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I don't want to belong to these 'Upper Ten'...
Oh yes, who wouldn't want to belong to the 'upper ten thousand', to the 'high society', or as my grandmother used to say: to the 'hautevolee'?!
Honestly, I don't want to - or only very rarely.
But if I did, I certainly wouldn't choose to scent myself with 'Upper Ten'.
It's quite strange: Lubin launches a consistently successful line called 'Les Talismania', starting with 'Idole de Lubin', through 'Korrigan', 'Akkad' to 'Galaad' - all strong and unusual oriental fragrances - and then a few years later, they release a 'Sauvage'/'Bleu de Chanel' clone that neither fits the line nor comes close to the level of its predecessors.
Once again, it was the team of Thomas Fontaine/Gilles Thévenin that developed this fragrance, just like with the extremely successful 'Korrigan'.
And Thomas Fontaine has proven time and again that he can create great fragrances. Unfortunately, he has also created less impressive ones, like the new, decidedly timid 'Patou pour Homme'.
'Upper Ten' is also timid, and how.
No trace of innovation, no courage for the extraordinary, no drive for individuality.
Is it really those strong-willed pioneers who built America and were later called the 'Upper Ten', that these brave men and women served as the inspiration for this fragrance?
Lubin's own words: “Without fear of obstacles, they lived every moment of their lives as if it were their last.”
With 'Upper Ten'?
Hardly believable.
Lubin's scent transports me olfactorily much more to an ordinary men's shower in a fitness center, where it smells day in and day out of the same 'For Men' shower gel blend.
Not that this has to be bad. Some might like it. But it's not for me.
It's a bit like layering all the pictures of the most beautiful faces to find the most beautiful one, the distillation of all beauty, only to finally realize that the most boring result has come out of it.
That's how I feel about 'Upper Ten'.
Of course, the fragrance is well made! It smells nicely spicy-peppery, has a few fruity nuances to offer, along with a trendy Ambroxan finish, has endurance and well-balanced projection.
But so far, so yawn, so snore....
It's also strange that Luca Turin praises this fragrance so highly. I can't quite follow him on that. Similar to years ago with his hymn to 'Beyond Paradise for Men', I have the feeling that I'm sniffing a completely different fragrance than he is.
But well, tastes differ.
As Wowi would say: 'And that's a good thing!'
Honestly, I don't want to - or only very rarely.
But if I did, I certainly wouldn't choose to scent myself with 'Upper Ten'.
It's quite strange: Lubin launches a consistently successful line called 'Les Talismania', starting with 'Idole de Lubin', through 'Korrigan', 'Akkad' to 'Galaad' - all strong and unusual oriental fragrances - and then a few years later, they release a 'Sauvage'/'Bleu de Chanel' clone that neither fits the line nor comes close to the level of its predecessors.
Once again, it was the team of Thomas Fontaine/Gilles Thévenin that developed this fragrance, just like with the extremely successful 'Korrigan'.
And Thomas Fontaine has proven time and again that he can create great fragrances. Unfortunately, he has also created less impressive ones, like the new, decidedly timid 'Patou pour Homme'.
'Upper Ten' is also timid, and how.
No trace of innovation, no courage for the extraordinary, no drive for individuality.
Is it really those strong-willed pioneers who built America and were later called the 'Upper Ten', that these brave men and women served as the inspiration for this fragrance?
Lubin's own words: “Without fear of obstacles, they lived every moment of their lives as if it were their last.”
With 'Upper Ten'?
Hardly believable.
Lubin's scent transports me olfactorily much more to an ordinary men's shower in a fitness center, where it smells day in and day out of the same 'For Men' shower gel blend.
Not that this has to be bad. Some might like it. But it's not for me.
It's a bit like layering all the pictures of the most beautiful faces to find the most beautiful one, the distillation of all beauty, only to finally realize that the most boring result has come out of it.
That's how I feel about 'Upper Ten'.
Of course, the fragrance is well made! It smells nicely spicy-peppery, has a few fruity nuances to offer, along with a trendy Ambroxan finish, has endurance and well-balanced projection.
But so far, so yawn, so snore....
It's also strange that Luca Turin praises this fragrance so highly. I can't quite follow him on that. Similar to years ago with his hymn to 'Beyond Paradise for Men', I have the feeling that I'm sniffing a completely different fragrance than he is.
But well, tastes differ.
As Wowi would say: 'And that's a good thing!'
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Manchmal aber schnuppere ich an dem einen oder anderen Duschgel, einfach so, meinem Interesse an Düften folgend.
Daher meine Duschgel-Assoziation.