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Is it worth spending €250 on this perfume?
This is a question that everyone is sure to ask themselves when it comes to buying a niche fragrance like this one. It is not so easy to judge whether a price for a perfume is justified or not, after all, this is art.
Is a Louis Vuitton handbag worth €2,000? I don't know, but fashion is art and people are willing to pay that much for it. Especially with a name that stands for luxury and quality.
Another, and perhaps easier to answer, question would be: "Can you get an equally good fragrance for a significantly lower price?". I would answer the question with yes.
If we want to compare a fragrance with others, we have to look in the same category. In the case of Althaïr, we are in the gourmand-sweet fragrance segment. Competitors would be, for example, the
Le Mâle Elixir, the
Spicebomb Extreme,
"Sand Desert At Sunset | Zara" or the often mentioned
Club Black, which I fortunately own and was sometimes available for under 60€/100ml.
The last one in particular is very similar to Althaïr.
Especially in the first 2 hours, the two fragrances are confusingly similar.
Like Club Back, Althaïr opens very vanilla-sweet with orange blossom and light resin notes.
Cinnamon is also slightly noticeable. Over time, the orange blossom and cinnamon fade into the background and alternate with the chocolate note. This creates associations of children's milk chocolate for me and makes the fragrance really gourmand and creamy. The chocolate note is very distinctive, but never manages to displace the vanilla, which remains the most dominant note throughout the fragrance.
The Club Black is more or less linear with a full blast of vanilla and benzoin resin from start to finish.
Does that make it worse? No, but less unique.
Do you need both? Hard to say, probably not, just like you don't need a Sauvage if you already have a Luna Rossa Carbon. But that's personal preference.
To summarize, the Althaïr is a really nice sweet gourmand fragrance, which despite existing and similar smelling counterparts, brings a certain uniqueness with it. Whether it's worth spending €250 on it is something everyone has to decide for themselves.
Briefly on durability and silage: 10/10. Lifts all day and projects properly. But is still not obtrusive.
Is a Louis Vuitton handbag worth €2,000? I don't know, but fashion is art and people are willing to pay that much for it. Especially with a name that stands for luxury and quality.
Another, and perhaps easier to answer, question would be: "Can you get an equally good fragrance for a significantly lower price?". I would answer the question with yes.
If we want to compare a fragrance with others, we have to look in the same category. In the case of Althaïr, we are in the gourmand-sweet fragrance segment. Competitors would be, for example, the
Le Mâle Elixir, the
Spicebomb Extreme,
"Sand Desert At Sunset | Zara" or the often mentioned
Club Black, which I fortunately own and was sometimes available for under 60€/100ml.
The last one in particular is very similar to Althaïr.
Especially in the first 2 hours, the two fragrances are confusingly similar.
Like Club Back, Althaïr opens very vanilla-sweet with orange blossom and light resin notes.
Cinnamon is also slightly noticeable. Over time, the orange blossom and cinnamon fade into the background and alternate with the chocolate note. This creates associations of children's milk chocolate for me and makes the fragrance really gourmand and creamy. The chocolate note is very distinctive, but never manages to displace the vanilla, which remains the most dominant note throughout the fragrance.
The Club Black is more or less linear with a full blast of vanilla and benzoin resin from start to finish.
Does that make it worse? No, but less unique.
Do you need both? Hard to say, probably not, just like you don't need a Sauvage if you already have a Luna Rossa Carbon. But that's personal preference.
To summarize, the Althaïr is a really nice sweet gourmand fragrance, which despite existing and similar smelling counterparts, brings a certain uniqueness with it. Whether it's worth spending €250 on it is something everyone has to decide for themselves.
Briefly on durability and silage: 10/10. Lifts all day and projects properly. But is still not obtrusive.
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