Megamare by Orto Parisi

Megamare 2019

LeonaStern
05/20/2020 - 09:30 AM
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3.5Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage 8Bottle

Megamare and Bitterfeld

Oh dear, where do I start? I have only been registered on Parfumo for a few months. Until now, I have neither rated a fragrance nor written any statements.
This is not because I am just a "peeper" here; rather, I have lacked the courage until now. My nose is not trained enough that I felt I needed to add my two cents here. There are certainly far more knowledgeable members here.

Now to Megamare;
Before I participated in the sharing, I naturally looked at the reviews and statements. I knew it would be a fragrance with edges and corners. The idea of salt and aquatic notes in a fragrance intrigued me. I imagined a wonderful sea scent. To preface: I perceived a lot of salt, but I cannot make a connection to the sea.

The first and only spray and then a déjà vu.

We are at the end of the 70s/beginning of the 80s. I am in East Germany, specifically in the chemical town of Bitterfeld (a city in Saxony-Anhalt). I am sitting in the car with my parents, and we are driving with a cake in tow to my sister.
We are crossing the industrial area. A huge chemical factory, an entire site with smoking chimneys, from which yellow, black, or white plumes of smoke rise. It steams and hisses at every corner. The buildings, the street, everything is dreary, gray, and dirty. Closing the car windows does not help. You cannot escape the smell. It seeps through every crack, into every corner. Probably even a nose clip would not have made a difference.
I feel nauseous; even hours later, the smell haunts me. It is everywhere - like Megamare - with a sillage of 10+++++. Even the cake absorbs it. It tasted like how Bitterfeld smelled. And the longevity is unbelievable. It tends towards 12 ++++. We stayed overnight at my sister's, and by late afternoon the next day, we still had the smell in our noses. Well, all of this came to mind after one spray of Megamare.
I do not want to offend any Parfumo member who likes this fragrance. Surely it has its rightful supporters and fans; otherwise, it wouldn’t be rated so highly. And fortunately, every nose perceives differently.
I speak solely for myself and have consciously used the term smell and not fragrance in the text, as I associate fragrance with positive feelings. I found Megamare to be quite terrible. It caused me nausea and headaches.
I definitely recommend staying away from a blind purchase. It is very specific.
So, after this critique, something good at the end. I have decided to give away the 5ml minus the test spray from my sharing, as I have no intention of letting Megamare come near my nose again.
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8 Comments
SiameseDreamSiameseDream 2 years ago
Your impressions of Megamare are spot on.
Rita: "In Bitterfeld, it's now ten past seven!"
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LeonaSternLeonaStern 2 years ago
Nice that you can relate to it. But I think it doesn't smell that way in Bitterfeld anymore :).

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NesamiNesami 6 years ago
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Funny, my first comment was also a negative review - it seems easier to express and justify clear rejection. I enjoyed your comment and I can relate to your associations. At this point, I also have to reiterate my statement about Megamare: my jacket collar has been permanently ruined after just one wear.
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FittleworthFittleworth 6 years ago
Exciting! I'm from that region... I'll leave you a Bitterfeld Chemistry Cup for the comment.
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DerDefconDerDefcon 6 years ago
As part of my studies, I'm currently looking into environmental history and, in this context, also into pollution in East Germany (for a lesson plan). It's crazy what was done in the chemical triangle - and not just there. I found your comment very, very creative ;)
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LeonaSternLeonaStern 6 years ago
I started a giveaway in the forum, love to find Edda 32 under Swap, Give Away, etc.
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Edda32Edda32 6 years ago
Maybe for me? I've wanted to test this for soooo long. However, some people feel the same way you do. By the way, when our neighbor bakes cake, it always tastes like oil because the kitchen is above the tank. I need to check which perfume that would be....
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PollitaPollita 6 years ago
That sounds similar to Norleans with the chemical factory. No, I don't need to test that. However, I really liked your comment!
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