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Carnation Light
Since I have now written a comment about the violet scent "Fialka" from the company Alpa and at the same time ordered and tried the carnation, I don't want to let this fragrance simply fall by the wayside.
In fact, I like it even better than the violet scent.
"Karafiát" is a nice garden carnation floral scent that leans slightly towards the more robust side but remains soft, making it certainly suitable for women as well, thus more of a "unisex fragrance." There isn't much to say about the scent; it is somewhat trivial, a soliflore, and has absolutely nothing disturbing about it if you like the scent of carnations.
However, it is not comparable to carnation scents like, for example, Eau de Cologne 1920: Oeillet by Jardin de France. Or for that matter, Carnation by Parfum-Individual Harry Lehmann. Both are also affordable carnation fragrances.
But since the 50ml bottle from Alpa costs just over €5 online including shipping, it's a very inexpensive way to test whether you like the garden carnation as a fragrance.
Best to test it!
In fact, I like it even better than the violet scent.
"Karafiát" is a nice garden carnation floral scent that leans slightly towards the more robust side but remains soft, making it certainly suitable for women as well, thus more of a "unisex fragrance." There isn't much to say about the scent; it is somewhat trivial, a soliflore, and has absolutely nothing disturbing about it if you like the scent of carnations.
However, it is not comparable to carnation scents like, for example, Eau de Cologne 1920: Oeillet by Jardin de France. Or for that matter, Carnation by Parfum-Individual Harry Lehmann. Both are also affordable carnation fragrances.
But since the 50ml bottle from Alpa costs just over €5 online including shipping, it's a very inexpensive way to test whether you like the garden carnation as a fragrance.
Best to test it!
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Violet, which violet?
Somewhere and sometime, I think I read a good comment about this violet scent or another fragrance from this company on parfumo. Since I have been on a heightened search for violet scents (soliflor or also happily with delicious berries and co. or something completely different), I thought I should give this fragrance a try. So, I ordered it cheaply some time ago (along with the clove scent from the company) and then tested it a while back. The test was so uninteresting that I didn't even add the two fragrances to my collection - so boring that I simply forgot about them!
A few days ago, in my violet-testing frenzy, I dug out all sorts of fragrances again, and this bottle caught my eye once more. What had happened with the scent? Was it good? No, I couldn't remember! Was it bad? I don't remember!
So I tried it out, clove on the left, violet from Alpa on the right. Violet? I smell nothing but a bit of lukewarm floral scent. The clove on the left is recognizable and has some strength, but the violet?! Is this even the right scent? Yes, it says "Fialka" on it. But it definitely doesn't smell like that to me. I even transferred the scent from the pouring bottle into a spray bottle for better distribution on the skin - nothing. After a while, a somewhat sticky-smelling base with a hint of flowers emerges, but I can't really call this scent nice.
Even though the 50ml bottle cost just over €5 online (it would have been a real bargain), that unfortunately doesn't help me at all now.
On the left side, the clove definitely has a recognizable scent, but on the right???
Fialka, I'm sorry, but it seems we won't work out. And especially with violets, I like to rely on soliflor scents (like Eau de Cologne 1920: Fidèle Violette from Jardin de France or Accordo Viola from L'Erbolario, both of which are very violet-heavy), as I really enjoy the scent of violets. What a pity, it could have worked out.
However, I will still rate the scent 50% because it doesn't have anything "disgusting" about it like some fragrances that are sticky or artificial or too sweet for me. It's just not present on me. Maybe you will have a different experience with the scent?!
But that's the beauty of our hobby - trying things out! Keep going! Get tips! Search! Wonderful!
A few days ago, in my violet-testing frenzy, I dug out all sorts of fragrances again, and this bottle caught my eye once more. What had happened with the scent? Was it good? No, I couldn't remember! Was it bad? I don't remember!
So I tried it out, clove on the left, violet from Alpa on the right. Violet? I smell nothing but a bit of lukewarm floral scent. The clove on the left is recognizable and has some strength, but the violet?! Is this even the right scent? Yes, it says "Fialka" on it. But it definitely doesn't smell like that to me. I even transferred the scent from the pouring bottle into a spray bottle for better distribution on the skin - nothing. After a while, a somewhat sticky-smelling base with a hint of flowers emerges, but I can't really call this scent nice.
Even though the 50ml bottle cost just over €5 online (it would have been a real bargain), that unfortunately doesn't help me at all now.
On the left side, the clove definitely has a recognizable scent, but on the right???
Fialka, I'm sorry, but it seems we won't work out. And especially with violets, I like to rely on soliflor scents (like Eau de Cologne 1920: Fidèle Violette from Jardin de France or Accordo Viola from L'Erbolario, both of which are very violet-heavy), as I really enjoy the scent of violets. What a pity, it could have worked out.
However, I will still rate the scent 50% because it doesn't have anything "disgusting" about it like some fragrances that are sticky or artificial or too sweet for me. It's just not present on me. Maybe you will have a different experience with the scent?!
But that's the beauty of our hobby - trying things out! Keep going! Get tips! Search! Wonderful!
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Rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Fruit scents usually don’t work for me at all! That’s a shame because I love the smell of delicious fruits! Therefore, I am always on the lookout for “fruity scents that smell good on me.” Unfortunately, it’s mostly a flop; berries smell sweaty on me, apples artificial, and pear or peach too “compote-like”! That’s why I was immediately interested when I read about the scent with rhubarb.
Because I particularly liked rhubarb as a child. So sour! I couldn’t eat it raw today. Nowadays, it’s only found neatly as jam or compote together with strawberries and vanilla.
But back then: who doesn’t know it: a little bowl of sugar, then dip the peeled rhubarb stalk and take a bite. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water, tears well up in my eyes… Nowadays, no one would give that to their child. I wouldn’t either! But when you think about the hidden sugar that exists today: that sugar was definitely not hidden!
But now to the scent, how does it work on me? Or for me? I actually like almost everything about the ingredients. But that doesn’t mean anything; for example, the rhubarb scent from 4711 doesn’t work for me at all, even though I like the notes it contains.
On me, the scent starts very rhubarb-fresh, rather green and sour, but not too sour or bitter at all. In the background, something green holds back gently. After a while, the rhubarb scent transforms into a rhubarb compote scent, but someone seems to have poured a little rum or something into the compote, was that planned?! But there are no ground hazelnuts in the compote; I really don’t notice any of that. The apples serve as support, but I wouldn’t recognize them if I hadn’t read it. The vetiver (not really my thing) seems to move the scent a little more into the pleasant green, despite the vetiver or perhaps because of it, it feels very harmonious to me. I also don’t consciously perceive the berries; they support (like everything else) the really delicious rhubarb compote.
Unfortunately, I don’t notice anything from my beloved frankincense, which is a shame.
All in all, I really like the scent - rather as a standalone rhubarb scent. It ends for me in a very nice, soft, and fruity finish. But the price! The scent definitely has something very high-quality about it. But a price of €195,--, that would not be worth it for me! To be honest, I wouldn’t even know if a scent would be worth that amount; somehow, I find this pricing structure quite strange!
So, if someone doesn’t like their scent and wants to get rid of it: always happy to take it!
Because I particularly liked rhubarb as a child. So sour! I couldn’t eat it raw today. Nowadays, it’s only found neatly as jam or compote together with strawberries and vanilla.
But back then: who doesn’t know it: a little bowl of sugar, then dip the peeled rhubarb stalk and take a bite. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water, tears well up in my eyes… Nowadays, no one would give that to their child. I wouldn’t either! But when you think about the hidden sugar that exists today: that sugar was definitely not hidden!
But now to the scent, how does it work on me? Or for me? I actually like almost everything about the ingredients. But that doesn’t mean anything; for example, the rhubarb scent from 4711 doesn’t work for me at all, even though I like the notes it contains.
On me, the scent starts very rhubarb-fresh, rather green and sour, but not too sour or bitter at all. In the background, something green holds back gently. After a while, the rhubarb scent transforms into a rhubarb compote scent, but someone seems to have poured a little rum or something into the compote, was that planned?! But there are no ground hazelnuts in the compote; I really don’t notice any of that. The apples serve as support, but I wouldn’t recognize them if I hadn’t read it. The vetiver (not really my thing) seems to move the scent a little more into the pleasant green, despite the vetiver or perhaps because of it, it feels very harmonious to me. I also don’t consciously perceive the berries; they support (like everything else) the really delicious rhubarb compote.
Unfortunately, I don’t notice anything from my beloved frankincense, which is a shame.
All in all, I really like the scent - rather as a standalone rhubarb scent. It ends for me in a very nice, soft, and fruity finish. But the price! The scent definitely has something very high-quality about it. But a price of €195,--, that would not be worth it for me! To be honest, I wouldn’t even know if a scent would be worth that amount; somehow, I find this pricing structure quite strange!
So, if someone doesn’t like their scent and wants to get rid of it: always happy to take it!
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Land of Milk and Honey
Actually, I’m not sweet at all!
My personal land of milk and honey these days would rather consist of bratwurst and sauerkraut! Or of pot roast with red cabbage! Or of the most beautiful and exotic fruits I can possibly imagine!
But somehow, even though it’s hardly winter temperatures, I’m currently drawn to gourmand, sweet fragrances. Who knows what that means???
My test of Sucre d'Orge by Le Bel Aujourd'hui captivated me so much that I had to order the fragrance right away. It is simply beautiful to me, not heavy and sweet, but delicious and gourmand. At first, it reminded me of my beloved Murmure from the same brand, but there raspberry and violet dominate, with caramel adding a bit of sweetness. But with Sucre d'Orge, it’s something different that inspires me so much. It reminds me of cotton candy, licorice, and all the beloved sweets of my childhood, but without bothering me today in my adult world with extreme heaviness and sweetness. Like a whisper of a memory. I kept trying to remember which childhood story the fragrance reminded me of. Was it Pinocchio in his toyland, which I always imagined filled with sweets, or Alice in Wonderland amidst the tea party? I couldn’t figure it out for days and nights. I thought of rivers of milk and honey, but nothing happened! And today it suddenly struck me! It was the land of milk and honey! My childhood vision of it! That’s what this fragrance represents! That’s how I always imagined it! I’m bathing in licorice and white mice, in spicy sweets, not too sweet to make me sick or hurt my teeth, but just like this fragrance conveys to me today!
And as a reminder for all seekers, here’s an excerpt from the land of milk and honey:
“The most important question you might be asking yourself now is how you can get to the land of milk and honey. It’s not marked on a map, but you can either ask a blind person or a mute, they will show you the way. Once you finally find the land of milk and honey, you just have to eat your way through the meter-high wall of rice pudding that shields the land, and you’re already in the paradise of laziness!”
Have fun on your search!
My personal land of milk and honey these days would rather consist of bratwurst and sauerkraut! Or of pot roast with red cabbage! Or of the most beautiful and exotic fruits I can possibly imagine!
But somehow, even though it’s hardly winter temperatures, I’m currently drawn to gourmand, sweet fragrances. Who knows what that means???
My test of Sucre d'Orge by Le Bel Aujourd'hui captivated me so much that I had to order the fragrance right away. It is simply beautiful to me, not heavy and sweet, but delicious and gourmand. At first, it reminded me of my beloved Murmure from the same brand, but there raspberry and violet dominate, with caramel adding a bit of sweetness. But with Sucre d'Orge, it’s something different that inspires me so much. It reminds me of cotton candy, licorice, and all the beloved sweets of my childhood, but without bothering me today in my adult world with extreme heaviness and sweetness. Like a whisper of a memory. I kept trying to remember which childhood story the fragrance reminded me of. Was it Pinocchio in his toyland, which I always imagined filled with sweets, or Alice in Wonderland amidst the tea party? I couldn’t figure it out for days and nights. I thought of rivers of milk and honey, but nothing happened! And today it suddenly struck me! It was the land of milk and honey! My childhood vision of it! That’s what this fragrance represents! That’s how I always imagined it! I’m bathing in licorice and white mice, in spicy sweets, not too sweet to make me sick or hurt my teeth, but just like this fragrance conveys to me today!
And as a reminder for all seekers, here’s an excerpt from the land of milk and honey:
“The most important question you might be asking yourself now is how you can get to the land of milk and honey. It’s not marked on a map, but you can either ask a blind person or a mute, they will show you the way. Once you finally find the land of milk and honey, you just have to eat your way through the meter-high wall of rice pudding that shields the land, and you’re already in the paradise of laziness!”
Have fun on your search!
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Amber: brown, browner, green???
So, this is an amber fragrance from a completely unknown French perfume brand to me. Although it's from Grasse, there are just soooo many amber scents.
But why not give it a try, it can't be that big of a deal, right?! It's always the same anyway. And here on parfumo, only amber is listed among the fragrance notes of the perfume...
What a stroke of luck that this perfume sample was so kindly offered to me for testing.
Sometimes you just have to step out of your comfort zone and not think: “I already know all this!” No, the test was worth it!
Upon the first spray, I thought to myself: “Well, this isn't that great. I've come across other amber fragrances by now. So I didn't think about it anymore.
Then it turns a nice amber brown. Yes, I quite like that. And it gets even more amber brown. Beautiful amber. Yes, good!
And suddenly…
…it smells green! Green? How does that fit in? I don't even know how to describe it, but something "green" appears in the scent and stays there for me. And I like that!
As the most telling statement, I take the sentence from a visitor at my workplace this morning: “It smells good in here!”
What two sprays in the early morning can do!
But why not give it a try, it can't be that big of a deal, right?! It's always the same anyway. And here on parfumo, only amber is listed among the fragrance notes of the perfume...
What a stroke of luck that this perfume sample was so kindly offered to me for testing.
Sometimes you just have to step out of your comfort zone and not think: “I already know all this!” No, the test was worth it!
Upon the first spray, I thought to myself: “Well, this isn't that great. I've come across other amber fragrances by now. So I didn't think about it anymore.
Then it turns a nice amber brown. Yes, I quite like that. And it gets even more amber brown. Beautiful amber. Yes, good!
And suddenly…
…it smells green! Green? How does that fit in? I don't even know how to describe it, but something "green" appears in the scent and stays there for me. And I like that!
As the most telling statement, I take the sentence from a visitor at my workplace this morning: “It smells good in here!”
What two sprays in the early morning can do!
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