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05/12/2020
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The Man and the Sea #03 - Shore leave
The first shore leave of the journey is imminent. A small island in the Mediterranean Sea is the destination. Just big enough to be able to moor, nature welcomes us with its very own rough charm. Barren sandy soils provide a sparse growth of dry herbs, which give off their aroma to the fresh sea air. Only a few blossoms stretch out towards the sun and from the interior of the island a scent of the citrus plantations reaches us...
Mare Nostrum opens with a citric head. Sour and tart, I perceive lemon and bergamot above all. If you, like me, are irritated by the classification (citric-fresh) and the many tangerine evaluations, please let me know. Because immediately clear herbal spice and green-dry flowers complement the scent impression and take the main role for me. Less citric than woody-herbal, but still fresh, I would describe my scent impression.
Over time - and here it should be noted that the whole process tends to take place in the first thirty minutes - the citrus notes become weaker and the tart orientation takes over. Patchouli joins in and clearly creates a chypre character for me. I am a little surprised that nobody here has classified it in this direction. Without losing its freshness, it remains a spicy-herbal scent until the end.
That Mare Nostrum is not an aquat in the true sense of the word is already revealed by the scents. Instead of a chord that reflects salt or the sea, a landscape close to the sea has been created here. And with it scents in the style of a classic Italian colognes. Those who have added the more classical representatives of Acqua di Parma to their collection will certainly enjoy this interpretation as well.
For me the shore leave was nice to look at. Having briefly enjoyed the sophisticated and fragrant stature of the fragrance, I prefer to go back to the sea. Maybe in a few years I will return to this place with a trip, but for my current search and my age I find this fragrance rather unsuitable.
The durability is in a good range, the sillage is rather average but remains relatively long at a constant level.
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edit 2020: I suppose already today, 2 years later, I would like this fragrance much better and more wearable for me...
Mare Nostrum opens with a citric head. Sour and tart, I perceive lemon and bergamot above all. If you, like me, are irritated by the classification (citric-fresh) and the many tangerine evaluations, please let me know. Because immediately clear herbal spice and green-dry flowers complement the scent impression and take the main role for me. Less citric than woody-herbal, but still fresh, I would describe my scent impression.
Over time - and here it should be noted that the whole process tends to take place in the first thirty minutes - the citrus notes become weaker and the tart orientation takes over. Patchouli joins in and clearly creates a chypre character for me. I am a little surprised that nobody here has classified it in this direction. Without losing its freshness, it remains a spicy-herbal scent until the end.
That Mare Nostrum is not an aquat in the true sense of the word is already revealed by the scents. Instead of a chord that reflects salt or the sea, a landscape close to the sea has been created here. And with it scents in the style of a classic Italian colognes. Those who have added the more classical representatives of Acqua di Parma to their collection will certainly enjoy this interpretation as well.
For me the shore leave was nice to look at. Having briefly enjoyed the sophisticated and fragrant stature of the fragrance, I prefer to go back to the sea. Maybe in a few years I will return to this place with a trip, but for my current search and my age I find this fragrance rather unsuitable.
The durability is in a good range, the sillage is rather average but remains relatively long at a constant level.
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edit 2020: I suppose already today, 2 years later, I would like this fragrance much better and more wearable for me...
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