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Run wild? More like "Walk sluggish".
A green bottle from Davidoff: This naturally evokes associations with the first, the great, the primal green Davidoff. Especially since its green appears much richer on the illuminated shelf of the local M眉ller than in the Parfumo search photo. The reduced pyramid (quickly looked up) also sounds interesting in theory, if one weren't already accustomed to perceiving these more as part of the marketing strategy than as actual hints about the scent character. The adjective and localization overkill also makes its entrance here: What exactly makes "Madagascar cinnamon" and "American lavender" so special that their origin needs to be explicitly mentioned? One inevitably thinks of advertising icons like the "Byzantine king nut," "original Kabua cocoa," or the immortal "Piedmont cherry."
So, between delicate hope and sober skepticism, the first sniff on the wrist:
Burnt chewing gum like in Invictus and its ilk. Great! Is that supposed to be the cinnamon?! You must be kidding me... Well, okay, next sniff. And where's my lavender? Ah, there it is, but it can't compete with the penetrating chewing gum note and even clashes with it; I suspect this is the cause of the plastic burnt smell that I've already noticed in some modern candy scents with listed lavender. After an hour, the sickly sweet One Million caramel joins the chewing gum, and together these two bumper car brats really let nothing through that was so clumsily lined up in the pyramid. Thankfully, longevity and sillage are hardly worth mentioning.
In my profile, I declare the army of fog machine scents to be my fragrance nemesis. This one belongs to that category: It blurs and glues together everything that could make it interesting into an arbitrary mush and thus behaves towards a proper perfume that harmonizes its ingredients like a fresh salad does to a "green" smoothie: Here "nutrition" instead of food, there "projecting" instead of scenting (which, as mentioned, it doesn't really do either). So it fits well into our times - which also somewhat answers the question of "why"; for it is indeed not entirely clear why a brand like Davidoff still relies on this horse that has been ridden to death over the years.
My 50th comment was supposed to be something special, but it turned into a spontaneous takedown. The hundredth will be more pleasant, I promise.
So, between delicate hope and sober skepticism, the first sniff on the wrist:
Burnt chewing gum like in Invictus and its ilk. Great! Is that supposed to be the cinnamon?! You must be kidding me... Well, okay, next sniff. And where's my lavender? Ah, there it is, but it can't compete with the penetrating chewing gum note and even clashes with it; I suspect this is the cause of the plastic burnt smell that I've already noticed in some modern candy scents with listed lavender. After an hour, the sickly sweet One Million caramel joins the chewing gum, and together these two bumper car brats really let nothing through that was so clumsily lined up in the pyramid. Thankfully, longevity and sillage are hardly worth mentioning.
In my profile, I declare the army of fog machine scents to be my fragrance nemesis. This one belongs to that category: It blurs and glues together everything that could make it interesting into an arbitrary mush and thus behaves towards a proper perfume that harmonizes its ingredients like a fresh salad does to a "green" smoothie: Here "nutrition" instead of food, there "projecting" instead of scenting (which, as mentioned, it doesn't really do either). So it fits well into our times - which also somewhat answers the question of "why"; for it is indeed not entirely clear why a brand like Davidoff still relies on this horse that has been ridden to death over the years.
My 50th comment was supposed to be something special, but it turned into a spontaneous takedown. The hundredth will be more pleasant, I promise.
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So, for the 50th comment, it's a total success!
For that, the golden gum trophy!
A highly sophisticated critique with an extremely delightful humor topping! I had a lot of fun reading it and I'm grateful I don't have to know this scent.