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A "Lost Cherry" of Bohemia
My latest insight: being able to understand perfumes I don't understand over ones I do. Sounds complicated? Well, it isn't.
Recent example: the rare Ruby Edition of Jacques Bogart's bourgeois One Man Show range. The red in the retro-flakon design of the late 70s I had procured a year and a half ago - as a blind purchase, which was suitably intended only to complete the One Man Show series, rather than the perfume itself will.
Then it gathered dust on the shelf after a few test sprays, with no use, no enthusiasm. To me, it was too squeaky, too fruity at the time, and thus didn't fit into any of my pigeonholes. There was no twist needed to appreciate anything. I kept it anyway because having five different one-man shows lined up with the color contrast of a test pattern looks pretty sublime. I never really gave him a chance, though.
The twist came when I was sent a sample of the rather acclaimed Lost Cherry by Tom Ford. So, there it was, arguably Tom Ford's funniest and most "unserious" fragrance. Hailed by a large part of the perfumos. But to me, it smelled unisex - too much unisex. The concept, however, I immediately understood: Cherry! Quite wearable, and increasingly elegant in the drydown. Can be done, is even for men courageous to original. Wear gladly - want to have but rather not, because I have one on the shelf with cherry, which is gathering dust: the Ruby Edition by Jacques Bogart. Action remove dust began.
Keep in mind, the Ruby Edition came out a few years before the Lost Cherry (2018) and actually disappeared soundlessly into the valley of disregard - though it does pop up in waves every now and then. For no 20 euros, this fragrance is a blast - also stylistically as of the Bogart-typical projection.
First, it shows a lot of cherry lolly (these nasty little beasts of KÜFA from Dörentrup / Lipperland) and nuances of raspberries, an olfactory roller. At the beginning very noticeable and a touch too sweetish for me. But this settles with time: the cherry rounds off, remains distinct but less artificial. Nuances of red ripe apple come in (which I think is typical of many one-man shows). In the further drydown it becomes more masculine, edgier. Only later does the DNA of the One Man Shows shimmer out: typical male soap of the 70s, a stylistic device of that decade. With Ruby, however, very discreet and not superficial. A nice symbiosis of classic oldschooler and modern unisex cherry squeak. Crude mixture - you have to come up with it first!
If I compare it with Tom Ford's "Lost Cherry" on the forearm, it is striking how much they are brothers in spirit. Strikingly equal, and yet at home on different planets: here the likeable, flashy bohemian of Bogart, poor and cheap as church mouse - and there the Tom Ford's ludicrously overpriced status symbol with bling-bling appeal. Goes both ways. If you love one, check out the other - and you'll be surprised how much is possible for under 20 euros.
The music to the fragrance ---> "Rote Kirschen ess ich gern!" (nursery rhyme) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jevEH-o8CfU]
Recent example: the rare Ruby Edition of Jacques Bogart's bourgeois One Man Show range. The red in the retro-flakon design of the late 70s I had procured a year and a half ago - as a blind purchase, which was suitably intended only to complete the One Man Show series, rather than the perfume itself will.
Then it gathered dust on the shelf after a few test sprays, with no use, no enthusiasm. To me, it was too squeaky, too fruity at the time, and thus didn't fit into any of my pigeonholes. There was no twist needed to appreciate anything. I kept it anyway because having five different one-man shows lined up with the color contrast of a test pattern looks pretty sublime. I never really gave him a chance, though.
The twist came when I was sent a sample of the rather acclaimed Lost Cherry by Tom Ford. So, there it was, arguably Tom Ford's funniest and most "unserious" fragrance. Hailed by a large part of the perfumos. But to me, it smelled unisex - too much unisex. The concept, however, I immediately understood: Cherry! Quite wearable, and increasingly elegant in the drydown. Can be done, is even for men courageous to original. Wear gladly - want to have but rather not, because I have one on the shelf with cherry, which is gathering dust: the Ruby Edition by Jacques Bogart. Action remove dust began.
Keep in mind, the Ruby Edition came out a few years before the Lost Cherry (2018) and actually disappeared soundlessly into the valley of disregard - though it does pop up in waves every now and then. For no 20 euros, this fragrance is a blast - also stylistically as of the Bogart-typical projection.
First, it shows a lot of cherry lolly (these nasty little beasts of KÜFA from Dörentrup / Lipperland) and nuances of raspberries, an olfactory roller. At the beginning very noticeable and a touch too sweetish for me. But this settles with time: the cherry rounds off, remains distinct but less artificial. Nuances of red ripe apple come in (which I think is typical of many one-man shows). In the further drydown it becomes more masculine, edgier. Only later does the DNA of the One Man Shows shimmer out: typical male soap of the 70s, a stylistic device of that decade. With Ruby, however, very discreet and not superficial. A nice symbiosis of classic oldschooler and modern unisex cherry squeak. Crude mixture - you have to come up with it first!
If I compare it with Tom Ford's "Lost Cherry" on the forearm, it is striking how much they are brothers in spirit. Strikingly equal, and yet at home on different planets: here the likeable, flashy bohemian of Bogart, poor and cheap as church mouse - and there the Tom Ford's ludicrously overpriced status symbol with bling-bling appeal. Goes both ways. If you love one, check out the other - and you'll be surprised how much is possible for under 20 euros.
The music to the fragrance ---> "Rote Kirschen ess ich gern!" (nursery rhyme) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jevEH-o8CfU]
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