Cuba Gold Cuba Eau de Toilette

I was momentarily speechless. Today, Cuba Gold arrived at my doorstep, 4.88€ for 100ml, by the way, and it was immediately met with snide remarks. "Which sex shop did you get that thing from?!" was one of the friendlier comments. Well, those who suffer don’t need to worry about mockery. I certainly have the suffering, at least in terms of perfume, but I couldn't let that slide. Okay, the bottle is ugly. Checked off. I thought I’d spray it on myself so that they could follow these insults all the way home. So, I launched a counterattack full of enthusiasm, and lo and behold - the first mocking voices grew quieter. And when we then started talking about the price, they fell completely silent. And rightly so!
Yes, Cuba Gold is certainly not a fragrance that can compete with olfactory masterpieces; I know that at least since I’ve been delving deeper into perfumes. But there was a time before that. A time before Parfumo, a time when Boss Bottled ruled my world, and a time when "The Land Before Time" was still a tangible part of the TV program. It’s been a long time, but one thing I never had back then was Le Male. And I also left those suggestive silhouettes at Douglas behind, that was how it was back then. But I was curious. It didn’t quite reach Le Male, but the alternative wasn’t far off. Thanks to Parfumo.

As for the scent itself, I don’t really have much to say. Nice to have tried it. From vague memory, it reminds me in some facets of Boss Bottled, the signature scent of earlier times. The fragrance opens with a zesty freshness and then loses itself in the everyday. Probably also because this composition must be a recipe for success. What remains is an animalistically sweet men’s fragrance. Slightly woody and somehow hard to grasp. Yet it lingers on the wearer for a long time. It still holds on to my friends, and it will likely outlast subsequent generations. That’s what they get for their comments.
Cuba Gold prevails.