Maison Christian Dior

Balade Sauvage 2017

JohnnyLaw
22.02.2021 - 06:41 AM
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Scent

Spring lets its blue ribbon flutter again through the air...

Spring lets its blue ribbon
Fluttering through the air again
Sweet, familiar scents
Streak forebodingly the land.
(Eduard Mörike)

Yes, I had to google that lyric since I don't know any poems by heart
But a spring poem goes so wonderfully with this lovely, bright, wonderful fragrance.
Now that the cold has given way to the first warm sunny days, I have fortunately discovered this absolutely fitting fragrance.

When spraying on, images of an awakening spring immediately come to mind. The first flowers are forming, the birds chirping and the low morning sun warms the face.
The scent itself starts right off with the smell of a fig tree. Not as sweet as the fruit itself, but actually the smell The Tree gives off.
We have a large fig tree in our backyard and when you prune it early in the year, you have this smell of fig wood in your nose, which this fragrance captures excellently.
When you pick an unripe fig fruit from the tree, a white sap comes out that also smells like this.
So to me, the smell reminds me of my own garden and spring, making it one of my favorites.

The whole thing is underpinned by the maritime notes indicated in the fragrance pyramid.
What that is exactly, I can not say, but it gives the whole a nice freshness and lets the fig not too sweet.
The scent remains largely the same and changes only minimally.
The freshness wears off over time and the light fig scent remains.

Unfortunately, the fragrance does not really last long and is only slightly perceptible after 5-6 hours. Maybe it's because it's really light and smells so naturally fresh that you no longer perceive it so strongly yourself.

For me personally a beautiful fragrance that makes you want to spring and fits perfectly in the spring or early summer, when it is still a little fresh in the morning and then later warming midday sun comes out.
Totally Unisex. For me right in the middle and neither too feminine nor too masculine.
Sample is empty and replenishment ordered. Because the belongs in any case in my collection.
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