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For me, Eden Roc is a little phenomenon that took quite a while to win my heart. The advertisement for the fragrance immediately appealed to me - who wouldn't want to stay in a luxury hotel on the French Riviera? I saw myself sitting by the exclusive pool in a white summer dress with a hat and sunglasses and imagined this subtle yet elegant expensive hotel fragrance wafting past my nose again and again. Oh my!
So at the first opportunity I wandered to the big Douglas in the city center, as there was the Dior Privée stand there (sadly now a thing of the past). With curiosity and anticipation, I sprayed the fragrance on myself and... What's that? A bit fresh, a bit jasmine-floral, a bit mineral um??? Somehow no wow feeling. That was probably nothing like a luxury hotel. Disappointment set in and I bought another fragrance from my wish list instead. The nice saleswoman gave me several Eden Roc samples to go with it.
On parfumo, I then expressed my disappointment with Eden Roc in one or two places and completely agreed with the scathing reviews.
But following the motto "give it another chance", I took the first sample to test. And lo and behold - I don't think it's that bad. It at least gives me a very fine, well-groomed feeling and, above all, is not intrusive, but lingers in the background without disturbing.
When it was time for my next vacation, I packed another one of the samples along with a few other fragrances. At the end of the vacation, Eden Roc was the only sample that was completely empty. I kept reaching for it without a care in the world because it's just so easy and pleasant and always made me feel cared for and well-scented. It's a bit like a part of the outfit that makes it just that little bit better. The icing on the cake. And so more samples traveled with me to Bavaria, to Scotland, to team events, to Spain, Ireland and finally to Norway, where I had used up the last sample. In the end, it was clear that I needed a whole bottle.
I had never experienced such a development with any other fragrance before. Normally I like the fragrance immediately or never again, but Eden Roc has become more and more beautiful for me over time, a love at third sight perhaps. Yes, it is not a sillage monster, it is not very noticeable, it is also difficult to describe because it has no real rough edges, but it radiates the lightness of a vacation and simply has something super pleasant, caring, elegant, which makes it a fragrance that always makes you feel good and is never too much.
So at the first opportunity I wandered to the big Douglas in the city center, as there was the Dior Privée stand there (sadly now a thing of the past). With curiosity and anticipation, I sprayed the fragrance on myself and... What's that? A bit fresh, a bit jasmine-floral, a bit mineral um??? Somehow no wow feeling. That was probably nothing like a luxury hotel. Disappointment set in and I bought another fragrance from my wish list instead. The nice saleswoman gave me several Eden Roc samples to go with it.
On parfumo, I then expressed my disappointment with Eden Roc in one or two places and completely agreed with the scathing reviews.
But following the motto "give it another chance", I took the first sample to test. And lo and behold - I don't think it's that bad. It at least gives me a very fine, well-groomed feeling and, above all, is not intrusive, but lingers in the background without disturbing.
When it was time for my next vacation, I packed another one of the samples along with a few other fragrances. At the end of the vacation, Eden Roc was the only sample that was completely empty. I kept reaching for it without a care in the world because it's just so easy and pleasant and always made me feel cared for and well-scented. It's a bit like a part of the outfit that makes it just that little bit better. The icing on the cake. And so more samples traveled with me to Bavaria, to Scotland, to team events, to Spain, Ireland and finally to Norway, where I had used up the last sample. In the end, it was clear that I needed a whole bottle.
I had never experienced such a development with any other fragrance before. Normally I like the fragrance immediately or never again, but Eden Roc has become more and more beautiful for me over time, a love at third sight perhaps. Yes, it is not a sillage monster, it is not very noticeable, it is also difficult to describe because it has no real rough edges, but it radiates the lightness of a vacation and simply has something super pleasant, caring, elegant, which makes it a fragrance that always makes you feel good and is never too much.