Ameise

However, in a very special sense. A test: On my left thumb pad: 1 Million On my right thumb pad: Cool Water, the current version. I have been sniffing from left to right and back again for almost an hour now. I can’t help it, but the similarity is astonishing. I...

This fragrance is a good example of how a brand can be compromised when its good name is transferred to another product, without striving for the craftsmanship and quality that this name actually stands for. Ferrari Red doesn't even attempt to connect...

When I was a very young teenager, I received a nearly full 100ml tester of this fragrance as a gift from the mother of a school friend. At that time, I had already chosen the robust Antaeus as my hero, but I still remember very clearly...

OK. I admit, the title is partly stolen. In his almost eponymous column in the style magazine, the author Dr. Tom Clark examines four "sartorial" fragrances. Among them is Grey Flannel. He arrives at a revealing conclusion that I allow myself...

G-Man has completely passed me by until recently. There are several reasons for this: On the one hand, because I had such a good memory of Exception by Gainsboro and I didn't want to let that go with G-Man. On the other hand, there is the truly terrible...

Today I received a Douglas shipment with two samples of "blue" fragrances. So now I can test another "water" right after Eau de Grey Flannel. Bleu comes to me - considering the really elegant midnight blue bottle - somewhat unexpectedly with orange...

Right off the bat: This will not be a real commentary on the actual scent! I owned this about 20 years ago and really liked it a lot. But although I fancy myself to have a fairly good scent memory, I don't trust myself to describe it meaningfully...

So simple, it doesn't even have a name? Just Helmut Lang Eau de Cologne. Nothing else. Transparent glass bottle with a rectangular white paper label (!) affixed in black grotesque font. Nothing exciting. Almost innocent. As if it just...

Fahrenheit 451 is the title of a novel by Ray Bradbury from the early 50s, which was brilliantly adapted into a film by Francois Truffaut in 1966. The title refers to the assumed temperature at which book paper ignites spontaneously. The...

Right off the bat: I’m probably not a fan of these ethereal "blue water scents." They usually feel too one-dimensional and lifeless to me. And Eau de Grey Flannel confirms all my resentments. The mandarin, lemon, and cedar in the top notes are not noticeable...

1. Act During my school years, I had a good friend whose mother had taken a special liking to me - yes, she had practically adopted me. This woman worked at that time as a saleswoman in a Cologne perfumery, and since we celebrated our birthdays...