Eau de Space Eau de Space 2020

I had prepared myself inwardly. From the stories of astronauts and cosmonauts, I even had a concrete idea of what to expect and was still surprised. It's quite close to what I imagined. It's even relatively accurate, but it's actually a bit more intense than my expectations allowed. But, it's fine.

An idiosyncratic and unusual concept fragrance. As far as I understand it correctly, NASA commissioned this "scent" decades ago to protect its astronauts as far as possible from surprises in the field and to prepare them for their mission in space.
After their mission in space, many of the astronauts described a smell emanating from their spacesuits after they had returned from the spacewalk that was similar to that of "burnt cookies". Associations of "burnt metal", "ozone smell", "acrid", "walnuts", "brake pad", "gunpowder", "fruit" and "rum" were also mentioned.

What I encounter in Eau de Space is a convolute of industrial and medicinal scents. Anyone who knows some of them should have a certain recognition value here.

Plastic, cable sheathing, synthetic materials, cheapest DVD cases from China, heated metals... Pharmacy chemicals, medical rooms, fleece bandages, peat, fresh toilet stone. Spacesuit fibers haptically tangible.

It is bitter, a little cutting and somewhat pungent. It tingles in the nose, there is something challenging and unpleasant about it. It is overwhelming. Accompanied by subtle nausea and a stimulating headache. All of this is very difficult to bear. I don't feel well at all after the test. Even worse are only the smells of decaying carcass, rancid blood, rotten teeth and stress sweat, followed by this smell. Just as these smells remain in the olfactory memory almost forever, so it is with the Welltraum Muff.
...and you have this every time you bring something from space back to the space station or spaceship? Becoming a spaceman will be difficult.
But what can these odors do that we perceive them so unpleasantly? Nothing at all. So I can't rate this "perfume" as a perfume, but as what it is, a concept fragrance that very specifically imitates a smell.
Moreover, it is not designed to challenge anyone, to play avant-garde or to offend, no, the background for this fragrance is purely objective.

Anyone who intends to use this as a perfume, in the sense of a good smell? is quite wrong here. It is not a perfume or a fragrance in the classical sense in the slightest. There is also no reason to wear it. Maybe if it's an avant-garde, extravagant event or if you want to stand out in some way and it's irrelevant whether it's positive or negative.
But Eau de Space wasn't designed for that either.

But if you want to know what space smells like, according to the description of astronauts, this is the right fragrance for you. Thanks to @Heartcore, the 10ml bottling is enough for that!
For such an extraordinary experiment, for such a special concept fragrance ... absolutely justified and logically: (almost) full marks! Provided you leave the wearability and the usual approach to perfume out of the evaluation! :)

I don't think the bad reviews are necessarily fair to Eau de Space.
Apparently space stinks! I am beyond happy to have the opportunity to smell space! Moreover, sincerely grateful for it!

It is an experimental fragrance journey for those interested in space travel, for natural history, school classes, students and budding space travelers or even for die-hard perfumos who are always looking for a challenge or a special scurility.
My circle of friends can prepare themselves for something, because every one of them will get this one under their noses with an appropriate introduction to the subject. Will I be doing them a favor? Not necessarily, but in a way, yes. Personally, I was keen to test something like this and am looking forward to sharing it with my friends like a child at Christmas. Curiosity should not be in short supply! :)

Please be careful, the smell stays in your nose for a relatively long time and can be really brutal! The designers could have tuned everything a little quieter.

If it weren't for the already hostile environment of outer space, a person would know by smell alone that they have no business being there without an insulated spacesuit and nose clip.

One of the most exciting and interesting concept fragrances ever. Thank you NASA!