Top Notes 
Aldehydes
Heart Notes 
Floral notes
Lavender
Base Notes 
Gaiac wood
Ambergris
Vanilla
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Missed the Mark!
Anyone who stumbles upon vanilla, amber, and guaiac wood while studying the ingredients and misses the mention of musk or cedar is well advised. Because Blanc des Cotons, which could be loosely translated as "white cotton," has little in common with what I call a Clean & Soft fragrance. While the listed lavender might initially send you down the fresh laundry path, the scent quickly reveals itself to be a gourmand of the intense kind, crowned by enormous longevity.
In the opening, Blanc des Cotons presents itself as bittersweet, earthy-musty, and strict, almost medicinal. No, I initially guessed iris root due to the supposed earthy note, but I discard that thought right away. It must be aldehydes, aha! How strange - while I usually enjoy their distinctive candle wax note, here they come across as quite distorted. I faintly detect a hint of jasmine. However, one searches in vain for anything distinctly floral. What follows is admittedly quite pleasant, but of rather short duration: delicate lavender, not at all herbaceous or scruffy here, but beautifully ethereal-woody, seems to float on a fluffy-soft vanilla cloud. That vanilla, with its full, slightly smoky sweetness, unfortunately intensifies immensely as time goes on. Once the last lavender sprig is gone, the scent becomes entirely edible. Amber is quite resinous, while vanilla sweetens as if there were no tomorrow.
All in all, the base here is simply too powerful for me. The combination of lavender and vanilla may be a lovely thing in itself, but the former lacks enough power to counteract this heavily sweetened fluffiness. Fortunately, it is not sticky as well.
Under a fragrance that is supposed to evoke white cotton, I understand something entirely different. There is absolutely no talk of fresh cleanliness, radiant whiteness, or carefree joy here. Therefore, I give it the label: Missed the Mark.
For those interested, I recommend Masaki Matsushima's Shiro (Clean & Soft in 3D) or Puro Lino by Officina delle Essenze; they are also Italians, but in my opinion, much more skillful when it comes to laundry scents.
Oh, one more thing! In summer temperatures, I find this fragrance unsuitable. The scent aura could easily turn into a vapor dome. If at all, the best wearing time is autumn and winter, but even then, better not in warm, enclosed spaces with many people inside.
In the opening, Blanc des Cotons presents itself as bittersweet, earthy-musty, and strict, almost medicinal. No, I initially guessed iris root due to the supposed earthy note, but I discard that thought right away. It must be aldehydes, aha! How strange - while I usually enjoy their distinctive candle wax note, here they come across as quite distorted. I faintly detect a hint of jasmine. However, one searches in vain for anything distinctly floral. What follows is admittedly quite pleasant, but of rather short duration: delicate lavender, not at all herbaceous or scruffy here, but beautifully ethereal-woody, seems to float on a fluffy-soft vanilla cloud. That vanilla, with its full, slightly smoky sweetness, unfortunately intensifies immensely as time goes on. Once the last lavender sprig is gone, the scent becomes entirely edible. Amber is quite resinous, while vanilla sweetens as if there were no tomorrow.
All in all, the base here is simply too powerful for me. The combination of lavender and vanilla may be a lovely thing in itself, but the former lacks enough power to counteract this heavily sweetened fluffiness. Fortunately, it is not sticky as well.
Under a fragrance that is supposed to evoke white cotton, I understand something entirely different. There is absolutely no talk of fresh cleanliness, radiant whiteness, or carefree joy here. Therefore, I give it the label: Missed the Mark.
For those interested, I recommend Masaki Matsushima's Shiro (Clean & Soft in 3D) or Puro Lino by Officina delle Essenze; they are also Italians, but in my opinion, much more skillful when it comes to laundry scents.
Oh, one more thing! In summer temperatures, I find this fragrance unsuitable. The scent aura could easily turn into a vapor dome. If at all, the best wearing time is autumn and winter, but even then, better not in warm, enclosed spaces with many people inside.
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