01/12/2020
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A little crazy is exciting anyway!
I picked up Madness in the bay a few years ago. But it was already set up long ago, so testing in advance was not an option. But I would strongly recommend the same here.
I agree with some of my previous posters here: write "Serge Lutens" on the bottle and we have a flawless niche fragrance. Madness is like a good, solid piece of music, which is just a little bit too weird to really take off in the mainstream. It didn't help that shortly after the turn of the millennium there was a general mood of optimism and one pretended to be terribly innovative, after all the year has a two in front now. So Let's go mad! In the end, the nose-flatterers were given preference.
But if you look more carefully, madness is not so weird. Just a little special at most. The peppery top note is supported by the lychee. I don't smell it as such, it just makes the fragrance a bit more sparkling, almost a bit ethereal, until the rose makes its appearance.
What could lead to displeasure here is that the rose is quite heavy on the one hand, but still soapy on the other. AND the hibiscus. Green, a bit herbaceous and over time causing certain cough syrup associations. This is special, I can't think of any other scent that smells similar. Especially not in the rather cheap designer corner.
The base is woody, the rose is still present, darker and not soapy. Now it actually smells a bit elegant, the cough syrup was drunk up well-behaved. I don't know about cotton candy. Madness is also in the base only cautiously sweet. But I find it quite pleasant that there is no vanilla, no amber and no sandalwood. It's just different.
Madness is a character scent for me. You can wear it all year round and on any occasion, but you have to really like it. In any case, it would be a great signature scent. Because it's special and not every other person wears it.
On me it holds on the whole day, the sillage is just so present that it is not yet intrusive. for my subjective feeling. I perceive the scent but rather profoundly.
I agree with some of my previous posters here: write "Serge Lutens" on the bottle and we have a flawless niche fragrance. Madness is like a good, solid piece of music, which is just a little bit too weird to really take off in the mainstream. It didn't help that shortly after the turn of the millennium there was a general mood of optimism and one pretended to be terribly innovative, after all the year has a two in front now. So Let's go mad! In the end, the nose-flatterers were given preference.
But if you look more carefully, madness is not so weird. Just a little special at most. The peppery top note is supported by the lychee. I don't smell it as such, it just makes the fragrance a bit more sparkling, almost a bit ethereal, until the rose makes its appearance.
What could lead to displeasure here is that the rose is quite heavy on the one hand, but still soapy on the other. AND the hibiscus. Green, a bit herbaceous and over time causing certain cough syrup associations. This is special, I can't think of any other scent that smells similar. Especially not in the rather cheap designer corner.
The base is woody, the rose is still present, darker and not soapy. Now it actually smells a bit elegant, the cough syrup was drunk up well-behaved. I don't know about cotton candy. Madness is also in the base only cautiously sweet. But I find it quite pleasant that there is no vanilla, no amber and no sandalwood. It's just different.
Madness is a character scent for me. You can wear it all year round and on any occasion, but you have to really like it. In any case, it would be a great signature scent. Because it's special and not every other person wears it.
On me it holds on the whole day, the sillage is just so present that it is not yet intrusive. for my subjective feeling. I perceive the scent but rather profoundly.
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