04/13/2021
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The scent of Tony Soprano, or "Don't stop believing."
Dua Fragrances is a perfume house that is known for recreating fragrance clones of famous perfumes, or combining two fragrance DNAs. Each fragrance has its own creative name, and the interesting thing is the combination of them.
So "Midnight Rendezvous" is the fragrance clone to "La Nuit de L'Homme" and "An evening with the mobster" is the equivalent to "Creation-E" by Roja Parfums. If you now combine both, you get this "Midnight rendezvous with the mobster", so a combination of "La Nuit de L'Homme" and "Creation-E" or "Enigma".
Now the special thing about it (according to Dua Fragrance) is that this is the vintage formulations of both fragrance DNAs and the best of both fragrances were combined. The highlight of the matter is now that this is also still to get at a significantly lower price than the original, at least that applies to Roja Parfums. Whereby this is of course also to be seen relatively. A 30ml bottle on the Dua Fragrances site of "Midnight rendezvous with the mobster" costs $65, just under 60 euros. If you now take into account that the flacons come from the U.S. and accordingly for shipping and possibly customs costs are added again, the price is then soon at 80 € - 90 € for 30ml; that is then already priced Tom Ford territory, but after all, it is also an Extrait de Parfum.
Nevertheless, I could hardly believe my luck when I saw "Midnight rendezvous with the mobster" by chance while browsing the Dua Fragrances page, so it was considered discontinued, as can be read here on the Parfumo entry accordingly. You should just never stop believing (thus my admittedly somewhat far-fetched reference to the title "Don't stop believing", the famous song of the last episode of the even more famous series "The Sopranos", with the eponymous main character Tony Soprano, the mobster-in-chief).
So I have also not long fackelt (make mobster also not) and struck (unlike the mobster, but only in the figurative sense), the description sounded too tempting, especially since I know both fragrance godfathers (The Fragrance Godfathers) also and like.
Now it's finally here, after the first package was probably lost as well. Kindly, DUA responded helpfully and, after the shipping company acknowledged the loss after almost 2 months, shipped the fragrance a second time. This time it arrived to me within a week. "Don't stop believing".
So now for the fragrance...
"Midnight rendezvous with the mobster" clearly starts with "Enigma", speaking with a beautiful cola vibe. It's been a while since I tested "Enigma" but that's how I remember it - boozy, floral and a bit smoky along with the vanilla cola. A really great opening and very close to the original. There does seem to be a certain animalic quality to the scent though, so my wife probably smells some cat urine. This I do not, but a compliment getter in the opening the fragrance does not seem to be.
After about 45 minutes, the signs of a change then set in more and more strongly and one hears the first "La Nuit de L'Homme" fragrance notes. After about 3 hours, the fragrance has then changed and now the YSL fragrance is well recognizable, even if the cola note always remains in the background. Whether this is really the vintage version from 2010 then, I can't judge, but the scent comes across as rich and dense. The cardamom is just great and those who like "La Nuit de L'Homme" will definitely like this one too. "An evening with the mobster", by the way, I can also recommend to people who have been eyeing "Midnight Rendevous" by DUA but can't get it because it's constantly sold out. The present fragrance replicates "La Nuit de L'Homme" also beautifully, only just with the 3 hour prelude of "Enigma".
Thus, it is really two fragrances in one. And that is for me the very special highlight. So I find fragrances with a long shelf life great and consider this as a quality feature, but it is with me often so that I would like to put on after 4 hours or so already another fragrance, just to smell something else again. I seem to be very erratic :) Anyway, this fragrance offers just that! Initially clear "Enigma" vibes, towards the end more and more "La Nuit de L'Homme".
The sillage is DUA typical (although this is my first DUA) really very good and I perceive the fragrance on myself quite consistently strong. The fragrance remains on my skin 8-9 hours and thus leaves nothing to be desired. However, it is not such a H&S Mon(b)ster, as I might have expected from other DUA descriptions.
The bottle, by the way, is really as bad as it comes off here on Parfumo. It is a most simple glass bottle with a not even just applied sticker on the front. The lid is made of cheap plastic, but sits securely on the sprayer. The sprayer does its job quite well. Of course, companies can save money by producing only one size and shape of bottle and simply putting different stickers on it. This is to me but no matter, if the cost savings to the customer is passed on; which is apparently happening, with the but relatively low prices (shipping and customs times excluded).
Overall, so a really great fragrance that combines 2 top fragrances (place 16 and 17 respectively here on Parfumo) with each other and interweaves in a wonderful way. Here, top note is dedicated to one fragrance (Enigma) and the drydown ("La Nuit de L'Homme") the other. However, it must be said that even in the drydown "Enigma" constantly resonates and accompanies the fragrance all the time. So it's not like the scent completely transforms and is first one and then becomes the second. Overall, I also see "Enigma" as more present than "La Nuit de L'Homme", probably something like a 70% to 30% ratio.
In any case, a really great made fragrance, which is warmly recommended to anyone who likes even one of the two originals. However, with the small restriction that the scent may be neither fish nor fowl for some and therefore felt something can be missing if you want too much of one or the other.
So "Midnight Rendezvous" is the fragrance clone to "La Nuit de L'Homme" and "An evening with the mobster" is the equivalent to "Creation-E" by Roja Parfums. If you now combine both, you get this "Midnight rendezvous with the mobster", so a combination of "La Nuit de L'Homme" and "Creation-E" or "Enigma".
Now the special thing about it (according to Dua Fragrance) is that this is the vintage formulations of both fragrance DNAs and the best of both fragrances were combined. The highlight of the matter is now that this is also still to get at a significantly lower price than the original, at least that applies to Roja Parfums. Whereby this is of course also to be seen relatively. A 30ml bottle on the Dua Fragrances site of "Midnight rendezvous with the mobster" costs $65, just under 60 euros. If you now take into account that the flacons come from the U.S. and accordingly for shipping and possibly customs costs are added again, the price is then soon at 80 € - 90 € for 30ml; that is then already priced Tom Ford territory, but after all, it is also an Extrait de Parfum.
Nevertheless, I could hardly believe my luck when I saw "Midnight rendezvous with the mobster" by chance while browsing the Dua Fragrances page, so it was considered discontinued, as can be read here on the Parfumo entry accordingly. You should just never stop believing (thus my admittedly somewhat far-fetched reference to the title "Don't stop believing", the famous song of the last episode of the even more famous series "The Sopranos", with the eponymous main character Tony Soprano, the mobster-in-chief).
So I have also not long fackelt (make mobster also not) and struck (unlike the mobster, but only in the figurative sense), the description sounded too tempting, especially since I know both fragrance godfathers (The Fragrance Godfathers) also and like.
Now it's finally here, after the first package was probably lost as well. Kindly, DUA responded helpfully and, after the shipping company acknowledged the loss after almost 2 months, shipped the fragrance a second time. This time it arrived to me within a week. "Don't stop believing".
So now for the fragrance...
"Midnight rendezvous with the mobster" clearly starts with "Enigma", speaking with a beautiful cola vibe. It's been a while since I tested "Enigma" but that's how I remember it - boozy, floral and a bit smoky along with the vanilla cola. A really great opening and very close to the original. There does seem to be a certain animalic quality to the scent though, so my wife probably smells some cat urine. This I do not, but a compliment getter in the opening the fragrance does not seem to be.
After about 45 minutes, the signs of a change then set in more and more strongly and one hears the first "La Nuit de L'Homme" fragrance notes. After about 3 hours, the fragrance has then changed and now the YSL fragrance is well recognizable, even if the cola note always remains in the background. Whether this is really the vintage version from 2010 then, I can't judge, but the scent comes across as rich and dense. The cardamom is just great and those who like "La Nuit de L'Homme" will definitely like this one too. "An evening with the mobster", by the way, I can also recommend to people who have been eyeing "Midnight Rendevous" by DUA but can't get it because it's constantly sold out. The present fragrance replicates "La Nuit de L'Homme" also beautifully, only just with the 3 hour prelude of "Enigma".
Thus, it is really two fragrances in one. And that is for me the very special highlight. So I find fragrances with a long shelf life great and consider this as a quality feature, but it is with me often so that I would like to put on after 4 hours or so already another fragrance, just to smell something else again. I seem to be very erratic :) Anyway, this fragrance offers just that! Initially clear "Enigma" vibes, towards the end more and more "La Nuit de L'Homme".
The sillage is DUA typical (although this is my first DUA) really very good and I perceive the fragrance on myself quite consistently strong. The fragrance remains on my skin 8-9 hours and thus leaves nothing to be desired. However, it is not such a H&S Mon(b)ster, as I might have expected from other DUA descriptions.
The bottle, by the way, is really as bad as it comes off here on Parfumo. It is a most simple glass bottle with a not even just applied sticker on the front. The lid is made of cheap plastic, but sits securely on the sprayer. The sprayer does its job quite well. Of course, companies can save money by producing only one size and shape of bottle and simply putting different stickers on it. This is to me but no matter, if the cost savings to the customer is passed on; which is apparently happening, with the but relatively low prices (shipping and customs times excluded).
Overall, so a really great fragrance that combines 2 top fragrances (place 16 and 17 respectively here on Parfumo) with each other and interweaves in a wonderful way. Here, top note is dedicated to one fragrance (Enigma) and the drydown ("La Nuit de L'Homme") the other. However, it must be said that even in the drydown "Enigma" constantly resonates and accompanies the fragrance all the time. So it's not like the scent completely transforms and is first one and then becomes the second. Overall, I also see "Enigma" as more present than "La Nuit de L'Homme", probably something like a 70% to 30% ratio.
In any case, a really great made fragrance, which is warmly recommended to anyone who likes even one of the two originals. However, with the small restriction that the scent may be neither fish nor fowl for some and therefore felt something can be missing if you want too much of one or the other.
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