients in the pyramid, and as Italians, they both radiate that typically spicy Mediterranean flair.
That Carthusia Uomo gets off so badly here, I am a little surprised. After all, I find the scent not so much polarizing or unpleasant, but rather an excellent alternative to Nobile, which was incomprehensibly discontinued and is being traded highly on eBay.
At this point I would like to thank Bruno and especially his sister, who made it possible for me to get to know and appreciate Carthusia Uomo and to keep this welcome souvenir.
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