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Woof!
After I bought Armand Basi's 
L'Eau pour Homme Eau de Toilette years ago in Fuerteventura, after my ex had me test it in the perfume shop and I was thrilled by the scent, I absolutely had to try 
L'Eau pour Homme Blue Tea now. The name promises a chilled fragrance for warm days. The bottle is in my favorite color, a light pastel tone, just my thing. It is important to me that the scent direction and appearance harmonize, as I am looking for a new signature scent and everything should match. 
Pegasus or 
Cool Water Eau de Toilette or 
Platinum Égoïste Eau de Toilette are examples where everything is right, and you like to hold the bottle in your hand as it also represents what you get. Armaf's blockbusters are examples of the opposite. I would hide the gold bar 
1 Million Eau de Toilette at the back of the shelf.
I want something that makes a statement in every way and fits me, so I can switch to autopilot for the next 10 years.
After waiting a week for Blue Tea to arrive from Spain, the juice immediately went on my wrist.
The first impression is very positive.
Fresh, citrusy, bright with a slight floral note from the rose. Floral scents are usually a red flag for me and instantly cause headaches. Thankfully, the subtly used rose in Blue Tea is not overwhelming. The Armand Basi DNA from L'eau pour Homme is clearly recognizable. In the background, despite the floral notes, there is this dryness from L'eau pour Homme that subtly comes through now and then.
After the citrusy, floral opening, Cool Water vibes clearly sneak in, which I find pleasant, as I still see Cool Water as a masterpiece even though I no longer wear it.
What I have perceived so far is enough for me to spray it generously.
I give myself about 7 sprays before leaving the house and heading into the heat of summer.
Upon arriving indoors at my destination, I add another 3 sprays.
A catastrophic mistake.
After a while, I notice two things:
1. Wet dog... Woof!
2. Gasping for air because there was too little oxygen in the lecture hall... The fellow students junkies have once again inhaled everything to follow the pointless business administration lectures of the professor, only to fail afterward.
I really feel the need to shower and throw the shirt in the laundry.
But wait.
Three things I noticed later. Blue Tea must not be applied too heavily; it smells better on the skin than on fabric, and heat is rather detrimental to it.
The scent is not bad, but it needs to be used correctly. You can wear it in the evening before you freshen up and lie back on the sofa to read, or before going to sleep.
Many here seem to have a "bed fragrance," and it is definitely suitable for that.
It is a scent for the office, not for sports or the beach. Also not for a waiter who rushes around all day.
The drydown comes quickly. HS is therefore poor, or in my spraying frenzy situation, it was a blessing.
I am wearing it right now as I write and can say that the scent is really pleasant. Minimal mint and tea are perceptible, but you have to get very close.
Blue Tea basically has no projection after the first hour and becomes a skin scent.
I do not regret the purchase.
Suitable for the right occasion for evenings at home and worth the blind buy, but it is indeed a cologne for the senses and short enjoyment.
...the search continues.
L'Eau pour Homme Eau de Toilette years ago in Fuerteventura, after my ex had me test it in the perfume shop and I was thrilled by the scent, I absolutely had to try L'Eau pour Homme Blue Tea now. The name promises a chilled fragrance for warm days. The bottle is in my favorite color, a light pastel tone, just my thing. It is important to me that the scent direction and appearance harmonize, as I am looking for a new signature scent and everything should match. Pegasus or Cool Water Eau de Toilette or Platinum Égoïste Eau de Toilette are examples where everything is right, and you like to hold the bottle in your hand as it also represents what you get. Armaf's blockbusters are examples of the opposite. I would hide the gold bar 1 Million Eau de Toilette at the back of the shelf. I want something that makes a statement in every way and fits me, so I can switch to autopilot for the next 10 years.
After waiting a week for Blue Tea to arrive from Spain, the juice immediately went on my wrist.
The first impression is very positive.
Fresh, citrusy, bright with a slight floral note from the rose. Floral scents are usually a red flag for me and instantly cause headaches. Thankfully, the subtly used rose in Blue Tea is not overwhelming. The Armand Basi DNA from L'eau pour Homme is clearly recognizable. In the background, despite the floral notes, there is this dryness from L'eau pour Homme that subtly comes through now and then.
After the citrusy, floral opening, Cool Water vibes clearly sneak in, which I find pleasant, as I still see Cool Water as a masterpiece even though I no longer wear it.
What I have perceived so far is enough for me to spray it generously.
I give myself about 7 sprays before leaving the house and heading into the heat of summer.
Upon arriving indoors at my destination, I add another 3 sprays.
A catastrophic mistake.
After a while, I notice two things:
1. Wet dog... Woof!
2. Gasping for air because there was too little oxygen in the lecture hall... The fellow students junkies have once again inhaled everything to follow the pointless business administration lectures of the professor, only to fail afterward.
I really feel the need to shower and throw the shirt in the laundry.
But wait.
Three things I noticed later. Blue Tea must not be applied too heavily; it smells better on the skin than on fabric, and heat is rather detrimental to it.
The scent is not bad, but it needs to be used correctly. You can wear it in the evening before you freshen up and lie back on the sofa to read, or before going to sleep.
Many here seem to have a "bed fragrance," and it is definitely suitable for that.
It is a scent for the office, not for sports or the beach. Also not for a waiter who rushes around all day.
The drydown comes quickly. HS is therefore poor, or in my spraying frenzy situation, it was a blessing.
I am wearing it right now as I write and can say that the scent is really pleasant. Minimal mint and tea are perceptible, but you have to get very close.
Blue Tea basically has no projection after the first hour and becomes a skin scent.
I do not regret the purchase.
Suitable for the right occasion for evenings at home and worth the blind buy, but it is indeed a cologne for the senses and short enjoyment.
...the search continues.
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Yes/No/Maybe...
*Revised Review*
...I am torn.
When I had the bottle in front of me at Alsterhaus in Hamburg, it was already empty, and I could only guess the scent, but I thought I had a good impression of the contents and was eager to try it. However, that impression was likely clouded by all the other fragrances I had tested, because when I first applied it, the disappointment was initially great.
I have a sample of Floryx from the Souk and one from essenza-nobile.
My first thought was: This cannot be Elysium.
It smells like a floral, dense Aventus clone from the trusted shopping mall stand where an Arab gentleman sells good and high concentrations for little money.
...Good, but for a trained nose, it is immediately clear that this is not an original.
At first, I couldn't perceive any grapefruit, and the words of some YouTubers come to mind: "The scent opens with a fresh grapefruit, and I thought," Yeah, sure, right.
I've been sniffing bottles since the 80s and can smell cigarette smoke from 10 meters around the corner, and I only found the grapefruit after I sprayed it closely. It is there for a very brief moment, very natural, actually world-class natural, but just as quickly as it appears, it disappears again for me. After a few minutes, it is unfortunately gone, and the scent becomes spicier.
During the "superficial" testing after a few minutes, it is not detectable, even if you know what should be in it. However, if you concentrate on the fruit and take in the scent deeply, it is overwhelming.
The grapefruit in Elysium is definitely better than, for example, D&C's Italian Love, but it doesn't last and is just an opener for the wearer.
However, one must praise the quality here. Once you capture it, you have the impression that you are dealing with a real, freshly cut grapefruit.
Very impressive with an extreme addictive factor.
Elysium is slightly floral, berry-like, ambroxan, with a density from the amber/currant that feels a bit cloying on the skin, but at the same time has a very light touch in the sillage.
For those who don't like the term "cloying": floral and berry scents often have this characteristic. And the word refers to smelling closely to the scent, not to the sillage.
At first, it felt very uninspiring to me, in a time when you smell Aventus everywhere and are already familiar with Silver Mountain Water and its clone sillage from Armaf.
I had hoped for a fragrance that shines as a competitor through uniqueness in freshness and essentially got a knockoff of a now "almost" boring, but unfortunately great DNA.
Since I am currently revising this text after wearing it again over several days, I must say that I like the scent more and more each day and have become addicted to it, having trouble wearing fragrances of lower quality.
Who would have thought?
But I feel the same way about Aventus. Sometimes I could bathe in it. It is simply an extremely good DNA.
I recently smelled Mont Blanc Explorer on someone else, and on their skin, the scent atomized the surroundings in the same floral quality that I smelled during my first impression of Elysium within a radius of about 2 meters.
I personally like Explorer for the price, and it has a different effect on me in my self-perception. I was all the more shocked when I smelled it on someone else "indoors."
But after I have now engaged more intensively with the Elysium scent, the floral aspect recedes, and I perceive more spicy berries. I have to think of a mix of sillage/Armaf with an Aventus undertone DNA.
Elysium is liked, no question, and I am now considering getting it because I cling to it as soon as I apply it, and it is very balanced, but unfortunately, the scent is not innovative and has too little longevity in projection.
Only if you apply 7-8 sprays do I still smell the scent the next day when I am near the laundry where the T-shirt + sweater are lying.
So it has staying power for a freshie, but you have to spray quite a bit.
Aventus is so far a better scent in my nose, and I need to compare the two side by side when I get the chance. I am actually looking for something luxuriously fresh, aquatic, that I and the female world do not yet know, to make it my signature scent.
If Chanel Platinum Egoiste had more longevity, I would simply end the search with it.
Edit: I bought the scent and wear it almost every day. So far, unfortunately, only one compliment from a lady who rode by on a bicycle and stopped to ask me about the perfume.
Not every scent can achieve that.
;)
"Roja Dove? Doesn't ring a bell."
...well then just wait until you Google the price. hehe
Thanks for reading.
...I am torn.
When I had the bottle in front of me at Alsterhaus in Hamburg, it was already empty, and I could only guess the scent, but I thought I had a good impression of the contents and was eager to try it. However, that impression was likely clouded by all the other fragrances I had tested, because when I first applied it, the disappointment was initially great.
I have a sample of Floryx from the Souk and one from essenza-nobile.
My first thought was: This cannot be Elysium.
It smells like a floral, dense Aventus clone from the trusted shopping mall stand where an Arab gentleman sells good and high concentrations for little money.
...Good, but for a trained nose, it is immediately clear that this is not an original.
At first, I couldn't perceive any grapefruit, and the words of some YouTubers come to mind: "The scent opens with a fresh grapefruit, and I thought," Yeah, sure, right.
I've been sniffing bottles since the 80s and can smell cigarette smoke from 10 meters around the corner, and I only found the grapefruit after I sprayed it closely. It is there for a very brief moment, very natural, actually world-class natural, but just as quickly as it appears, it disappears again for me. After a few minutes, it is unfortunately gone, and the scent becomes spicier.
During the "superficial" testing after a few minutes, it is not detectable, even if you know what should be in it. However, if you concentrate on the fruit and take in the scent deeply, it is overwhelming.
The grapefruit in Elysium is definitely better than, for example, D&C's Italian Love, but it doesn't last and is just an opener for the wearer.
However, one must praise the quality here. Once you capture it, you have the impression that you are dealing with a real, freshly cut grapefruit.
Very impressive with an extreme addictive factor.
Elysium is slightly floral, berry-like, ambroxan, with a density from the amber/currant that feels a bit cloying on the skin, but at the same time has a very light touch in the sillage.
For those who don't like the term "cloying": floral and berry scents often have this characteristic. And the word refers to smelling closely to the scent, not to the sillage.
At first, it felt very uninspiring to me, in a time when you smell Aventus everywhere and are already familiar with Silver Mountain Water and its clone sillage from Armaf.
I had hoped for a fragrance that shines as a competitor through uniqueness in freshness and essentially got a knockoff of a now "almost" boring, but unfortunately great DNA.
Since I am currently revising this text after wearing it again over several days, I must say that I like the scent more and more each day and have become addicted to it, having trouble wearing fragrances of lower quality.
Who would have thought?
But I feel the same way about Aventus. Sometimes I could bathe in it. It is simply an extremely good DNA.
I recently smelled Mont Blanc Explorer on someone else, and on their skin, the scent atomized the surroundings in the same floral quality that I smelled during my first impression of Elysium within a radius of about 2 meters.
I personally like Explorer for the price, and it has a different effect on me in my self-perception. I was all the more shocked when I smelled it on someone else "indoors."
But after I have now engaged more intensively with the Elysium scent, the floral aspect recedes, and I perceive more spicy berries. I have to think of a mix of sillage/Armaf with an Aventus undertone DNA.
Elysium is liked, no question, and I am now considering getting it because I cling to it as soon as I apply it, and it is very balanced, but unfortunately, the scent is not innovative and has too little longevity in projection.
Only if you apply 7-8 sprays do I still smell the scent the next day when I am near the laundry where the T-shirt + sweater are lying.
So it has staying power for a freshie, but you have to spray quite a bit.
Aventus is so far a better scent in my nose, and I need to compare the two side by side when I get the chance. I am actually looking for something luxuriously fresh, aquatic, that I and the female world do not yet know, to make it my signature scent.
If Chanel Platinum Egoiste had more longevity, I would simply end the search with it.
Edit: I bought the scent and wear it almost every day. So far, unfortunately, only one compliment from a lady who rode by on a bicycle and stopped to ask me about the perfume.
Not every scent can achieve that.
;)
"Roja Dove? Doesn't ring a bell."
...well then just wait until you Google the price. hehe
Thanks for reading.
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Imagination
After the 3ml tester from Matthias87 arrived in a very nice package with little treats, the fragrance immediately goes on my wrist.
I smell a citrusy fresh neroli note that tingles in my nose and strongly radiates from my wrist.
The last and first time I had this tingling "sparkling" effect was with Baccarat Rouge by MFK. The fragrances have nothing in common except for the Ambrox, but this star dust magic powder effect is the same.
I immediately notice that I have a luxury product on my skin.
Perhaps it is the special combination of the fragrance notes with the Ambrox that triggers this effect.
The next association is a Tom Ford fragrance that I tested years ago in a perfumery. Probably Mandarino Di Amalfi, but I'm not sure. What is certain, however, is that the neroli impression is similar. Not as massive, but it is clearly noticeable.
I have concerns that the fragrance could drift into a toilet cleaner direction, but it does not cross that line for a second.
Interesting when you expect something and it doesn’t happen. The balance here is extremely well done.
I smell deeper and associations from the late 70s and early 80s come to mind. Somewhere in my early childhood, I perceived a perfume that radiated luxury.
The first impression leans towards a ladies' luxury perfume. It has a subtle hint of some Chanel fragrance that I once perceived, but I can't specify it. It's similar to the neroli; the scent doesn’t want to drift in that direction, but only gives off this subtle hint. At first, I don't like that. A lady doesn’t have to be. I am a man and nothing else.
I smell even more intensely, and it can also clearly be worn by a gentleman from the 70s/80s.
Lucky me.
Imagination is very noble in the sillage. I fan the fragrance towards my nose to avoid smelling too closely, and that is exactly what I perceive.
If I go directly to my wrist, the neroli comes through very strongly, but not unpleasantly, rather tingling fresh.
Because I know that ginger and tea are involved, I can imagine it distantly, but I wouldn’t have described these components on my own.
After a while, I can recognize similarities to Bvlgari Pour Homme EDT, although the latter does not have the freshness, longevity, and sillage. It does not project nearly as intensely. It is much more subdued and almost quiet, fading away after a short time.
I see no similarities to green tea, black yes. There are similarities regarding black tea in the fragrances. I don’t smell cinnamon at all.
After an hour, the fragrance somewhat clogs my nose. This always indicates synthetic elements. And it is synthetic in any case. High-quality synthetic. It’s not Chrome Sport, although that one is good.
A 1:1 scent to Versace Eau Fraiche at a bargain price for the beach.
Synthetic doesn’t have to be bad, just like with Sauvage, which I would only use to clean the toilet.
...Sorry to the fans.
But Imagination is definitely not an Aventus, which smells "higher quality" to me if one wants to be picky about niche fragrances.
The fragrance is really good. Very balanced, fresh, and a luxurious summer scent.
You really only need three sprays here, and it easily lasts for 6-7 hours, which I consider just okay in terms of price-performance ratio for a fresh scent by today’s standards.
Still okay because 80s fragrances typically atomized every room for 50.00 marks before the euro was introduced, and one had scoured the market from EDT to EDP to EDE.
My Trussardi Uomo 1983 leaves casualties in every room if I were to walk through with it, which is why I don’t do that and only smell it occasionally.
And we wore such things as 16-year-olds. In my opinion, Imagination is a fragrance for 30+.
It doesn’t smell youthful, even though it is fresh. It is too noble in the undertone. So to the younger ones here, I would say that I wouldn’t recommend it to you despite the hype. I myself am 48, look like 38, feel like 2...
two hundred.
I wouldn’t buy Imagination blindly, and I won’t buy it because it’s overall not my fragrance.
The Ambrox, which bothered me a lot in MFK Baccarat Rouge, comes through well in the drydown here. Even though not as strongly, because the balance is brilliant, I don’t like this component so much in perfumes; Ambrox/an causes me slight nausea when it’s too strong. I rate the bottle from a distance with a solid 9. I continue to search for the perfect wave.
Elysium Cologne will be tested next as soon as the flakes are in the account on the 1st.
Best regards
I smell a citrusy fresh neroli note that tingles in my nose and strongly radiates from my wrist.
The last and first time I had this tingling "sparkling" effect was with Baccarat Rouge by MFK. The fragrances have nothing in common except for the Ambrox, but this star dust magic powder effect is the same.
I immediately notice that I have a luxury product on my skin.
Perhaps it is the special combination of the fragrance notes with the Ambrox that triggers this effect.
The next association is a Tom Ford fragrance that I tested years ago in a perfumery. Probably Mandarino Di Amalfi, but I'm not sure. What is certain, however, is that the neroli impression is similar. Not as massive, but it is clearly noticeable.
I have concerns that the fragrance could drift into a toilet cleaner direction, but it does not cross that line for a second.
Interesting when you expect something and it doesn’t happen. The balance here is extremely well done.
I smell deeper and associations from the late 70s and early 80s come to mind. Somewhere in my early childhood, I perceived a perfume that radiated luxury.
The first impression leans towards a ladies' luxury perfume. It has a subtle hint of some Chanel fragrance that I once perceived, but I can't specify it. It's similar to the neroli; the scent doesn’t want to drift in that direction, but only gives off this subtle hint. At first, I don't like that. A lady doesn’t have to be. I am a man and nothing else.
I smell even more intensely, and it can also clearly be worn by a gentleman from the 70s/80s.
Lucky me.
Imagination is very noble in the sillage. I fan the fragrance towards my nose to avoid smelling too closely, and that is exactly what I perceive.
If I go directly to my wrist, the neroli comes through very strongly, but not unpleasantly, rather tingling fresh.
Because I know that ginger and tea are involved, I can imagine it distantly, but I wouldn’t have described these components on my own.
After a while, I can recognize similarities to Bvlgari Pour Homme EDT, although the latter does not have the freshness, longevity, and sillage. It does not project nearly as intensely. It is much more subdued and almost quiet, fading away after a short time.
I see no similarities to green tea, black yes. There are similarities regarding black tea in the fragrances. I don’t smell cinnamon at all.
After an hour, the fragrance somewhat clogs my nose. This always indicates synthetic elements. And it is synthetic in any case. High-quality synthetic. It’s not Chrome Sport, although that one is good.
A 1:1 scent to Versace Eau Fraiche at a bargain price for the beach.
Synthetic doesn’t have to be bad, just like with Sauvage, which I would only use to clean the toilet.
...Sorry to the fans.
But Imagination is definitely not an Aventus, which smells "higher quality" to me if one wants to be picky about niche fragrances.
The fragrance is really good. Very balanced, fresh, and a luxurious summer scent.
You really only need three sprays here, and it easily lasts for 6-7 hours, which I consider just okay in terms of price-performance ratio for a fresh scent by today’s standards.
Still okay because 80s fragrances typically atomized every room for 50.00 marks before the euro was introduced, and one had scoured the market from EDT to EDP to EDE.
My Trussardi Uomo 1983 leaves casualties in every room if I were to walk through with it, which is why I don’t do that and only smell it occasionally.
And we wore such things as 16-year-olds. In my opinion, Imagination is a fragrance for 30+.
It doesn’t smell youthful, even though it is fresh. It is too noble in the undertone. So to the younger ones here, I would say that I wouldn’t recommend it to you despite the hype. I myself am 48, look like 38, feel like 2...
two hundred.
I wouldn’t buy Imagination blindly, and I won’t buy it because it’s overall not my fragrance.
The Ambrox, which bothered me a lot in MFK Baccarat Rouge, comes through well in the drydown here. Even though not as strongly, because the balance is brilliant, I don’t like this component so much in perfumes; Ambrox/an causes me slight nausea when it’s too strong. I rate the bottle from a distance with a solid 9. I continue to search for the perfect wave.
Elysium Cologne will be tested next as soon as the flakes are in the account on the 1st.
Best regards
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Heaven by Chopard Cologne
Heaven light!
Anyone who knows how the masterpiece men's perfume "Heaven by Chopard" from the 90s smells will immediately have a nasal insight into how Hei smells.
And anyone who is familiar with the decade's perfume Heaven will be rubbing their hands together because they can finally get something for a bargain price that can be rightfully compared to Heaven.
For those who do not know Heaven: The perfume was discontinued and is one of the scents that the men's community mourns the most.
100ml were last traded for €500, if you can even find it. Even Gucci Envy can't compete with that. Heaven is a masterpiece that flies under the radar. Less known than Cool Water, but at least as celebrated.
Joop Nightflight smells similar to Heaven.
With Hei, you get a fragrance that comes in a very sophisticated bottle, has an above-average good sprayer, and carries a minimalist aesthetic name.
Hei is worth every single cent, keeping in mind that it is a Heaven Cologne/Light. It doesn't last 10 hours like Heaven did back in the day. It doesn't project as strongly as Heaven either.
But which perfume nowadays does that?
Not even the extrait de parfums have the projection of the 80s/90s.
When you wore an Eau de Toilette in the 80s and 90s, it was akin to a spatial nuclear detonation that prompted a security team to secure the area and seal it off for three days.
I only say:
Trussardi Uomo (which I actually offer as an original in the souk!), Kouros, Davidoff no.1, Boss no. 1, Gucci Nobile, etc.
To get something like that nowadays, you need a 2019 Creed Aventus, MFK Baccarat Rouge, or PDM Pegasus.
So, with a longevity of about 5 hours and a sillage of about 1 hour, one can be quite satisfied when getting a men's fragrance at such a low price.
In direct comparison, I can say the following:
The association with Heaven is immediate as soon as you apply Hei.
It is subtler, lighter, airier.
But it also lacks something in the scent.
When you wear a fragrance like Heaven or MFK BR, you have a kind of sparkling magic powder cloud around you. A kind of stardust that enchants the senses.
There’s no other way to describe it. This nasal impression is hard for me to put into words, and only a few fragrances create this magic. Hei cannot deliver that.
BUT
Only decade fragrances can do that!
Nevertheless, Hei is a good perfume.
Fresh, airy, aquatic with a more floral note than Heaven. It is lighter than Heaven. It is brighter but less captivating. It has the sweetness of tonka, but less intense. It is a bright fragrance for a positive feeling. "Uplifting." Goes everywhere. Casual, office, date. Even in the club in summer.
Clubs? Those are the places where you are social, meet people, and even kiss sometimes, even if you have a cold.
Anyway, it can't always rain.
Continuing...
Three sprays on the body (neck/ears) and two on clothing allow me to still perceive the scent outdoors after an hour in intervals, which is something I miss in today's fragrances.
Nevertheless, after an hour it is close to the skin.
In a few days, I'm off to Cancun, Mexico. No face masks and social distancing for fake pandemics, and indoctrinated anxiety neurotics. I want to see what the ladies say after 2 hours and if there are any compliments. Until then. Stay straight.
Anyone who knows how the masterpiece men's perfume "Heaven by Chopard" from the 90s smells will immediately have a nasal insight into how Hei smells.
And anyone who is familiar with the decade's perfume Heaven will be rubbing their hands together because they can finally get something for a bargain price that can be rightfully compared to Heaven.
For those who do not know Heaven: The perfume was discontinued and is one of the scents that the men's community mourns the most.
100ml were last traded for €500, if you can even find it. Even Gucci Envy can't compete with that. Heaven is a masterpiece that flies under the radar. Less known than Cool Water, but at least as celebrated.
Joop Nightflight smells similar to Heaven.
With Hei, you get a fragrance that comes in a very sophisticated bottle, has an above-average good sprayer, and carries a minimalist aesthetic name.
Hei is worth every single cent, keeping in mind that it is a Heaven Cologne/Light. It doesn't last 10 hours like Heaven did back in the day. It doesn't project as strongly as Heaven either.
But which perfume nowadays does that?
Not even the extrait de parfums have the projection of the 80s/90s.
When you wore an Eau de Toilette in the 80s and 90s, it was akin to a spatial nuclear detonation that prompted a security team to secure the area and seal it off for three days.
I only say:
Trussardi Uomo (which I actually offer as an original in the souk!), Kouros, Davidoff no.1, Boss no. 1, Gucci Nobile, etc.
To get something like that nowadays, you need a 2019 Creed Aventus, MFK Baccarat Rouge, or PDM Pegasus.
So, with a longevity of about 5 hours and a sillage of about 1 hour, one can be quite satisfied when getting a men's fragrance at such a low price.
In direct comparison, I can say the following:
The association with Heaven is immediate as soon as you apply Hei.
It is subtler, lighter, airier.
But it also lacks something in the scent.
When you wear a fragrance like Heaven or MFK BR, you have a kind of sparkling magic powder cloud around you. A kind of stardust that enchants the senses.
There’s no other way to describe it. This nasal impression is hard for me to put into words, and only a few fragrances create this magic. Hei cannot deliver that.
BUT
Only decade fragrances can do that!
Nevertheless, Hei is a good perfume.
Fresh, airy, aquatic with a more floral note than Heaven. It is lighter than Heaven. It is brighter but less captivating. It has the sweetness of tonka, but less intense. It is a bright fragrance for a positive feeling. "Uplifting." Goes everywhere. Casual, office, date. Even in the club in summer.
Clubs? Those are the places where you are social, meet people, and even kiss sometimes, even if you have a cold.
Anyway, it can't always rain.
Continuing...
Three sprays on the body (neck/ears) and two on clothing allow me to still perceive the scent outdoors after an hour in intervals, which is something I miss in today's fragrances.
Nevertheless, after an hour it is close to the skin.
In a few days, I'm off to Cancun, Mexico. No face masks and social distancing for fake pandemics, and indoctrinated anxiety neurotics. I want to see what the ladies say after 2 hours and if there are any compliments. Until then. Stay straight.
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The King Among Waters
Young people today can hardly imagine what it was like back in the 90s when this men's perfume hit the market. People always talk about the Aqua Di Gio hype. I was there, and it was nothing compared to Davidoff's Cool Water. CK One hype? Just a mild breeze compared to the meteorite impact that Davidoff made with Cool Water. I am now 45 and can say that no men's fragrance in my perception has ever made such an impact as this scent. No Aventus, no sweet Le Male Plürre, nothing. And rightly so.
Everything, absolutely everything about this fragrance fits perfectly together. The scent is the "Sweet Child o' Mine" of men's perfumes. It is perfect!
The smell matches the name, and vice versa; the deep ocean-blue bottle fits both. The advertising was hardly to be surpassed in perfect accuracy. Similar to Heaven by Chopard.
The bottle is handy, looks damn good, and the lettering is the icing on the cake of perfection.
Or better said, from front to back: A masterpiece.
When the fragrance came out, everyone bought it. And I mean really everyone had Davidoff Cool Water. And the best part was, nobody cared. The stuff was so good, you just had to smell like it. Cool Water was so good that various shower gel, deodorant, and soap companies immediately released a product that smelled like this fragrance milestone. ...Unfortunately
Smelling this fragrance is something special. This perfume smells so unique and good that hardly anything surpasses it. Of course, the scent is now over-saturated. It is no longer individual or new. The fragrance doesn’t blow anyone away anymore, how could it, after an entire generation has worn it to death? ...But still: Once a year, I pull out this masterpiece and spray myself with it. Especially in winter, in biting cold, Cool Water really hits the nose. This clear, fresh mint and lavender and cool, sweet aquatic masculine scent cloud that surrounds you is simply divine. When I wear this fragrance, I know I smell good. Especially in winter, I constantly perceive the scent in waves on myself. Something I appreciate in a good fragrance. There is nothing worse than not being able to smell your own scent after 5 minutes. This is one of those fragrances I wish no one had ever smelled, and then I spray it on myself and start the fucking hype.
Everything, absolutely everything about this fragrance fits perfectly together. The scent is the "Sweet Child o' Mine" of men's perfumes. It is perfect!
The smell matches the name, and vice versa; the deep ocean-blue bottle fits both. The advertising was hardly to be surpassed in perfect accuracy. Similar to Heaven by Chopard.
The bottle is handy, looks damn good, and the lettering is the icing on the cake of perfection.
Or better said, from front to back: A masterpiece.
When the fragrance came out, everyone bought it. And I mean really everyone had Davidoff Cool Water. And the best part was, nobody cared. The stuff was so good, you just had to smell like it. Cool Water was so good that various shower gel, deodorant, and soap companies immediately released a product that smelled like this fragrance milestone. ...Unfortunately
Smelling this fragrance is something special. This perfume smells so unique and good that hardly anything surpasses it. Of course, the scent is now over-saturated. It is no longer individual or new. The fragrance doesn’t blow anyone away anymore, how could it, after an entire generation has worn it to death? ...But still: Once a year, I pull out this masterpiece and spray myself with it. Especially in winter, in biting cold, Cool Water really hits the nose. This clear, fresh mint and lavender and cool, sweet aquatic masculine scent cloud that surrounds you is simply divine. When I wear this fragrance, I know I smell good. Especially in winter, I constantly perceive the scent in waves on myself. Something I appreciate in a good fragrance. There is nothing worse than not being able to smell your own scent after 5 minutes. This is one of those fragrances I wish no one had ever smelled, and then I spray it on myself and start the fucking hype.
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