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Bergamot
Cardamom
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Coriander
Juniper
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Iris
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Ginger
Magnolia
Waterlily
Jasmine
Osmanthus
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Musk
Benzoin
Cedar
Labdanum
Styrax
Vetiver
Sarungal
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Sarungal
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The Scent of the Borg Queen
When studying the fragrance pyramid, the first reaction is the jaw dropping to the chest: Geza, what have you concocted there?
Forget the ingredients - and please don’t expect me to break it down by components. “Silver” is a beautifully typical, rather linear scent statement: it showcases a fairly static, yet all the more magnificent blend of aromas and confronts you with an artistic fragrance of high rank. Friends of highly complex developments may want to turn to other products - here it is largely monochrome, even if a lonely plank may be sawed during the drydown.
Aside from the question of whether “Silver” smells like silver, the name is aptly chosen: The scent has a metallic quality, very cool, and creates a reflective aura. One could also understand it as an olfactory light installation, which shines in a glaring silvery gray-blue especially at the beginning, only to gradually turn friendly yellow. Something technical hovers in the air - and unmistakably also a rather androgynous hairspray note that surrounds the wearer like powdery electricity.
Powdery electricity? There are metaphors that almost hurt upon first reading - this one has passed several tests and still stands in the text. It creates the connection between human skin and technology, between flashing electrical discharges and artificial surfaces, under which shadows, impurities, and greasy shine disappear. Those who wear “Silver” might be perceived as olfactorily overexposed - not because the sillage is so massive, but due to the reflecting neutrality that the scent radiates. The resulting impression seems (caution, it gets a bit quirky again!) technocratically clean; in my mind's eye, I see a human-machine chimera. Pop culturally translated, “Silver” is the scent of the Borg Queen.
How Geza Schön composed this perfume may be unraveled by others. I insist that the iris root reigns at the center of the action, while all other (naturally smelling or natural) additions pursue only one purpose: to create a scent that is guaranteed free from all associations with growing, blooming, edible, or living things.
Put off? Who would be so sensitive? “Silver” is idiosyncratic, but (aside from the very first scent impression after spraying) not really disturbing and in its stringent metallic elegance perfect: not sweet, not bitter, not floral, not aquatic - and certainly neither male nor female. Nevertheless, both genders can wear it (or precisely because of that), even if the guys might have to get used to the ‘powdery electricity.’
I saved the biggest paradox for last: Despite all the described characteristics, “Silver” is also a skin scent with a very pleasant super clean body lotion color. That one might have to share this body lotion with R2D2 - well; after all, he is a funny fellow.
“Silver’s” longevity is decent, but not entirely price-appropriate, the sillage is rather close to the body, corresponding to its character. There, however, it contours clearly - and reflects the cool artistry of the scent to every nearby nose.
Conclusion: Definitely worth testing; especially friends of the cold iris (not related to the equally tempered Sophie) might enjoy this scent.
Forget the ingredients - and please don’t expect me to break it down by components. “Silver” is a beautifully typical, rather linear scent statement: it showcases a fairly static, yet all the more magnificent blend of aromas and confronts you with an artistic fragrance of high rank. Friends of highly complex developments may want to turn to other products - here it is largely monochrome, even if a lonely plank may be sawed during the drydown.
Aside from the question of whether “Silver” smells like silver, the name is aptly chosen: The scent has a metallic quality, very cool, and creates a reflective aura. One could also understand it as an olfactory light installation, which shines in a glaring silvery gray-blue especially at the beginning, only to gradually turn friendly yellow. Something technical hovers in the air - and unmistakably also a rather androgynous hairspray note that surrounds the wearer like powdery electricity.
Powdery electricity? There are metaphors that almost hurt upon first reading - this one has passed several tests and still stands in the text. It creates the connection between human skin and technology, between flashing electrical discharges and artificial surfaces, under which shadows, impurities, and greasy shine disappear. Those who wear “Silver” might be perceived as olfactorily overexposed - not because the sillage is so massive, but due to the reflecting neutrality that the scent radiates. The resulting impression seems (caution, it gets a bit quirky again!) technocratically clean; in my mind's eye, I see a human-machine chimera. Pop culturally translated, “Silver” is the scent of the Borg Queen.
How Geza Schön composed this perfume may be unraveled by others. I insist that the iris root reigns at the center of the action, while all other (naturally smelling or natural) additions pursue only one purpose: to create a scent that is guaranteed free from all associations with growing, blooming, edible, or living things.
Put off? Who would be so sensitive? “Silver” is idiosyncratic, but (aside from the very first scent impression after spraying) not really disturbing and in its stringent metallic elegance perfect: not sweet, not bitter, not floral, not aquatic - and certainly neither male nor female. Nevertheless, both genders can wear it (or precisely because of that), even if the guys might have to get used to the ‘powdery electricity.’
I saved the biggest paradox for last: Despite all the described characteristics, “Silver” is also a skin scent with a very pleasant super clean body lotion color. That one might have to share this body lotion with R2D2 - well; after all, he is a funny fellow.
“Silver’s” longevity is decent, but not entirely price-appropriate, the sillage is rather close to the body, corresponding to its character. There, however, it contours clearly - and reflects the cool artistry of the scent to every nearby nose.
Conclusion: Definitely worth testing; especially friends of the cold iris (not related to the equally tempered Sophie) might enjoy this scent.
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