Lady Cool Dueto Parfums 2012

Being discussed as worse than bad is not being discussed at all, so here are at least a few words about my impression of the scent.

It really smells exactly like something from the drugstore shelf. Although sometimes there are more interesting scents than this one. This one smells like gum. Gum from a gumball machine. Maybe it’s the orange blossom that triggers this association for me. However, I don’t smell any blossoms or flowers. I also didn’t notice the lemon, cardamom, or pear that are mentioned. It’s a bit powdery, clean, which might be the combination of cardamom, musk, and sandalwood. As I said, possibly. The vanilla can certainly be sensed. Somehow, all these synthetically sweet perfumes in the base smell vaguely of vanilla, or rather "somehow vanillic." And speaking of "base," that’s reached after 10 minutes. However, this is not a big deal for this scent because it probably doesn’t aim to be anything deeper than a pleasantly sweet little fragrance in a poppy package.

So, gum from the machine. Those red machines where you put in a penny or two and then turn the black handle. Grinngg, that metallic creaking sound when you turn the handle and then the plop as the gumball falls into the chute. Wonderful. At 10, I was totally into that. Nothing better than this sweet stuff that smells completely invented and nothing but gum, and the process of getting it. That’s exactly how it had to be, and there was nothing better in the world. Maybe at that age, I would have even thought the name "Lady Cool" was cool. And then the bottle fits perfectly too. I am not the target audience. The question is: Do kids buy perfume? And if so, would they buy this one? It would surely match their taste.