Roberto Geissini Feminine Roberto Geissini 2016

Yesterday I reached for a golden box, the ornate inscription of which I couldn't decipher.

My reliable saleswoman clarified that it was a fragrance from the "Geissens."

Startled, I set the gold lump aside again, as these two nouveaux riches are not really my "type of mice."
But Bettina encouraged me to give it a try.
Well, I always advocate for open-mindedness - and one should follow through on that.

Sean John is also not my favorite artist, yet his Unforgivable is right at the top of my fragrance lineup.
Roberto is not that great, but it's not bad either.

If another name were on the packaging, it would surely be judged more favorably.
The scent is caramel-sweet and cheerful.
The fruits are juicy and not sour, and the lavender adds a nice calmness.
The floral notes are subtle but perceptible.
Vanilla and sandalwood make Roberto creamy.

No, regardless of Carmen and Rooobert's appearance, the scent is neither loud nor ordinary, but rather pleasantly suitable for everyday wear.
Especially if you have a "sweet tooth."
One has to be fair about that.

My fragrance friend Bettina also openly admitted to liking Roberto.
I have also forgiven the silly skull on the box for Rabanne.

Inside, on the packaging flap, it says: Nothing comes from nothing!
That made me smile, just like the fragrance did.

When I heard that the Geissens were launching a ladies' and a men's fragrance, I wasn't surprised, as it was the logical conclusion following their glittery skull T-shirts and similarly styled bedding. And please also remember that Boris Becker and Dieter Bohlen have made more or less successful forays into the world of fragrances, and both are about as rich, uncool, and media-present. Well, Bobele not so much anymore.
So what do Becker, Bohlen, and the Geissens Robääärt have in common? Right: They know as much about fragrances as I do about yachting.
So I went to the launch of the fragrances at the Oscar-worthy pimped-out Tanzbrunnen with low expectations. And I was not disappointed. Just like Taurus, whose brilliant takedown of the men's fragrance really needs nothing more to be added, it quickly became clear to me that this was a mix of sitcom and sales event, and while the fragrances were generously sprayed, it crystallized that they are as mainstream as they could possibly be. I would have liked to test them at home in peace, but there were no samples available for strategic reasons. So I let myself be generously sprayed with Carmenfume to check if what they were saying about it on stage was true.
The fact is: "Feminine" opens very fruity and synthetically sweet, and after a while, it even becomes almost a bit creamy, but the synthetic sweetness is so overwhelming that I can't recognize any of the supposedly included notes.
The development goes from exotic-sweet to creamy-sweet to pure vanilla, unfortunately always very aggressively synthetic. And now here it comes: This development lasts for hours! Even the next morning, I could still smell the spirit of Carmen on me, who would have thought?
To what extent the Geissens were involved in the development of the fragrances is unknown to me, but the ladies' fragrance is indeed a bit like them: artificial and with a tendency to too much. Exotic vacation hints are also present, but more RIU Palace tourist than individual Bora Bora traveler. Only the price is not like them, but that will surely change soon, and then this level will fit too: deeper than the ocean.