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May the noble donor of samples feel snogged...
...because I was really happy about this.
Just so he slides schöon into the nineties but he still smells very strongly after Eighties. Where... not so typical. We all know the aldehyde opening but then it will not be warm oriental like Poison or Obsession but spicy and flowery. Tuberose, carnation with a certain warmth of benzoin, amber and a little sweetness that actually reminds of raspberries... but a certain scratchiness resonates. Like a stuck chypre prelude. Nice and prickly, but without citrus fruits. It reminds me more of pepper. And this prickly thing gets stronger and stronger with time. When the flowers have faded after about 6 hours a very heavy and somehow smoky base of a lot of carnation, some patchouli and probably also black pepper and possibly even some incense remains. This is a food that takes getting used to compared to the modern mainstreamers. But I like that.
The bottom line here is a typically hopelessly old-fashioned women's fragrance. but somehow not. I have not yet experienced this grater base in its form. In this respect, the name is well chosen. Life is sometimes hard and sometimes soft, but always intense.
The durability is really enormous. 12 hours is zero problem. And the fragrance defies even the deepest sub-zero temperatures.
But when can you wear one of these these days? (ALWAYS IF MAN WILL!!!!) I'd say C'est la Vie is for big shows. Who's going to the opera ball this year? I could imagine that the scent on the right lady could even be intimidating. At least at the base. But he's so elegant. Now of course I remember Meryl Streep in the showdown scene of "Der Teufel trägt Prada" again. It really doesn't get any clearer and more clichéd anymore. Well, girls, even if you're on it too... And if not (like me), but think that peppered patchouli carnation is THE thing, dare you! That's aura to spray on.
So where do I get a bottle now?
Just so he slides schöon into the nineties but he still smells very strongly after Eighties. Where... not so typical. We all know the aldehyde opening but then it will not be warm oriental like Poison or Obsession but spicy and flowery. Tuberose, carnation with a certain warmth of benzoin, amber and a little sweetness that actually reminds of raspberries... but a certain scratchiness resonates. Like a stuck chypre prelude. Nice and prickly, but without citrus fruits. It reminds me more of pepper. And this prickly thing gets stronger and stronger with time. When the flowers have faded after about 6 hours a very heavy and somehow smoky base of a lot of carnation, some patchouli and probably also black pepper and possibly even some incense remains. This is a food that takes getting used to compared to the modern mainstreamers. But I like that.
The bottom line here is a typically hopelessly old-fashioned women's fragrance. but somehow not. I have not yet experienced this grater base in its form. In this respect, the name is well chosen. Life is sometimes hard and sometimes soft, but always intense.
The durability is really enormous. 12 hours is zero problem. And the fragrance defies even the deepest sub-zero temperatures.
But when can you wear one of these these days? (ALWAYS IF MAN WILL!!!!) I'd say C'est la Vie is for big shows. Who's going to the opera ball this year? I could imagine that the scent on the right lady could even be intimidating. At least at the base. But he's so elegant. Now of course I remember Meryl Streep in the showdown scene of "Der Teufel trägt Prada" again. It really doesn't get any clearer and more clichéd anymore. Well, girls, even if you're on it too... And if not (like me), but think that peppered patchouli carnation is THE thing, dare you! That's aura to spray on.
So where do I get a bottle now?
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