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Harmless-beautiful Vanilla
With such a name, the interest of the discerning perfume lover is almost inevitably piqued. Since I am also a big fan of sweet scents and can appreciate vanilla quite a bit, I had to get a decant.
What surprised me right from the first test is that this fragrance - contrary to what one might expect from the house of Initio and its name - comes across as quite monothematic. For me, Absolute Aphrodiasac remains a vanilla scent from start to finish. The castoreum (which had previously caused me some concern) turns out to be harmless and only adds a subtly animalic note to the top notes. The white flowers can hardly be sensed at all.
As the fragrance develops, the vanilla remains the dominant note, although in the first hour the leather shyly peeks through now and then, before completely fading away. The dominant vanilla is a smooth, feather-soft, and never scratchy feel-good vanilla that, having shed its animalic top note, comes across as quite tame and more cuddly-innocent than sultry-seductive. Even the musk, which gradually becomes more recognizable, does not add any dramatic twist to this cozy-sweet overall composition.
As for the often-mentioned cotton candy: Yes, I can also recognize this, although for me the association of a velvety-plush vanilla bed remains distinctly more pronounced.
So is this, as the name implies, the unrestrained seducer whose allure one (man or woman) cannot resist? Certainly not. What you do get with Absolute Aphrodiasac is an inviting, gently attractive vanilla scent that is particularly enticing for cozy and beautiful hours together, especially in dreary weather.
What surprised me right from the first test is that this fragrance - contrary to what one might expect from the house of Initio and its name - comes across as quite monothematic. For me, Absolute Aphrodiasac remains a vanilla scent from start to finish. The castoreum (which had previously caused me some concern) turns out to be harmless and only adds a subtly animalic note to the top notes. The white flowers can hardly be sensed at all.
As the fragrance develops, the vanilla remains the dominant note, although in the first hour the leather shyly peeks through now and then, before completely fading away. The dominant vanilla is a smooth, feather-soft, and never scratchy feel-good vanilla that, having shed its animalic top note, comes across as quite tame and more cuddly-innocent than sultry-seductive. Even the musk, which gradually becomes more recognizable, does not add any dramatic twist to this cozy-sweet overall composition.
As for the often-mentioned cotton candy: Yes, I can also recognize this, although for me the association of a velvety-plush vanilla bed remains distinctly more pronounced.
So is this, as the name implies, the unrestrained seducer whose allure one (man or woman) cannot resist? Certainly not. What you do get with Absolute Aphrodiasac is an inviting, gently attractive vanilla scent that is particularly enticing for cozy and beautiful hours together, especially in dreary weather.
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Candila 6 years ago
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I agree with you, I also find the scent to be a gentle vanilla cuddle fragrance. So in that sense, it's a scent for "close encounters." ;-) I think it seduces with subtle notes.