Luxury Collection - Stanotte Richard Maison de Parfum
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Difficult to grasp and describe this scent
I find this review so hard today, as if it were the very first one, because for me this scent was really difficult to grasp.
I came across this gem through Perfume History (thank you very much to the team!).
And it definitely deserves its first review!
I always make my first two sprays blind (when I have the opportunity), meaning without knowing which scent I am testing, I write down what comes to mind and then I look at the fragrance components. Often the first impression matches, sometimes it does not, as in this case.
Then I make an effort to sniff out the specified components.
And I can tell you already:
Complete failure
My first impression (I thought quite simply):
Great creamy apricot, initially fruity and delicate, then gradually becoming creamier, softer musk, and that’s how it stays… for at least 8 hours on me. A lovely pleasant scent wafts around you again and again. I like it!
After checking the components, I was horrified. Pineapple? Orange? Mandarin?
No way… never… it can’t be.
Jasmine? Rose (which I don’t like)? Violet?
I smell none of that. Amber, musk, and sandalwood… okay… maybe that’s where the creaminess comes from. Oud is completely unfathomable to me.
I would have never been interested in this scent based on the components.
I would have expected:
at first zesty, fruity, and a bit bergamot-like, then floral and rosy and soft (not my thing at all) and in the end a musk intensified with oud.
I checked the sample 5 times and had to assure myself that it was really the right scent.
If there is no filling error here, then I have learned something.
Often you expect GREAT things and nothing comes, and sometimes you expect NOTHING and it turns out so beautifully.
I will be curious about the next reviews and how this scent will be perceived. 🥰
I came across this gem through Perfume History (thank you very much to the team!).
And it definitely deserves its first review!
I always make my first two sprays blind (when I have the opportunity), meaning without knowing which scent I am testing, I write down what comes to mind and then I look at the fragrance components. Often the first impression matches, sometimes it does not, as in this case.
Then I make an effort to sniff out the specified components.
And I can tell you already:
Complete failure
My first impression (I thought quite simply):
Great creamy apricot, initially fruity and delicate, then gradually becoming creamier, softer musk, and that’s how it stays… for at least 8 hours on me. A lovely pleasant scent wafts around you again and again. I like it!
After checking the components, I was horrified. Pineapple? Orange? Mandarin?
No way… never… it can’t be.
Jasmine? Rose (which I don’t like)? Violet?
I smell none of that. Amber, musk, and sandalwood… okay… maybe that’s where the creaminess comes from. Oud is completely unfathomable to me.
I would have never been interested in this scent based on the components.
I would have expected:
at first zesty, fruity, and a bit bergamot-like, then floral and rosy and soft (not my thing at all) and in the end a musk intensified with oud.
I checked the sample 5 times and had to assure myself that it was really the right scent.
If there is no filling error here, then I have learned something.
Often you expect GREAT things and nothing comes, and sometimes you expect NOTHING and it turns out so beautifully.
I will be curious about the next reviews and how this scent will be perceived. 🥰
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I was at Perfume History in Cologne and treated myself to the Altra Donna bottle. The consultant told me that the fragrance notes for Altra Donna and Stanotte are unfortunately swapped on Parfumo. So your perception of the peach is 100% correct!
And the notes listed here for Stanotte are what I find in my bottle :-)
If anyone knows how to fix this error, that would be great, because I think the scents are really good.