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Vetiver
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Strange Adventure
The 8- or 10-ml vial of this scent, which is sitting right in front of me, I snagged as a giveaway while squeezing through models and it-girls at an after-show party of this year's Berlin Fashion Week. Nothing could be further from my everyday life, but an old school friend, living in another part of Germany and working at the intersection of journalism and fashion/design/culture, was recently in Berlin - and we used this event as a meeting point for a reunion.
With full doubt, I just held the little bottle up against the image on the screen to check the color of the fragrance, and yes, undoubtedly, it is exactly the same apricot. My suspicion was actually that Ms. Toni, perhaps a bit nervous and overworked in the run-up to the event, mixed up the supply tanks.
Because this scent smells neither adventurous, nor do I get the slightest connection to the listed notes of pepper, vetiver, cedarwood, amber, and patchouli. It's like the picture of a flower meadow with the caption "Crossing the Sahara." I perceive a very light green, fresh, distinctly floral-light (lily of the valley, violet, tulip, that direction) fragrance, perhaps also with sweet-fruity notes (apricot, sweet plum), with a slightly spicy-woody-vetiver base that is only noticeable upon very close sniffing, and a light (not unpleasant, but somehow perceptible) synthetic accompaniment.
For me, this is absolutely not a bad scent, rather the opposite. But still a) extraordinarily (too much for me) brushed against the grain of the expectations raised; b) a tiny bit too harmless and pleasing; and c) for this performance at about 150 euros per 100 ml, just a little overpriced to get more than 7.0 from me.
To my fairly certain knowledge, Aventure, unlike most of the Toni fragrances, is not a repackaged Harry Lehmann. I do not know which manufacturer the fragrance is from. I can say little about any possible relationship to Terre d'Hermès, as I only tested it once (about 2 years ago), and it did not particularly convince me then; I remember it quite differently than this one, but I could be mistaken.
Longevity and sillage are not spectacular, but still acceptable; the target audience from my perspective tends to be feminine.
P.S.: That was my last comment today...
Addendum: Well, if I make an effort and especially in the middle and late phases of the fragrance, I consciously bring it to my nose again and again, I somehow manage to cross over the gulf that flows between perception and ingredient listings.
With full doubt, I just held the little bottle up against the image on the screen to check the color of the fragrance, and yes, undoubtedly, it is exactly the same apricot. My suspicion was actually that Ms. Toni, perhaps a bit nervous and overworked in the run-up to the event, mixed up the supply tanks.
Because this scent smells neither adventurous, nor do I get the slightest connection to the listed notes of pepper, vetiver, cedarwood, amber, and patchouli. It's like the picture of a flower meadow with the caption "Crossing the Sahara." I perceive a very light green, fresh, distinctly floral-light (lily of the valley, violet, tulip, that direction) fragrance, perhaps also with sweet-fruity notes (apricot, sweet plum), with a slightly spicy-woody-vetiver base that is only noticeable upon very close sniffing, and a light (not unpleasant, but somehow perceptible) synthetic accompaniment.
For me, this is absolutely not a bad scent, rather the opposite. But still a) extraordinarily (too much for me) brushed against the grain of the expectations raised; b) a tiny bit too harmless and pleasing; and c) for this performance at about 150 euros per 100 ml, just a little overpriced to get more than 7.0 from me.
To my fairly certain knowledge, Aventure, unlike most of the Toni fragrances, is not a repackaged Harry Lehmann. I do not know which manufacturer the fragrance is from. I can say little about any possible relationship to Terre d'Hermès, as I only tested it once (about 2 years ago), and it did not particularly convince me then; I remember it quite differently than this one, but I could be mistaken.
Longevity and sillage are not spectacular, but still acceptable; the target audience from my perspective tends to be feminine.
P.S.: That was my last comment today...
Addendum: Well, if I make an effort and especially in the middle and late phases of the fragrance, I consciously bring it to my nose again and again, I somehow manage to cross over the gulf that flows between perception and ingredient listings.
Updated on 08/11/2019
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