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A citrus scent of superlatives...
this water of Hadrian is indeed. But when is a fragrance really special?
If he smells good... check... when he's a popular classic... check. But this perfume actually sets a record: According to celebrityfragrances.com, this fragrance is worn by more Holliwood stars than any other. Proud 21 nominations can be found there, among them some great legends of the American film.
It is surpassed only by Chanel No. 5 with 30 mentions - but this fragrance is a good 60 years older and therefore out of competition. The nice Aventus only gets one mention :)
Now let's get to the actual fragrance: released in 1981 (as EdT), it was one of Annick Goutal's first perfumes and can be described as the flagship of this house. The EdP we're talking about here came a little later (1988) and lasts a little longer than the EdT. The higher scent concentration is the reason. This makes it smell even more lemony and fresh than the EdT. The durability unfortunately remains below average. But at the beginning you get a strong freshness kick.
This kick comes from the lemonatzitrone (cedrat) which smells even more citric than lemons. Some people think this scent is like a toilet stone or citrus cleaner, and I have to admit, sometimes I find it a bit too stinging.
Nevertheless a great Mediterranean scent, reminiscent of the garden of Villa Adriana, where once Emperor Hadrian last resided.
Another superlative is the number of flacon variants. After the renaming from Annick Goutal to Goutal, the flacons were redesigned. There is also a Homme variant (square) and a Femme variant (oval) with identical contents. I haven't seen anything like this in any other perfume yet.
Annick Goutal, who died in 1999, left behind Eau d'Hadrien, a fragrance of superlatives for posterity that is indeed beyond comparison with lavatories.
Your Frankfurt Fragrance Lover
If he smells good... check... when he's a popular classic... check. But this perfume actually sets a record: According to celebrityfragrances.com, this fragrance is worn by more Holliwood stars than any other. Proud 21 nominations can be found there, among them some great legends of the American film.
It is surpassed only by Chanel No. 5 with 30 mentions - but this fragrance is a good 60 years older and therefore out of competition. The nice Aventus only gets one mention :)
Now let's get to the actual fragrance: released in 1981 (as EdT), it was one of Annick Goutal's first perfumes and can be described as the flagship of this house. The EdP we're talking about here came a little later (1988) and lasts a little longer than the EdT. The higher scent concentration is the reason. This makes it smell even more lemony and fresh than the EdT. The durability unfortunately remains below average. But at the beginning you get a strong freshness kick.
This kick comes from the lemonatzitrone (cedrat) which smells even more citric than lemons. Some people think this scent is like a toilet stone or citrus cleaner, and I have to admit, sometimes I find it a bit too stinging.
Nevertheless a great Mediterranean scent, reminiscent of the garden of Villa Adriana, where once Emperor Hadrian last resided.
Another superlative is the number of flacon variants. After the renaming from Annick Goutal to Goutal, the flacons were redesigned. There is also a Homme variant (square) and a Femme variant (oval) with identical contents. I haven't seen anything like this in any other perfume yet.
Annick Goutal, who died in 1999, left behind Eau d'Hadrien, a fragrance of superlatives for posterity that is indeed beyond comparison with lavatories.
Your Frankfurt Fragrance Lover
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