Top Notes 
Edelweiss
Black caraway
Citrus leaf
Heart Notes 
White blossoms
Green notes
Woodland strawberry
Base Notes 
Chocolate
Cedarwood07/16/2025
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Brunelle in a bottle - floral, sweet (synthetic) chocolate, fresh and clean - one of the better TNBs
Solid, third flower-centered release from Herbert. Intense, but also boring floral-gourmand progression. One of the better 'Nose Behind's for a very specialized target group at a good€€€n price.
2 years after the last release, Herbert Stricker has fulfilled one of his dreams with Fleur Alpine: To preserve the Alpine orchid "Nigritella" in perfume form in order to bring the flower into the here and now outside of South Tyrol. To achieve this, he did not choose just any perfumer, but one who also knows the flower: the Swiss Andreas Wilhelm.
It should be clear that Herbert picked up the fragrance - but what about a 'normal Joe' who simply wants to test the latest TNB release and see how "Herbert Stricker" and "gourmand floral fragrance" go together? ;-)
- After spraying:
Fleur Alpine starts with an intense, space-consuming sea of flowers and something sweet (strawberry and/or is that already chocolate?) in the background. A certain freshness also makes it appear very clean. A floral, fresh and sweet clean start, so to speak.
There is a note in the background that I personally find rather unpleasant. Based on the pyramid, it must be caraway. This contributes a slightly uriney, sweaty note in places. Fortunately, you have to be able to smell it very carefully to guess what it is. Fortunately, it remains rather 'closed'.
- After 30 minutes:
By now, it has become clear that the sweetness of the fragrance comes from the chocolate. It is very present, easily perceptible, but has a synthetic touch.
The chocolate note reminds me of the one in Symphonium.
Fortunately, the caraway has almost completely disappeared - thank goodness.
The FA radiates properly. I don't even need to get close to the arm - even 20cm above it you can hear it strongly!
- 1h after spraying:
Sweet floral blossom with slightly fermented rose in combination with synthetic-sweet chocolate and a minimal woody twist. Speaking of which, you won't find any "wood" in Fleur Alpine. It's supposed to be a homage to a flower ... ;-)
- 1.5h:
Straightforward, boring progression. The sweetness now pushes forward a little more and has reached the peak of the synthetic sweetness. For me, this pungent synthetics paired with a sea of flowers makes up the first and a half to second hour of the fragrance.
- After 3 hours:
Lasting power and sillage have (significantly) diminished. But: It definitely still radiates something. So we can't talk about it being "over" yet. Pleasant: the chocolate sweetness, which is synthetically pushed, has diminished considerably in the last hour. This is very good for the overall fragrance because it now smells all the more balanced.
Overall, however, the drydown is not very creative: everything just becomes "paler" and remains true to the original notes. This is probably absolutely intentional, because it should be this alpine flower for as long as possible :D
- After 4 hours:
'Synthetics strikes back', but unfortunately not so great. An hour ago, I had thought that I was in for a "nothing more is coming, it's getting calmer, everything is just paler", but the last 60 minutes took another unpleasant turn - due to the synthetic sweetness.
"Light florality with chocolate synthetics" could be summarized.
- From hour 6 to the end (approx. 9-10h):
NOW is the time when all the remaining ingredients really only become paler. Peace returns, no more developments.
What you have to give the fragrance credit for: very (!) many perfumes end up with a kind of "sweet woody base". But this is not the case with Fleur Alpine. I can still smell flowers from the spray on my arm right up to the very last twitch. Very interesting, because atypical.
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Conclusion:
I have tested all (although ... I skipped the Killing Fresh!) Nose Behinds. Some are actually more suitable for the masses in the niche - many are not. Even the Fleur Alpine will only appeal to a more pointed target group within the niche. You really have to be into that flower-synthetic-chocolate sweetness. Or simply be a mega fan of the orchid.
For me, the "flower from the Alps" is nothing. This is not only because I see it on women rather than men, but also simply because I don't know on what occasions I should empty the large 100 ml bottle.
Overspray should be avoided at all costs with this TNB, otherwise the room becomes a sea of flowers. The very intrusive kind.
But one thing should be noted: even if it is only good mediocrity for me, it is one of the better The Nose Behind releases. And what makes me particularly happy is that Herbert was able to realize another (fragrance) dream. It's actually a really nice story behind the perfume, isn't it?
2 years after the last release, Herbert Stricker has fulfilled one of his dreams with Fleur Alpine: To preserve the Alpine orchid "Nigritella" in perfume form in order to bring the flower into the here and now outside of South Tyrol. To achieve this, he did not choose just any perfumer, but one who also knows the flower: the Swiss Andreas Wilhelm.
It should be clear that Herbert picked up the fragrance - but what about a 'normal Joe' who simply wants to test the latest TNB release and see how "Herbert Stricker" and "gourmand floral fragrance" go together? ;-)
- After spraying:
Fleur Alpine starts with an intense, space-consuming sea of flowers and something sweet (strawberry and/or is that already chocolate?) in the background. A certain freshness also makes it appear very clean. A floral, fresh and sweet clean start, so to speak.
There is a note in the background that I personally find rather unpleasant. Based on the pyramid, it must be caraway. This contributes a slightly uriney, sweaty note in places. Fortunately, you have to be able to smell it very carefully to guess what it is. Fortunately, it remains rather 'closed'.
- After 30 minutes:
By now, it has become clear that the sweetness of the fragrance comes from the chocolate. It is very present, easily perceptible, but has a synthetic touch.
The chocolate note reminds me of the one in Symphonium.
Fortunately, the caraway has almost completely disappeared - thank goodness.
The FA radiates properly. I don't even need to get close to the arm - even 20cm above it you can hear it strongly!
- 1h after spraying:
Sweet floral blossom with slightly fermented rose in combination with synthetic-sweet chocolate and a minimal woody twist. Speaking of which, you won't find any "wood" in Fleur Alpine. It's supposed to be a homage to a flower ... ;-)
- 1.5h:
Straightforward, boring progression. The sweetness now pushes forward a little more and has reached the peak of the synthetic sweetness. For me, this pungent synthetics paired with a sea of flowers makes up the first and a half to second hour of the fragrance.
- After 3 hours:
Lasting power and sillage have (significantly) diminished. But: It definitely still radiates something. So we can't talk about it being "over" yet. Pleasant: the chocolate sweetness, which is synthetically pushed, has diminished considerably in the last hour. This is very good for the overall fragrance because it now smells all the more balanced.
Overall, however, the drydown is not very creative: everything just becomes "paler" and remains true to the original notes. This is probably absolutely intentional, because it should be this alpine flower for as long as possible :D
- After 4 hours:
'Synthetics strikes back', but unfortunately not so great. An hour ago, I had thought that I was in for a "nothing more is coming, it's getting calmer, everything is just paler", but the last 60 minutes took another unpleasant turn - due to the synthetic sweetness.
"Light florality with chocolate synthetics" could be summarized.
- From hour 6 to the end (approx. 9-10h):
NOW is the time when all the remaining ingredients really only become paler. Peace returns, no more developments.
What you have to give the fragrance credit for: very (!) many perfumes end up with a kind of "sweet woody base". But this is not the case with Fleur Alpine. I can still smell flowers from the spray on my arm right up to the very last twitch. Very interesting, because atypical.
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Conclusion:
I have tested all (although ... I skipped the Killing Fresh!) Nose Behinds. Some are actually more suitable for the masses in the niche - many are not. Even the Fleur Alpine will only appeal to a more pointed target group within the niche. You really have to be into that flower-synthetic-chocolate sweetness. Or simply be a mega fan of the orchid.
For me, the "flower from the Alps" is nothing. This is not only because I see it on women rather than men, but also simply because I don't know on what occasions I should empty the large 100 ml bottle.
Overspray should be avoided at all costs with this TNB, otherwise the room becomes a sea of flowers. The very intrusive kind.
But one thing should be noted: even if it is only good mediocrity for me, it is one of the better The Nose Behind releases. And what makes me particularly happy is that Herbert was able to realize another (fragrance) dream. It's actually a really nice story behind the perfume, isn't it?
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