11/19/2020
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Sugar in rum??
Hello you snoopers and welcome to my latest comment. Today it's all about the fragrance Caribbean Mojito by Dua Fragrances, which will probably arouse the curiosity of anyone who likes to drink cocktails or Caribbean drinks, thinks of the Caribbean in general or wants to sail the seas with Captain Jack Sparrow. Whereby the latter is a pirate who likes to be found where there is an abundance of gold, dirt in glasses or rum.
And yes, since I say rum, let me briefly mention my title: Actually, I only chose this title because of the strong sugar notes in this scent. On the other hand rum also contains sugar, but maybe you binge-drinkers knew this anyway, because rum is made from molasses, i.e. sugar cane juice :D
Whiskey, on the other hand, has no sugar, for example, apart from a small residual amount that apparently cannot be avoided during the production process, and whiskey fanatics have been arguing for eons about whether this residual amount makes a difference in taste or not, it's similar to all the arguments with the Aventus batches, which all smell the same anyway... mu ha ha ha ha (maybe Aventus should be allowed to mature in a barrel?? :D).
Be that as it may, Dua Fragrances are known for their actually high quality fragrances, even if they have many scents in their repertoire, which are actually only supposed to be dupes of known scents and are criticized for that from time to time.
But all right, enough chatter. So let's drink up the scent first (not really, guys, NOT REALLY, don't drink it at all!!! Why do I have to keep mentioning this to you guys? :DD).
The heart note is mainly dominated by sugar cane, and it smells like sugar syrup, although the difference to caramel is actually only slight, olfactorically speaking, isn't it? Anyway, it smells good, thick and dark, and of course delicious :)
The alcoholic notes, however, have now retreated far into the background.
The sugary scents increase in intensity over time, so that the fragrance even seems quite heavy.
For quite a long time the scent remains as described until it starts to smell a little bit stuffier, which bothers me a bit. It's not the same stuffness as with some flowery scents, but a different one. It's difficult to describe, but for me this is not so pleasant, but still better than the flowery stuffness. It makes the fragrance look quite dry. So I don't like the late base much here, but all in all, this perfume is still okay.
The shelf life is very long, here are over twelve hours in it.
The bottle! The bottle is rectangular and has a colorful label with a fresh, Caribbean-looking image of sugar and limes against a blue background representing the sea. It may look nice, but the bottle itself is quite simple, there are better bottles.
In any case, the fragrance is heavy and is therefore best used in winter only. Especially when going out, or when you are invited to dinner at friends and stuff. It is of course a matter of taste whether you want to smell like sugar syrup, but that's not bad, it's just something different and therefore varied, even if it might take some getting used to.
I would also say that the fragrance is unisex, as the sweetness is not necessarily exclusively feminine. The only thing that really bothered me was a slight embarrassment after about six or seven hours, which I found exhausting and therefore a bit unpleasant.
Soo... let's see what's for dinner today... hopefully crepes, so you can smear them with Nutella. ...oh no! There are disgusting eggplants (which look AND taste like slugs...), I think I will rather eat cookies and stuff like that today... :D
Well then, have a nice evening and yes, see you next time :)
And yes, since I say rum, let me briefly mention my title: Actually, I only chose this title because of the strong sugar notes in this scent. On the other hand rum also contains sugar, but maybe you binge-drinkers knew this anyway, because rum is made from molasses, i.e. sugar cane juice :D
Whiskey, on the other hand, has no sugar, for example, apart from a small residual amount that apparently cannot be avoided during the production process, and whiskey fanatics have been arguing for eons about whether this residual amount makes a difference in taste or not, it's similar to all the arguments with the Aventus batches, which all smell the same anyway... mu ha ha ha ha (maybe Aventus should be allowed to mature in a barrel?? :D).
Be that as it may, Dua Fragrances are known for their actually high quality fragrances, even if they have many scents in their repertoire, which are actually only supposed to be dupes of known scents and are criticized for that from time to time.
But all right, enough chatter. So let's drink up the scent first (not really, guys, NOT REALLY, don't drink it at all!!! Why do I have to keep mentioning this to you guys? :DD).
The smell:
At first I smell a rather citrusy lime, then sweet caramel scents are added, I assume that this is the sugar cane. There is also an alcoholic note, which must be the rum. The heart note is mainly dominated by sugar cane, and it smells like sugar syrup, although the difference to caramel is actually only slight, olfactorically speaking, isn't it? Anyway, it smells good, thick and dark, and of course delicious :)
The alcoholic notes, however, have now retreated far into the background.
The sugary scents increase in intensity over time, so that the fragrance even seems quite heavy.
For quite a long time the scent remains as described until it starts to smell a little bit stuffier, which bothers me a bit. It's not the same stuffness as with some flowery scents, but a different one. It's difficult to describe, but for me this is not so pleasant, but still better than the flowery stuffness. It makes the fragrance look quite dry. So I don't like the late base much here, but all in all, this perfume is still okay.
The Sillage and the durability:
The sillage is strong and you will therefore be able to smell very well. Even at longer distances. The shelf life is very long, here are over twelve hours in it.
The bottle! The bottle is rectangular and has a colorful label with a fresh, Caribbean-looking image of sugar and limes against a blue background representing the sea. It may look nice, but the bottle itself is quite simple, there are better bottles.
Conclusion:
Soo, Caribbean Mojito actually doesn't smell bad. But you should really like sugar as a scent, because you can actually smell a lot of sugar here. Or better said sugar syrup, because the smell is something like caramel or syrup, which you can pour over pancakes/crepes for example, hmm... whereas I prefer jam or especially Nutella, and you all surely do too, because you are all real Nutella monsters :DDIn any case, the fragrance is heavy and is therefore best used in winter only. Especially when going out, or when you are invited to dinner at friends and stuff. It is of course a matter of taste whether you want to smell like sugar syrup, but that's not bad, it's just something different and therefore varied, even if it might take some getting used to.
I would also say that the fragrance is unisex, as the sweetness is not necessarily exclusively feminine. The only thing that really bothered me was a slight embarrassment after about six or seven hours, which I found exhausting and therefore a bit unpleasant.
Soo... let's see what's for dinner today... hopefully crepes, so you can smear them with Nutella. ...oh no! There are disgusting eggplants (which look AND taste like slugs...), I think I will rather eat cookies and stuff like that today... :D
Well then, have a nice evening and yes, see you next time :)
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