I like freshies. I like "blue" fragrances. So the
7 Cobalt came onto my radar quite quickly, didn't stay there for long after a sobering test on my arm and disappeared.
After I recently gave
Esencia Eau de Parfum another chance and found it much better on the neck and in the air than just on the arm, I had to try
7 Cobalt too and was richly rewarded. I have to say about this fragrance: test it on your neck or don't test it at all.
How I perceive a so-called "full wear" on the neck, I am now writing here. (4 sprays in the neck area)
The fragrance starts with a very refreshing and juicy blackcurrant and a refreshing blue tail, yes: a fruity shower gel aura spreads in the air. But the opening "evaporates" quite quickly and the drydown sets in very quickly in my perception. And in the drydown, this fragrance is very unusual, because at no point from the DD do I perceive a mixture of several fragrances, but the different scents of
7 Cobalt keep coming on stage like actors, holding short monologues and making room for their colleagues. The speaking parts are divided as follows:
Sage and Frankincense come on stage the most and also deliver the most energetic monologues.
Pepper and vetiver then have less speaking parts.
Clove and tonia again less so, with the clove speaking very, very quietly. Fortunately.
What surprises me: I often see juniper berries on the stage. But it is not listed. Could it be? Is it the combination of blackcurrant, vetiver and clove that makes me think of juniper berry?
Whatever the case may be:
The fragrance has something fresh, something dry and, thanks to sage and incense, a depth that only reminds me of the legendary and beautiful
Acqua di Giò Profumo Parfum, because there, too, the freshness is embedded in a deep and tart scenery of rosemary, sage and incense. I am not saying that
7 Cobalt is similar to
Acqua di Giò Profumo Parfum, be careful: I am talking about the "function" or style.
The
7 Cobalt actually reminds me more of
masculin Pluriel - less sharp, less striking, lighter and airier, and bluer. This fragrance is not listed at all under "Similar" below.
I can understand the similarity to
Silver Mountain Water and
Bleu de Chanel Eau de Parfum. Partly also to
Percival, which was much too blue and much too "shower gel" for me. The alleged similarity to
Antaeus Eau de Toilette must be a joke.
Despite the incense, I don't see any similarity to my beloved
Dior Homme Sport (2021) . And this is where I would like to make the next point:
7 Cobalt is not as radiant as a
Dior Homme Sport (2021), it is much more restrained. But I keep smelling subtle clouds of fragrance for at least 4 hours, which I perceive between the shower gel and interesting, mysterious accords of incense, sage and pepper. I also have to say that for me this is one of the most beautiful and interesting varieties of vetiver. After 4-5 hours, the fragrance becomes very close, I don't smell it myself, but others (not strangers!) do when asked. For me, the durability is absolutely secondary or even uninteresting.
I find an application for fragrances that I like. As someone who showers several times a day, does sport and has a time-broken working day, it's not a problem. And even if I only notice a fragrance for 2 hours, I enjoy it for 2 hours and am happy that I can apply a new fragrance a few hours after my shower. But this fragrance lasts for a working day (7-8 hours), the first half is perceptible to the wearer, the second half only to others. And part of the religious mystery is that you believe in what you cannot see. I believe, no, I know that the fragrance is there, even if I can no longer perceive it myself after 4-5 hours. That would be mystery no. 3. Mystery no. 1 is created by the sacred fragrance notes such as sage and incense, which frame the freshness.
Mystery no. 2, as already mentioned, is created by the fact that the fragrance notes are sometimes more, sometimes less perceptible, coming and going without you knowing when what comes back to my nose and why and how strong. As the wearer, you have to put up with that. Therein lies the beauty of this sillage: a variety of beautiful accords spread over several hours.
I think the bottle is beautiful. The wooden cap also goes wonderfully with this bottle color (dark turquoise with a metallic look?)
Loewe, we are learning to love each other. I now have the
Esencia Eau de Parfum in a 15 ml travel bottle, this one in 100 ml.
I also find the
001 Man Eau de Parfum and those that have air and water designations on the bottles interesting. But for now, all is well. I am happy with this approach.
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Pink pepper
Blackcurrant
Clove
Tonka bean
Vetiver
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