Top Notes 
Marine notes
Artemisia
Black fig
Blackcurrant
Lavender
Heart Notes 
Black pepper
Bergamot
Cardamom
Grapefruit
Ginger
Base Notes 
Woodleather®
Bourbon vanilla
Amber
Cedarwood
Musk
Patchouli
Papyrus
Sandalwood
White chocolate
11/04/2024
Elysium
866 Reviews
Elysium
2
Something Doesn’t Add Up For Me
To begin with, the similarities. Just because the same perfumer is behind the creations, Alberto Morillas, to be exact, it is not enough to say that two or more fragrances are similar. And here I am referring to the similarity with Guilty Absolute pour Homme. Those who genuinely own all the fragrances will see that this fragrance, the original No Limit$, and Guilty Absolute have little in common. The latter is a woody and earthy leather, dark and powerful, which has little to do with No Limit$, which adopts a more diplomatic leather. Since I love Guilty Absolute, when I smelled No Limit$ first and then Super Fre$h, they did not remind me of it, even though I liked them too. But that could be my limitation. And then there is the evaluation, whose distribution is distorted, irregular, and controversial. Although most of the ratings are around 8, which probably reflects the actual value of the perfume, the linear ratings from 0 to 5 are inexplicable, which I believe were assigned by haters who almost certainly have never tried the fragrance. Without getting into too many controversies, those following me for a while will know that my impressions are based exclusively on the essence, sensations, and emotions they evoke in me, without prejudices of gender, brand, price, or anything else. And so I will also do with this latest purchase.
It is interesting, a solid salty, dry, acidic, milky, and mineral freshness. Underside, there is the DNA of the original No Limit$, but everything seems frozen, almost frosted. Super Fre$h starts airy and aquatic, then becomes colder and spicier, and finally, more woody and leathery. It is not the freshness you feel when you get out of the shower or the barber. Nor that slightly soapy or clean smell of laundry. Instead, it is freshness that comes from mentholated spices and salty ambroxan, which is watery but not too marine. There is, briefly, a kind of drunkenness intertwined with aromatic mugwort and vivid lavender. Soon, a bittersweet aroma arrives, something between tart blackcurrant juice and sweet fig pulp. It is mineral, milky, dry. I don’t want to say it is fruity, but it has that kind of milky and coconutty fruitiness from the fig accord. However, it is a fresh sweetness so pleasant that it does not induce cloying, but demands attention.
Slowly, the initial impetus calms down, and the fragrance reveals its cold and spicy identity. When the spices emerge, I do not have the impression of being in the middle of an Indian market where the warm and penetrating smells of cinnamon, nutmeg, turmeric, curry or cloves hover. Instead, the spices' seeds, grains and tubers used are a pungent triumph of freshness. At the top of the podium reigns cardamom, balsamic and mentholated, followed by a moderate pepper and fresh ginger, just sliced, acidic that tickles the tongue and the palate as soon as it enters the mouth. If smelled side by side, Super Fre$h and OG sometimes merge. The hand of the master Alberto Morillas is recognizable, but particular signs allow you to distinguish one from the other, like two twins that only the mother can recognize. They are not redundant, and despite some small similarities, the two flankers take separate directions.
A modern, polite leather base, with amber, savoury, salty, talc and gourmand reflections closes this extreme moment without limits. The smoky, masculine and animalic traits blend perfectly with a delicate touch of fresh salinity. The leather is, once again, smooth and delicate, not upfront or in your face, and it is not the powerful one that we find in the Memo Paris or Tom Ford leather collection. Personally, I have a hard time identifying the buttery and creamy accords of white chocolate, which I have loved since I was a child, and which I struggle to recognize here, perhaps hidden by other notes that are more obvious to my nose. In the original, the dark chocolate accord is much more marked and recognizable.
Ultimately, this is everything but a big fat zero. I consider it a smooth leather for beginners and those unfamiliar with the leather accord. It is a cool weather scent despite the super fresh name. Autumn and spring days and evenings and even summer nights are exceptional occasions to wear it. Fresher than the OG, but with the same spicy and leathery imprints. The performance is a bit below average; it lasts a few hours, and the strong initial trail fades in a short time. It is a compliment catcher and the praises come unexpectedly when I wear it.
My feelings about Super Fre$h are not just based on a bottle I've owned since November 2024 (BC 21028L1, PD 2020-12). They are rooted in a personal connection to this fragrance, which I've come to appreciate over time.
-Elysium
It is interesting, a solid salty, dry, acidic, milky, and mineral freshness. Underside, there is the DNA of the original No Limit$, but everything seems frozen, almost frosted. Super Fre$h starts airy and aquatic, then becomes colder and spicier, and finally, more woody and leathery. It is not the freshness you feel when you get out of the shower or the barber. Nor that slightly soapy or clean smell of laundry. Instead, it is freshness that comes from mentholated spices and salty ambroxan, which is watery but not too marine. There is, briefly, a kind of drunkenness intertwined with aromatic mugwort and vivid lavender. Soon, a bittersweet aroma arrives, something between tart blackcurrant juice and sweet fig pulp. It is mineral, milky, dry. I don’t want to say it is fruity, but it has that kind of milky and coconutty fruitiness from the fig accord. However, it is a fresh sweetness so pleasant that it does not induce cloying, but demands attention.
Slowly, the initial impetus calms down, and the fragrance reveals its cold and spicy identity. When the spices emerge, I do not have the impression of being in the middle of an Indian market where the warm and penetrating smells of cinnamon, nutmeg, turmeric, curry or cloves hover. Instead, the spices' seeds, grains and tubers used are a pungent triumph of freshness. At the top of the podium reigns cardamom, balsamic and mentholated, followed by a moderate pepper and fresh ginger, just sliced, acidic that tickles the tongue and the palate as soon as it enters the mouth. If smelled side by side, Super Fre$h and OG sometimes merge. The hand of the master Alberto Morillas is recognizable, but particular signs allow you to distinguish one from the other, like two twins that only the mother can recognize. They are not redundant, and despite some small similarities, the two flankers take separate directions.
A modern, polite leather base, with amber, savoury, salty, talc and gourmand reflections closes this extreme moment without limits. The smoky, masculine and animalic traits blend perfectly with a delicate touch of fresh salinity. The leather is, once again, smooth and delicate, not upfront or in your face, and it is not the powerful one that we find in the Memo Paris or Tom Ford leather collection. Personally, I have a hard time identifying the buttery and creamy accords of white chocolate, which I have loved since I was a child, and which I struggle to recognize here, perhaps hidden by other notes that are more obvious to my nose. In the original, the dark chocolate accord is much more marked and recognizable.
Ultimately, this is everything but a big fat zero. I consider it a smooth leather for beginners and those unfamiliar with the leather accord. It is a cool weather scent despite the super fresh name. Autumn and spring days and evenings and even summer nights are exceptional occasions to wear it. Fresher than the OG, but with the same spicy and leathery imprints. The performance is a bit below average; it lasts a few hours, and the strong initial trail fades in a short time. It is a compliment catcher and the praises come unexpectedly when I wear it.
My feelings about Super Fre$h are not just based on a bottle I've owned since November 2024 (BC 21028L1, PD 2020-12). They are rooted in a personal connection to this fragrance, which I've come to appreciate over time.
-Elysium
Elysium
