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Very helpful Review
Immediate Satisfaction, Left Wanting...
Id opens with slightly muted sweetened cinnamon with a jasmine floral undertone before quickly moving to its heart. As the composition enters its early heart the cinnamon gains strength, becoming more vociferous as time passes with the jasmine remaining in support, adding in hints of ginger and deep clove spice infused relatively sweet vague woods into the mix. During the late dry-down the cinnamon and clove recede, leaving their remnants to join faint hints of slightly peppery labdanum forming the relatively transparent base. Projection is on the low side of average, as is longevity at about 6-7 hours on skin.
Id represents yet another outing by Mendittorosa where the composition starts off relatively impressive, this time with a fine cinnamon, jasmine and clove trio before losing ground considerably in the late dry-down. Speaking of the late dry-down, it almost isn't there. The composition is near baseless, with the primary notes and accords falling apart in relatively short order. Considering the composition is listed on the company web site as being an extrait, the relatively shoddy performance of now two compositions in a row from the house is starting to show a disturbing trend. Also somewhat troubling is the lack of consistency in the company's product description on its web site to the actual product packaging. The descriptions all say "extrait", but the bottles all say "Eau de Parfum"... Hmm... In truth, the two compositions that have received complete wearings on skin so far perform even worse than either classification, so it is difficult to know what to believe. Oh well, at the end of the day, Id is another "good but not great" release from Mendittorosa that is pleasant enough but needs some more work on its base and distinctiveness. The bottom line is the 185 Euro per 100ml bottle Id seems highly top-loaded, satisfying early but ultimately leaving one wanting, earning a "good" 3 stars out of 5 rating and a recommendation with some reservation.
Id represents yet another outing by Mendittorosa where the composition starts off relatively impressive, this time with a fine cinnamon, jasmine and clove trio before losing ground considerably in the late dry-down. Speaking of the late dry-down, it almost isn't there. The composition is near baseless, with the primary notes and accords falling apart in relatively short order. Considering the composition is listed on the company web site as being an extrait, the relatively shoddy performance of now two compositions in a row from the house is starting to show a disturbing trend. Also somewhat troubling is the lack of consistency in the company's product description on its web site to the actual product packaging. The descriptions all say "extrait", but the bottles all say "Eau de Parfum"... Hmm... In truth, the two compositions that have received complete wearings on skin so far perform even worse than either classification, so it is difficult to know what to believe. Oh well, at the end of the day, Id is another "good but not great" release from Mendittorosa that is pleasant enough but needs some more work on its base and distinctiveness. The bottom line is the 185 Euro per 100ml bottle Id seems highly top-loaded, satisfying early but ultimately leaving one wanting, earning a "good" 3 stars out of 5 rating and a recommendation with some reservation.