Marine notes
Sand
Sea breeze
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An Aquatic that is not one
Practice makes perfect, and this is especially true when it comes to recognizing fragrance notes. With the help of fragrance pyramids, one can gradually identify similar notes in different perfumes - this is particularly true for the often-used or very pronounced notes.
However, it happens time and again that even after some practice, one simply has to admit defeat - whether because the perfumer has used something rare, or because they have successfully distorted something familiar. Ripsilver is such a scent, where I am quite puzzled by what I am smelling here.
The opening is more minty than citrusy in style. But it is not a distinctly recognizable mint, just something along those lines. At the same time, there is a hint of oriental notes - quite far-fetched for a perfume described with marine images of waves breaking on the shore.
Somewhat confused, the scent memory searches for an anchor - and finds it in the impression of stained paper - that note which openly confronts us in powdery orientals like Dior Homme. But Ripsilver is not a musty powder scent, and gradually we experience how this paper note is turned facet by facet into freshness.
For a while, a green-citrus note seems to resonate, perhaps verbena. That passes, and what remains is a freshness that could almost be described as metallic. Even though Ripsilver by Bud Parfum is described as an aquatic - the typical marine notes are missing here. Above all, Ripsilver lacks that synthetic quality that, at least for me, has spoiled this entire fragrance direction.
The peculiar freshness sits on a dry, slender background that could only vaguely be described as woody. Somehow this background is still oriental (benzoin resin?), but never opulent. I wouldn’t be surprised if a bit of cocoa is involved.
Finally, an image forms for me: Ripsilver is like the smell of wet sand, which we all absorbed into our memories as children playing on the beaches of this world!
At the end of its development, Ripsilver becomes softer. I now believe I can perceive a certain type of musk. Instead of resembling Dior Homme, it now resembles the very rare but noble Habit Rouge Sport, and only much later, after many hours, does the oriental side fully emerge - with the scent we also know from the final phase of Gaultier's Le Male and similar perfumes.
Thus, Ripsilver presents itself as a very individual perfume - a completely independent exploration of the theme of the sea. Unfortunately, Howard Jarvis tells us nothing about the fragrance notes of this dry-fresh variant of Dior Homme - I would have loved to know more.
Ripsilver has little projection, is unusually composed, but still reserved. This makes it very wearable, never intrusive, and yet interesting in every phase of its development. Perfumes like this have become more appealing to me than the opulent, loud self-promoters that, while initially sparking bright enthusiasm, gradually become exhausting.
Do you know the feeling: you stand in front of your collection and can’t decide on anything? A perfume from an extreme fragrance direction, complex and opulent, would simply be too much - but it shouldn’t be just any random splash either. Blessed is he who can reach for a scent like Ripsilver in this dilemma!
However, it happens time and again that even after some practice, one simply has to admit defeat - whether because the perfumer has used something rare, or because they have successfully distorted something familiar. Ripsilver is such a scent, where I am quite puzzled by what I am smelling here.
The opening is more minty than citrusy in style. But it is not a distinctly recognizable mint, just something along those lines. At the same time, there is a hint of oriental notes - quite far-fetched for a perfume described with marine images of waves breaking on the shore.
Somewhat confused, the scent memory searches for an anchor - and finds it in the impression of stained paper - that note which openly confronts us in powdery orientals like Dior Homme. But Ripsilver is not a musty powder scent, and gradually we experience how this paper note is turned facet by facet into freshness.
For a while, a green-citrus note seems to resonate, perhaps verbena. That passes, and what remains is a freshness that could almost be described as metallic. Even though Ripsilver by Bud Parfum is described as an aquatic - the typical marine notes are missing here. Above all, Ripsilver lacks that synthetic quality that, at least for me, has spoiled this entire fragrance direction.
The peculiar freshness sits on a dry, slender background that could only vaguely be described as woody. Somehow this background is still oriental (benzoin resin?), but never opulent. I wouldn’t be surprised if a bit of cocoa is involved.
Finally, an image forms for me: Ripsilver is like the smell of wet sand, which we all absorbed into our memories as children playing on the beaches of this world!
At the end of its development, Ripsilver becomes softer. I now believe I can perceive a certain type of musk. Instead of resembling Dior Homme, it now resembles the very rare but noble Habit Rouge Sport, and only much later, after many hours, does the oriental side fully emerge - with the scent we also know from the final phase of Gaultier's Le Male and similar perfumes.
Thus, Ripsilver presents itself as a very individual perfume - a completely independent exploration of the theme of the sea. Unfortunately, Howard Jarvis tells us nothing about the fragrance notes of this dry-fresh variant of Dior Homme - I would have loved to know more.
Ripsilver has little projection, is unusually composed, but still reserved. This makes it very wearable, never intrusive, and yet interesting in every phase of its development. Perfumes like this have become more appealing to me than the opulent, loud self-promoters that, while initially sparking bright enthusiasm, gradually become exhausting.
Do you know the feeling: you stand in front of your collection and can’t decide on anything? A perfume from an extreme fragrance direction, complex and opulent, would simply be too much - but it shouldn’t be just any random splash either. Blessed is he who can reach for a scent like Ripsilver in this dilemma!
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