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Two hours top, then ...
Sprayed on a test strip in the evening, smelled it: 11/10, at least. Immediately afterwards I tried it myself. Again 11/10. That evening, I never tired of praising Torino 21 as the last word in freshie wisdom. Mint and lemon. But not just that. In between, there are always little clouds of sweet, flowery herbs. Simply perfect for me, although I have to add that I like Almdudler, a herbal lemonade specialty which, as I know, is not everyone's cup of tea.
Two days later, I sprayed it on in the morning and went to the office, ready for a marathon of compliments - that was the plan. The compliments didn't materialize, but at least there were hints that the fragrance from the lecture had been "better", which I took to mean that Torino21 must be "good" in any case.
Midday came and went and I began to like Torino21 less. The intervals between the sweetish-floral herbal clouds became longer and longer and then, after a good 4 hours, there was just an indefinable permanent freshness that increasingly got on my nerves. The nasty permanent freshness actually lasted until the evening.
How should I rate a fragrance like this? A simple freshie that smells insanely good to my nose for two hours and which I have to either wash off or spray on after another two hours.
I only rate the price-performance ratio. What is on offer is available for the equivalent of EUR 380 per 100ml. The much cheaper LV-Freshies are almost all below 6, some just above. So this is a 2/10 for me.
Two days later, I sprayed it on in the morning and went to the office, ready for a marathon of compliments - that was the plan. The compliments didn't materialize, but at least there were hints that the fragrance from the lecture had been "better", which I took to mean that Torino21 must be "good" in any case.
Midday came and went and I began to like Torino21 less. The intervals between the sweetish-floral herbal clouds became longer and longer and then, after a good 4 hours, there was just an indefinable permanent freshness that increasingly got on my nerves. The nasty permanent freshness actually lasted until the evening.
How should I rate a fragrance like this? A simple freshie that smells insanely good to my nose for two hours and which I have to either wash off or spray on after another two hours.
I only rate the price-performance ratio. What is on offer is available for the equivalent of EUR 380 per 100ml. The much cheaper LV-Freshies are almost all below 6, some just above. So this is a 2/10 for me.
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Cardamom bomb
I was able to try Layton on various occasions over the course of several months during the cooler months of the year. I'm not usually that thorough when it comes to testing, but here I had problems understanding the baked apple-vanilla association that the rest of the perfume world apparently perceived easily and clearly. When I spray the fragrance on myself (and not on test strips), I still don't succeed.
The (fresh) apple may be there immediately after spraying, but is gone again on the skin after a few seconds. What is dominant right at the beginning and remains so until the end is green cardamom. A fragrance that I like in lower doses such as in Indian specialties or at Christmas time in gingerbread etc. Here I find it too dominant. Here I find it too dominant.
Vanilla comes to the fore in the drydown, while a new fragrance impression forms alongside the cardamom scent. I don't know whether it's just the marriage of cardamom and sandalwood or whether the patchouli has a part to play, but the result smells to me like a thick layer of powder, still with plenty of cardamom and something sweet and vanilla-like.
The fragrance has nothing citrusy or fruity on the skin for me, not even in the top note, not even for a short time. It is also not creamy in the drydown, but really dry. The guaiac only seems to contribute another slightly sweet component; any woody notes blend into this powdery impression, as with sandalwood.
On the skin, I am left with a more vanilla than sweet powdery scent with cardamom.
On the test strip, I can detect a very slight (pleasant) sour note for a short time (10-15 minutes), which may be of citrus-fruity origin, after which only the vanilla powder with cardamom remains on the test strip.
Not my cup of tea.
The (fresh) apple may be there immediately after spraying, but is gone again on the skin after a few seconds. What is dominant right at the beginning and remains so until the end is green cardamom. A fragrance that I like in lower doses such as in Indian specialties or at Christmas time in gingerbread etc. Here I find it too dominant. Here I find it too dominant.
Vanilla comes to the fore in the drydown, while a new fragrance impression forms alongside the cardamom scent. I don't know whether it's just the marriage of cardamom and sandalwood or whether the patchouli has a part to play, but the result smells to me like a thick layer of powder, still with plenty of cardamom and something sweet and vanilla-like.
The fragrance has nothing citrusy or fruity on the skin for me, not even in the top note, not even for a short time. It is also not creamy in the drydown, but really dry. The guaiac only seems to contribute another slightly sweet component; any woody notes blend into this powdery impression, as with sandalwood.
On the skin, I am left with a more vanilla than sweet powdery scent with cardamom.
On the test strip, I can detect a very slight (pleasant) sour note for a short time (10-15 minutes), which may be of citrus-fruity origin, after which only the vanilla powder with cardamom remains on the test strip.
Not my cup of tea.
