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A medium-sized bag of surprises, please!
A sample of a fragrance that I probably would never have wanted to test if I had known the pyramid found its way to me. As a lovely addition.
It's not that I have to immediately call up the perfume page for every test and study the notes while sniffing, but I usually like to have a reference point. With many fragrances that you swap and feel you must test (go for), you already have that - precisely because you studied the pyramid. Or you already know the name, have read about it, had associations and ideas. Recently, I've stopped checking beforehand with random, included samples.
Good thing! Otherwise, I would surely have approached this test very biased.
Funfair Evening promised me sweetness from the name. Sugar. Sticky.
All the more surprised I was by the beautiful scent that I categorized as exotic-oriental in the first second. Sweet, indeed, but bearable. I could immediately identify my beloved orange blossom, as well as a fruity shisha apple at the beginning. It is definitely caramel-like too. But some beautiful, mysterious note refused to show me its face. I kept pondering in the back of my mind what oriental ingredient could be so appealing to me. And I just couldn't figure it out. When I looked it up, I didn't understand at first.
Anise.
Anise?
I hate anise!
At least I thought so. Sprayed it on again, smelled it, and realized: it is indeed anise that I like so much here! In combination with the sweetness and the fresh white flowers, it develops into a dream for my nose.
Unfortunately, this note weakens towards the end, and caramel ultimately prevails. I also could have done without the fruity notes.
Overall, however, a delightful fragrance that is more than just a fair and popcorn and - at least for me - held quite a nice surprise. I will now delve further into the anise phenomenon; perhaps I've only tested the wrong fragrances so far?
It's not that I have to immediately call up the perfume page for every test and study the notes while sniffing, but I usually like to have a reference point. With many fragrances that you swap and feel you must test (go for), you already have that - precisely because you studied the pyramid. Or you already know the name, have read about it, had associations and ideas. Recently, I've stopped checking beforehand with random, included samples.
Good thing! Otherwise, I would surely have approached this test very biased.
Funfair Evening promised me sweetness from the name. Sugar. Sticky.
All the more surprised I was by the beautiful scent that I categorized as exotic-oriental in the first second. Sweet, indeed, but bearable. I could immediately identify my beloved orange blossom, as well as a fruity shisha apple at the beginning. It is definitely caramel-like too. But some beautiful, mysterious note refused to show me its face. I kept pondering in the back of my mind what oriental ingredient could be so appealing to me. And I just couldn't figure it out. When I looked it up, I didn't understand at first.
Anise.
Anise?
I hate anise!
At least I thought so. Sprayed it on again, smelled it, and realized: it is indeed anise that I like so much here! In combination with the sweetness and the fresh white flowers, it develops into a dream for my nose.
Unfortunately, this note weakens towards the end, and caramel ultimately prevails. I also could have done without the fruity notes.
Overall, however, a delightful fragrance that is more than just a fair and popcorn and - at least for me - held quite a nice surprise. I will now delve further into the anise phenomenon; perhaps I've only tested the wrong fragrances so far?
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But maybe you could give Confetto a sniff? 馃槆
At least now you can specifically test new scents with anise to potentially make a connection.
Good approach.
It might be too sweet for me; I can't handle the smell of apple shisha very well. So far, I liked Jazz Club from the house.
Great review!