Claudegable

When David Beckham began his career at Manchester United, I was just one year old. While I was learning to walk and at some point even to play rudimentary football, Beckham was turning into a football icon. Long before I became a Perfumo, the former captain of the Three Lions launched his first fragrances. And in time I had them all in my sports bag. After training, two spritzes on the neck, basst scho!
Time times to take a closer look at the fragrances, which for years their existence between shin guards and Finalgon fristeten.
Respect opens fresh, sweet and inevitably reminiscent of Axe Alaska. Individual scents are impossible to smell out, or is my nose not trained enough? Then again, what does watermelon smell like? So overall, it makes for a pretty synthetic mush of a top note. I would love to write something about the heart and base, unfortunately Respect fades faster than David Beckham once sprinted up and down the outdoor track. There is simply no scent development. Vetiver? Missing. Patchouli, moss, basil - what could have been an interesting composition is unfortunately not present at all. Even as I write these lines is at best still a fresh breath on the skin perceptible.
Conclusion World-class player Beckham marketed fragrance at district league level - one could cynically note. Objectively, one must probably simply acknowledge that Respect was designed as a drugstore fragrance and not to compete with established fragrances. For little money, you get a fragrance that forms an entertaining and harmonious relationship with any "3 in 1 shower gel" after showering. In short: a fragrance that won't be a shame to keep in your gym bag under sweaty socks

I remember a time when Aldi still had a dirty image. Then, at the end of the 90s, the discounter's quality offensive began. At the same time, it was a time when the feuilleton caused a medium scandal in the world of educated and self-proclaimed summerliers. Pride and vanity of those who had dedicated themselves to wine were hurt, world views were shaken. What had happened? Important Sommerliers had not only failed to distinguish award-winning top wines from those of the discounter, they also rated the cheap wines better than the products of the Latour, Lafite and Rothschild houses. Don't worry, the anecdote has a purpose, it raises the title question - what if?
Let's assume that the fragrance would not be marketed by Mexx, but by Chanel and would be in a prettier (or exactly this) bottle at a significantly higher price on the shelf of a perfumery instead of in the drugstore?

How would the Parfumos evaluate the fresh opening with a pleasant basil note, which complements itself coherently with the mandarin?
Would they praise the pineapple for its fruitiness or dismiss it as too synthetic? Would they have an appreciative word left for the woody-woody base, which is still clearly perceptible after 9 hours skin close? That would be the point at which the journalist is certain that his counterpart cannot distinguish Aldi wine from Château Rothschild. The fact is, a durability rating of 4.6 is a bad joke!
Would they chalk up the fragrance that he is average? Because that's him! Just not below average. He is okay. Absolutely okay. Not a top perfume, but nowhere near as bad as he is made here