London Harrods Exclusive Widian / AJ Arabia 2024

Well, the Widian London is and remains my holy grail and the undisputed number 1.
For this reason, I was of course really looking forward to this release. Especially as the bottle is truly magnificent. 10/10!
And of course it is difficult or impossible to make THE perfect fragrance even better or to do it justice. But Jordi Fernandez can be trusted to do anything. Who knows, maybe he could have done it.
So I ordered a sample and sprayed it on. First impression: Hmm, kind of exactly the same. Maybe a tiny nuance here and there, greener, fresher, more peppery. But hardly noticeable. Too bad! I really would have liked this "flanker" to be a little different. The color would have been right. The green notes could have been stronger! I would have liked it so much. Even if, in case of doubt, it will of course come off worse (for me) than its predecessor. I would have forgiven him for that. As it is, apart from the beautiful bottle, it is unfortunately a somewhat unnecessary release for me. Unfortunately, too little was dared here. They simply didn't want to disappoint the fans. I can understand that and, as I said, it's almost impossible to make London better. But there really could have been a bit more experimentation here!
Still, of course, a 10/10 because it's too close to the original.

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