Balso

First of all: I can't quite understand the fragrance pyramid, rather lemony, floral, a bit of perky tuberose, maybe a hint of lavender, with a zestiness and energy, awakens the spirits.
Musk & amber come much later, only very subtly.

Makes you active, you like to move with it.
It makes you feel younger, makes you forget your age.

But it has a limited shelf life, if you want to keep it sparkling, you have to top it up.
Flacon: very slanted - a lying heart, stopper actually open, therefore only half protection, lies heavy in the hand, gives the impression of ceramic, but I think it's still glass. Very fun to handle.

First of all: I was initially enthusiastic about some Arabic fragrances, but more and more often this enigmatic synthetic "thing" creeps in and spoils the fragrance experience.

Among the impressive things: Packaging & flacon: great, wants to convey a high-quality impression, manages to do so, but on closer inspection the label & cap are again slightly crooked, the heavy, bulky flacon somewhat oversized and the details of the design somewhat clumsy.

About the fragrance: first impression - WOW! What a ... yes, what actually ... a massive fruity floral bouquet vapor cloud that develops quite quickly into a disorderly restroom fragrance with elevator music quality in peach & cleaning musk.
And connoisseurs know what I'm talking about: that synthetic sharp background noise that causes a slightly rough throat coating and makes your nose crinkle. I don't know what it is, but it's not pleasant and I'm noticing it more and more often in some Arabic brands.

I didn't notice much of rose, magnolia, yes, but very synthetic, rather a floral mishmash with artificial peach and synthetic musk.
Perhaps meant as a doupe, but I don't know which one.

No rose, no cardamom, no amber, no patchouli. Nothing reminiscent of perfume.
All I smell is oud, strong, burnt, charred, straight from the oven. Possibly a little resin and leather.
Has little to do with perfume, this visit to the smokehouse.
While washing off my forearms, I asked myself: why do you make such a "fragrance", what does the perfumer expect from it? Who uses such a product?
It's a shame somehow. Formulation is without alcohol, milky substance. The flacon and also the spray head would be very high quality.

Tart, bitter notes, yes, you add a little "green apple" lime cleaner to that and there you have it: yes, what actually? It's not a perfume to my nose, it wouldn't even pass as a cleaning agent fragrance.
I don't quite understand the wording "without alcohol" either, the substance is milky, but really not usable. That's bad.
Maybe my copy was broken due to the lack of alcohol, that could still be the case.
What a pity. The bottle would be very nice, and the spray head surprisingly good.

Interestingly, very leathery at the beginning, almost sultry, little floral, little citrus, musk and amber very distant. Heavy, masculine, somewhat bulky, edgy. Unisex, well.


15 minutes pass and it doesn't really become floral, but still leathery and becomes smoky, dry, tart musk, somewhat woody. Somehow Rouge Monotheme makes an unfinished impression, as if it still needs to age, like whiskey or rum.
Still interesting, but something is missing here. Perhaps a layer is needed here to bring the flowers over.
But who or what can compete with this deliberate bulkiness? Still looking..