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Meggi
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Did the pig get shoved?
My brother is a shipbuilding engineer and recently switched employers out of frustration. A few years at a well-known technical service company in a prominent northern German Hanseatic city were enough for him. A huge place where every few months a new management philosophy pig was driven through the halls, until even the last employee lost track of where the journey was supposed to go. But perhaps the undoubtedly well-paid management along with the equally generously compensated consultants knew what they were doing. One expects nothing less from big companies.
Penhaligon’s may not be that big, yet some of their (product) decisions leave me puzzled. Why did you remove this fragrance from the lineup? A comparatively warm and mild, certainly not arbitrary chypre, which in my humble opinion definitely had a right to exist.
Beyond typical top note behavior, mugwort contributes a decent portion of a certain something. Nevertheless, a jasmine-soapy clean impression quickly emerges, which I find well-groomed and also suitable for the (gentle)man. I wouldn't have come to chamomile on my own so quickly, but it is surprisingly clear when pointed out. I had already wondered what that mossy-herbaceous prickling was - it was a composite flower note.
Amber, moss, jasmine, and a splash of bergamot are finely balanced. Although this is not at all to my taste - my rating should be understood particularly in this context! - I surprisingly enjoy smelling it in this case and take pleasure in the pleasantly rounded composition.
In the afternoon, the subtle jasmine soapiness and moss complement each other. Not scratchy. Creamy. Herbaceous. Tending to be perhaps a bit more feminine now. From the seventh or eighth hour, the fragrance gradually weakens, but it remains perceptible for several more hours.
Admittedly: The progression, aside from the mugwort surprise, is not exactly bursting with originality; yet Ormulu never, really never loses control over the moss and remains balanced until the end. Nice. I don't like it when stuff gets too scratchy.
Ormulu is well-suited for those who, for example, do not want to subject their colleagues to a chypre bomb. Or for beginners in the world of more herbaceous women’s fragrances. Is? Would be. We’ve already covered that. Perhaps this subtlety, which may be interpreted as a lack of courage or even as a weakness, has become its downfall. Alternatively, a new pig may have shoved it aside.
I thank Ergoproxy for the sample.
Penhaligon’s may not be that big, yet some of their (product) decisions leave me puzzled. Why did you remove this fragrance from the lineup? A comparatively warm and mild, certainly not arbitrary chypre, which in my humble opinion definitely had a right to exist.
Beyond typical top note behavior, mugwort contributes a decent portion of a certain something. Nevertheless, a jasmine-soapy clean impression quickly emerges, which I find well-groomed and also suitable for the (gentle)man. I wouldn't have come to chamomile on my own so quickly, but it is surprisingly clear when pointed out. I had already wondered what that mossy-herbaceous prickling was - it was a composite flower note.
Amber, moss, jasmine, and a splash of bergamot are finely balanced. Although this is not at all to my taste - my rating should be understood particularly in this context! - I surprisingly enjoy smelling it in this case and take pleasure in the pleasantly rounded composition.
In the afternoon, the subtle jasmine soapiness and moss complement each other. Not scratchy. Creamy. Herbaceous. Tending to be perhaps a bit more feminine now. From the seventh or eighth hour, the fragrance gradually weakens, but it remains perceptible for several more hours.
Admittedly: The progression, aside from the mugwort surprise, is not exactly bursting with originality; yet Ormulu never, really never loses control over the moss and remains balanced until the end. Nice. I don't like it when stuff gets too scratchy.
Ormulu is well-suited for those who, for example, do not want to subject their colleagues to a chypre bomb. Or for beginners in the world of more herbaceous women’s fragrances. Is? Would be. We’ve already covered that. Perhaps this subtlety, which may be interpreted as a lack of courage or even as a weakness, has become its downfall. Alternatively, a new pig may have shoved it aside.
I thank Ergoproxy for the sample.
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