Engel Dark for Her Rammstein 2024

On February 22, it was my long-deceased father's birthday. I still think of him often, as we were quite identical wooden heads, and nowadays the gift goes, for practical reasons, not to Dad, but to - me.
It fits that the drugstore with the horseman just happened to have Rammstein fragrances on sale.
Note: If two or three fragrances are reduced in the promotional flyer, all other samples in the same price range are also available at a discount.

It should be Pussy, or, if a tester is available, Diamond.
However, the look at the weather forecast for this northern region said: Forget about the light spring fragrances. You have enough of those anyway, and for now, it's still freezing cold and yuck.
Okay. True.

So it became: Angel Dark for her.
Sprayed on, shockingly in love and obsessed with writing a positive review.....
Especially since the raven-black box along with the equally raven-black matte bottle has a certain charm.
It has something of a black hole, antimatter, or simply Stanley Kubrick's black monolith in the ape horde. If the younger generation still knows the cult film.

So far, the plan.

We don't need to discuss for long that Rammstein fragrances are usually tricky.
Apart from the fact that there seems to be a limited range of fragrance notes that can be quite creatively combined, the compositions are mostly described as slightly offbeat to completely crazy.
They don't work on paper test strips, they don't work on fabric, and if the user's skin suddenly behaves differently due to care products or - quite spooky - medications, they can quickly turn into an olfactory disaster.

So also the dark angel, labeled as a women's fragrance.
Yesterday, right after the purchase, unable to take my nose away from it all evening, I would have described Angel Dark for her as follows:
Starts with the scent of freshly baked anise cookies.
Transitions into a note of herbal toothpaste - a lot of spicy green, a bit of mild mint.
Then follows a powdery-sweet-woody note, sawdust.
At the end, a hint of smoke comes in, burnt aromatic wood. Probably beech.
(This doesn't correspond to the fragrance pyramid, but that's hardly more than a guideline anyway.)

This morning, however, the disillusionment.
Freshly showered, having applied a neutral-smelling body lotion, and then the dark angel......
NONE of what I loved the day before was to be smelled.
Only the scent of Holstein smoked fish remained. Not that anyone thinks it's unpleasant. But it's not what was promised.
And I prefer to smell that delicious smoky aroma on ham rather than on myself. I love ham!

What happened?
Apparently, the angel had connected with what I was already wearing during testing. My slightly powdery-sweet hand cream. The scent with juniper note.
Oh man.....

Overall, I would rate this fragrance as rather average. I classify it as unisex, and one must like it.
It doesn't really work for me on its own; I would unconditionally layer it.
Fragrances from the range of Dior Addict to Hypnotic Poison would be cool, as well as balsamic-woody waters.
(To resolve the matter: Right now, I'm spraying "The Hunting Men," the dupe to "Wanted," over it. Works.)

Absolute recommendation as a decorative object; as a fragrance itself, the dark angel remains controversial.

Sorry, Rammstein.