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Notes10/22/2019
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Le Proll
The cross-references led me here from DK Men, one of my absolute favorites. And in fact, Le Dandy is very close at the base. But at the beginning of the fragrance I first feel reminded of another old acquaintance.
Overripe fruits - for me peach and some plaume stand out - make the prelude. The rather indefinable alcoholic component gives the whole a slightly fermenting impression. I get in interaction with the spices Rumtopf associations. In this phase one could draw parallels to the prelude of Paloma Picasso's Minotaure. The two share the somewhat human obsessiveness, but otherwise go completely different ways.
Le Dandy's fragrant heart also awakens memories. The composition of the spices has something of the vintage Égoïste as soon as the fruits have withdrawn. Unfortunately, this phase has gone very Chanel again (5 euros in the Kalauer cash) and I have the feeling to come more or less immediately after the base. This is very similar to DK Men / Fuel for Men as mentioned at the beginning: mild woods and spices on a bed of Verloursleder.
Now the result is literally more than the sum of its parts, which unfortunately proves to be negatively true here. The ingredients are well chosen, but poorly arranged. Despite some nice moments you can't overlook the fact that the overall picture doesn't look very dandy and elegant but rather roughly drawn. Other values also make me think of a proll rather than a dandy: the flacon looks nice, but the atomizer is of the clumsy, snotty kind. The performance is similarly cheeky: at the beginning cheeky, then rather meek and then damn fast away. Thick pants and all that.
In the end, I find it very difficult to classify myself here. The fragrance is too good for a bad rating and at the same time too bad for a good rating. So Le Dandy, who is actually more Le Proll, can't really score with me.
Overripe fruits - for me peach and some plaume stand out - make the prelude. The rather indefinable alcoholic component gives the whole a slightly fermenting impression. I get in interaction with the spices Rumtopf associations. In this phase one could draw parallels to the prelude of Paloma Picasso's Minotaure. The two share the somewhat human obsessiveness, but otherwise go completely different ways.
Le Dandy's fragrant heart also awakens memories. The composition of the spices has something of the vintage Égoïste as soon as the fruits have withdrawn. Unfortunately, this phase has gone very Chanel again (5 euros in the Kalauer cash) and I have the feeling to come more or less immediately after the base. This is very similar to DK Men / Fuel for Men as mentioned at the beginning: mild woods and spices on a bed of Verloursleder.
Now the result is literally more than the sum of its parts, which unfortunately proves to be negatively true here. The ingredients are well chosen, but poorly arranged. Despite some nice moments you can't overlook the fact that the overall picture doesn't look very dandy and elegant but rather roughly drawn. Other values also make me think of a proll rather than a dandy: the flacon looks nice, but the atomizer is of the clumsy, snotty kind. The performance is similarly cheeky: at the beginning cheeky, then rather meek and then damn fast away. Thick pants and all that.
In the end, I find it very difficult to classify myself here. The fragrance is too good for a bad rating and at the same time too bad for a good rating. So Le Dandy, who is actually more Le Proll, can't really score with me.
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