№ 15 Wüstenwind Frau Tonis Parfum 2009

Yesterday my eagerly awaited package from Mrs. Toni arrived.

I had blindly ordered the "Desert Wind". In this case a complete blind flight, because except for the notes, you couldn't read much about it on the net - even here, there is no direct rating. Of course I noticed during my search that Mrs. Toni's Desert Wind is probably similar to Mr. Lehmann's Desert Wind (I'll check that, because I already contacted Mr. Lehmann by email and ordered Desert Wind there as well - no answer so far - maybe there will be a parcel every day like some of you here? ;-))

And now for the desert wind:
Well, to be honest, I had imagined something different when I gave the name. Nature-based? Kind of dry-sandy? Shimmering heat?

And also the notes here: Lemon? Not with me - not a piece of citrus. Tonka bean? Well, maybe she makes this powdery note - but it's not the Tonka Bean I know, which is kind of sweet and tart in Waldmeister/Vanilla - no, this one is just powder. Rose and lavender. Yeah, well, that's what I smell in the end:
A mixture of the blue Nivea and the Felce Azzura powder - Nix desert wind.

A classic powdery note, with rose and lavender so attenuated as notes that you only notice their light interplay - but not a note in itself.

About the Sillage: would say, hardly there - I smell myself - but for others I think not perceptible
On durability: not sooooo bad for an EDC. I sprayed it on this morning - about 6 o'clock - and now it's still perceptibly there. But more like the "veil an expensive body lotion"

Conclusion:
would I have bought the fragrance for the 60 euros if I had known all that? No. My expectations were different - I wanted desert wind, not powder puff.

Why did I order from Lehmann if desert wind could not meet my expectations? Because desert wind for the price at Lehmann - should it really be the same EDC - is really a nice "cultivated" scent. You can spray it on from time to time - surely it doesn't rub off with other clean scents.

So if you approach the test completely unbiased and without pictures in your head, desert wind is a beautiful, down-to-earth scent in light concentration. With pictures, it simply misses the point for me.