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Oh yes, the dog and the meadows! I have probably seen this advertisement the most of all fragrance advertisements of my childhood. Anyway, she's the one I remember best. At some point, I firmly believed, I would also be such a pithy guy with a jeep, who walks through the woods with his dog. It came differently. I don't come to the forest very often, somehow I didn't become so pithy (which makes me really happy) and the faithful dog is represented by a complicated tomcat. What has remained is SIR Irish Moss, which is one of my favourite aftershaves. It doesn't reach the sovereign old school style of Tabac Original, but in terms of herbal freshness it beats the other vintage shaving waters by far.

Unlike other After Shaves, the top note comes across well here - green, cool, super refreshing. Also in terms of durability, it weighs noticeably more than the zero-eight-fifteen shaving water. I think Mäurer & Wirtz inherited 4711 from Mäurer & Wirtz, and the Mülhens DNA seems to have a positive effect on Sillage and shelf life. Always happy! Also without Wald, Waldi & all-wheel drive.

...but not his last. After I had sprayed a "Cash" shot on the Rossmann test strip for the first time, I put the bottle back on the shelf faster than you can say "Plopp". My big sister once got a distilling flask as a present and distilled schnapps from potatoes, it smelled something like this. And so the subject of cash was eaten for me for a long time.

Over time, I got to know La Rive fragrances a little better and realized that if you wanted to go to the land of milk and honey, you had to eat through the semolina porridge - and if you wanted to get to know La Rive, you had to breathe through a cloud of liquor. It's not just Cash. The test strip should dry for a minute or two before holding your nose to it. Or if you spray on the skin: Give the alcohol time to evaporate. So I gave Cash a second chance and was surprised. That was really tasty after a few minutes! And I got better and better on the way home! At the next Rossmann visit he was mine, and just for good measure I took the After Shave with me.

Sweet scents aren't really mine at all. Neither does Rose. That's why I was a little surprised myself. But Cash develops such warmth and friendliness that I just feel completely comfortable with it. Sometimes, before falling asleep, I give myself a splash or two and enjoy the cosy feeling of security that the fragrance gives me. There's marzipan and nuts and chocolate in there for me. Whether it's "One Million" or not, I don't really care. Cash just makes you feel good. At least to me. But like it is, scents polarize, too. I can imagine you can't stand him either. For me the small treat is a favorable enrichment of my fragrance palette.

Hattric is the aftershave I give myself when I don't want to smell of anything special. Normal, clean, not that there's a misunderstanding, I really like the stuff, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten this giant brick of 200 milliliters into the house. The amount of bottles somehow signals: Here comes something through and through everyday life, which you don't just put on for gala appearances and crown anniversaries. It's when you're not doing anything special. Or go to the office. Or just shopping. As far as I'm concerned, Hattric's first assault isn't necessarily an olfactory winning goal, but more of a bar blast. Moss and lemon together always reminds me somehow of the sports dressing room, brrr. Terrible. Beat my wife away. But if the polecat is a bit smoked after a few minutes, the water gradually reveals its true soul (or its true soul?): spicy pepper and thyme, warm cedar and a barely perceptible hint of patchouli. I still think I smell juniper there, too. This remains pleasantly perceptible at close range for one or two hours before it discreetly creeps out of place. Not bad at all. And that's why I'm gonna get a new brick when the old one's empty. Otherwise I would just feel like I have a gap in the line-up.