Nitroglyzerin Rammstein 2024

So, first of all, I would like to request a name change.
This thing here has little to do with explosives, bang-boom-crash, smoke and so on, but rather with citrus overkill.
Therefore, please tilt the "N" 90 degrees to the right and turn it into a "Z".

Of course, it was once again the Rossmann advertisement that drew my attention to this Rammstein. And the bottle looked quite tempting in color.
May I point out how mean it is to have one Rossmann in close proximity to the workplace and another one even closer to home? The temptation is great.
By the way, there’s a 15-minute walk in between.

So off to the office Rossmann.
To get to Nitro, I first had to shoo away a pack of male teenagers who were trying out the more typical teenage boy fragrances, Adidas, Tom T., and so on.....
Nitro, along with its squeaky red can, was sitting at the bottom of a rather unpopular spot. No wonder, there are at least in that particular store viiiiiiiiiiieeeel Rammsteins.

Found it, examined it, sprayed it..
Oh dear, what is that?
Normally, I can quickly tell whether I like a fragrance or not. Here, it was definitely different.
A single spray reminded me of an accident in a beverage store. The shelf with the citrus juices has tipped over, bottles have shattered, and everything smells - sour.
All in all, it was too close to the typical summer citrus things that either go by the name "Light Blue" or are launched in a similar "form" every summer. Yeah, it really burned my mucous membranes in the first few minutes. (Although I do like Light Blue, or at least the wonderful ALDI dupe. But that only costs a fiver and invites senseless waste. Grin.)

And there I stood, struggling with the scent like rarely before.
Buy? Not buy? I don’t know?

I don’t know.

So out of the office Rossmann, heading home, with a stop at Rewe to buy two bags of Nappo and a pack of nectarines - and what can I say?
Our citrus bomb had significantly mellowed in the meantime. Not only that, it developed in a really good direction.
What remained still had a good shot of citrus in it. But very pleasant, subtle, mixed with a bit of balsamic-woody and well wearable. In fact, the "Wakening Wood of Scandinavia", perhaps also a reduced "Waidmannsheil" with a nice hint of citrus fruit.

I was grateful to have the home Rossmann.
So I went in there and got the last bottle.

My previously used summer fragrances may forgive me.
Nitroglycerin is now in second place on my summer favorites right after Monotheme's Nymphaea.
Who would have thought it - unexpected things do happen often.

@ Rammstein:
I’m still waiting for "Nebel".