VIP Club - Pure Woody Mercedes-Benz 2014

A few nice ideas so far & unexpectedly little uniformity, plus very few truly negative outliers - these were enough arguments to take a closer look at Pure Woody (ridiculous name, in multiple ways) from the new VIP Club collection. I should have left it alone, as this scent is by far the most generic of the series & can easily be forgotten/overlooked. It embodies everything one might have in terms of negative prejudices, fears & associations against such a suddenly emerging basketball team of Mercedes fragrances.

The scent is synthetic, scratchy, and uninspired. Absolute mainstream junk that you want to forget immediately. A dime-a-dozen fragrance trying to step into the oversized footprints of Boss Bottled, mixing in a bit of Eros but unable to hold a candle to either. The opening is at 007 fragrance level, reminding one of that horror with a hypochondriac-chemical apple - which should already be more than a coffin nail for this creation. But at least the shining apple stands out & remains, albeit rarely positively, in memory. The subsequent rest is not worth embellished sentences & metaphors, but only an annoyed-depressive yawn. I've already forgotten it; I believe it was most like a warming amber mush... but it's not exactly decipherable. Like childbirth pains: mostly forgotten quickly. Just unfortunately without a baby.

Bottle: no, not for me
Sillage: office variety & even less
Longevity: 3-5 hours are rare

Conclusion: a mix of Boss Bottled & the 007 fragrances - resulting in a generic apple shampoo perfume that lacks any shine & is simply disappointing.