I recently discovered Charlie White at Müller. I'm currently tired of typical winter scents despite the cold. And I wasn't familiar with CW, so I went for the tester. A fresh bouquet of flowers wafted around my nose. I thought of freesias, a huge white-green bouquet. I love the scent of freesias and similar white flowers. At just under €5, I didn't feel like waiting for the fragrance to develop; if it turned out to be a bad purchase, it would just go into the swap game - I thought.
First of all: It can definitely stay in my collection; there's no talk of a bad purchase here. I just don't read freesias in the aforementioned fragrance pyramid, but violets. Hm, violets... maybe more violet leaves? They smell similarly juicy-fresh-green. In my opinion, violets smell different, more powdery. I can't detect any peach either. On me, the scent is not fruity, but bright green and becomes woodier over time. With the listed fragrance notes, I can't relate to anything except for the cedarwood. I would have expected something floral-fruity, slightly aquatic due to the watermelon. Also, rose in the base, combined with vanilla and cedarwood, seems a bit strange to me. For me, the base is woody, with a light vanilla tone giving the balsamic cedarwood some additional warmth. Fresh enough for noses that long for floral-fresh scents, but warm enough not to freeze.
Overall, the scent is beautifully light and absolutely unobtrusive. I don't know the old version, only the current one. And overall, I really like it. The longevity on the skin is about 4 hours, while on clothing, the scent lasts until the next day.
A really nice cheapie... but for me, it's also green-white.