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Helpful Review
Something is not right
Either with my nose or with the fragrance.
How do I come to that?
I read the ingredient list and the comments and think this fragrance could appeal to me.
Spices, cinnamon, patchouli, musk - what could go wrong?
I order the fragrance - blind. I receive the fragrance and spray it on.
And I smell something. But not what is listed in the ingredients.
No pepper - neither black nor pink and no other spices, especially no cinnamon.
One could say that I am not a specialist in the different colors of pepper; this statement definitely does not apply to cinnamon. I know cinnamon and I love cinnamon. Cardamom smells - as far as I know - also somehow different; well, maybe there’s a bit of ginger in there.
So the top note is not as expected.
In the heart note, I can't identify any roses, but I'm not a rose specialist.
I don't really miss jasmine - jasmine is not really my thing.
I should recognize patchouli and musk in the base, but they don't stand out to me either.
So, what do I smell then?
At first, I noticed a similarity to "Suddenly Woman I," which is said to have a certain resemblance to the famous "Chanel No.5." One of the few fragrances from the aldehyde direction that I consciously know and - probably unconsciously - associate with the image of a lady in a brown fur coat. Thus, I think it is the aldehydes that I encounter in this fragrance. And that is just not my taste. I am not a lady and I don’t have a (brown) fur coat either. I will probably never become a lady and I don't need a fur coat. And certainly not a brown one.
It may be that the fragrance is not bad, but if I get a fragrance with the ingredients listed above, which also carries the term 'Spice' in its name, and I can't identify any of those ingredients, the fragrance has missed its target.
It’s not for me and it can move on.
Postscript: Maybe I should also mention that the really pretty bottle is packaged in a quite appealing little box. That earns a small extra point.
How do I come to that?
I read the ingredient list and the comments and think this fragrance could appeal to me.
Spices, cinnamon, patchouli, musk - what could go wrong?
I order the fragrance - blind. I receive the fragrance and spray it on.
And I smell something. But not what is listed in the ingredients.
No pepper - neither black nor pink and no other spices, especially no cinnamon.
One could say that I am not a specialist in the different colors of pepper; this statement definitely does not apply to cinnamon. I know cinnamon and I love cinnamon. Cardamom smells - as far as I know - also somehow different; well, maybe there’s a bit of ginger in there.
So the top note is not as expected.
In the heart note, I can't identify any roses, but I'm not a rose specialist.
I don't really miss jasmine - jasmine is not really my thing.
I should recognize patchouli and musk in the base, but they don't stand out to me either.
So, what do I smell then?
At first, I noticed a similarity to "Suddenly Woman I," which is said to have a certain resemblance to the famous "Chanel No.5." One of the few fragrances from the aldehyde direction that I consciously know and - probably unconsciously - associate with the image of a lady in a brown fur coat. Thus, I think it is the aldehydes that I encounter in this fragrance. And that is just not my taste. I am not a lady and I don’t have a (brown) fur coat either. I will probably never become a lady and I don't need a fur coat. And certainly not a brown one.
It may be that the fragrance is not bad, but if I get a fragrance with the ingredients listed above, which also carries the term 'Spice' in its name, and I can't identify any of those ingredients, the fragrance has missed its target.
It’s not for me and it can move on.
Postscript: Maybe I should also mention that the really pretty bottle is packaged in a quite appealing little box. That earns a small extra point.
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13 Comments
I find it beautiful! By the way, I took over ChaiTees' bottle, so we actually sniffed the same fragrance!
But it's just not what it should be according to the description.