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If you have Encre Noir, then ...
Recently, I was at Douglas on Kärtnerstrasse 26 (Vienna) and noticed (with amazement) that there is now an exclusive Chanel corner (it is really separated and set up like a small lounge integrated into the shop).
Interesting, I thought, but they surely don't have ... but they did!
I have read so much about Sycomore here that I was completely thrilled by the opportunity to test this fragrance wonder.
It smells gooood, definitely not feminine, rather unisex or actually almost a bit masculine.
Pure vetiver (to my nose), however, you can definitely notice the "inclusions" of juniper and cypress a little.
I personally wear my fragrances always and everywhere, so I actually find it hard to make a recommendation, but I would rather suggest it for the evening.
All in all, thus, a wonderful scent for cool (or as it is now - cold) evenings.
But now I quickly come back to "my nose"... this clearly tells me that I tested Encre Noir and nothing else.
In the drydown, the two may differ a bit (without me being able to analyze it specifically), but I perceive them as almost identical!
Therefore, I won't buy Sycomore, but will continue to enjoy Encre Noir (even in the office).
If you don't have either fragrance, I wouldn't know which one I would recommend more if asked. Tendentially, I find Sycomore softer, but I love the edges and corners of "my" Encre Noir.
Finally, a nice side story: when I mentioned to the saleswoman that I find it a bit strange that Brad Pitt acts as a testimonial for Chanel No.5, she smiled and said that several gentlemen had already asked about the "Chanel No.5 for men." Was this effect intended by the marketers??
Interesting, I thought, but they surely don't have ... but they did!
I have read so much about Sycomore here that I was completely thrilled by the opportunity to test this fragrance wonder.
It smells gooood, definitely not feminine, rather unisex or actually almost a bit masculine.
Pure vetiver (to my nose), however, you can definitely notice the "inclusions" of juniper and cypress a little.
I personally wear my fragrances always and everywhere, so I actually find it hard to make a recommendation, but I would rather suggest it for the evening.
All in all, thus, a wonderful scent for cool (or as it is now - cold) evenings.
But now I quickly come back to "my nose"... this clearly tells me that I tested Encre Noir and nothing else.
In the drydown, the two may differ a bit (without me being able to analyze it specifically), but I perceive them as almost identical!
Therefore, I won't buy Sycomore, but will continue to enjoy Encre Noir (even in the office).
If you don't have either fragrance, I wouldn't know which one I would recommend more if asked. Tendentially, I find Sycomore softer, but I love the edges and corners of "my" Encre Noir.
Finally, a nice side story: when I mentioned to the saleswoman that I find it a bit strange that Brad Pitt acts as a testimonial for Chanel No.5, she smiled and said that several gentlemen had already asked about the "Chanel No.5 for men." Was this effect intended by the marketers??
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Memories ...
Twice more at most, I can coax a few splashes from the green-brown bottle with its triangular shape, then there will be a final ebb in the long-treasured and cared-for remaining stock of R de Capucci.
Whether it is a Chypre or rather belongs to the leather fragrances is actually completely irrelevant, and whether the oak moss emerges strongly or only weakly is also of no concern.
What matters is solely that this "fragrance wonder" lured me away from the mainstream known in our countryside about 20 years ago and quietly opened the gates to a different perception of scent for the first time.
Why - one would ask today. It smells somewhat like "Irish moss"?!
That may be somewhat true, but the complexity, the intensity, and this depth ... I first smelled in R de Capucci.
My first order from faraway America ;-)
Blind - of course. I actually wanted to maximize the shipping costs and simply threw something else in the basket (how I came to "R," I no longer remember).
A fateful decision that has haunted me to this day
and cost me quite a bit of money in the long run!
I also searched for a replacement for a long time, as the little puddle in the bottle has been so small for about 7-8 years ... and has since been guarded like the apple of my eye. I have only found something vaguely similar: Equipage by Hermes (less opulent and deep) or Yatagan by Caron (too heavy).
Ultimately, I gave up the search and decided to simply indulge in the enjoyment, and therefore it will be used up ruthlessly!
It smells so fresh!
Citrusy, mossy, green ... suitable for the front and after sports as well. It invigorates, ignites the senses. It acts like caffeine for the nose.
It feels so young!
How can that be? From the 80s! Yet it smells "young"?
Of course for me! Because since I first smelled it nearly 20 years ago, my brain simply makes an emotional time leap with every sniff, and poof ... I'm back home in the village, it's Friday or Saturday, and we're heading towards the beer pub, then to the "Highlander" to finally seek out the disco (the club?) in the next larger town (20 km away) ... hence: young :)
It still smells so different to me than everything else I smelled back then.
Masculine, tough, a real man!
But also connected to nature - there I hop in my checkered flannel shirt from one stone to another and pay special attention not to slip on the mossy surface.
Grounded and casual, it comes across ... actually fitting for the 70s, and yet it was created in '85 ... a remnant?
No, but rather alongside the last flicker of that category of people who still know why something works and can explain it. The last attempt to drive away the pretenders and self-promoters who only have sales and marketing in mind and decide solely based on superficial aspects without deep meaning and understanding.
So for those who still have the tools in the basement to do everything themselves and not for those who call for daddy and father-in-law over every little thing ;-)
Ah, I could go on like this forever! But who is going to read all this fuss?
In conclusion, I must say that I know there are still some remaining stocks (especially in the USA) that are traded at horrendous prices. But why cloud the memory with such things? Better an end with pain than long pain without end?!
In this sense ... two more wears and then it's gone forever.
Au revoir R de Capucci ...
Whether it is a Chypre or rather belongs to the leather fragrances is actually completely irrelevant, and whether the oak moss emerges strongly or only weakly is also of no concern.
What matters is solely that this "fragrance wonder" lured me away from the mainstream known in our countryside about 20 years ago and quietly opened the gates to a different perception of scent for the first time.
Why - one would ask today. It smells somewhat like "Irish moss"?!
That may be somewhat true, but the complexity, the intensity, and this depth ... I first smelled in R de Capucci.
My first order from faraway America ;-)
Blind - of course. I actually wanted to maximize the shipping costs and simply threw something else in the basket (how I came to "R," I no longer remember).
A fateful decision that has haunted me to this day
and cost me quite a bit of money in the long run!
I also searched for a replacement for a long time, as the little puddle in the bottle has been so small for about 7-8 years ... and has since been guarded like the apple of my eye. I have only found something vaguely similar: Equipage by Hermes (less opulent and deep) or Yatagan by Caron (too heavy).
Ultimately, I gave up the search and decided to simply indulge in the enjoyment, and therefore it will be used up ruthlessly!
It smells so fresh!
Citrusy, mossy, green ... suitable for the front and after sports as well. It invigorates, ignites the senses. It acts like caffeine for the nose.
It feels so young!
How can that be? From the 80s! Yet it smells "young"?
Of course for me! Because since I first smelled it nearly 20 years ago, my brain simply makes an emotional time leap with every sniff, and poof ... I'm back home in the village, it's Friday or Saturday, and we're heading towards the beer pub, then to the "Highlander" to finally seek out the disco (the club?) in the next larger town (20 km away) ... hence: young :)
It still smells so different to me than everything else I smelled back then.
Masculine, tough, a real man!
But also connected to nature - there I hop in my checkered flannel shirt from one stone to another and pay special attention not to slip on the mossy surface.
Grounded and casual, it comes across ... actually fitting for the 70s, and yet it was created in '85 ... a remnant?
No, but rather alongside the last flicker of that category of people who still know why something works and can explain it. The last attempt to drive away the pretenders and self-promoters who only have sales and marketing in mind and decide solely based on superficial aspects without deep meaning and understanding.
So for those who still have the tools in the basement to do everything themselves and not for those who call for daddy and father-in-law over every little thing ;-)
Ah, I could go on like this forever! But who is going to read all this fuss?
In conclusion, I must say that I know there are still some remaining stocks (especially in the USA) that are traded at horrendous prices. But why cloud the memory with such things? Better an end with pain than long pain without end?!
In this sense ... two more wears and then it's gone forever.
Au revoir R de Capucci ...
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The Fluidized Opulence - or - Bazaar in a Bottle
I actually lack both the written and spoken words to describe the olfactory experience that unfolds for me when I simply spray this gold-like substance!
I just love this multifaceted fragrance composition, with my personal favorites being primarily frankincense, myrrh, cinnamon, and opoponax, closely followed by amber, clove, and honey ...
From time to time, I go down to the basement and burn some frankincense, as the enjoyment of pleasant scents is not very well received by my family in the rest of the house :)
On these occasions, I always have to reach for Jubilation to transport myself with a half spray into a caravan that - driven by the hot wind - has just left the bazaar of the al-Hasa oasis to trade with the acquired treasures (frankincense, myrrh, etc.) on their further journey.
I use Jubilation very rarely. Not because the price would later trouble me, but because the scent is so precious to me.
I want to wear it more often, but somehow I can't ... strange ...
Therefore, I guess I will have to get the similar but somewhat different and toned-down version of this fragrance by Bertrand Duchaufour: Baume du Doge from Eau d'Italie.
And yet, I would never part with Jubilation ... that is "my shaaaatttzzzzssss" :)
I just love this multifaceted fragrance composition, with my personal favorites being primarily frankincense, myrrh, cinnamon, and opoponax, closely followed by amber, clove, and honey ...
From time to time, I go down to the basement and burn some frankincense, as the enjoyment of pleasant scents is not very well received by my family in the rest of the house :)
On these occasions, I always have to reach for Jubilation to transport myself with a half spray into a caravan that - driven by the hot wind - has just left the bazaar of the al-Hasa oasis to trade with the acquired treasures (frankincense, myrrh, etc.) on their further journey.
I use Jubilation very rarely. Not because the price would later trouble me, but because the scent is so precious to me.
I want to wear it more often, but somehow I can't ... strange ...
Therefore, I guess I will have to get the similar but somewhat different and toned-down version of this fragrance by Bertrand Duchaufour: Baume du Doge from Eau d'Italie.
And yet, I would never part with Jubilation ... that is "my shaaaatttzzzzssss" :)
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I can't make sense of it!
As I already mentioned in the comment on "SULTAN," "ASEEL" doesn't smell great to me.
It comes across like a mix of floor disinfectant and industrial solvent based on turpentine.
On the other hand, my father-in-law - who had to serve as a guinea pig during the presentation of my latest acquisitions - expressed himself quite positively and favorably about the fragrance development. And this, even though he isn't really "at home" in the world of fragrances (or maybe precisely because of that?!)
After a while, the "industrial cleaner" somehow develops into an old desk on me.
So I'm currently imagining the manufacturing process!
Once upon a time, there was an old desk that served an artist as a surface for creating 2374 charcoal drawings in A3 format.
The graphite/charcoal remnants penetrated the old wood and were preserved there.
Many years later, the entire desk was transported to a damp cellar and fell into oblivion for dozens of years.
A few months after its rediscovery, it was aired out in a huge warehouse, evaporated and distilled, mixed with oil & turpentine, and bottled by Al-Rehab :)
This is not meant to be a slam!
Since I at least know one person who can actually appreciate this scent, I will give the brew another chance in the summer!
It comes across like a mix of floor disinfectant and industrial solvent based on turpentine.
On the other hand, my father-in-law - who had to serve as a guinea pig during the presentation of my latest acquisitions - expressed himself quite positively and favorably about the fragrance development. And this, even though he isn't really "at home" in the world of fragrances (or maybe precisely because of that?!)
After a while, the "industrial cleaner" somehow develops into an old desk on me.
So I'm currently imagining the manufacturing process!
Once upon a time, there was an old desk that served an artist as a surface for creating 2374 charcoal drawings in A3 format.
The graphite/charcoal remnants penetrated the old wood and were preserved there.
Many years later, the entire desk was transported to a damp cellar and fell into oblivion for dozens of years.
A few months after its rediscovery, it was aired out in a huge warehouse, evaporated and distilled, mixed with oil & turpentine, and bottled by Al-Rehab :)
This is not meant to be a slam!
Since I at least know one person who can actually appreciate this scent, I will give the brew another chance in the summer!
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Brilliant good scent ... but beware of layering :)
I really like Sultan, or rather, these affordable Al-Rehab scents in some way.
I bought eight different Al-Rehab fragrances in a spontaneous blind purchase and I only doubt one (Aseel), as it smells like a mix of floor disinfectant and industrial solvent based on turpentine .. uh .. smells.
But back to "SULTAN": my version of the fragrance (6ml RollOn) lasts from proper application in the morning until the early evening hours without any issues!
It also behaves very variably in terms of perception throughout the day.
Sometimes I don’t even notice that I’m wearing it, and then again - not half an hour later - it makes its presence known as if I just applied it.
Due to the small amount, I like to layer it with other scents and so far I’ve really been able to create well-developing compositions.
Only today did I reach for the wrong combination.
On me, the mixture of Sultan layered with Terre (EDP) develops really horribly! Sweet and piercing at the same time, with asphalt-like inclusions .... yuck ...
So beware of layering!
Aside from that, this is a long-lasting, pleasant, somewhat floral (almost) unisex scent that is still perceivable as a light oriental.
It certainly contributes massively to my increased well-being in the office :)
I bought eight different Al-Rehab fragrances in a spontaneous blind purchase and I only doubt one (Aseel), as it smells like a mix of floor disinfectant and industrial solvent based on turpentine .. uh .. smells.
But back to "SULTAN": my version of the fragrance (6ml RollOn) lasts from proper application in the morning until the early evening hours without any issues!
It also behaves very variably in terms of perception throughout the day.
Sometimes I don’t even notice that I’m wearing it, and then again - not half an hour later - it makes its presence known as if I just applied it.
Due to the small amount, I like to layer it with other scents and so far I’ve really been able to create well-developing compositions.
Only today did I reach for the wrong combination.
On me, the mixture of Sultan layered with Terre (EDP) develops really horribly! Sweet and piercing at the same time, with asphalt-like inclusions .... yuck ...
So beware of layering!
Aside from that, this is a long-lasting, pleasant, somewhat floral (almost) unisex scent that is still perceivable as a light oriental.
It certainly contributes massively to my increased well-being in the office :)
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