Imagination Louis Vuitton 2021

Do you like tea?

Summer flows through the country, the colors of the map become less intense, Nordic summer drought, white-light yellow hope, fused with heat. In the offices, the gentlemen with sweat stains under their armpits. Maybe it's air-conditioned. Then after work, the wall of heat.

For this time, for these hours, Imagination is particularly suitable. Fantasy, imagination. The imagination of something beautiful(er). The freshness of imagined hope-fulfillment.

Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud continues to ride the train of sophisticated complaisance. That complaisance which, after the unblinding of a blind tasting/indulgence, is dubbed and judged as "mainstream" and "clearly too expensive for that".

LV is driving a clear agenda. Building a fragrance portfolio with sufficient distinctiveness and coverage of important areas/genres. Which references (not to be confused with fragrance twins!) were godfathers, can perhaps not be assigned 100%, but I could imagine something like: Orage - Terre d'Hermès, Afternoon Swim - Mandarino di Amalfi, Ombre Nomade - "yet another Oud" etc. And now Imagination. Primarily a tea scent for me. Not similar to, but in the wake of Gucci p. H. II. Perhaps that is in proportion even less sweet fragrance yes said reference.

In the first few minutes, I notice the slightly dusty, aromatic, smoothed cinnamoniness the most, then it becomes quieter, which I find good. In the opening, hesperides from the lab and perhaps nature join hands, refreshing, pleasing, without leaving familiar territory. And tea everywhere. I don't smell Nishane tea. Removes a bit of Assam of India (Berdoues), but only a bit. For me, so far, the best (black) tea scent, even if I'm not so familiar with this genre.

Compared to the Afternoon Swim (which smells not at all similar and which I like freely very much) Imagination has the advantage of being more all-rounder, less pure Schönejahresduft. Compared to Meteorite from the same house, Imagination doesn't drown in a soapy clean musk bath. Serious, but mainstream, yes. Pleasing, fresh, understated, round, no longer green behind the ears, but without age wild growth in the shell. For the office, for just so, for smelling good, not necessarily for the heart.

The shelf life I find surprisingly good. Today: 28 degrees indoor temperature, six hours: still perceptible. Sillage: decent to average, say at least others. Deductions there are dufttechnisch for the initial me too dominant, although still background cinnamon. Otherwise, exactly what I had hoped for: one for everyday life, which I like well and is uncomplicated. The summer will reach into the autumn.