Ombre Nomade Louis Vuitton 2018

Every now and then I take the sacred hype grail of the Louis V disciples under my nose. In the meantime, I've become a little more educated about some niche fragrances.

At the very beginning of my olfactory journey, I was almost overwhelmed by it in the form of a never-smelled rake. Even then, it was too loud and too vulgar for me. Despite its proud price, it was somehow cheap. So "Robeeert Geiß" like. But of course, everyone as they like it.

I confused the loud ordinary with dark - gloomy - heavy.

That's total nonsense, of course. The only thing that is heavy about it is the durability and sillage. And in my opinion, Mother Nature can't help it with this one. That's more a matter for the laboratories. Often located in Chinese wildlife markets. Because of the labor costs.

The part here is above all vulgarly sweet. So indiscriminately sweet that you can't even tell whether it's rose or raspberry. Even a cheaper but all the more honest Ombré Leather (2018) Eau de Parfum can do that better. Not to mention the Suède et Safran or this one London

But wait a minute. Now I'm making the mistake again and letting myself be guided by the constantly repeated, but never, ever accurate forum paradigm that we're dealing with a "leather fragrance" here. We are not!

There is something woody in it. And as I said: this is never real oud. Whereby one might expect at least a lesser quality of natural ingredient. But see above.

To put it bluntly: for me, this is a boring rose "oud" fragrance, only in a "perversely synthetic and heavy" version. And ultimately, that also suits this show-off brand. Sorry, the whole thing is just damn unappealing to me.

I would still like to wish everyone else who likes it a lot of fun and enjoyment!