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TdH EDP stripped naked.
Three notes? I'm not so sure...
I've been wearing this one for about a week now with near total satisfaction. It's a clone of Terre de Hermes (TdH) alright, more specifically the EDP version. It's actually very close. There's no dirty orange, florals or anything else really. Yeah, there's a really sour and synthetic grapefruit up top, but that barely lasts 10 minutes.
No, the magic lies in its simplicity. If you can bare the briny opening, then you're in for a treat. About 10 minutes in, TdH takes the front stage for a soliloquy in his birthday suit. The grapefruit all but disappears into the shadows, and Pepper probably forgot she was even in the play. "Where's Pepper?" the director kept asking. Silence.
But the delivery is on point - no straying from the mark - it's straight up vetiver. Clean, green and nothing mean. Handsome, rather, and with very decent projection. The performance took me by surprise actually. It's an excellent work scent, and for the price, this may even be the best starter fragrance for someone who is just getting in vetivers; especially if they enjoy TdH but could do without that rugged orange.
But like many Zara frags, don't be surprised if this one disappears off the shelves in a hurry, only to make a comeback the next year in a different bottle and under a different name. So don't fret if you miss out this time. I don't think we've seen the last of this one-note wonder, even after the red curtain falls. Polite applause.
I've been wearing this one for about a week now with near total satisfaction. It's a clone of Terre de Hermes (TdH) alright, more specifically the EDP version. It's actually very close. There's no dirty orange, florals or anything else really. Yeah, there's a really sour and synthetic grapefruit up top, but that barely lasts 10 minutes.
No, the magic lies in its simplicity. If you can bare the briny opening, then you're in for a treat. About 10 minutes in, TdH takes the front stage for a soliloquy in his birthday suit. The grapefruit all but disappears into the shadows, and Pepper probably forgot she was even in the play. "Where's Pepper?" the director kept asking. Silence.
But the delivery is on point - no straying from the mark - it's straight up vetiver. Clean, green and nothing mean. Handsome, rather, and with very decent projection. The performance took me by surprise actually. It's an excellent work scent, and for the price, this may even be the best starter fragrance for someone who is just getting in vetivers; especially if they enjoy TdH but could do without that rugged orange.
But like many Zara frags, don't be surprised if this one disappears off the shelves in a hurry, only to make a comeback the next year in a different bottle and under a different name. So don't fret if you miss out this time. I don't think we've seen the last of this one-note wonder, even after the red curtain falls. Polite applause.