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Vintage vibes with today's performance
This fragrance has already received a few (positive) reviews, but I don't think they all really hit the nail on the head yet.
Absolute Blue hits the vintage cool water vibe 99% of the time. It's a little greener than today's original. This makes it a fresh companion for numerous occasions and almost any season. Even when it's cold, it can still be a convincing office/work fragrance. Otherwise, it is best used on the warmer days of the year. In short, it actually almost always works.
As far as its H/S is concerned, I find it on the same level as today's original. It lasts about 4-5 hours on my skin before slowly disappearing. For a €6 fragrance, I think that's very ok.
My conclusion is that for little money you get a vintage-style fragrance that performs at least as well as today's
Cool Water Eau de Toilette. If you like CW, you should give Absolute Blue a chance.
Absolute Blue hits the vintage cool water vibe 99% of the time. It's a little greener than today's original. This makes it a fresh companion for numerous occasions and almost any season. Even when it's cold, it can still be a convincing office/work fragrance. Otherwise, it is best used on the warmer days of the year. In short, it actually almost always works.As far as its H/S is concerned, I find it on the same level as today's original. It lasts about 4-5 hours on my skin before slowly disappearing. For a €6 fragrance, I think that's very ok.
My conclusion is that for little money you get a vintage-style fragrance that performs at least as well as today's
Cool Water Eau de Toilette. If you like CW, you should give Absolute Blue a chance.
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Sometimes it can also be old school
I remember Tuscany from the days when it was called Etruscan. My father had it as an aftershave and I really liked this scent on him. Unfortunately, he died too soon and I was left as a young man to get along with myself and the world without Daddy.
As a 22-year-old, I picked up Etruscan as an aftershave balm and was then reprimanded by a roommate in my student flat share that there were better fragrance options for me as a youngster than wearing such an "old man's fragrance". I complied with her request and from then on only used fragrances that went in a more fresh, youthful direction. What's more, I hardly gave perfume a second thought over the next 25 years and so Etruscan disappeared from my field of vision.
Now in my late 40s, I became aware of perfume again through influencers and in the process the thought of Etruscan came back to me. Thanks to the internet, I found it again: now it was called Tuscany. And I ordered it as a blind buy.
The first thought that popped into my head when I smelled it was: "Wow! I don't remember it being that spicy!" According to my nose, today's formulation is very much in the direction of aniseed. My memory had a citrusy hint above all the spiciness, which I no longer find in this form today. However, it should be noted that my father used it as an aftershave and I used it as an aftershave balm. My new purchase was the EdT and I suspect that the fragrances are much more potent.
All in all, however, it remains a beautiful fragrance to my nose and I am glad that I am reminded of my father every time I put it on. I also feel mature enough to wear old-school fougere now that I'm in my late 40s. And Tuscany is definitely one to recommend.
As a 22-year-old, I picked up Etruscan as an aftershave balm and was then reprimanded by a roommate in my student flat share that there were better fragrance options for me as a youngster than wearing such an "old man's fragrance". I complied with her request and from then on only used fragrances that went in a more fresh, youthful direction. What's more, I hardly gave perfume a second thought over the next 25 years and so Etruscan disappeared from my field of vision.
Now in my late 40s, I became aware of perfume again through influencers and in the process the thought of Etruscan came back to me. Thanks to the internet, I found it again: now it was called Tuscany. And I ordered it as a blind buy.
The first thought that popped into my head when I smelled it was: "Wow! I don't remember it being that spicy!" According to my nose, today's formulation is very much in the direction of aniseed. My memory had a citrusy hint above all the spiciness, which I no longer find in this form today. However, it should be noted that my father used it as an aftershave and I used it as an aftershave balm. My new purchase was the EdT and I suspect that the fragrances are much more potent.
All in all, however, it remains a beautiful fragrance to my nose and I am glad that I am reminded of my father every time I put it on. I also feel mature enough to wear old-school fougere now that I'm in my late 40s. And Tuscany is definitely one to recommend.
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