Eriele

Met a long-time friend in a drugstore the other day. We used to be colleagues, then we became long-distance neighbors. I was part of the children's clique with her husband. She's been a widow for three years because her husband is the face of one of the corona deaths in our city. Didn't take it all that seriously. But that's another story.

After I got over my coronavirus illness in the fall, my sense of smell has changed and I am now enthusiastically sniffing my way through the world of fragrances. My friend, who is even younger than me, looked at what I thought were old women's fragrances and picked up Tosca. A fragrance that was not and will not be my friend. She instructed me that it was a fragrance for our age group and that it would be appropriate to wear it.

The lady did not understand that I am not bothered by age and my surroundings, but choose fragrances according to my nose. To provoke her, I reached for the poisonous green bottle of the rock band with the hard sounds. Expecting a lady cracker that would shake the place.

But completely different sounds, ehm. scents than the band came my way. The fragrance began with fresh leaves, spring rain and a hint of the sea. Followed by lily of the valley, a scent familiar from the garden. Unfortunately, lily of the valley always tends to be a little too opulent and overwhelmingly sweet. But not here. Traces of rose and orange blossom gave the fragrance a certain roundness. Musk and me has become a tricky thing. But in this fragrance it comes across as subtle and not dominating.

The longevity of more than eight hours is just great. It also doesn't change over time, but becomes weaker without being different. The only thing that bothers me is the poisonous green bottle, the brand name "Klotz" in the bag and the fact that the smallest amount of the fragrance is 100 ml. Particularly with new fragrances, I prefer to start with smaller bottles, especially as nothing works without bottling for the handbag. As I test fragrances several times before buying them, I haven't yet absorbed them.

I love lily of the valley fragrances. But unfortunately it's a difficult thing. You either have a migraine trigger in front of you, a chemical scent that only has the name in common with the fragrance or one with such a scratchy, soapy finish. This is not a lily of the valley for sweet teens but for mature but young-at-heart ladies of all ages.

My friend looked at me quite shocked when I didn't consider any of the old lady fragrances, but that it would be this particular extraordinary fragrance that would move in with me after the next test.

Since I fell ill with coronavirus in the fall, things have been chaotic for me when it comes to fragrances. My sense of smell has suffered and many things that used to be my dream scent are unfortunately no longer. As long as they don't trigger migraines or nausea, they have to go in the cellar for now.

Last week, I tested the fragrance here from La Rive and wrote a review. But Look of Women didn't deserve that after all. At the second attempt, it made it into my collection as a new addition. I have no idea why the first test was so bad.

Visually, the baby pink bottle is a sister to NR, but that's about it for me in terms of similarity. As always, it starts with a classic hairspray scent and a hint of rubber. But as always with LR, only at the beginning. Then rose and peach. Floral and fruity - I have become cautious with musk, but here it is well dosed with amber. Together a little tart like Yves Rocher Thè Vert, which I still mourn. The finish is softer with sandalwood and patchouli.

Last week I smelled fabric softener, but no, it's greenish notes that dominate and only a little floral. I don't know if it was the tester, because this time I was in a different store. Now it went from a flop to a top, but I would definitely recommend testing it beforehand. You can't go wrong with it. Of course, it's not a firecracker that flies behind you like a flag and smothers the environment.

Or rather, we already are. But the fragrance still hasn't found its way into my home.
I've had my eye on the fragrance for a while now, but always bad luck and no tester. Buying blind is not my thing. Today I met a good friend who bought the fragrance with confidence. Totally thrilled. But in the store, how could it be otherwise, there was no tester. On the way home, I popped into a drugstore, tested the fragrance and was impressed.

It starts off fresh and a little tart due to the blackcurrant. I don't really like blackcurrant that much. It often smells sour. Not here. Bergamot is not too strong either, the flowers are added and everything with the woody scents is a good thing, where the freshness and the flowers dominate, but are subtle. Vanilla is less than a hint. An evergreen that makes you stand out without attracting attention. Very good longevity. What more could you want?

I'll test it again ... no, not at all... i'll buy it

BR 540 divides opinion. Some acclaim the fragrance, others demonize it. There is no black or white. But then there's the group like me, who have their difficulties with the original fragrance but don't actually think it's that bad. It's a kind of in-between. For them, the cheaper cousins of the fragrance sprout up like mushrooms. A close relative is Belle Icône, where I like the strawberry scent. So it's a spring cousin.

Elegant Women is the summer cousin, because I smell citrusy notes at the beginning and a little fir resin. Like walking through a pine forest in the summer heat. The beginning doesn't smell like hairspray either, which is typical for La Rive. Otherwise very close to BR 540, but still a little different. Not bad, but I like the relative with the strawberry scent better. But that's a matter of taste.

Lasts 5-6 hours and can be sniffed close to the skin later. Now in the cold season (it has snowed here in the Bergisches Land) I find the fragrance suitable.

The bottle is simple and elegant, albeit angular and not suitable for a handbag. But you can fill it up.

This week the La Rive fragrances at RM for 4.99 euros. An absolutely good fragrance for the price. But you should get away from the idea that it's a copy or something of BR540. Rather see it as a nice cousin, where you notice the relationship...ehm smells

In itself I have it lately no longer so much with the fragrances of La Rive. Often it seemed with a repurchase, as if one had also taken here the red pencil and made the fragrance cheaper.

Yes and there laughed at me in storm and pouring rain outside this fragrance. Lonely and abandoned he stood there on the shelf. Only one bottle was there. Since it is my regular branch of the with the horse, I know the fragrance shelves quite well. The fragrance was not in the assortment until now. The relatives of the company are now all too flat for me. So too sweet and often smelling like hairspray. Swiped around it three times and first put my other stuff I came for in the basket. I dared to do what I do very rarely in itself, namely a blind purchase. But since I had already internalized the fragrance pyramid some time ago, I could dare.

At home then immediately tested and pleasantly surprised. The beginning floral fresh with a little coconut. But not at all like the macaroons soon to be baked again, but rather rounded. Of the following floral scents I could not sniff out any, but the bouquet I found successful. Then later sandalwood rounded things off. Fortunately, no vanilla to smell, because that belongs for me in the cake.

Bottom line, a summery but slightly fresh fragrance that can also be worn very well in autumn / winter. Discreet and not intrusive. An Immergeher that does not slay the environment. Flacon a round thing that is quite simple and I like. Likewise, the shelf life of 4-5 hours