Strictly Jil Sander 2015

This is now fragrance No. 3 after Davidoff's "Horizon" and Dior's "Sauvage," which hint at a certain system among the newcomers of 2015/2016 in their composition.

Moving away from intrusive, often artificial and nose-irritating cocktail-like scents and overwhelming sweetness - towards a gray, office-friendly wearability that avoids clashes.
Is this good? Certainly better than the watery fragrances of the last 3-4 years that you wanted to scrub off your skin within 10 minutes.

"Solid" might be the new keyword here. To add right away: None of these are hits. They don’t engrave themselves into olfactory memory and do not change the fragrance world. But - and this must be added - they do demonstrate a bit more taste and style in their simple clarity.

"Strictly" now stands out after what feels like half a dozen really bad new releases from Jil Sander with a decent, quite naturally achieved wearability.

Overall, it is quite buttery soft, offering at the beginning a rather nice, minimally sweet base spiciness, which essentially consists of mild cardamom and pepper. The listed rum note may represent the marginal sweetness. It is office-appropriate and quite pleasant to smell in its basic configuration.

Vetiver lies as a foundation beneath everything, a mainstream vetiver, though, far from the old-school or niche vetivers, but subtly green-grassy, with even a hint of smokiness, and somewhat woody.

As Leimbacher aptly writes: No fragrance one would attribute to a Cary Grant, Alain Delon, or George Clooney, as it is simply too shallow and unremarkable. But it is straightforwardly wearable - without fuss, without irritations in the nose, without an artificial, persistent headache tone.