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Ubermensch 2011

4.6 / 10 7 Ratings
A perfume by Robbie VanGogh for men, released in 2011. The scent is spicy-leathery. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy
Leathery
Smoky
Sweet
Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
AniseedAniseed Citrus notesCitrus notes LavenderLavender PepperPepper
Heart Notes Heart Notes
PalmarosaPalmarosa TobaccoTobacco VanillaVanilla VermouthVermouth
Base Notes Base Notes
AmberAmber CassiaCassia CedarwoodCedarwood CypressCypress LeatherLeather

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4.67 Ratings
Longevity
8.47 Ratings
Bottle
3.76 Ratings
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Scorpio

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Unfortunately, it is often the case in life that those who scream the loudest need it the most. Ubermensch is such a candidate, he can't even afford a Ü. Actually, I had no real desire to test it, as the unbelievably ugly bottle already put me off. Those clunky things up there look like glass blocks from the 1950s.

I didn't expect much, the comments here didn't exactly inspire hope for a fragrant experience. But I didn't expect such an abomination. It started with a dreadful ammoniac note, dry as desert sand and bitter as gall. After a while, a strange, unpleasant, chemical sharpness joined in. I racked my brain trying to remember where I had smelled this dreadful scent before. It took a while, but then I remembered. In my parents' shed, there was a wooden box at the top where my mother stored sharp fertilizers and various insecticides. Occasionally, we would go to that little cupboard and shudder at the printed skulls. And how it smelled in there! Sharp, toxic, deadly! That's exactly how Ubermensch smells on me.

Off to the bathroom to wash this crap off. Unfortunately, it burned in my nose for another hour (!!).

A little tip on the side, wash and then rub with rubbing alcohol. It drives away even the biggest stinkers. OK, rubbing alcohol doesn't smell like rose soap either, but that passes.
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Chanelle

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Very helpful Review 5  
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It took a long time from the first information about this fragrance to receiving the sample, and then again, until I was clear about whether it was for me....
To give away the result right away: It is not.
I really wanted to like it, because everything about it said: "Fall in love with me.."; but as is often the case, fiction and reality are not always close together, profiles on the internet do not correspond to reality, and fragrance notes contained in the scent do not reflect its overall impression.
I was eager to test a fragrance that contains so many of my favorite notes: Anise, tobacco, vanilla, wormwood, leather...
The nirvana, if it is as I imagine it, I thought.
But even the top note was not what I expected: A sweet, licorice-like, but also exceedingly sticky affair. I was shocked, but not necessarily in a positive way.
The further development was less intrusive, but still not a Chanel catcher. Too resinous-smoky combined with a lot of sweetness.
Wormwood and leather hardly come through for me.
After a while, I only find it bearable...a woody honey sweetness that lasts long, with foresty undertones.
Woah...I can't think of anything else to say about it. Not for the faint-hearted.
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DeGe53

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Rocky Horror Picture Show is proud to present....
..... the Uuuuuubermäääääänsch!!!!!

Yes, the scent would have fit right in. The door explodes and out comes Blondie-SuperMuscle-Dumbo-Man. But let's take it slow.

Mr. VanGogh surely meant well, and I'm not so sure he really blinks, let alone winks. I’m just going to assume a seriousness that must be behind such a creation. You don’t do something like this for fun.

Perfection stresses me out a lot. Ubermensch stresses me out a lot. The opening is so intense that I even felt a bit nauseous during the first test. But, stubborn as I am, I gave it another chance... and then another.

It remained exhausting, at least this top note. I'm not going to dissect it, Apicius has done that sufficiently. One thing I must say, the scent is just as persistent as I am and sweet-spicy to boot. The top note lingers relatively long and only reluctantly gives a bit of space for a slightly less sweet heart note to make its appearance. No idea if I like it or not. There is a certain fascination, but I also notice a slight annoyance from time to time. When will this finally lessen?

It takes almost superhuman patience until an acceptable scent level finally establishes itself. And now it gets good. The tobacco, for me more of an aromatic pipe tobacco than a cigarette tobacco, with leather and wormwood! Pub material. It’s coming, it’s coming...

But who can wear something like this? Or who has the patience for a long wait, tough nerves, tolerant partners (or kids, significant others, ignorant pets).... or just a willingness to experiment?

On my skin, Ubermensch remains sweet, even after hours there is an amber wormwood with leather to be perceived. Strangely, the woods hold back a lot on my skin. I don’t know that at all.

One has to give Robbie credit, these creations are not at all as easy-going as he advertises them. Intense, intense - but very interesting. These are the kinds of scents you only let close to you after the second, third, or fourth test and maybe even learn to like. I still only give 60% because the wearability is quite limited. For courage and a certain "I-don't-give-a-shit" attitude, I should actually give 100.

Thank you, Apicius, the test took a while, but it was definitely worth it.
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Apicius

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So spoke Rob Denton...
Of course, it is always difficult to find a name for a perfume. But did it really have to be “Ubermensch” (without umlaut!)? What is the perfumer trying to tell us?

Nietzsche's concept of the Übermensch enjoys a subtle popularity, and not just among right-wing extremists. Many generations of high school students have had wet dreams about the enhancement of humanity - whether through breeding or through spiritual perfection. Between world-weariness and adolescent fantasies of omnipotence, it is precisely Nietzsche who knows how to please with strong, taboo-breaking language - especially those whose pocket money does not allow for too Dionysian a lifestyle. Should a perfume help us with this?

Ubermensch is a really pretentious scent. The opening is as unpalatable as Zarathustra. Citrusy notes, combined with an anise-like spiciness on a later more pronounced sweet licorice accord, create a wild combination that can certainly astonish - is it genius or hideous? Ordinary consumers like us may not understand this - we are usually satisfied with simpler things. And indeed, nowhere is it written that a perfume must be beautiful and pleasing - so why not offer something with which the elitist-minded perfume lover can demonstrate their distance from the perfume plebs?

Fortunately, Ubermensch becomes somewhat more benevolent towards us in the heart note. Now what Rob Denton apparently does really well comes to the fore. Like Hemp & Leather, Ubermensch also reveals itself as a strong smoker - there it is again, that wonderful note of hand-rolled cigarettes that seems to be the trademark of Robbie VanGogh. In this phase, Ubermensch is really good.

The base then becomes woody and also a bit one-dimensional. It presents us with a licorice-like woodiness, and only gradually does Ubermensch become a bit tamer, as a soft leather note emerges and leads the scent into the realm of the bearable.

I do not like licorice-like wood notes - neither in synthetic cashmere wood nor in neighboring accords. Therefore, Ubermensch has no chance with me. All in all, the name fits - I can easily imagine this pretentious perfume on arrogant, unsympathetic people, but certainly not on me. Just on types you would prefer to punch left and right.

Strangely - the question of whether a perfume can have a political-ideological content is not one I am asking for the first time. The fascist scent Marte Arte by Battistoni also features these unpleasant, licorice-like notes! Coincidence? Should we interpret these things as conscious irony? Is Robbie VanGogh winking at us with his Ubermensch?

No, he is just blinking!
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Good heavens! What an olfactory abyss!
Bitter, licorice-like, poorly tanned leather and sticky tar in a full ashtray!
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