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The irrepressible beauty of nature
I am totally surprised that there are hardly any reviews here. I can't explain it, because:
There is something very special about this fragrance that is hard to put into words. It has a life of its own, it conjures up images in my head, memories that are not mine at all. It touches a very old part of my soul. There are fewer fragrance notes and intensities to describe here, but more the emotion that this fragrance creates. It has such a divine way of melting away. In my opinion, impetuous in a fascinating, wonderful way, like nature itself.
Neroli is a note that I've come to love because it's simply burningly interesting and awakens something specific in you. This distinctive bitterness of the leaf in an endless battle with the brilliant density of the yellow-white blossom creates a dissonance that is not classically beautiful, but vibrates and magically awakens the senses and arouses curiosity. Bee honey has been added, which wraps itself perfectly around the other notes like a satin dress. Animalic, human, fleshy, real, difficult to describe but it gives you the feeling of fertility. Full-bodied, light yellow/transparent, soft and warm, slightly waxy and wafting. The flowers float in this honey, but are not sticky or syrupy sweet, but have retained their certain sensual, radiant something, but softer and never as direct or sweet as the Forte version. This one is not spicy. But it is spiced by the animalistic, subtly(!) dirty, and yes I say it; aphrodisiacal touches of honey.
DeliciousST, interesting and intoxicating. Not "ethereal" or elfin, but basal, primeval. A tremendous untamed beauty of nature. You can smell the outstanding quality immediately.
There is something very special about this fragrance that is hard to put into words. It has a life of its own, it conjures up images in my head, memories that are not mine at all. It touches a very old part of my soul. There are fewer fragrance notes and intensities to describe here, but more the emotion that this fragrance creates. It has such a divine way of melting away. In my opinion, impetuous in a fascinating, wonderful way, like nature itself.
Neroli is a note that I've come to love because it's simply burningly interesting and awakens something specific in you. This distinctive bitterness of the leaf in an endless battle with the brilliant density of the yellow-white blossom creates a dissonance that is not classically beautiful, but vibrates and magically awakens the senses and arouses curiosity. Bee honey has been added, which wraps itself perfectly around the other notes like a satin dress. Animalic, human, fleshy, real, difficult to describe but it gives you the feeling of fertility. Full-bodied, light yellow/transparent, soft and warm, slightly waxy and wafting. The flowers float in this honey, but are not sticky or syrupy sweet, but have retained their certain sensual, radiant something, but softer and never as direct or sweet as the Forte version. This one is not spicy. But it is spiced by the animalistic, subtly(!) dirty, and yes I say it; aphrodisiacal touches of honey.
DeliciousST, interesting and intoxicating. Not "ethereal" or elfin, but basal, primeval. A tremendous untamed beauty of nature. You can smell the outstanding quality immediately.
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With both thumbs deep in the juiciest tangerine
Do you know the feeling when you open a super juicy, perfect mandarin with your fingers? When the fresh juice flows over your hands and the bitter-sweet peel leaves orange-yellow traces under your thumbnails? When you can't stop sniffing the peel residue and the whole room air is saturated with the most wonderful sour bitter sweet mixture of the fruit's wonderful essential oils.
Yes, that's exactly what Mandarine Basilic Harvest smells like. The top note, immediately after spraying is the most realistic fresh mandarin I have ever smelled in a fragrance. I actually took a good look at all 3 of this line and have to say; this one is the most rounded in my opinion and for me the most beautiful. Here is a little comparison so that you can perhaps make a better decision:
If you find the MB Original a little too tart/basil-heavy and soapy, I would recommend the Harvest. With the OG, I sometimes had the feeling that I was breathing in bubble bath. In contrast to the OG, the citrus note in Harvest lingers right to the end. So the mandarin and the green notes fade away evenly together. In the OG, I found the green notes to be in the foreground quite soon.
The Harvest generally smells more photorealistic. Simply incredibly real and I have been longing for such a fragrance for a long time, as the essential oil of mandarin simply has such a mood-lifting effect and simply makes your mouth water.
The Forte is also very nice. But it goes more in the direction of an overripe or candied mandarin with much more syrupy depth. It's nicer if you don't smell it directly with your nose on your arm, as it's quite strong and sweet. In the drydown, you can barely smell a mandarin anymore. It's really sexy and beautiful, but very different in scent color from its 2 brothers. The 2 others offer the more realistic mandarin.
They are both fresh, yet the Harvest is a little warmer, more concentrated, closer to the skin, sweeter/bitter, smelling more like the wonderfully tangy peel, somehow more radiant and sunny than the original, which I find very cooling and more bounces off the skin and floats around your head. The OG has a more complex progression as it moves from tangerine juice to an extremely soapy, refreshing, but for me not quite right basil tea.
I clearly prefer Harvest with its simpler scent, as it captures the most beautiful tangerine in its original and unadulterated form, with lighter green and tea-like accents that never steal the show from the fruit.
Yes, that's exactly what Mandarine Basilic Harvest smells like. The top note, immediately after spraying is the most realistic fresh mandarin I have ever smelled in a fragrance. I actually took a good look at all 3 of this line and have to say; this one is the most rounded in my opinion and for me the most beautiful. Here is a little comparison so that you can perhaps make a better decision:
If you find the MB Original a little too tart/basil-heavy and soapy, I would recommend the Harvest. With the OG, I sometimes had the feeling that I was breathing in bubble bath. In contrast to the OG, the citrus note in Harvest lingers right to the end. So the mandarin and the green notes fade away evenly together. In the OG, I found the green notes to be in the foreground quite soon.
The Harvest generally smells more photorealistic. Simply incredibly real and I have been longing for such a fragrance for a long time, as the essential oil of mandarin simply has such a mood-lifting effect and simply makes your mouth water.
The Forte is also very nice. But it goes more in the direction of an overripe or candied mandarin with much more syrupy depth. It's nicer if you don't smell it directly with your nose on your arm, as it's quite strong and sweet. In the drydown, you can barely smell a mandarin anymore. It's really sexy and beautiful, but very different in scent color from its 2 brothers. The 2 others offer the more realistic mandarin.
They are both fresh, yet the Harvest is a little warmer, more concentrated, closer to the skin, sweeter/bitter, smelling more like the wonderfully tangy peel, somehow more radiant and sunny than the original, which I find very cooling and more bounces off the skin and floats around your head. The OG has a more complex progression as it moves from tangerine juice to an extremely soapy, refreshing, but for me not quite right basil tea.
I clearly prefer Harvest with its simpler scent, as it captures the most beautiful tangerine in its original and unadulterated form, with lighter green and tea-like accents that never steal the show from the fruit.
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Love, don't waste your money
I bought the fragrance spontaneously 2 days ago and totally regret it. To be honest, I'm already in the process of finding a buyer again.
Soo...The scent itself is great, for the first 10 minutes. Unique, like crushed orange blossoms with powdered sugar on it in the sun wow. However, dry, powdery somehow elegant without that warm, resinous/sticky sweetness. EVERYWHERE::: With the fading of the floral/neroli notes, it unfortunately loses its individuality and could suddenly be the drydown of some other gourmand. Sweet/warm skin, quite tasty butrrrrr:
Totaaaal boring
The scent is so weak and close to the skin (right from the start!) that no one can detect it on me. I can't smell it after about 4 hours either. I don't understand how everyone thinks it's so strong and that you should spray carefully (reformulation?) I feel totally disappointed, "dumbfounded" you could say, since it's a cult favorite, I thought it had more to offer. I also lost almost 200 euros and am really biting myself in the ass about it.
Controversial opinion, but I personally now think this fragrance lives solely from the Rihanna hype and I probably fell for it too.
Great idea with poor execution. Question for the community; did it used to be better/stronger?
Have a great week :)
Soo...The scent itself is great, for the first 10 minutes. Unique, like crushed orange blossoms with powdered sugar on it in the sun wow. However, dry, powdery somehow elegant without that warm, resinous/sticky sweetness. EVERYWHERE::: With the fading of the floral/neroli notes, it unfortunately loses its individuality and could suddenly be the drydown of some other gourmand. Sweet/warm skin, quite tasty butrrrrr:
Totaaaal boring
The scent is so weak and close to the skin (right from the start!) that no one can detect it on me. I can't smell it after about 4 hours either. I don't understand how everyone thinks it's so strong and that you should spray carefully (reformulation?) I feel totally disappointed, "dumbfounded" you could say, since it's a cult favorite, I thought it had more to offer. I also lost almost 200 euros and am really biting myself in the ass about it.
Controversial opinion, but I personally now think this fragrance lives solely from the Rihanna hype and I probably fell for it too.
Great idea with poor execution. Question for the community; did it used to be better/stronger?
Have a great week :)
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