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Green-Fluorescent Coastal Strip
The scent of coconut wax has lingered in my memory, especially from the 90s, when it was used to style many a male hairstyle and became associated with the stuffy classrooms filled with the cutting auras of Axe-infused fruit fillings.
Nowadays, "coconut" epitomizes synthetic scents for me (e.g. Delta Decalactone) or chronically overrepresented off-notes of inferior sandalwood imitations, whose impact rivals that of some white musk fragrances, with their flat powdery to milky sort of aroma profiles. It has comparatively little in common with real, high-quality sandalwood.
It would be news to me if the brand "Goldfield & Banks" had recently committed to the predominant use of natural raw materials. Because Pacific Rock Flower is fundamentally a malt-heavy shower gel aquatic, whose supposedly tropical core is built around an artificially appearing methyl moss lichen, further refined with a hefty portion of cashmeran, ambroxan, or similar, which leads to (too) much driftwood in the barren machinery and eventually causes the flashy offshore operation to harden into a generic "ambery-woody" simulation over time.
It starts sweet-fresh, accompanied by a chlorinated note that radiates green-ethereal. Bright floral undertones (salicylate-like), surrounded by an ozone-like ironing mist, frame a slightly detached cedar note blend, which, although shaped by a creamy catalyst, cannot fully conceal its prototypical "hot iron" alloy - despite the sweet particle filter.
This strikingly floral, warm-powdery twist in the heart works only to a limited extent due to the woody one-dimensionality in the base, as the fundamental idea of a collaged steep coast is replaced by an all-too-common promenade, where all sorts of sunscreen and body spray flavors settle in a convoluted manner on composite wood. This robs the fragrance of its olfactory momentum, which it seeks to assert even beforehand.
Pacific Rock Flower ends as a sweet-creamy, diffusely woody aerosol. While it’s not a wild growth of plastic palms with a worn-out Mallorca feeling, it still represents quite a synthetic outpouring that reverently touches upon the Calone fraction from the drugstore aisle. Just this much: the sticky coconut mane definitely withstands the stiff coastal breeze!
Those who appreciate the rugged dryness of Oud Minérale or the spicy stealth of Unda Maris 8 will come away empty-handed, as will those seeking the delicate, sweet-salty interplay of Acqua di Sale! This is solely due to the restrictive underpinning in the base, which relentlessly drives the contemporary niche and lets the spray burst forth from the 3D printer. The added value eludes me.
Nowadays, "coconut" epitomizes synthetic scents for me (e.g. Delta Decalactone) or chronically overrepresented off-notes of inferior sandalwood imitations, whose impact rivals that of some white musk fragrances, with their flat powdery to milky sort of aroma profiles. It has comparatively little in common with real, high-quality sandalwood.
It would be news to me if the brand "Goldfield & Banks" had recently committed to the predominant use of natural raw materials. Because Pacific Rock Flower is fundamentally a malt-heavy shower gel aquatic, whose supposedly tropical core is built around an artificially appearing methyl moss lichen, further refined with a hefty portion of cashmeran, ambroxan, or similar, which leads to (too) much driftwood in the barren machinery and eventually causes the flashy offshore operation to harden into a generic "ambery-woody" simulation over time.
It starts sweet-fresh, accompanied by a chlorinated note that radiates green-ethereal. Bright floral undertones (salicylate-like), surrounded by an ozone-like ironing mist, frame a slightly detached cedar note blend, which, although shaped by a creamy catalyst, cannot fully conceal its prototypical "hot iron" alloy - despite the sweet particle filter.
This strikingly floral, warm-powdery twist in the heart works only to a limited extent due to the woody one-dimensionality in the base, as the fundamental idea of a collaged steep coast is replaced by an all-too-common promenade, where all sorts of sunscreen and body spray flavors settle in a convoluted manner on composite wood. This robs the fragrance of its olfactory momentum, which it seeks to assert even beforehand.
Pacific Rock Flower ends as a sweet-creamy, diffusely woody aerosol. While it’s not a wild growth of plastic palms with a worn-out Mallorca feeling, it still represents quite a synthetic outpouring that reverently touches upon the Calone fraction from the drugstore aisle. Just this much: the sticky coconut mane definitely withstands the stiff coastal breeze!
Those who appreciate the rugged dryness of Oud Minérale or the spicy stealth of Unda Maris 8 will come away empty-handed, as will those seeking the delicate, sweet-salty interplay of Acqua di Sale! This is solely due to the restrictive underpinning in the base, which relentlessly drives the contemporary niche and lets the spray burst forth from the 3D printer. The added value eludes me.
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And with such fresh, aquatic lemons, I have to be careful not to unleash the strongest lab synthetics into the wild.
Enjoyed reading this!
Hopefully, Duft doesn't read that!
Coconut palms, beach, and endless sea.
The faded reality looks different: Aromachemicals beam you back to the future.
I really like your analytical approach and sharp points, you know that.
One can only hope that proper Evernia prunastri will thrive over such releases soon.
I can almost see how much this floral-salty - Calone - melon has tortured you, but also inspired you wonderfully. :-))
Your extensive test run in supposedly tropical realms was definitely worth it.
So wonderfully honest, absolutely terrifying.
The 90s really kicked off with dreadful aroma chemicals.
So many of my arch-nemeses in one juice, unbelievable!