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Basis for rating / In the second half of January 2024, I used between 3 and 4ml of a bottling called "Orange Flamingo R. Gebauer". I wore the perfume several times, about 2 sprays each time.

Impressions // The durability and sillage are exuberant. The fragrance penetrates the clothes and is still clearly perceptible on the scarf days later, for example / The fragrance cloud seems dense, but is still airy / The fresh, tart detergent note is both a stage and a showcase. The floral ruffles are merely an accessory. Orange fruit and blossom bathe everything in a friendly light / I can't say anything about the development, so probably nothing exciting.

Interpretation / In my opinion, this is a "real" detergent fragrance. It smells like fresh clothes. The only difference lies in its massiveness and the degree of elaboration, although then there is this cheerful (fruity-floral) worth mentioning. For a perfume, the extreme pleasantness is special and how stubbornly one has adhered to the fragrance model.

Opinion / I quite like it, as I really like detergent. But Flamingo lacks added value and the intrusive pleasantness sometimes grates on the nerves. This is also due to flaws in the processing: the notes are a little hard, a little clumsy, as if something is "sticking out" here and there. It would be important to not only develop or expand the detergent theme, but to completely reinterpret it. After all, perfume should say something meaningful about the wearer and not be understood as information about the detergent dosage.

Babycat - what does that make me think of? A small furry creature with big eyes that finds it difficult to control itself. It rolls around and claws the handler's finger in play.

Baby cats are cute! And that's why they can be forgiven for their other sides: they don't always wet the litter, they bite, they climb up your clothes and chew the skin of the person you're with. The watery nose and crusty eyes should not be missing from the list.

Their smell is not just pleasant either. In addition to the furry, delicate, baby-like cat smell, they bring a hint of cat food with them.

In this respect, I find the concept of YSL Babycat not entirely coherent. (Whether it would have needed a different name or a different content - it doesn't matter) The fragrance of the perfume is not ambivalent, not awkward, not babyish, not animalistic, not playful. You can smell a consistently pleasing, slightly masculine, vanilla scent.

But here in detail: the vanilla is always present, but does not play to the fore. It is roughened with pepper and cedar, resulting in a very harmonious interplay. The strong sweetness finds an interesting balance with the hard incense after the top notes have faded. In the end, it is just sweet-gourmand.

I can very well understand the association with melted rubber that someone described. But that's a bit of a mean assessment. Because the intensity of this olfactory impression does not drift off into the unpleasant or synthetic.

Personally, I'm not so fond of the vanillin note and the very sweetness. The performance of the Babycat struck me as positive and I also liked the development. It's not my taste, but if you like vanilla, you'll like this one.

Unfortunately, I can't say anything about price performance, as I'm not familiar with this price segment. An alternative might be the Prada Luna Rossa, which is much cheaper, but in my opinion not much worse.

Conditional recommendation - if you like vanilla and don't mind the money.

The EDT Prada Luna Rossa (hereafter: PLR) was actually supposed to go to my brother.

Of course, the bottling still had to go through my "quality control".

So I sprayed. I was immediately transported back to the summer day when I wore PLR for the first time.

It was the same fragrance, but my nose had become more refined, so I could now "read" PLR better:

The musk (from the ambrette seed) and the ambroxan create a soft, sweetish base scent that is inviting and enveloping.

The mint is there to create a fresh, cool contrast.

The aromatic sage, which has an almost floral quality, blends into the warm, fresh surroundings.

It enlivens the fragrance, like a kind of rainbow that hovers and shimmers between the poles of warmth and freshness.

So much for the fragrance construction and here is the interpretation: the animalistic has been lifted into our time, contrasted with technical fragrance notes.

All in all, I think the fragrance is a very good and convincing work.

And, incidentally, it also suits my taste. But I don't think it's for my brother after all.

(- I must have fallen for the scent memory here)

The Motörhead Woman (MW) is not the smell that makes a shower gel a refreshing sea or juicy fruit experience.

MW is a man smell that means self-confidence to me. It's not spectacular, but it's an elemental substitute experience, in our times that make body odor taboo.

Certainly, other fragrances accomplish this as well. But the MW is also in itself a good perfume. After all, the composition comes from Tom Ford, where I immediately recognized the smell in Tuscan Leather.

Sniffed on the cap, the smell is a bit off-putting, a bit too acidic. But on the warm body relativizes itself.

MW is a beautiful olfactory balancing act that makes you think of self-destructive substance use, reudige elegance of leather jackets and terribly beautiful tattoos all over the body.

Price and durability also make MW interesting. A sillage is not desirable for me in this type of fragrance, but it is nevertheless moderately present.

All in all, a recommendation. But points I give none, because it is in my opinion a copy of another fragrance.

Oh yes! unisex

In the Prada Luna Rossa Black Eau de Parfum I have two criticisms that I think are important. It is a good product, I will not deny that for now.

First, there would be the durability on textiles. After a wash, my cotton T-shirt still smells like the perfume. Thereby I never spray on the clothes.

I find this very annoying, as pleasant as the fragrance may be. Therefore, I see the perfume rather on people who have few fragrances or even only this one.

The second thing is the vanilla note. Here on Parfumo it is not mentioned. On Youtube and Fragrantica you can find this information and for me the LR Black also smells vannillig.

The vanilla note makes the fragrance very pleasing. One always becomes a bit Schwach when he gets into the nose. And that annoys me in the long run.

I could imagine that one did not peddle the vanilla note for marketing reasons. Is not the typical male ingredient.

So I say goodbye to this fragrance. He is to melt away - and to run away. Sigh