Tirrenico Profumi del Forte 2008

Tirrenico is surprising and original, it could even be wonderful - except for its strong fennel-note which one perceives after the top-notes have gone. It may also be some kind of "parsley water-dropwort"-smell - but if you are not into drinking ouzo or eating fennel, if you like your perfumes to smell more abstract and less "vegetarian" - you will NOT enjoy this stuff. I wanted to like it so much... and it does have its moments - but the strong fennel-note ruins it all for me. The sea is there, you can smell the sand and the ocean - but why did they put fennel in the heart-note???
Btw: excellent staying-power!