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05/07/2020
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Colonia instead of Corona. No. 8: Le coq, il sent; le coq, il sent...
Why this nobly flavoured and completely gender-indifferent cologne is named after the rooster, I can't think of (except that it is the Gallic national animal). However, I do think that you can smell this rooster, even if it is not yet dead as in the famous song. If this is not a psychological deception due to increased suggestibility of the name, it is one of the few colognes known to me with a strict, almost animalistic note
But first things first: With the top note, you can't avoid the 4711 standard. That's somehow reassuring; with this reference benchmark, we all know what we're talking about. Bergamot, neroli and lemon, that's all in here, wonderful, hence an unmistakable similarity, but, but: neroli is very pronounced and there's also a thick, fat bonus orange, which makes this cologne tend more in the orange direction. But this orange scent is not too clear and naturalistic. It leads more to the fact that the citric is more full-bodied and less acidic overall (a certain peakiness is already present, though).
The heart note is unmistakable after about 30 seconds, which makes this cologne unmistakable, with one floral and one slightly austere-animal note. I noticed both without looking at the scents and found them both remarkable and unusual. I attribute them to jasmine and patchouli. Unlike others, I cannot feel lavender here; however, the certain "ice note" that others notice here, which I can understand with a lot of imagination, could be based on this lavender. Kitchen herbs are missing, especially rosemary, which is present in 4711 as well as in Guerlain's "Cologne Impérial", and this is noticeable: The citric freshness is not doubled here by herbal freshness, but contrasted by floristics and fauna.
The oakmoss indicated in the notes is also supposed to have a fixing effect; if this is true, oakmoss can at most be added to this cologne, because the entire fragrance disappears after a few minutes, practically without a trace.
The "cologne with a tap" is available for about 70 euros per 100 ml; with a discount on the half-liter maximum bottle, which is not likely to encourage stockpiling, but is noticeable under the microscope, it costs about 280 euros. That's quite a lot for a very volatile cologne, but compared to the price of other guerlains or the recently discussed Chanel-Cologne it's cheap.
The cock can't really convince me, although I (see the comment of Apicius) like the orange candies in "Take 2" better than the yellow ones. I find the stern note (which I attribute to patchouli) rather unharmonious here, although in other scents (such as Byredo's "Sunday Cologne", which is an EdP and not a cologne) I can certainly love the combination of citrus notes with a certain dirtiness. So it stays with me (even with benevolence, which comes from being an inveterate guerlinist, though not a Marxist-guerlinist) at no more than 7.5 points. For the name I get 8.5, because I find the cock funny.
Apropos: Maybe the name comes from the fact that in France, if you have eaten roast chicken with your fingers, you wipe them with cloths with this cologne afterwards...
Now again a bonus track to a cologne I already commented on, which therefore cannot be included in the series anymore. I have chosen as
No. 7a
this time I also chose a Frenchman, and also a clinical neroliker, but brand new instead of over 100 years old, and drugstore shelf (Monoprix as far as I know) instead of Guerlain. I am talking about the "Noble Néroli" of the cheap brand "Comptoir Cologne". I rated this fragrance 8.5 back then, and although I haven't smelled it since, the fragrance pleasure of that time has been so etched in my memory that I would really like to own this cologne. Funny, isn't it? If you look at what you put on your watch list a year ago after testing it, you can't remember some of the scents, but with others you can immediately feel the scent in your nose and a craving in your stomach... When I come to France again, I will definitely look for it, but unfortunately, an online purchase does not seem possible. It was a clear winner for me in a direct comparison with the much more expensive "Grand Néroli" from Atelier Cologne and really impressed me: a simple, but full-bodied and high-quality fresh orange scent, which also makes you think of petitgrain and mandarin
But first things first: With the top note, you can't avoid the 4711 standard. That's somehow reassuring; with this reference benchmark, we all know what we're talking about. Bergamot, neroli and lemon, that's all in here, wonderful, hence an unmistakable similarity, but, but: neroli is very pronounced and there's also a thick, fat bonus orange, which makes this cologne tend more in the orange direction. But this orange scent is not too clear and naturalistic. It leads more to the fact that the citric is more full-bodied and less acidic overall (a certain peakiness is already present, though).
The heart note is unmistakable after about 30 seconds, which makes this cologne unmistakable, with one floral and one slightly austere-animal note. I noticed both without looking at the scents and found them both remarkable and unusual. I attribute them to jasmine and patchouli. Unlike others, I cannot feel lavender here; however, the certain "ice note" that others notice here, which I can understand with a lot of imagination, could be based on this lavender. Kitchen herbs are missing, especially rosemary, which is present in 4711 as well as in Guerlain's "Cologne Impérial", and this is noticeable: The citric freshness is not doubled here by herbal freshness, but contrasted by floristics and fauna.
The oakmoss indicated in the notes is also supposed to have a fixing effect; if this is true, oakmoss can at most be added to this cologne, because the entire fragrance disappears after a few minutes, practically without a trace.
The "cologne with a tap" is available for about 70 euros per 100 ml; with a discount on the half-liter maximum bottle, which is not likely to encourage stockpiling, but is noticeable under the microscope, it costs about 280 euros. That's quite a lot for a very volatile cologne, but compared to the price of other guerlains or the recently discussed Chanel-Cologne it's cheap.
The cock can't really convince me, although I (see the comment of Apicius) like the orange candies in "Take 2" better than the yellow ones. I find the stern note (which I attribute to patchouli) rather unharmonious here, although in other scents (such as Byredo's "Sunday Cologne", which is an EdP and not a cologne) I can certainly love the combination of citrus notes with a certain dirtiness. So it stays with me (even with benevolence, which comes from being an inveterate guerlinist, though not a Marxist-guerlinist) at no more than 7.5 points. For the name I get 8.5, because I find the cock funny.
Apropos: Maybe the name comes from the fact that in France, if you have eaten roast chicken with your fingers, you wipe them with cloths with this cologne afterwards...
Now again a bonus track to a cologne I already commented on, which therefore cannot be included in the series anymore. I have chosen as
No. 7a
this time I also chose a Frenchman, and also a clinical neroliker, but brand new instead of over 100 years old, and drugstore shelf (Monoprix as far as I know) instead of Guerlain. I am talking about the "Noble Néroli" of the cheap brand "Comptoir Cologne". I rated this fragrance 8.5 back then, and although I haven't smelled it since, the fragrance pleasure of that time has been so etched in my memory that I would really like to own this cologne. Funny, isn't it? If you look at what you put on your watch list a year ago after testing it, you can't remember some of the scents, but with others you can immediately feel the scent in your nose and a craving in your stomach... When I come to France again, I will definitely look for it, but unfortunately, an online purchase does not seem possible. It was a clear winner for me in a direct comparison with the much more expensive "Grand Néroli" from Atelier Cologne and really impressed me: a simple, but full-bodied and high-quality fresh orange scent, which also makes you think of petitgrain and mandarin
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