Swiss Army Mountain Water Victorinox 2008
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Lukewarm Mountain Breeze
If you take a look at the pyramid of Mountain Water, the fragrance note "mountain air" immediately catches your eye. A nice marketing gimmick, considering it's hard to imagine a few perfumers running around the peaks like butterfly collectors with a net to capture said mountain air and then mix it with the other ingredients.
And even if they did, one would have to wonder if they didn't make it high enough or if their breeze has become a bit stale. No, it's neither hot nor cold air. It's simply lukewarm.
After all, the opening of Mountain Water is nothing more than the hundred and ninety-first infusion of a flat aquatic-citrus snooze water, with which you couldn't lure Heidi or her friend Peter the Goat from the alpine meadow.
Unfortunately, I also don't know what alpine lichen is supposed to be or what it smells like, but there was surely a strange chemical abbreviation and a warning label on the test tube.
I can't detect any of the other supposed contents either - neither black pepper nor mint or patchouli, which are usually relatively easy to pinpoint.
What remains is a hint of aquatic, which reminds less of a clear mountain stream and more of the drain of a chemistry lab.
And what particularly annoys me is this accompanying musty, sweaty undertone, as one is partly familiar with from many LR scents. As if the mountain elder had bathed in it after a 25 km trek across the Matterhorn.
According to the advertising promise, this is even supposed to be a sporty fougère fragrance that provides a breath of glacier air for a clear head and a zest for action in extreme situations at work or during outdoor activities.
And I always thought: in the alpine meadow, there are no sins.
Apparently, there are!
And even if they did, one would have to wonder if they didn't make it high enough or if their breeze has become a bit stale. No, it's neither hot nor cold air. It's simply lukewarm.
After all, the opening of Mountain Water is nothing more than the hundred and ninety-first infusion of a flat aquatic-citrus snooze water, with which you couldn't lure Heidi or her friend Peter the Goat from the alpine meadow.
Unfortunately, I also don't know what alpine lichen is supposed to be or what it smells like, but there was surely a strange chemical abbreviation and a warning label on the test tube.
I can't detect any of the other supposed contents either - neither black pepper nor mint or patchouli, which are usually relatively easy to pinpoint.
What remains is a hint of aquatic, which reminds less of a clear mountain stream and more of the drain of a chemistry lab.
And what particularly annoys me is this accompanying musty, sweaty undertone, as one is partly familiar with from many LR scents. As if the mountain elder had bathed in it after a 25 km trek across the Matterhorn.
According to the advertising promise, this is even supposed to be a sporty fougère fragrance that provides a breath of glacier air for a clear head and a zest for action in extreme situations at work or during outdoor activities.
And I always thought: in the alpine meadow, there are no sins.
Apparently, there are!
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3 Comments
Yatagan 13 years ago
Gut! Klare Worte! Mir gehen diese flachen Wässerchen inzwischen auch so auf den Wecker, dass ich bei der Bewertung keine Gnade mehr kenne.
Taurus 13 years ago
Ja, ich finde den nun wirklich nicht überragend. Aber es gibt einen neuen Duft von VSA, den Swiss Unlimited Energy, der mir weitaus besser gefällt. Aber vielleicht findest Du ja eher Gefallen an Mountain Water ... ;-)
Chnokfir 13 years ago
Ohhhh! Was für ein Verriss! Dabei hatte ich mich schon so gefreut, diesen Duft demnächst einmal testen zu können ... :? Werde es wohl trotzdem wagen und vielleicht kann meine Nase der deinen ein wenig Paroli bieten ... ;)