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Yes/No/Maybe...
*Revised Review*
...I am torn.
When I had the bottle in front of me at Alsterhaus in Hamburg, it was already empty, and I could only guess the scent, but I thought I had a good impression of the contents and was eager to try it. However, that impression was likely clouded by all the other fragrances I had tested, because when I first applied it, the disappointment was initially great.
I have a sample of Floryx from the Souk and one from essenza-nobile.
My first thought was: This cannot be Elysium.
It smells like a floral, dense Aventus clone from the trusted shopping mall stand where an Arab gentleman sells good and high concentrations for little money.
...Good, but for a trained nose, it is immediately clear that this is not an original.
At first, I couldn't perceive any grapefruit, and the words of some YouTubers come to mind: "The scent opens with a fresh grapefruit, and I thought," Yeah, sure, right.
I've been sniffing bottles since the 80s and can smell cigarette smoke from 10 meters around the corner, and I only found the grapefruit after I sprayed it closely. It is there for a very brief moment, very natural, actually world-class natural, but just as quickly as it appears, it disappears again for me. After a few minutes, it is unfortunately gone, and the scent becomes spicier.
During the "superficial" testing after a few minutes, it is not detectable, even if you know what should be in it. However, if you concentrate on the fruit and take in the scent deeply, it is overwhelming.
The grapefruit in Elysium is definitely better than, for example, D&C's Italian Love, but it doesn't last and is just an opener for the wearer.
However, one must praise the quality here. Once you capture it, you have the impression that you are dealing with a real, freshly cut grapefruit.
Very impressive with an extreme addictive factor.
Elysium is slightly floral, berry-like, ambroxan, with a density from the amber/currant that feels a bit cloying on the skin, but at the same time has a very light touch in the sillage.
For those who don't like the term "cloying": floral and berry scents often have this characteristic. And the word refers to smelling closely to the scent, not to the sillage.
At first, it felt very uninspiring to me, in a time when you smell Aventus everywhere and are already familiar with Silver Mountain Water and its clone sillage from Armaf.
I had hoped for a fragrance that shines as a competitor through uniqueness in freshness and essentially got a knockoff of a now "almost" boring, but unfortunately great DNA.
Since I am currently revising this text after wearing it again over several days, I must say that I like the scent more and more each day and have become addicted to it, having trouble wearing fragrances of lower quality.
Who would have thought?
But I feel the same way about Aventus. Sometimes I could bathe in it. It is simply an extremely good DNA.
I recently smelled Mont Blanc Explorer on someone else, and on their skin, the scent atomized the surroundings in the same floral quality that I smelled during my first impression of Elysium within a radius of about 2 meters.
I personally like Explorer for the price, and it has a different effect on me in my self-perception. I was all the more shocked when I smelled it on someone else "indoors."
But after I have now engaged more intensively with the Elysium scent, the floral aspect recedes, and I perceive more spicy berries. I have to think of a mix of sillage/Armaf with an Aventus undertone DNA.
Elysium is liked, no question, and I am now considering getting it because I cling to it as soon as I apply it, and it is very balanced, but unfortunately, the scent is not innovative and has too little longevity in projection.
Only if you apply 7-8 sprays do I still smell the scent the next day when I am near the laundry where the T-shirt + sweater are lying.
So it has staying power for a freshie, but you have to spray quite a bit.
Aventus is so far a better scent in my nose, and I need to compare the two side by side when I get the chance. I am actually looking for something luxuriously fresh, aquatic, that I and the female world do not yet know, to make it my signature scent.
If Chanel Platinum Egoiste had more longevity, I would simply end the search with it.
Edit: I bought the scent and wear it almost every day. So far, unfortunately, only one compliment from a lady who rode by on a bicycle and stopped to ask me about the perfume.
Not every scent can achieve that.
;)
"Roja Dove? Doesn't ring a bell."
...well then just wait until you Google the price. hehe
Thanks for reading.
...I am torn.
When I had the bottle in front of me at Alsterhaus in Hamburg, it was already empty, and I could only guess the scent, but I thought I had a good impression of the contents and was eager to try it. However, that impression was likely clouded by all the other fragrances I had tested, because when I first applied it, the disappointment was initially great.
I have a sample of Floryx from the Souk and one from essenza-nobile.
My first thought was: This cannot be Elysium.
It smells like a floral, dense Aventus clone from the trusted shopping mall stand where an Arab gentleman sells good and high concentrations for little money.
...Good, but for a trained nose, it is immediately clear that this is not an original.
At first, I couldn't perceive any grapefruit, and the words of some YouTubers come to mind: "The scent opens with a fresh grapefruit, and I thought," Yeah, sure, right.
I've been sniffing bottles since the 80s and can smell cigarette smoke from 10 meters around the corner, and I only found the grapefruit after I sprayed it closely. It is there for a very brief moment, very natural, actually world-class natural, but just as quickly as it appears, it disappears again for me. After a few minutes, it is unfortunately gone, and the scent becomes spicier.
During the "superficial" testing after a few minutes, it is not detectable, even if you know what should be in it. However, if you concentrate on the fruit and take in the scent deeply, it is overwhelming.
The grapefruit in Elysium is definitely better than, for example, D&C's Italian Love, but it doesn't last and is just an opener for the wearer.
However, one must praise the quality here. Once you capture it, you have the impression that you are dealing with a real, freshly cut grapefruit.
Very impressive with an extreme addictive factor.
Elysium is slightly floral, berry-like, ambroxan, with a density from the amber/currant that feels a bit cloying on the skin, but at the same time has a very light touch in the sillage.
For those who don't like the term "cloying": floral and berry scents often have this characteristic. And the word refers to smelling closely to the scent, not to the sillage.
At first, it felt very uninspiring to me, in a time when you smell Aventus everywhere and are already familiar with Silver Mountain Water and its clone sillage from Armaf.
I had hoped for a fragrance that shines as a competitor through uniqueness in freshness and essentially got a knockoff of a now "almost" boring, but unfortunately great DNA.
Since I am currently revising this text after wearing it again over several days, I must say that I like the scent more and more each day and have become addicted to it, having trouble wearing fragrances of lower quality.
Who would have thought?
But I feel the same way about Aventus. Sometimes I could bathe in it. It is simply an extremely good DNA.
I recently smelled Mont Blanc Explorer on someone else, and on their skin, the scent atomized the surroundings in the same floral quality that I smelled during my first impression of Elysium within a radius of about 2 meters.
I personally like Explorer for the price, and it has a different effect on me in my self-perception. I was all the more shocked when I smelled it on someone else "indoors."
But after I have now engaged more intensively with the Elysium scent, the floral aspect recedes, and I perceive more spicy berries. I have to think of a mix of sillage/Armaf with an Aventus undertone DNA.
Elysium is liked, no question, and I am now considering getting it because I cling to it as soon as I apply it, and it is very balanced, but unfortunately, the scent is not innovative and has too little longevity in projection.
Only if you apply 7-8 sprays do I still smell the scent the next day when I am near the laundry where the T-shirt + sweater are lying.
So it has staying power for a freshie, but you have to spray quite a bit.
Aventus is so far a better scent in my nose, and I need to compare the two side by side when I get the chance. I am actually looking for something luxuriously fresh, aquatic, that I and the female world do not yet know, to make it my signature scent.
If Chanel Platinum Egoiste had more longevity, I would simply end the search with it.
Edit: I bought the scent and wear it almost every day. So far, unfortunately, only one compliment from a lady who rode by on a bicycle and stopped to ask me about the perfume.
Not every scent can achieve that.
;)
"Roja Dove? Doesn't ring a bell."
...well then just wait until you Google the price. hehe
Thanks for reading.
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3 Comments
Die Grapefruit ist tatsächlich am Anfang sehr natürlich und kurz da, wenn ich dicht dran gehe und verschwindet aber nach ca. 3-4 Minuten komplett.
Der Duft ist wenn man mit der Nase dran geht dicht, komplex und hat eine blumig, beerige Schwere, die in ihrer Wahrnehmung aber nicht den Inhaltsoffen typische Aventus Klone mit hoher Parfumkonzentration aufweisen.
Du hast ja nicht ohne Grund CA und EC von fast 300 Düften in Deinen verbliebenen 9.
Die dna wurde auch von anderen schon verglichen. Ich vertausche keine Begrifflichkeiten. Wenn ich was schreibe kannst Du davon ausgehen daß das Hand und Fuß hat, auch wenn's Dir nicht schmeckt.
Der Duft ist nicht schlecht, ganz im Gegenteil, aber er vereint schon bekannte Richtungen.
Eine durchgehende Grapefruit und er wäre richtig gut.