06/08/2020
SvenScent
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SvenScent
5
Plum in wooden capsule
After a very dear perfumer has "bequeathed" me 'Kapsule Woody' by Karl Lagerfeld, I feel compelled, due to the very different comments and statements, to give my own assessment of the fragrance here.
The opinions expressed so far read so heterogeneously that one might think that these are not one and the same perfume. But if you take a closer look at the comments, they all carry a piece of truth within them. Nevertheless, none of the evaluations hits the whole thing in my eyes and describes the fragrance with all its facets.
But what one can say at the beginning: The perfume bears his name rightly!
Because, after it starts fruity for a few seconds at the beginning, it is very, very woody at first with a little smoky moss in the background. Both makes it very masculine, although I think the perfume is declared unisex. I've already had associations with Dior Homme here, especially with the Intense version. The cedar gives it a very similar smell, but only in Drydown.
In the beginning of Kapsule Woody of plum is hardly a trace, but the scent soon turns itself upside down. The "wooden capsule" from the beginning releases the plum only after some time. This is underlaid with sweetness and the scent suddenly appears powdery and somewhat vanilla. That's when it becomes feminine. And I think the scent here smells like the opening of DHI, only here, with Woody, the plum plays the leading role, while with Homme it's more peary. And I would almost swear that in the Kapsule, although not performed, Iris is also at work.
So you could say that the Kapsule Woody is an upside down Dior Homme Intense. Not 1:1, but still very similar.
All in all, we have a somewhat unbalanced fragrance with an interesting progression and satisfying durability. Its structure of notes and its radiance make it ideal for autumn! And - and this also needs to be mentioned - the simple cubistic bottle is in my eyes extremely aesthetic.
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