09/12/2018
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Now I'm pretty much done with the urban scents. I think I have tested all or almost all of them now available, and this is the last one I have the wish to say a few words about. It should really only be a few rough brush strokes, because there are already many apt reviews here.
My impressions and feelings about "Sensual Blend" are reflected particularly well in the comments by Gaukeleya and DonJuanDeCat - even though they are quite different not only stylistically but also in terms of the details of the fragrance description, in my opinion they both well match the essence of this fragrance, so that I simply say: "I join in" (also my evaluation lies exactly between Gaukeleyas 10 and DonJuans 8)
Just to supplement my own two cents:
I have no doubt that the contents of "Whisky" and "Leder" are correct, although in Urban Scents you sometimes get the impression that the tracks are wrong with a wink. My own very subjective scent impression points however rather in two other, albeit related directions: Brandy and wood. In my mind's eye, an excellent, rare, full brandy, perhaps an Armagnac, a Brandy de Jerez or even a particularly noble German brandy, rotating slowly in the expansive cognac pan, develops with this fragrance and is placed on wonderful dark furniture, perhaps made of walnut. They could be antique pieces, maybe from the Empire, maybe they are also from Selva, or from a carpenter who loves his craft, newly individually manufactured and beautifully refined.
The associations outlined above refer not only to the purely olfactory-analytical level (although I do find that the smells of wood and brandy are simply there), but also to the overarching impression of value. For me, this fragrance is thoroughly solid, reliable, stable, in the best sense "heavy", masterly precise and well-proportioned like a mechanical device made by the best materials available on the market and by the best masters and engineers, which runs clean, round, reliable and quiet even after years without a drop of oil to please the owner.
In front of this scent I strike "Sensual Blend" quite clearly to the male camp (which should never mean with me that he can't also be wonderful on a lady). As Gaukeleya rightly points out: Vanilla and amber must by no means mislead to the conclusion that there is a golden-cuddly, gourmand Ladyschwelger here. Oh no! Besides, I think that a certain experience of life and maturity of character can't harm the wearer. To young impulsive daredevils, to nervous youngsters who are not quite sure of their cause yet, the fragrance, which is just as far removed from bourgeois slowness or old lappishness and lack of concentration, does not seem to me to fit. In this sense also the comment heading is meant, which I recycled from a comment replica.
Unlike some others here, I am able to recognize a certain scent: For me, the fragrance starts surprisingly cool-fresh and (less surprisingly) mysteriously spicy and relatively sweet, after a little less than an hour then it seems drier, harsher and almost a little strict (of course not in the sense of "but here it smells strict").
The durability is rated well on average. Unfortunately I have to say again, as with some of my favourite brands (almost all Urban Scents, but also Annick Goutal, Parfumerie Generale and Byredo - but not Harry Lehmann, Guerlain and Caron), that the fragrance seems very fleeting to me, even if I'm quite alone here and if I don't want to say anything bad about this wonderful brand. But after 3 hours here was absolutely the end of the line for me. Too bad. Maybe it was also because I didn't spray, but dabbed because of the way the sample was filled.
Now the planned few sentences have become a "real" comment. Anyway. The beautiful fragrance actually deserves it.
My impressions and feelings about "Sensual Blend" are reflected particularly well in the comments by Gaukeleya and DonJuanDeCat - even though they are quite different not only stylistically but also in terms of the details of the fragrance description, in my opinion they both well match the essence of this fragrance, so that I simply say: "I join in" (also my evaluation lies exactly between Gaukeleyas 10 and DonJuans 8)
Just to supplement my own two cents:
I have no doubt that the contents of "Whisky" and "Leder" are correct, although in Urban Scents you sometimes get the impression that the tracks are wrong with a wink. My own very subjective scent impression points however rather in two other, albeit related directions: Brandy and wood. In my mind's eye, an excellent, rare, full brandy, perhaps an Armagnac, a Brandy de Jerez or even a particularly noble German brandy, rotating slowly in the expansive cognac pan, develops with this fragrance and is placed on wonderful dark furniture, perhaps made of walnut. They could be antique pieces, maybe from the Empire, maybe they are also from Selva, or from a carpenter who loves his craft, newly individually manufactured and beautifully refined.
The associations outlined above refer not only to the purely olfactory-analytical level (although I do find that the smells of wood and brandy are simply there), but also to the overarching impression of value. For me, this fragrance is thoroughly solid, reliable, stable, in the best sense "heavy", masterly precise and well-proportioned like a mechanical device made by the best materials available on the market and by the best masters and engineers, which runs clean, round, reliable and quiet even after years without a drop of oil to please the owner.
In front of this scent I strike "Sensual Blend" quite clearly to the male camp (which should never mean with me that he can't also be wonderful on a lady). As Gaukeleya rightly points out: Vanilla and amber must by no means mislead to the conclusion that there is a golden-cuddly, gourmand Ladyschwelger here. Oh no! Besides, I think that a certain experience of life and maturity of character can't harm the wearer. To young impulsive daredevils, to nervous youngsters who are not quite sure of their cause yet, the fragrance, which is just as far removed from bourgeois slowness or old lappishness and lack of concentration, does not seem to me to fit. In this sense also the comment heading is meant, which I recycled from a comment replica.
Unlike some others here, I am able to recognize a certain scent: For me, the fragrance starts surprisingly cool-fresh and (less surprisingly) mysteriously spicy and relatively sweet, after a little less than an hour then it seems drier, harsher and almost a little strict (of course not in the sense of "but here it smells strict").
The durability is rated well on average. Unfortunately I have to say again, as with some of my favourite brands (almost all Urban Scents, but also Annick Goutal, Parfumerie Generale and Byredo - but not Harry Lehmann, Guerlain and Caron), that the fragrance seems very fleeting to me, even if I'm quite alone here and if I don't want to say anything bad about this wonderful brand. But after 3 hours here was absolutely the end of the line for me. Too bad. Maybe it was also because I didn't spray, but dabbed because of the way the sample was filled.
Now the planned few sentences have become a "real" comment. Anyway. The beautiful fragrance actually deserves it.
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