Grey Point La Rive Eau de Toilette
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Recommended Dupe of Boss Bottled
First of all: I LOVE Boss Bottled and I am particularly critical of supposed dupes.
I have been wearing Grey Point as an office scent for two years now, either alone or together with Bottled, because the Polish twin is simply brilliantly made for me!
Now I wanted to compare them directly: right arm Boss Bottled and left arm Grey Point.
I wanted to determine whether Grey Point could even replace Boss for me.
They differ most strongly in the opening. Boss starts fruitier than Grey, which is already explained by their DNAs. Grey is initially more spicy-synthetic and a bit fruity. The top notes are equally strong.
After about an hour, I prefer Boss. It is more rounded in composition here, still fruitier, and the sillage is a bit stronger than that of Grey. Grey behaves here in a more angular, scratchy manner in the nuances and leans more towards freshness.
After about two hours, both have come very close. Grey now has a noticeably weaker, but still well-perceptible sillage.
In the third hour, they both smell almost identical, only that Grey is weaker.
From the fifth hour on, both gradually enter the drydown. Many fragrances only become really interesting for me in this phase.
I LOVE the drydown of both and could not tell them apart if I didn't know which one was on which arm.
At least on MY skin.
As a conclusion, I have recognized for myself that Grey Point is a very worthy and recommendable twin of Boss Bottled. I think it delivers excellent performance for its price and represents a good alternative to Boss for me in times of tighter budgets. Nevertheless, it cannot displace Boss from its pedestal or stand beside it. Boss remains just slightly in the lead because it is rounder and more present in the time frame that matters to me.
But, big praise to La Rive and a strong recommendation to buy.
I have been wearing Grey Point as an office scent for two years now, either alone or together with Bottled, because the Polish twin is simply brilliantly made for me!
Now I wanted to compare them directly: right arm Boss Bottled and left arm Grey Point.
I wanted to determine whether Grey Point could even replace Boss for me.
They differ most strongly in the opening. Boss starts fruitier than Grey, which is already explained by their DNAs. Grey is initially more spicy-synthetic and a bit fruity. The top notes are equally strong.
After about an hour, I prefer Boss. It is more rounded in composition here, still fruitier, and the sillage is a bit stronger than that of Grey. Grey behaves here in a more angular, scratchy manner in the nuances and leans more towards freshness.
After about two hours, both have come very close. Grey now has a noticeably weaker, but still well-perceptible sillage.
In the third hour, they both smell almost identical, only that Grey is weaker.
From the fifth hour on, both gradually enter the drydown. Many fragrances only become really interesting for me in this phase.
I LOVE the drydown of both and could not tell them apart if I didn't know which one was on which arm.
At least on MY skin.
As a conclusion, I have recognized for myself that Grey Point is a very worthy and recommendable twin of Boss Bottled. I think it delivers excellent performance for its price and represents a good alternative to Boss for me in times of tighter budgets. Nevertheless, it cannot displace Boss from its pedestal or stand beside it. Boss remains just slightly in the lead because it is rounder and more present in the time frame that matters to me.
But, big praise to La Rive and a strong recommendation to buy.
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