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He has it all. And too much of it.
How could one combine and assemble a fragrance more beautifully than with the listed notes?
Barbershop vibes meet licorice.
Vetiver and cardamom provide masculine depth, cinnamon adds warmth, and grapefruit delivers the necessary freshness. This fragrance has it all! And it has a lot that I personally really love.
But is it my signature scent? No, not in a million years. Because while it has everything, it has too much of everything.
How can a review of this fragrance do it justice? Probably not at all from my pen, but I’ll try with a little story:
Imagine a gorilla. The gorilla is to be named Elixir. (You see where I’m going with this...)
Our Elixir was a gorilla who stood out distinctly from the other monkeys in the jungle.
He was a true gentleman. And as such, he wanted to go to work dressed particularly elegantly.
But the problem was that Elixir was simply too strong and too muscular to fit into a suit. He was, after all, a gorilla.
He tried on countless suits, but none seemed to fit just right. The sleeves were too short, the jacket too tight, and the pants were snug on his thighs. Elixir was frustrated. He just wanted to look like a real gentleman. He had all the qualities for it, but his sheer strength made it impossible.
One day, Elixir met a wise old monkey who gave him an important piece of advice:
"My dear Elixir, one can also be too strong. Elegance does not only come from strength, but also from restraint. Be proud of your strength, but learn to control it as well."
After these words, Elixir finally understood that being too strong is not good either.
The moral of the story is: It is important to possess both strength and elegance.
Because only when one maintains a balance of both can one truly be a gentleman.
And I believe this is also how it is with our Elixir being reviewed here. Sauvage translates to wild, untamed, or even brutal. However, I do not want to unleash a completely untamed sillage paired with this strength on my surroundings.
I love this fragrance, but it needs to be approached with caution. It is truly untamed. Elegant and clear, but still a wild beast.
It could be a 10. But it is not. Not for me.
And strangely enough, not because it is too weak, as we often criticize with our summer freshies and daily signatures.
But because it is too strong.
Like a gorilla in a suit.
(Please forgive me this comparison - I hope you understand what I am trying to express.)
Barbershop vibes meet licorice.
Vetiver and cardamom provide masculine depth, cinnamon adds warmth, and grapefruit delivers the necessary freshness. This fragrance has it all! And it has a lot that I personally really love.
But is it my signature scent? No, not in a million years. Because while it has everything, it has too much of everything.
How can a review of this fragrance do it justice? Probably not at all from my pen, but I’ll try with a little story:
Imagine a gorilla. The gorilla is to be named Elixir. (You see where I’m going with this...)
Our Elixir was a gorilla who stood out distinctly from the other monkeys in the jungle.
He was a true gentleman. And as such, he wanted to go to work dressed particularly elegantly.
But the problem was that Elixir was simply too strong and too muscular to fit into a suit. He was, after all, a gorilla.
He tried on countless suits, but none seemed to fit just right. The sleeves were too short, the jacket too tight, and the pants were snug on his thighs. Elixir was frustrated. He just wanted to look like a real gentleman. He had all the qualities for it, but his sheer strength made it impossible.
One day, Elixir met a wise old monkey who gave him an important piece of advice:
"My dear Elixir, one can also be too strong. Elegance does not only come from strength, but also from restraint. Be proud of your strength, but learn to control it as well."
After these words, Elixir finally understood that being too strong is not good either.
The moral of the story is: It is important to possess both strength and elegance.
Because only when one maintains a balance of both can one truly be a gentleman.
And I believe this is also how it is with our Elixir being reviewed here. Sauvage translates to wild, untamed, or even brutal. However, I do not want to unleash a completely untamed sillage paired with this strength on my surroundings.
I love this fragrance, but it needs to be approached with caution. It is truly untamed. Elegant and clear, but still a wild beast.
It could be a 10. But it is not. Not for me.
And strangely enough, not because it is too weak, as we often criticize with our summer freshies and daily signatures.
But because it is too strong.
Like a gorilla in a suit.
(Please forgive me this comparison - I hope you understand what I am trying to express.)
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Paloma58 1 year ago
Super described, very amusing ;-))
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