5
Very helpful Review
Electricity in the Gym with Significant Fluctuations
When I finally found Dior Higher to test and could exclude a blind purchase for the time being, it made sense to also look out for the "Energy" variant... and I found it in the same store and sprayed it for comparison on the other wrist.
There are clear parallels, and one could speak of a fragrance family, but one would have to stretch the degree of relatedness quite a bit since neither pear nor spices are included. Energy goes in a sporty-fresh direction with berries and pineapple with a hint of mint at the top. Then comes a hefty dose of pepper, and it ends right in the mossy, woody forest. Just good enough for working out, though at times it feels a bit too heavy, peppery, and ultimately woody and earthy. At first, it is clearly sweet and pleasant, appealing to young guys, but as is typical for Dior, not the very young ones.
The scent smells good and is similar to the regular Higher, ahead of its time, a true sporty offshoot that has significant differences from its fragrance father. A machinery that today runs a thousand times with any somewhat successful scent and annoys everyone. Here it’s called Energy, nowadays mostly Sport. Back at the time of its release, it surely deserved a higher rating, but even with my 70%, I think it can live well, as it smells good, but doesn’t blow anyone away with originality. Nowadays, even less so, as you’ve almost smelled everything in the mainstream area.
The bottle is the typical standard bottle and not worth mentioning. The longevity was about the same as the original, a Dior-untypical 6 hours - so rather weak. At least the sillage is good, and you stand out in the more upscale gyms of this world - or so you’d think, because Energy is extremely shy, and you have to really pump to smell anything!
A nice scent for working out and summer days, for cosmopolitan globetrotters and city dwellers with pep, who are, however, afraid of taking too much risk. Not a hidden gem - but also not a deterrent!
There are clear parallels, and one could speak of a fragrance family, but one would have to stretch the degree of relatedness quite a bit since neither pear nor spices are included. Energy goes in a sporty-fresh direction with berries and pineapple with a hint of mint at the top. Then comes a hefty dose of pepper, and it ends right in the mossy, woody forest. Just good enough for working out, though at times it feels a bit too heavy, peppery, and ultimately woody and earthy. At first, it is clearly sweet and pleasant, appealing to young guys, but as is typical for Dior, not the very young ones.
The scent smells good and is similar to the regular Higher, ahead of its time, a true sporty offshoot that has significant differences from its fragrance father. A machinery that today runs a thousand times with any somewhat successful scent and annoys everyone. Here it’s called Energy, nowadays mostly Sport. Back at the time of its release, it surely deserved a higher rating, but even with my 70%, I think it can live well, as it smells good, but doesn’t blow anyone away with originality. Nowadays, even less so, as you’ve almost smelled everything in the mainstream area.
The bottle is the typical standard bottle and not worth mentioning. The longevity was about the same as the original, a Dior-untypical 6 hours - so rather weak. At least the sillage is good, and you stand out in the more upscale gyms of this world - or so you’d think, because Energy is extremely shy, and you have to really pump to smell anything!
A nice scent for working out and summer days, for cosmopolitan globetrotters and city dwellers with pep, who are, however, afraid of taking too much risk. Not a hidden gem - but also not a deterrent!
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Monsieur 13 years ago
That's right - a clear 70%... :-)
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