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Impacto De Ruy 1988 Eau de Cologne

7.4 / 10 16 Ratings

A perfume by De Ruy for men, released in 1988. The scent is fresh-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Fresh

Spicy

Woody

Green

Sweet

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Basil

Lavender

Bergamot

Mint

Mandarin orange Sage

Sage

Heart Notes

Carnation

Geranium

Lily of the valley

Base Notes

Oakmoss

Patchouli

Amber

Cedarwood

Ratings

Scent

7.416 Ratings

Longevity

6.716 Ratings

Sillage

6.416 Ratings

Bottle

4.716 Ratings

Submitted by Cappellusman, last update on 06/13/2023.

Interesting Facts

Initially, the fragrance was sold under the Perfumería Gal brand. After the company was taken over by Puig, it was sold under its brand. The license rights are now owned by De Ruy Perfumes.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Montana Parfum d'Homme Eau de Toilette

Impacto After Shave

Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/05/2018

6Scent 3Longevity 8Sillage

FuftDlix
19 Reviews

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FuftDlix

2

Impact: A sporty scent for the office

...maybe. Well; at the beginning, there is a real, powerful impact on the skin. It burns and connects with the pores. It is spicy/fresh and intrusive; that's how it should be! This intrusiveness lasts on my skin for a good hour, then it transforms. Moving away from pronounced masculinity, it turns into a sporty fresh, albeit slightly warm "office scent".
Initially, I wanted to categorize it alongside Old Spice, Egoiste, and Statement, as the three are different but somehow quite similar. In my opinion, the final spice is completely missing from Impacto. In the end, it simply becomes nice and unfortunately, that makes it boring for me.
If "IMPACTO - the impact" had remained as it is at the beginning, it would have been a match made in heaven. The second bottle is sitting in its box in the cupboard. Take it out? ...I don’t work in an office.

In short:

Scent: Start: 10, rest not much. (completely subjective)
Sillage/Duration: quite good for an edc
Season: completely irrelevant, whoever likes the scent, likes it
Price/Performance: 6 euros for 200ml (Spain)
Bottle: trash (tending towards junk) but sprays like a dream.
Outer cardboard: cool, retro

Why I have a second bottle: The shipping from Spain was free!

09/07/2016

6.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Stulle
29 Reviews

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Stulle

Helpful Review 5

Impacto - the impact

The name is indeed programmatic for this Spanish EdT: the top note resembles an olfactory grenade impact in the nose thanks to juniper and burning conifer vapors. Alongside this, there is a relentless tobacco note that does not want to be pleasing at all. Something about it reminds me of a trench in the dried-up Iberian steppe. It's clear from the outset: this is only for the truly hardcore perfume lovers!

I believe I catch a glimpse of bergamot as I pass by, but if it is there, it is only for a brief moment. This is also due in part to the garnish of pepper, with plenty of pepper - actually an outrageous amount of pepper, which makes the beginning of the fragrance experience quite a borderline affair.

A rough experience, dear perfume friend - I need at least 10 minutes to survive this start. During this time, I actually regret the testing attempt every time and hope that no one speaks to me. Although at least professional saleswomen should be used to such demanding scents.

However, look at that, after agonizingly slow minutes, a spicy and pleasant nutmeg note gently and smoothly emerges from the darkness of the dry thicket, wanting to make me forget the previous horror and gradually mixing with something lavender-clove-like, which gives IMPACTO a reassuring coziness. I even believe I can perceive a hint of cinnamon and vanilla, but that could just be the wonderful feeling as the pain subsides.

Now IMPACTO has transformed into a dark and resinous-woody, yet quite cuddly fragrance. Who would have thought! The sandalwood that some smell is hard for me to detect; for me, tobacco, juniper, and nutmeg clearly dominate here - but no longer biting or burning or even smelling of a lost war, but warm, spicy, resinous, and masculine-stable.

My limited horizon only allows for a limping comparison with the beautiful old MONTANA, which I really loved back in the day; although there isn’t much sweetness to discover here, I still find IMPACTO on my skin to be very pleasantly soft, spicy-warm, and not bitter at all.

All in all, a beautiful and unexpected encounter in the Spanish supermarket shelf. Men, dare to try!

Edit May 2018:

Reformulated. The fragrance is now more citrusy in the top note and much less peppery.
Otherwise, a lot of nutmeg, clove, hints of cinnamon; overall more differentiated and slimmer than the old version. Has gained in wearability.