Basil
Musk
Petitgrain
Vetiver
06/02/2024
Sugarspun
14 Reviews
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Summer freshness to go
TL; DR: Neat-fresh, musk with citrus notes, soft petitgrain, soothing vetiver, unisex, friendly summer companion, TK Maxx snapper
White Musk Eau de Parfum was the scent of my big city girlfriend when I was a teenager and I was always a little envious. My friend read Brigitte Young Miss, I read Mädchen. My friend had The Body Shop, I had Schlecker. Back in the early 00s, The Body Shop had something grown-up, sophisticated and sophisticated about it. Of course, there was no branch in my small town, online shopping was still in its infancy and the coveted fragrance remained a vague longing. My friend read Brigitte Young Miss, I read Mädchen. My friend had The Body Shop, I had Schlecker.
Times are changing: the big city is just a streetcar ride away, but the Body Shop is closed, whether the brand will still exist at all is written in the stars, and I stumble across the small 15 ml bottles on the bottom shelf of the TK Maxx perfume rack. Not even protected from prying noses in oversized plastic boxes! I take the fragrance anyway, untested, for the sake of nostalgia, even though I'm a little skeptical about what the "Radical" is supposed to mean.
The fragrance is not nostalgic. Rather, it's quite modern and I particularly like that: clear lines, quite minimalist, unisex and simply good. I can't smell basil, but a greenish, delicately woody vetiver. This is joined by a tart, citrusy petitgrain. I often rub against any bitter orange components, they often sting my nose, but here I can smell petitgrain and co. beautifully, because it loses its prickliness in addition to the radiance of the vetiver and is also absorbed by the musk, which comes across as creamy and light and softens the green notes.
A summer scent for your handbag, an evergreen that will definitely not get on anyone's nerves. The longevity is surprisingly good, a fragrance in this category does not want to and does not have to achieve room-filling projection. And for five euros on the stoop shelf!
White Musk Eau de Parfum was the scent of my big city girlfriend when I was a teenager and I was always a little envious. My friend read Brigitte Young Miss, I read Mädchen. My friend had The Body Shop, I had Schlecker. Back in the early 00s, The Body Shop had something grown-up, sophisticated and sophisticated about it. Of course, there was no branch in my small town, online shopping was still in its infancy and the coveted fragrance remained a vague longing. My friend read Brigitte Young Miss, I read Mädchen. My friend had The Body Shop, I had Schlecker.
Times are changing: the big city is just a streetcar ride away, but the Body Shop is closed, whether the brand will still exist at all is written in the stars, and I stumble across the small 15 ml bottles on the bottom shelf of the TK Maxx perfume rack. Not even protected from prying noses in oversized plastic boxes! I take the fragrance anyway, untested, for the sake of nostalgia, even though I'm a little skeptical about what the "Radical" is supposed to mean.
The fragrance is not nostalgic. Rather, it's quite modern and I particularly like that: clear lines, quite minimalist, unisex and simply good. I can't smell basil, but a greenish, delicately woody vetiver. This is joined by a tart, citrusy petitgrain. I often rub against any bitter orange components, they often sting my nose, but here I can smell petitgrain and co. beautifully, because it loses its prickliness in addition to the radiance of the vetiver and is also absorbed by the musk, which comes across as creamy and light and softens the green notes.
A summer scent for your handbag, an evergreen that will definitely not get on anyone's nerves. The longevity is surprisingly good, a fragrance in this category does not want to and does not have to achieve room-filling projection. And for five euros on the stoop shelf!
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