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The "Sycomore Crisis"
For a long time, I held back from commenting on this fragrance, but since I am wearing it again today after a long time, the emotions are boiling inside me, and my pent-up hatred simply has to come out.
What do I feel about this fragrance? Hatred. I already wrote that at the beginning. And why do I feel this way? Not because the fragrance is poorly made. No, I hate this fragrance because it bears the name "Sycomore" and has made the original disappear from the scene. I am talking about the REAL Sycomore, the Sycomore that enthusiasts know, and not this cheap knockoff with the same name. There is nothing in this fragrance that resembles what the fans of the original loved. Instead, we find in the EdP a castrated, this time feminine, and absolutely boring version of Sycomore. Starting with a citrusy and spring-like top note. Great boredom right from the start. Soft, light green, almost neon-colored - a vetiver opening like any other. No scratchy, earthy-nutty composition that immediately brings to mind images of forest and campfire.
In my eyes, the EdP is a vetiver fragrance like any other. No individuality, vetiver smells here like in X-other fragrances.
And then? Nothing. Truly nothing else happens. The fragrance extends for several hours in great desolation, and I wonder where the 300€ are even remotely justified? Why Chanel?! Why have you robbed such a brilliant fragrance as the Sycomore EdT of its potency and changed it from the ground up? All the other Les Exclusifs have remained similar, but in the EdP of "Sycomore," or better said "Syco-Castration," I find hardly any DNA of the original! At least both versions could have been offered. I have visited quite a few exclusive department stores in the last few months, and at the Chanel counter, it’s always the same: The salespeople share my opinion and hear this criticism very often.
Thank you, thank you for destroying my favorite fragrance! :-(
What do I feel about this fragrance? Hatred. I already wrote that at the beginning. And why do I feel this way? Not because the fragrance is poorly made. No, I hate this fragrance because it bears the name "Sycomore" and has made the original disappear from the scene. I am talking about the REAL Sycomore, the Sycomore that enthusiasts know, and not this cheap knockoff with the same name. There is nothing in this fragrance that resembles what the fans of the original loved. Instead, we find in the EdP a castrated, this time feminine, and absolutely boring version of Sycomore. Starting with a citrusy and spring-like top note. Great boredom right from the start. Soft, light green, almost neon-colored - a vetiver opening like any other. No scratchy, earthy-nutty composition that immediately brings to mind images of forest and campfire.
In my eyes, the EdP is a vetiver fragrance like any other. No individuality, vetiver smells here like in X-other fragrances.
And then? Nothing. Truly nothing else happens. The fragrance extends for several hours in great desolation, and I wonder where the 300€ are even remotely justified? Why Chanel?! Why have you robbed such a brilliant fragrance as the Sycomore EdT of its potency and changed it from the ground up? All the other Les Exclusifs have remained similar, but in the EdP of "Sycomore," or better said "Syco-Castration," I find hardly any DNA of the original! At least both versions could have been offered. I have visited quite a few exclusive department stores in the last few months, and at the Chanel counter, it’s always the same: The salespeople share my opinion and hear this criticism very often.
Thank you, thank you for destroying my favorite fragrance! :-(
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13 Comments
Danke für den Kommi .. bist jetzt hoffentlich etwas erleichtert. Alternativ könnte es sich lohnen, auch mal "Vetiver Tonka", "08 Seylon" und auch "Fat Electrician" testen .. keine Kopien, gehören aber zur gleichen Duftfamilie.
:-)
Manchen steht das, für manche quasi der Gnadenstoß.