Top Notes 
Bergamot
Petitgrain
Heart Notes 
Citron
Base Notes 
Musk
Myrtle
Woods
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Neukölln 5: Candied Grapefruit with Odd Myrtle
A brand called "Freigeist Louison - Tactless Technique" already smells like it might be trying harder to be effortlessly hipster-original than to deliver solid fragrance quality. This is even more true when considering that "Louison" can also be a nickname for the guillotine, and thus the brand could also be read as "Freigeist Guillotine - Tactless Technique".
The brand's online presence showcases a range of minimalist chic T-shirts, face masks, and similar trinkets, along with a series of room fragrance candles and several fragrance lines, including a series of Eau de Colognes. Among them is Cédrat 672 (no idea what the number stands for). There isn’t much of a story told about the scent, just that it is inspired by the Jewish festival of Sukkot, where one must hold not only the citron, which is a symbol of beauty and perfection, but also willows, palm fronds, and myrtles. Sounds nice, but the provided fragrance pyramid does not include willows or palms, but rather:
Top: Bergamot, Petitgrain
Heart: Citron
Base: Musk accord, woody accords, myrtle.
As noted by Yatagan and others before me, the scent does not smell like citron (and not like petitgrain either), but rather like grapefruit, and unfortunately neither beautifully nor sustainably.
672 starts with a very, very bright, almost piercing lemon note that quickly turns into grapefruit. The grapefruit becomes quite fruity-meaty and almost real (but only almost, as there remains a neon-light synthetic hint), accompanied by a decidedly unpleasant strong floral-rubber-sweaty-animalic off-note that one doesn’t have to endure for long, as this cologne is close to skin after 20 minutes and gone after an hour.
If someone wants to pay 48 euros for 50 milliliters of this experience, they can do so in a free country like this. However, I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it.
It should be noted that I wondered if the skunky aspect might come from the fact that I somehow can’t handle myrtle. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case, as the excellent fragrance note research function on Parfumo reveals. There are many scents with myrtle that I find highly intriguing (but ultimately not 100% convincing) (like Grain de Plaisir, Aramis, Superuomo, Ambre Précieux, Ambre Sultan, and Etrog by L'Arquiste), but there’s also Patchouli Ancien by Les Ecuadors, which I really love, and Mirto by Tuttotondo, where myrtle is even the leading note and to which I have become utterly devoted.
We stand disappointed and affected
The guillotine falls, and all questions remain open.
The brand's online presence showcases a range of minimalist chic T-shirts, face masks, and similar trinkets, along with a series of room fragrance candles and several fragrance lines, including a series of Eau de Colognes. Among them is Cédrat 672 (no idea what the number stands for). There isn’t much of a story told about the scent, just that it is inspired by the Jewish festival of Sukkot, where one must hold not only the citron, which is a symbol of beauty and perfection, but also willows, palm fronds, and myrtles. Sounds nice, but the provided fragrance pyramid does not include willows or palms, but rather:
Top: Bergamot, Petitgrain
Heart: Citron
Base: Musk accord, woody accords, myrtle.
As noted by Yatagan and others before me, the scent does not smell like citron (and not like petitgrain either), but rather like grapefruit, and unfortunately neither beautifully nor sustainably.
672 starts with a very, very bright, almost piercing lemon note that quickly turns into grapefruit. The grapefruit becomes quite fruity-meaty and almost real (but only almost, as there remains a neon-light synthetic hint), accompanied by a decidedly unpleasant strong floral-rubber-sweaty-animalic off-note that one doesn’t have to endure for long, as this cologne is close to skin after 20 minutes and gone after an hour.
If someone wants to pay 48 euros for 50 milliliters of this experience, they can do so in a free country like this. However, I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it.
It should be noted that I wondered if the skunky aspect might come from the fact that I somehow can’t handle myrtle. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case, as the excellent fragrance note research function on Parfumo reveals. There are many scents with myrtle that I find highly intriguing (but ultimately not 100% convincing) (like Grain de Plaisir, Aramis, Superuomo, Ambre Précieux, Ambre Sultan, and Etrog by L'Arquiste), but there’s also Patchouli Ancien by Les Ecuadors, which I really love, and Mirto by Tuttotondo, where myrtle is even the leading note and to which I have become utterly devoted.
We stand disappointed and affected
The guillotine falls, and all questions remain open.
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