Floh

I wanted that scent so badly! The reason why it didn't work out with us is that this perfume just didn't want to move in with me. At the first try I actually ordered the Mancera Black Line by mistake (yes, you shouldn't just look at the picture when ordering...). So ordered again - this time correctly. The bottle also arrived intact, but only remained intact for about five minutes, after which it was "flooded" out of my hand and smashed to pieces on the stone floor. That's it with us!

But now I had several days to sniff out the scent in the whole apartment. By the way, I got the impulse for this comment from a perfuma, who said that I could test Lemon Line almost extensively now. I'll say. Of course I had already tested the perfume on the skin several times before I bought it. That's why I wanted to own it so much.

Now to the fragrance: It starts with a very strong and intense lemon. Just lemon and nothing else. Later it becomes slightly creamy. This is the phase I like best. After a short time it becomes slightly bitter/spicy and sweet. I also feel the scent as a little powdery - powdery sweetness quasi. I can't even smell the white flowers. Lavender is listed, but in my opinion it is only "beige vegetables". The musk is rather shy with me. Ultimately it remains a sweet effervescent lemon scent with some cabbage. This sugary effervescent lemon can actually become a little annoying in the long run. And here we are on the shelf life: This is enormous for a citrus scent, on the skin it loosely lasts eight hours. Also the Sillage is not to be despised and in contrast to many other perfumes in this category extremely good.

Although I wanted the fragrance so much, I had to realize that it wasn't right for me. I'm a rather small person and a woman at that. But this perfume would probably rather be with a "real guy". In my opinion, it is a men's fragrance, which of course can also be worn by courageous women. Just don't think of me.

So, flea has holidays and again a lot of time to deal with scents. Unfortunately also a lot of time to spend money on perfume. While others are busy with Christmas shopping, Fleh jumps from perfumery to perfumery and sniffs his way through. Of course mainly to buy himself a Christmas present. That's how selfish Fleh is when it comes to perfume. Well, Floh bought two flacons for his loved ones after all. There were three for two, and then Floh thought: "Good opportunity, take some for the girlfriends, too. One each for a friend and the third for me". When it comes to scents, Fleh knows no quarter. First there's flea and then the others. So nobody thinks flea is generally like that. No, otherwise she is very generous, helpful and actually very kind. Really:)!

Now to Néroli Amara: I can hardly bear the initial phase. A sweet, screaming orange blossom like I don't like at all (mostly I love orange blossoms). It all starts very loud, stinging and the pepper tickles extremely in my nose. This flower-pepper-sweet mixture remains for several hours until the base is revealed; it is beautiful. I smell musk - although not listed. This clean musk mixed with light, meanwhile pleasant sweetness and light woody note is wonderful. I would describe the finish as sweet, woody, musky and fresh with a slightly masculine touch.

The shelf life is amazingly good for such a fragrance. On the clothes even days after that relatively strongly perceptible. The Sillage I feel at first as too extreme, after a while it becomes pleasant.

My conclusion: the base would have sufficed for me. Everything before that was too loud, too sweet, too stinging and too prickly. For all those who like orange blossoms very sweet and peppery, Néroli Amara is worth a test.

PS: Has certain similarities for me to Oranges Bigarades...