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Oh, Paco...tell me, where are the berries!
Well, this is yet another fragrance that leaves me puzzled. Based on the descriptions here and on other websites, I assumed that Ultrared must be a sweet fruit bomb, and since I am totally in love with Ultraviolet and was unusually looking for a sweet, playful, youthful, and fruity scent, I thought I couldn't go wrong here; after all, what Paco Rabanne has created once, he should be able to do again.
But I was mistaken. For one, I find Ultrared not sweet at all. Sure, there is a certain sweetness that comes with the berries, but it is really tame and subtle. Subtle is indeed what characterizes this fragrance for me: no significant sillage, no special longevity, no edges or corners, and it does not deliver what the fragrance pyramid promises. Jasmine, marshmallow, berries, etc. suggest a considerable bomb that leans towards gourmand, but that is not the case at all.
Instead, Ultrared is delicate and unremarkable. The berries, which one can usually easily sniff out of a perfume, are somehow pale and unremarkable here, like a basket of berries that was carried past you, leaving just a last hint, a final trace of scent. The comparison to a strawberry margarita is quite fitting, as the fragrance also brings an alcoholic-aldehydic note.
With Ultrared, you can't really go wrong; it's that unobtrusive. Maybe I just don't have a nose for this fragrance - I don't even know if I would recognize it on another woman, as Ultrared has so little profile and expressiveness for me.
Conclusion: What a pity, what a pity, but I really know better fragrances from Paco Rabanne.
But I was mistaken. For one, I find Ultrared not sweet at all. Sure, there is a certain sweetness that comes with the berries, but it is really tame and subtle. Subtle is indeed what characterizes this fragrance for me: no significant sillage, no special longevity, no edges or corners, and it does not deliver what the fragrance pyramid promises. Jasmine, marshmallow, berries, etc. suggest a considerable bomb that leans towards gourmand, but that is not the case at all.
Instead, Ultrared is delicate and unremarkable. The berries, which one can usually easily sniff out of a perfume, are somehow pale and unremarkable here, like a basket of berries that was carried past you, leaving just a last hint, a final trace of scent. The comparison to a strawberry margarita is quite fitting, as the fragrance also brings an alcoholic-aldehydic note.
With Ultrared, you can't really go wrong; it's that unobtrusive. Maybe I just don't have a nose for this fragrance - I don't even know if I would recognize it on another woman, as Ultrared has so little profile and expressiveness for me.
Conclusion: What a pity, what a pity, but I really know better fragrances from Paco Rabanne.
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