Hedione
Cedar bark
Pink geranium
Raspberry
Blackcurrant
White musk
Blood orange
Sweet pea
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Major Construction Site - or: An Appeal to Refrain from Windy Nonsense
Elbphilharmonie? A trifle. Berlin Airport? A joke. All mere sandbox games compared to the renovation project currently unfolding within my daughter. These sudden, extreme mood swings and unfathomable tantrums (worse than before!) can only be explained by the term "prepubescent" - at least I hope so, because that would mean it’s a time-limited phenomenon. I don’t want to think about the alternative.
So it should almost fit marketing-wise with what Mrs. Doyen & Co. have come up with this time, more on that shortly. The fragrance itself strikes me as simply spectacular for Goutal standards, given the bold use of Hedion. They must have poured that stuff in by the barrel. Right at the start, the scent comes across as almost metallic; on the paper strip, it’s even more intense than on the skin. I was quite surprised by that. But even in body wear, this note takes center stage for me; a small blackcurrant at the beginning is immediately overshadowed.
I can only speculate about the concept behind it. Such a thing from a house that usually values naturalness, which occasionally seems so simple and thus so skillfully executed. In the translation of the accompanying eulogies, online translators (I don’t speak French) come up with bizarre suggestions, indicating that some sort of young country pomeranian has been swept away by the spirit of the big city. The English version, as well as the sparse English blurb for the sample, convey something similar to me: that a free-spirited and reckless young woman embraces her life in a whirlwind of madness. Alternatively, it’s a radiant and sensual whirlwind. Aha. Perhaps instead of madness, youthful folly is meant. Francophiles, step forward! You might also explain to us what "pois de senteur" is all about. I somehow suspect it’s not just the ingredient scent pea, but also a play on words with an idiomatic expression from the adolescent corner or something.
Whirlwind. I directly pick up on that keyword: Yes, I know it. A nice understatement for describing my daughter's behavior when something displeases her. What I really don’t need right now is a fragrance that might encourage these crazinesses. But it probably won’t come to that. I find the scent - aside from the comparatively drastic, because unexpected chemistry spectacle - rather straightforward, low in variation, and composed.
Aside from the lab, it seems to me that the rose geranium is at the center in the first hours. I like that, as it sets itself apart from some other Goutals that seem primarily aimed at an even younger target audience with their winking, sweet, or floral notes and that exclusively delight me on a meta-level - in other words: I find them cute on my daughter.
It’s a pity that the nuances of the other ingredients, be it blackcurrant, or even later musk and cedar, are so ruthlessly smothered with Hedion. I can’t fight against that either and throw in the towel or rather all fours. Only after about seven hours does the stuff give a bit of peace, allowing the others to at least peek out.
I can well imagine that the fragrance is suitable for layering with other AG perfumes. Goutal itself encourages such experimentation with its in-house products, although my brochure on this is a few days old and therefore doesn’t contain a recommendation for this new release. Just try it out.
Personally, I hope that the alleged start of a new chapter for the house of Goutal (as the advertising text states) does not mark the beginning of a synthetic pseudo-event perfumery series that reverses, if not betrays, the previous style of the house. Dear Goutals: Please endure the lamenting, repetitive shelf-life whining! No madness, with or without wind!
So it should almost fit marketing-wise with what Mrs. Doyen & Co. have come up with this time, more on that shortly. The fragrance itself strikes me as simply spectacular for Goutal standards, given the bold use of Hedion. They must have poured that stuff in by the barrel. Right at the start, the scent comes across as almost metallic; on the paper strip, it’s even more intense than on the skin. I was quite surprised by that. But even in body wear, this note takes center stage for me; a small blackcurrant at the beginning is immediately overshadowed.
I can only speculate about the concept behind it. Such a thing from a house that usually values naturalness, which occasionally seems so simple and thus so skillfully executed. In the translation of the accompanying eulogies, online translators (I don’t speak French) come up with bizarre suggestions, indicating that some sort of young country pomeranian has been swept away by the spirit of the big city. The English version, as well as the sparse English blurb for the sample, convey something similar to me: that a free-spirited and reckless young woman embraces her life in a whirlwind of madness. Alternatively, it’s a radiant and sensual whirlwind. Aha. Perhaps instead of madness, youthful folly is meant. Francophiles, step forward! You might also explain to us what "pois de senteur" is all about. I somehow suspect it’s not just the ingredient scent pea, but also a play on words with an idiomatic expression from the adolescent corner or something.
Whirlwind. I directly pick up on that keyword: Yes, I know it. A nice understatement for describing my daughter's behavior when something displeases her. What I really don’t need right now is a fragrance that might encourage these crazinesses. But it probably won’t come to that. I find the scent - aside from the comparatively drastic, because unexpected chemistry spectacle - rather straightforward, low in variation, and composed.
Aside from the lab, it seems to me that the rose geranium is at the center in the first hours. I like that, as it sets itself apart from some other Goutals that seem primarily aimed at an even younger target audience with their winking, sweet, or floral notes and that exclusively delight me on a meta-level - in other words: I find them cute on my daughter.
It’s a pity that the nuances of the other ingredients, be it blackcurrant, or even later musk and cedar, are so ruthlessly smothered with Hedion. I can’t fight against that either and throw in the towel or rather all fours. Only after about seven hours does the stuff give a bit of peace, allowing the others to at least peek out.
I can well imagine that the fragrance is suitable for layering with other AG perfumes. Goutal itself encourages such experimentation with its in-house products, although my brochure on this is a few days old and therefore doesn’t contain a recommendation for this new release. Just try it out.
Personally, I hope that the alleged start of a new chapter for the house of Goutal (as the advertising text states) does not mark the beginning of a synthetic pseudo-event perfumery series that reverses, if not betrays, the previous style of the house. Dear Goutals: Please endure the lamenting, repetitive shelf-life whining! No madness, with or without wind!
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