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Waiting for the Lovely Heart
How can one evaluate Eau Première without comparing it to the original, be it the Extrait or Eau de Toilette?
You spray and smell and sniff, and somehow you wait for something that you know or love from the original. And thus the comparison begins.
The opening is familiar, certainly aldehydic (because I really don’t know how aldehydes smell), it’s that known intensity, that rush that wafts around your nose in varying strengths with all versions of No 5, and yet it’s different, sweeter somehow, a bit like No 22, which also leaves you a bit dazed. Something is simply missing, a crispness, an anchor in the scent clouds, a destination.
And so you wait, or rather I do. I wait to see how it develops, sniffing every few minutes, and it comes - well, nothing comes. At least not what makes No 5 so irresistible for me, the spice, the depth, the counterpoint to the powder. And I think, no, this is nothing. All the interesting bits are gone. It’s flat, it’s boring. It’s just sweet, without fine tendrils to lead you into the spice and, animalic as it’s probably called, take you away.
And everything smelled on my mom's wrist, who is my test subject, on whom No 5 has always smelled wonderful. Always a bit woody, always a bit spicy, and not a hint of boredom.
But Eau Première, well, it stays stuck in the aldehydes, and I find it lacking depth, and I think about the target clientele, young, not old-fashioned, modern, who is meant to be addressed here. And I wonder how it can be that Eau Première essentially seems much more old-fashioned, soapy, powdery, almost uninteresting.
How can it be that exactly what makes No 5 (the original) so timeless for me and surely many others is taken out?
The counterpoints, the wood, how can it be that these are toned down, and only sweet powder remains?
I am a bit disappointed, because it smells quite nice, but really very very boring, and if it didn’t remind me of my No 5, it would just be some fragrance that turned out a bit too soapy.
But then, after a few more minutes, half an hour, something suddenly comes into the scent that is completely new and wonderful. The flowers bloom, and the scent becomes wonderfully lovely, very light, very airy, it is irresistibly delicate and floral, the soap has disappeared.
It must be the rose (which is indicated), although it seems to me a bit more delicate.
And that is then the scent. The heart.
Without animalic notes. Without the balanced scent profile of contrasting elements of the original Extrait and Eau de Toilette.
The original is still present, in the opening, and also later, a constant similarity of aldehydes and jasmine. Eau Première is lighter, more floral.
I would never say young.
That would be too insulting, to believe that young could not compete with spice and wood.
It’s simply a matter of character.
On my mom, who turned 89 yesterday, Eau Première smells enchanting after the first half hour has passed.
Eau Première is light and delicate and floral, for all age groups.
The beginning is too sweet for me.
There, the spice of the original creates the unique harmony that Eau Première lacks in the opening, although it is gently floating in the heart.
And the next day? The scent is completely gone.
*The Eau Première of the first generation in the elongated bottle was tested.
You spray and smell and sniff, and somehow you wait for something that you know or love from the original. And thus the comparison begins.
The opening is familiar, certainly aldehydic (because I really don’t know how aldehydes smell), it’s that known intensity, that rush that wafts around your nose in varying strengths with all versions of No 5, and yet it’s different, sweeter somehow, a bit like No 22, which also leaves you a bit dazed. Something is simply missing, a crispness, an anchor in the scent clouds, a destination.
And so you wait, or rather I do. I wait to see how it develops, sniffing every few minutes, and it comes - well, nothing comes. At least not what makes No 5 so irresistible for me, the spice, the depth, the counterpoint to the powder. And I think, no, this is nothing. All the interesting bits are gone. It’s flat, it’s boring. It’s just sweet, without fine tendrils to lead you into the spice and, animalic as it’s probably called, take you away.
And everything smelled on my mom's wrist, who is my test subject, on whom No 5 has always smelled wonderful. Always a bit woody, always a bit spicy, and not a hint of boredom.
But Eau Première, well, it stays stuck in the aldehydes, and I find it lacking depth, and I think about the target clientele, young, not old-fashioned, modern, who is meant to be addressed here. And I wonder how it can be that Eau Première essentially seems much more old-fashioned, soapy, powdery, almost uninteresting.
How can it be that exactly what makes No 5 (the original) so timeless for me and surely many others is taken out?
The counterpoints, the wood, how can it be that these are toned down, and only sweet powder remains?
I am a bit disappointed, because it smells quite nice, but really very very boring, and if it didn’t remind me of my No 5, it would just be some fragrance that turned out a bit too soapy.
But then, after a few more minutes, half an hour, something suddenly comes into the scent that is completely new and wonderful. The flowers bloom, and the scent becomes wonderfully lovely, very light, very airy, it is irresistibly delicate and floral, the soap has disappeared.
It must be the rose (which is indicated), although it seems to me a bit more delicate.
And that is then the scent. The heart.
Without animalic notes. Without the balanced scent profile of contrasting elements of the original Extrait and Eau de Toilette.
The original is still present, in the opening, and also later, a constant similarity of aldehydes and jasmine. Eau Première is lighter, more floral.
I would never say young.
That would be too insulting, to believe that young could not compete with spice and wood.
It’s simply a matter of character.
On my mom, who turned 89 yesterday, Eau Première smells enchanting after the first half hour has passed.
Eau Première is light and delicate and floral, for all age groups.
The beginning is too sweet for me.
There, the spice of the original creates the unique harmony that Eau Première lacks in the opening, although it is gently floating in the heart.
And the next day? The scent is completely gone.
*The Eau Première of the first generation in the elongated bottle was tested.
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Libelle11 2 years ago
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Good things take time... 🌷
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