Tuberose absolute
Bell pepper
Tonka bean
Maté
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Game of Thrones Syndrome
Part of the "problem" at Marc Antoine Barrois is that their first scent in their long partnership with Quentin Bisch, Ganymede Eau de Parfum was so revolutionary and became so popular. It's rare that a fragrance so utterly unique can become such a good seller; generally even fragheads need some roots to the past to ground them so they can enjoy the uniqueness in a controlled environment.
Because of the uniqueness and popularity, I think MAB fell into a sort of "Game of Thrones" syndrome where they needed to try to do the same thing over and over to try and get the same result. Let me explain: in Game of Thrones, in case you haven't watched it, there are lots of huge plot twists and main characters don't necessarily have plot armor protecting them. For the first five seasons, the twists and deaths were enjoyable, but near the end of the show, they seemingly started killing off characters just to show they could, and introducing twists that weren't properly built up, culminating in probably the worst last season, relative to how good the show used to be, of any show at least I've ever watched.
Now Aldebaran isn't all that bad, actually is not bad at all, but I feel like, similar to Game of Thrones, MAB is trying to re-bottle lightning, just releasing strange and out-there scents to try and capture the magic of Ganymede, instead of just releasing stuff that smells good; i.e. killing off characters and introducing plot twists just for the sake of it, instead of writing an actual compelling story. I could be entirely wrong here and M. Barrois is just a fan of these weird edgy scents and pays Quentin Bisch to keep making them.
Aldebaran actually smells like all the notes in the notes listing. Almost too much like them. Photorealistic tuberose, photorealistic paprika/bell pepper. Smooth, sweet tonka bean. Bitter, grassy maté. Do they work together? Kind of. But it just feels unnatural and unnerving. I think that's why there are votes for "synthetic." Each note doesn't smell synthetic at all but the combination is bizarre and like something a robot who's unable to smell would come up with.
None of this is to say it's "bad," per se, just utterly WEIRD. Usually I commend a fragrance for its originality but here it almost works against Aldebaran. I'm giving it a high score because I'm enjoying it for its novelty, but this is definitely not an endorsement for a blind buy. I can very easily see how someone could feel that this is an absolute abomination, and it's like a hair away from that for me. It's one of those that can either be higher than an 8 or lower than a 2 and nothing in between.
Because of the uniqueness and popularity, I think MAB fell into a sort of "Game of Thrones" syndrome where they needed to try to do the same thing over and over to try and get the same result. Let me explain: in Game of Thrones, in case you haven't watched it, there are lots of huge plot twists and main characters don't necessarily have plot armor protecting them. For the first five seasons, the twists and deaths were enjoyable, but near the end of the show, they seemingly started killing off characters just to show they could, and introducing twists that weren't properly built up, culminating in probably the worst last season, relative to how good the show used to be, of any show at least I've ever watched.
Now Aldebaran isn't all that bad, actually is not bad at all, but I feel like, similar to Game of Thrones, MAB is trying to re-bottle lightning, just releasing strange and out-there scents to try and capture the magic of Ganymede, instead of just releasing stuff that smells good; i.e. killing off characters and introducing plot twists just for the sake of it, instead of writing an actual compelling story. I could be entirely wrong here and M. Barrois is just a fan of these weird edgy scents and pays Quentin Bisch to keep making them.
Aldebaran actually smells like all the notes in the notes listing. Almost too much like them. Photorealistic tuberose, photorealistic paprika/bell pepper. Smooth, sweet tonka bean. Bitter, grassy maté. Do they work together? Kind of. But it just feels unnatural and unnerving. I think that's why there are votes for "synthetic." Each note doesn't smell synthetic at all but the combination is bizarre and like something a robot who's unable to smell would come up with.
None of this is to say it's "bad," per se, just utterly WEIRD. Usually I commend a fragrance for its originality but here it almost works against Aldebaran. I'm giving it a high score because I'm enjoying it for its novelty, but this is definitely not an endorsement for a blind buy. I can very easily see how someone could feel that this is an absolute abomination, and it's like a hair away from that for me. It's one of those that can either be higher than an 8 or lower than a 2 and nothing in between.
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