Love is in the Air House of Sillage 2012

For those who prefer something a bit more extravagant, it's hard to say no to the pretty luxury bottle with the two lovebirds. And then there's the name of the fragrance "Love is in the Air" ... One could easily forget the price desired by the manufacturer and immediately say "YES."

Better not do that. At least not without testing the fragrance first. This is not "Love is in the Air" and wedding bells with a happy ending, but "Scenes from a Marriage" in the totally artistically overloaded version by Ingmar Bergman. Not even as delightfully drawn from life and with a chuckle factor like with Loriot.

Love starts off kitschy sweet with a wholesome world effect. I am already internally preparing to give it 60%. More than that cannot be expected from me here, as I am not a fan of plum-orange fruit cocktails in perfumes.

With the transition to the heart note, dreary and gray everyday life sets in. Love bids farewell quite quickly and all the more surely. For me, the fragrance became alarmingly trivial and boring. By now, I had arrived at a score of 45%.

The base now leaves me utterly confused. To stick with our marriage story: here the end is definitively reached. Both parties are just throwing dirt and harsh accusations at each other - pure drama. There is nothing left to save.

Why does this base confuse me so much? Every day, many couples separate on our planet. That's neither new nor unusual. Furthermore, I actually like this base, not in marriage but in this perfume. One could have certainly created something sensible on a different theme together with other top and heart notes.

"Love is in the Air" is not a romantic wedding perfume for me. It's just 3 completely different perfumes casually mixed together. The "top perfume" is not my personal taste, but it would surely find enough admirers. The "heart perfume" is simply something to pour away and unnecessary. The "base perfume" does not fit the theme.

20% for the base and the romantic bottle? What do you think?