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Fruit and Roses or The Scratchy Mustache
Although I have already found a fall and winter perfume. But the already ordered samples of course still invite you to sniff and comment. And it's also just exciting to know what's going on in the fragrance universe. Thanks to Corona-conditionally strongly limited work and social life, I currently have a lot of time to test. And meanwhile also made closer acquaintance with the species "perfume Youtuber". There appeared currently on the various top lists again and again Rochas Moustache EdP. I do not need. But "having is better than needing." - so just ordered a bottling from the souk and tried. And indeed, not much has been written about this fragrance. Therefore, a hopefully helpful comment from me.
FLAKON
Have a bottling, so no comment and no rating on the bottle.
DURABILITY & SILLAGE
With 5 sprays, the fragrance lasts on my skin circa 6 hours. Immediately after spraying, the projection is strong, but 30-40 minutes later already limited to the close range. After 2 hours, the scent is almost close to the skin. So not particularly persistent or assertive. But appropriate for most occasions.
Fragrance or fragrance process
Immediately after spraying, a strong pink pepper note dominates. Woody, fruity, hardly spicy, a little strict. Quickly then clearly tangerine and rose join. The tangerine comes for me rather little sweet and without any effervescence. No sparkling or intense citrus freshness, as it rises to my nose when peeling one of these fruits. The rose note shows a natural, restrained pallor and is overall rather discreet and greenish-tinged staged, rather than overbearingly sultry or sweet. In the background, the base notes are already working pretty quickly and round off the rose-tangerine-pepper mix pleasantly woody-spicy-balsamic-sweet. Apart from the smell, Moustache also develops a very exciting and pleasant texture for my nose here (around minute 20-30): cuddly-tickly, almost fur-like. Much softer than a mustache, though. More like rabbit or cat fur. As it goes on, this subsides quite soon. The pink pepper slowly but surely disappears, it becomes overall woodier-spicier and a bit sweeter. Especially the cedar note now comes out clearly. After 2-3 hours, rose and tangerine also gradually wear off on my skin. After about 4 hours remains a vanillig-woody base with minimal floral residual spiciness.
APPLICATION
To my sensibilities, Moustache EdP is light and pleasing enough to function as a woody-floral-sweet evergreen (possible exceptions: sports and hot days). With its pronounced cedar note, the fragrance for me is more in line with "masculine" fragrance conventions, but in my opinion can be worn well by all. Rose fragrance was and is for me personally always very adult, fine and expensive / noble connotations. So perhaps rather nothing for teens or twens. All this but please do not see so narrow. Who likes it should wear it.
CONCLUSION
By far not a bad fragrance, but for me also not really convincing.
The combination of rose and tangerine I find very creative and unusual, but in this case also something to get used to. Phases, the two do not seem to me just fresh. Almost a little overripe or withered. Matter of taste.
A weak point of Moustache I personally see at the base or in the "dry-down". Here the fragrance gets unpleasant bitter-scratchy nuances. So now scratchy brush instead of cuddly kitty? The beloved agrees and adds, it also has something of "salty-sharp sea air". Well, true. I actually know this note from some "blue" fragrances (e.g. "Blue Seduction for Men"). After a little internet research, I suspect that the fragrance note in question comes from some (cheap?) synthetic cedar or woody scent. I would have liked that but something "rounder". But at the low price must be made of course unfortunately somewhere cutbacks.
Ultimately, overall rather "hmm" than "mmh". Am glad, despite online hype and low price not just blindly bought.
FLAKON
Have a bottling, so no comment and no rating on the bottle.
DURABILITY & SILLAGE
With 5 sprays, the fragrance lasts on my skin circa 6 hours. Immediately after spraying, the projection is strong, but 30-40 minutes later already limited to the close range. After 2 hours, the scent is almost close to the skin. So not particularly persistent or assertive. But appropriate for most occasions.
Fragrance or fragrance process
Immediately after spraying, a strong pink pepper note dominates. Woody, fruity, hardly spicy, a little strict. Quickly then clearly tangerine and rose join. The tangerine comes for me rather little sweet and without any effervescence. No sparkling or intense citrus freshness, as it rises to my nose when peeling one of these fruits. The rose note shows a natural, restrained pallor and is overall rather discreet and greenish-tinged staged, rather than overbearingly sultry or sweet. In the background, the base notes are already working pretty quickly and round off the rose-tangerine-pepper mix pleasantly woody-spicy-balsamic-sweet. Apart from the smell, Moustache also develops a very exciting and pleasant texture for my nose here (around minute 20-30): cuddly-tickly, almost fur-like. Much softer than a mustache, though. More like rabbit or cat fur. As it goes on, this subsides quite soon. The pink pepper slowly but surely disappears, it becomes overall woodier-spicier and a bit sweeter. Especially the cedar note now comes out clearly. After 2-3 hours, rose and tangerine also gradually wear off on my skin. After about 4 hours remains a vanillig-woody base with minimal floral residual spiciness.
APPLICATION
To my sensibilities, Moustache EdP is light and pleasing enough to function as a woody-floral-sweet evergreen (possible exceptions: sports and hot days). With its pronounced cedar note, the fragrance for me is more in line with "masculine" fragrance conventions, but in my opinion can be worn well by all. Rose fragrance was and is for me personally always very adult, fine and expensive / noble connotations. So perhaps rather nothing for teens or twens. All this but please do not see so narrow. Who likes it should wear it.
CONCLUSION
By far not a bad fragrance, but for me also not really convincing.
The combination of rose and tangerine I find very creative and unusual, but in this case also something to get used to. Phases, the two do not seem to me just fresh. Almost a little overripe or withered. Matter of taste.
A weak point of Moustache I personally see at the base or in the "dry-down". Here the fragrance gets unpleasant bitter-scratchy nuances. So now scratchy brush instead of cuddly kitty? The beloved agrees and adds, it also has something of "salty-sharp sea air". Well, true. I actually know this note from some "blue" fragrances (e.g. "Blue Seduction for Men"). After a little internet research, I suspect that the fragrance note in question comes from some (cheap?) synthetic cedar or woody scent. I would have liked that but something "rounder". But at the low price must be made of course unfortunately somewhere cutbacks.
Ultimately, overall rather "hmm" than "mmh". Am glad, despite online hype and low price not just blindly bought.
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