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Last night I dreamt I was back in the '80s...
Anyone who is familiar with this phrase stolen from Daphne du Murier may remember, as the protagonist of the Hitchcock classic Rebecca remarks, how wonderful it would be if beautiful moments, like perfumes, could be bottled to bring them out occasionally and relive those moments. And yes, you can! Jil Sanders Man 3, my favourite fragrance of all time, immediately transports me back to this carefree, light-hearted decade, in front of mobile phones and YouTube, where everything still seemed possible! Like no other fragrance, neither artificial nor natural, Man 3 represents my teenage years! Not that I wanted to be that age again, but this unrivaled, never covered fragrance represents everything that was good and exciting in this period of my life.
After Sanders Man Pure it was the second EdT I ever owned. An absolutely unique fragrance that I have worn for years, that was always two steps ahead of me and that everyone who knew me associated with me. I definitely don't belong to that sniffing nose that can still smell out the perfumer's favourite chewing gum brand. For me, only the result counts, that is, do I like or dislike it, as well as the fact that you can't smell the respective scent on every second Stefan Schneckenschiss, like Cool water, for example. In itself not a fundamentally bad scent, which was, however, already completely over-stimulated 20 years ago!
The green herb water never was! While Cool water was as present for decades as toilet stones in the 70s, I hardly know a handful of people who ever used Man 3. Such an extraordinary scent that I could never put into words. Or could I? Cool, superficial, not too deep and yet promising and mysterious. Nowadays at least 50% of all men's fragrances smell like mediocre imitations of French originals. It is not easy to find something special. Even in the price range from 100 Euros on, originality is not necessarily the order of the day - I've already tried a lot. And yet I still lament this unique eau de toilette, which like no other embodies the cool, all-possible atmosphere of the decade of Grace Jones, Frankie goes to Hollywood, UFO jeans and polo shirts.
Fortunately, this chemical bomb is remarkably time-resistant, so every now and then I take my last remaining sample out of the fridge, drip some on my arm and take a little trip into the 80s! Wild boys always shine... ;-) Thanks for the memories, Mrs. Sander.
After Sanders Man Pure it was the second EdT I ever owned. An absolutely unique fragrance that I have worn for years, that was always two steps ahead of me and that everyone who knew me associated with me. I definitely don't belong to that sniffing nose that can still smell out the perfumer's favourite chewing gum brand. For me, only the result counts, that is, do I like or dislike it, as well as the fact that you can't smell the respective scent on every second Stefan Schneckenschiss, like Cool water, for example. In itself not a fundamentally bad scent, which was, however, already completely over-stimulated 20 years ago!
The green herb water never was! While Cool water was as present for decades as toilet stones in the 70s, I hardly know a handful of people who ever used Man 3. Such an extraordinary scent that I could never put into words. Or could I? Cool, superficial, not too deep and yet promising and mysterious. Nowadays at least 50% of all men's fragrances smell like mediocre imitations of French originals. It is not easy to find something special. Even in the price range from 100 Euros on, originality is not necessarily the order of the day - I've already tried a lot. And yet I still lament this unique eau de toilette, which like no other embodies the cool, all-possible atmosphere of the decade of Grace Jones, Frankie goes to Hollywood, UFO jeans and polo shirts.
Fortunately, this chemical bomb is remarkably time-resistant, so every now and then I take my last remaining sample out of the fridge, drip some on my arm and take a little trip into the 80s! Wild boys always shine... ;-) Thanks for the memories, Mrs. Sander.
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