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Okay, who put curry in my wine??
*sigh*
What do you do when you're a bit under the weather on the weekend, so you really have nothing to do? Well, … you flood Parfumo with comments.
But, you have something to read now and I'm eagerly waiting to see how many will consider me "not helpful" this time :D
Anyway, here comes another Les Liquides Imaginaires fragrance. As I mentioned before, I recently discovered this brand for myself. So far, I found almost all the tested fragrances good or at least interesting. One of my favorites is (and remains) Bloody Wood, which smells really great but unfortunately turned out to be a bit weaker than expected.
Now I'm testing Bello (…uhm woof woof?? … sit!) another fragrance from the wine series and hope that this one also smells delicious and wonderful.
The scent:
Yes, the scent has an alcoholic start. You can smell a bit of (initially dry) wine, but shortly after, the scent takes on a slightly fruity, but mainly sweet note due to the dried fruits. The wine then takes a back seat and almost completely disappears, and the fragrance becomes spicier. For me, the scent then starts to somehow smell like… you won't believe it… curry. Well, it seems a bit like that to me...
Despite the actually intense, spicy notes, the scent softens over time and also becomes a bit powdery.
In the base, the wine seems to return a bit, but remains generally a bit weak, while the fragrance smells of beautiful, woody notes and still of curry. It stays soft and slightly powdery.
The sillage and longevity:
The sillage is okay at first, then briefly becomes strong due to the spicy scents and then weakens to a normal level. For an autumn/winter fragrance, it weakens a bit too much, but it's still in the acceptable range.
The longevity is above average and lasts six to eight hours.
The bottle:
The bottle is cylindrical and filled with dark red fragrance liquid. The name of the fragrance is written at the bottom on the front. The silver cap is large and heavy. You can see a pattern that goes around the cap as well as the logo of Les Liquides Imaginaires.
An overall high-quality and well-made bottle.
So, I have to admit that this fragrance has pleased me the least so far. It is certainly very interesting, especially because of the spicy curry-like note, which you don't find every day in perfumes. The spicy notes make the fragrance warm, so it fits well into autumn and winter, even if the projection isn't too high. But still, I find the other two Eau Sanguines better, which doesn't mean that this one isn't good.
It can be used for both daily wear and going out, maybe not for partying, but for example for dining or something like that.
Why is the fragrance called Bello anyway? It really sounds like a cliché dog name to me… And aside from some great dogs like Huskies (oohh they are so great!) I'm more of a cat fan myself… meow!
(And yes… before some of you want to correct me immediately: Bello means beautiful, real, pretty, etc. in Italian… :D). And beautiful it is, the fragrance!
Well, you can give it a try, but the other wine fragrances from this series, especially the previously mentioned Bloody Wood, are significantly (for me) better.
*woof*
So, now spill the beans, what's better? Dog or cat?
Everyone who says dog now: Ha, that was the wrong answer.
Everyone who says cat now: Ha, that was also the wrong answer.
The right answer is (no, it's not wine… tssss): All animals are great! Whether dog, cat, or aardvark or paramecium, they are all simply lovable! I bet no one knew the right answer, right? He he he…
Oh, and a paramecium is NOT an animal by the way :D
What do you do when you're a bit under the weather on the weekend, so you really have nothing to do? Well, … you flood Parfumo with comments.
But, you have something to read now and I'm eagerly waiting to see how many will consider me "not helpful" this time :D
Anyway, here comes another Les Liquides Imaginaires fragrance. As I mentioned before, I recently discovered this brand for myself. So far, I found almost all the tested fragrances good or at least interesting. One of my favorites is (and remains) Bloody Wood, which smells really great but unfortunately turned out to be a bit weaker than expected.
Now I'm testing Bello (…uhm woof woof?? … sit!) another fragrance from the wine series and hope that this one also smells delicious and wonderful.
The scent:
Yes, the scent has an alcoholic start. You can smell a bit of (initially dry) wine, but shortly after, the scent takes on a slightly fruity, but mainly sweet note due to the dried fruits. The wine then takes a back seat and almost completely disappears, and the fragrance becomes spicier. For me, the scent then starts to somehow smell like… you won't believe it… curry. Well, it seems a bit like that to me...
Despite the actually intense, spicy notes, the scent softens over time and also becomes a bit powdery.
In the base, the wine seems to return a bit, but remains generally a bit weak, while the fragrance smells of beautiful, woody notes and still of curry. It stays soft and slightly powdery.
The sillage and longevity:
The sillage is okay at first, then briefly becomes strong due to the spicy scents and then weakens to a normal level. For an autumn/winter fragrance, it weakens a bit too much, but it's still in the acceptable range.
The longevity is above average and lasts six to eight hours.
The bottle:
The bottle is cylindrical and filled with dark red fragrance liquid. The name of the fragrance is written at the bottom on the front. The silver cap is large and heavy. You can see a pattern that goes around the cap as well as the logo of Les Liquides Imaginaires.
An overall high-quality and well-made bottle.
So, I have to admit that this fragrance has pleased me the least so far. It is certainly very interesting, especially because of the spicy curry-like note, which you don't find every day in perfumes. The spicy notes make the fragrance warm, so it fits well into autumn and winter, even if the projection isn't too high. But still, I find the other two Eau Sanguines better, which doesn't mean that this one isn't good.
It can be used for both daily wear and going out, maybe not for partying, but for example for dining or something like that.
Why is the fragrance called Bello anyway? It really sounds like a cliché dog name to me… And aside from some great dogs like Huskies (oohh they are so great!) I'm more of a cat fan myself… meow!
(And yes… before some of you want to correct me immediately: Bello means beautiful, real, pretty, etc. in Italian… :D). And beautiful it is, the fragrance!
Well, you can give it a try, but the other wine fragrances from this series, especially the previously mentioned Bloody Wood, are significantly (for me) better.
*woof*
So, now spill the beans, what's better? Dog or cat?
Everyone who says dog now: Ha, that was the wrong answer.
Everyone who says cat now: Ha, that was also the wrong answer.
The right answer is (no, it's not wine… tssss): All animals are great! Whether dog, cat, or aardvark or paramecium, they are all simply lovable! I bet no one knew the right answer, right? He he he…
Oh, and a paramecium is NOT an animal by the way :D
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2 Comments
Barker 9 years ago
...the "curry-like" scent note comes from the immortelle, so it's not surprising... it's also called curry herb ;-) I really like the fragrance...
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Serafina 9 years ago
I always think of "bello" in relation to the case for 2: Matula often said "Ciao bello" to lawyer Lessing. My (deceased) neighbors actually had a Bernese Mountain Dog named Bello. ;-)
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