Ginger Widian 2024

Maybe it's due to my difficult relationship with my father, who knows.

Ginger is a scent that just doesn’t suit me at all. But I’m still glad I tested it.

It starts off with a sharp herbal cloud, biting in the nose, with an old-school characteristic. It reminds me of old fragrances, of my father, of old men, right from the beginning. I’m not criticizing old men; I’m only critiquing the scent, and I would place it more in the 50+ category, not 30 and below.

As it develops, not much happens. It becomes softer but still retains the note of old men who like to wear perfume, the old stuff, you know, patchouli, fresh, but somehow bitter/sour in the background. Unremarkable, you’ve simply smelled this scent before, whether from parents or grandparents; it’s just so entrenched and absolutely not foreign, you don’t smell anything new or interesting here.

I wish I could say more, but after several hours, there’s just not much left to say. Simple, old-fashioned, you’ve smelled it a thousand times. I would almost say it carries that biting top note of the Ambassador, just not exactly the same. Those who don’t like Ambassador probably won’t like this scent much either. However, Ambassador is MUCH more intrusive with its biting aggressive chemical top note, which is not the case here.

Unfortunately, it also has zero longevity. I know how well fragrances hold on my skin; I can perceive Xerjoff fragrances intensely for hours. This scent fades within an hour and is only faintly detectable. Perhaps that’s why I struggle to provide a meaningful evaluation, simply because it can hardly show any performance.

In short:

I don’t find it terrible, no - but I just find it incredibly unremarkable and overused. This is the kind of freshie that doesn’t stereotypically waft like soap; it’s the kind of freshie that simply exists bitter-sour, and you already know it from everywhere.

For me, it’s a no-go, but I think my old mom would like it; it will certainly be a ladykiller for 60+.