The Winner Takes It All Omerta

Many thanks to Sören for this "flacon." The The Winner Takes It All comes in a truly ugly 20ml square plastic spray bottle. At least it works perfectly fine. No question, the fragrance DNA strongly resembles "Invictus (Eau de Toilette) | Paco Rabanne" or "Brave | La Rive." However, the scent is significantly weaker in intensity. And the longevity is a joke - I have never experienced such poor performance from a "toilette." It actually smells quite weak right from the start. After an hour, you can only catch a faint whiff up close, and in less than 2 hours, the "ghost" is already gone. So, for the first time, I am writing a review in a rush on the same day of application. Here, extensive testing is impossible. We don't even need to talk about sillage. It's a shame because the scent itself would actually be quite decent.

The top note starts off alcoholic, synthetic, and aquatic. It has a maritime scent reminiscent of shower gel and grapefruit. After a few minutes, the heart note joins in. This is quite sweet and fruity with peach aromas and only faintly balsamic, reminiscent of guaiac wood. To be honest, I can no longer discern a base note; after the heart note, nothing else happens for me, and the scent is gone forever.