VV Platinum Roberto Verino 2008

Wow. After Louce's extremely good review (in form and content) - what more can one say? But if she’s already sent me a few drops of the noble fragrance, then I want to delve into it thoroughly. So at this point, once again: Thank you Louce for the noble gift!

On the subject: the scent.

The freshness - no... - the shivering cold top note is incredibly beautiful. I have truly never experienced anything so uniquely fresh. And in a certain way, it's so delicious that you could almost lick your wrist as if it were a sundae filled with nothing but fresh fruity ice cream scoops. You hardly notice the individual components; it’s more of an overall impression that washes over you. I love that, it feels like someone has dumped crushed ice into your slip - and yet you still want more.

I was really taken by the scent - until the mentioned hour was up. Well, actually even earlier... Because unfortunately, the scent is so fleeting on me that after half an hour I could smell nothing of it anymore. Same scent, different wrist, second attempt. Wow, there’s the crushed ice again... and it’s gone already. No, wait, that’s not quite right: I still faintly perceived a certain freshness or better yet, coolness, which shouldn’t be belittled to the point of calling it “freshly showered” or “April-fresh washed.” You can tell there’s something there... or was... or something like that... but it’s no longer tangible. Unfortunately. Maybe the individual ingredients just can’t handle the frost...? New day, new luck - no… not again… darn it!

Conclusion: for me, at first, it was a truly amazing scent that overwhelmed me like an avalanche. Unfortunately, it doesn’t last on me as I had hoped. Therefore, I will continue to cherish the sample and occasionally indulge in frosty well-being. But nothing more. What a shame. I would have been pleased.