Pale Blue Eyes Roos & Roos 2019

A little background information to avoid misunderstandings: 'Pale Blue Eyes' is a song by Velvet Underground from 1969. Alexandra Roos has liked it since her teenage years. And it doesn't quite fall into my musical imprint phase, which is why I a) don't know it and b) mistakenly associated the name of the perfume with 'Scandinavian, cool, herbal, sea' in my mind regarding the pale blue eyes. So much for initial expectations.

To make matters worse, the simple, clear bottle fits perfectly with MY idea of the scent :D I really like the very reduced design, Scandic Style. But alas, that's unfortunately not what the nose is offered today.

Instead, there’s a warm, sunny, sweet-fruity mandarin (could have had a bit of orange in it too) opening, which is hardly held in check by the often herb-green blackcurrant bud. And since this is ultimately a women's fragrance, we add a big scoop of tuberose. Sweet-floral? Yes, but not young/childish. Very feminine and as the mand'orange fades, it becomes increasingly creamier. Absolutely not my type but well made.

At this point, we could simply end the fragrance and leave it at that, but no, Dominique Ropion just had to incorporate the trio from hell, violet-sandalwood-cashmeran. Why, oh why? Great-aunt Elfriede is ringing the doorbell and wants her suddenly 20 years older fragrance back. Especially the sandalwood smells extremely artificial to me. And as if that weren't bad enough, "Pale Blue Eyes | Roos & Roos / Dear Rose" has a rather strong H/S for an R&R fragrance. I’ll go wash my hands now, the violet has to go.