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A great trick of the creators - fresh and usable
My background with Spicebomb Eau Fraiche is that I tested it at the department store years ago, and came to the conclusion most here come to:
It is very similar to the normal Spicebomb in perception, and the DNA is more of a winter / fall scent, so when it's really warm outside you tend to wear something else anyway.
At the time it has already said once, he is discontinued, but with a heavy heart I left him then but in the store, it was not worth the 80€ + to me.
A big mistake!
Now felt 5 years later, I'm always looking for new fragrances that you can wear well in everyday life, but still have that certain kick, a bit of a tingle, something demanding, which makes them just interesting.
(With the modern sweet-fresh Cashmeran releases my face usually falls asleep...)
And at this point it has to be said, the normal Spicebomb already does that perfectly. But if you're a perfume addict like me, and you like a fragrance DNA, you'd like to wear it more often than just in its core discipline. (Spicebomb: winter, cold, night, going out, date)
And in sports, while being cozy at home, or even in warmer temperatures, Spicebomb then acts with its strong sweetness, and the prominent pink pepper but somewhat intrusive, almost exhausting in the long run.
Here comes "Eau Fraiche", or as it is called since the change to the 90ml variant only, "Fresh" into play.
The overall impression of the fragrance I would describe so:
If someone does me the on it and asks what that is, I would quickly reflexively answer "Spicebomb!". So I would not immediately recognize in the blind test that it is not the normal EdT .... at least not in the first moment.
However, Viktor & Rolf have made a really nice trick here:
Instead of the cinnamon in the heart, allspice was mounted in the top note. For those who do not know it (like me) or knew:
"Allspice, also Jamaica pepper: Unlike pepper, allspice not only has a pleasant, slightly burning spiciness, but combines the sweet-tart aromas of various spices such as nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper and cloves together. Therefore, allspice is also called all-spice or allspice."
That's pretty nifty, it makes the spicy/peppery notes a bit sweetened or flattened, and more integrated into the top note accords, which makes the scent just come across as lighter. (Almost a bit like Dior Sauvage...) Chili, on the other hand, was omitted, and that's good! I miss it here not at all, and it takes him something the sharpness.
For this, the grapefruit was not much, but noticeably up, which gives the fragrance a slightly fruitier character, compared to the quite dry-spicy Spicebomb EdT.
These are all rather subtle changes, but in sum they make exactly the difference for me that I now find Fresh really great and practical. Really pleasant, a bit more dimmed, but fresher.
Like the comparison between La Nuit de L'Homme and LNDL Frozen Cologne, the DNA was not distorted, just accented a little differently.
And as with Frozen Cologne, Eau Fraiche is now discontinued as well, as far as I can see at least.
Remains real only to hope that they only re-launch it or maybe even improve, because the new younglings "Nightvision" EdT and EdP never reach the olfactory greatness of the original series.
Top Notes 
Pimento
Pink pepper
Grapefruit
Heart Notes 
Lavender
Fleur de sel
Base Notes 
Tobacco
Moss
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