Top Notes 
Açaí
Finger lime
Watermelon
Heart Notes 
Guava
Passion flower
Peony
Base Notes 
Hibiscus
Moss
Patchouli
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Summer to Spray vs. Spraying in Summer
As expected from the listed fragrance notes, Solar starts off very, very fruity. A pineapple-passion fruit cocktail, where the watermelon seems to have been forgotten. Interestingly, I can smell something melon-like on the paper strip, but on my skin, that note completely disappears. I cannot perceive açaí, although I suspect that it is just a synonym for -exotic fruit that does not smell like pineapple/melon/mango-. I can certainly be convinced of a slight citrus note, but whether citrus caviar smells like that, I cannot judge for the life of me, as I have never encountered the fruit before.
In slightly cooler temperatures, this fruit cocktail evokes a longing for summer, but as it gets warmer, the potential for this blend to drift towards a fermenting fruit basket increases.
And that is exactly what makes Solar a fragrance that should not (!) be used in summer, but rather when it is cold and gray and one wishes for summer. Summer to spray, then.
The top note is very present and surprisingly long-lasting. On me, it lasts about thirty minutes, and then something very curious happens: the floral heart note, which was already hinted at, retreats and becomes very intimate. The peony, which I love to smell as a flower, is nowhere to be found here; however, a subtle rose with restrained sweetness can be detected. In my opinion, the guava has already used up all its charm in the top note and has nothing more to say here. That leaves the passion flower. What does that actually smell like? The specimen that adorns my mother's conservatory smells, as I discovered today, like almost nothing. A slight, indefinable floral note with, for me, hardly any recognizability. There may be other, more fragrant varieties, but here it contributes little to the overall impression.
And then not much happens anymore. The flowers slowly fade, and the scent becomes sweeter, without becoming sugary or sliding towards vanilla. I would have guessed amber, but I seem to have been mistaken. Unfortunately, I cannot even catch a hint of patchouli and moss. These two components (and the price) were precisely what led to the blind purchase of Solar. I had hoped for a fragrance somewhat apart from my usual fruit salad with vanilla sauce scheme.
Overall, however, the purchase was definitely worth it, and I also like the bottle. The shape is quite classic, but the two inwardly offset squares and the print on the back reminiscent of a magnetic field give it individuality and recognizability.
Nothing groundbreaking, but certainly nice.
In slightly cooler temperatures, this fruit cocktail evokes a longing for summer, but as it gets warmer, the potential for this blend to drift towards a fermenting fruit basket increases.
And that is exactly what makes Solar a fragrance that should not (!) be used in summer, but rather when it is cold and gray and one wishes for summer. Summer to spray, then.
The top note is very present and surprisingly long-lasting. On me, it lasts about thirty minutes, and then something very curious happens: the floral heart note, which was already hinted at, retreats and becomes very intimate. The peony, which I love to smell as a flower, is nowhere to be found here; however, a subtle rose with restrained sweetness can be detected. In my opinion, the guava has already used up all its charm in the top note and has nothing more to say here. That leaves the passion flower. What does that actually smell like? The specimen that adorns my mother's conservatory smells, as I discovered today, like almost nothing. A slight, indefinable floral note with, for me, hardly any recognizability. There may be other, more fragrant varieties, but here it contributes little to the overall impression.
And then not much happens anymore. The flowers slowly fade, and the scent becomes sweeter, without becoming sugary or sliding towards vanilla. I would have guessed amber, but I seem to have been mistaken. Unfortunately, I cannot even catch a hint of patchouli and moss. These two components (and the price) were precisely what led to the blind purchase of Solar. I had hoped for a fragrance somewhat apart from my usual fruit salad with vanilla sauce scheme.
Overall, however, the purchase was definitely worth it, and I also like the bottle. The shape is quite classic, but the two inwardly offset squares and the print on the back reminiscent of a magnetic field give it individuality and recognizability.
Nothing groundbreaking, but certainly nice.
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