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Very helpful Review
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The Love Boat...
... soon will be making another run
The Looooove Boat
promise is something for ev’ryone...
I confess and stand by it: I used to be an enthusiastic viewer of the US series "The Love Boat" or the German version "Das Traumschiff" with the charming Sascha Hehn. White Lacoste sweater, shuffleboard, clay pigeon shooting, Captain’s Dinner with a sparkler parade. This beautiful, idyllic world with people who looked good and were well-dressed even when caught cheating. Stories with happy endings, where one could still swoon. Today, all of that is increasingly giving way to reality trash, romance is killed by schadenfreude, knowing that other people lead even worse lives than one’s own.
When I sprayed Fleurs d’Ombre Bergamote, it went "Swooosh" and I found myself right in the middle of the MS Deutschland, the dream ship. Exactly the scent I would wear after a long action-packed day on board filled with lots of swimming fun and a bit too much sun, an afternoon nap before showering, moisturizing, and dressing up for dinner. One skips lipstick because it would only emphasize the sunburn on the nose. The bra painfully presses on the burnt shoulders all evening long, but one has to endure it. After dinner, one sits at the bar, searching among umbrellas, sparklers, and amarena cherries on neon plastic skewers for access to alcohol, while the solo entertainer plays "I just call" on the electric piano.
Fleurs d’Ombre Bergamote smells of the late 80s and early 90s. Expressive but not overwhelming, and somehow totally pleasantly familiar. Reminiscent of travels, summer, sunscreen, sea breeze, Nivea after-sun lotion, lemon ice with vodka, pearl necklace.
Bergamot is dominant on me throughout the scent's progression. Initially accompanied by other hesperidic notes and rather sour, the fragrance develops the elegant vacation feeling from the heart note onward. I don’t want to break it down into its components; actually, besides bergamot, I only recognize rosemary and oak moss, no one needs to be "afraid" of clove, jasmine, or patchouli here. And it’s neither sweet nor floral.
Longevity and sillage are reasonable, target audience women over 30... and preferably with a penchant for the beautiful, idyllic cruise world. We all have enough reality.
Love won't hurt anymore
It's an open smile on a friendly shore.
It's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!
It's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!
It's LOOOOOOOOOOOVE!
It's the Love Boat-ah! It's the Love Boat-ah!
(hey-ah!)
Top Notes 
Bergamot
Bitter orange
Lemon
Heart Notes 
Clove
Heliotrope
Jasmine
Rosemary
Base Notes 
Amber
Oakmoss
Patchouli
Tonka bean
