Liz13

… of everything for me. It’s a bit like Maya and Willi secretly smoked in front of the beehive, and now the honey unfortunately doesn’t smell as good anymore. I’m not a big fan of tobacco scents anyway, but the combination with honey and the other fragrance notes, especially the clove that pricks the nose, feels unbalanced to me, more like a scent chaos that can cause nausea and headaches. If anything, the fragrance leans heavily towards the masculine side, rather than being unisex.

Faintly reminiscent of nail polish remover. Or also of a freshly cleaned hospital corridor. Unfortunately not aquatic-fresh; rather, the scent is really piercing and unpleasantly artificial on my skin - and it remains so in the drydown. Additionally, even fans of the fragrance have to deal with an extremely short longevity - for me, it was over after 2 hours.

… of Bianco Latte & Co. And unfortunately, it is mainly too similar to Bianco Latte. This is not so good in two respects, as hazelnut and almond, which would be nice as a change, are hardly noticeable. However, the medicinal note, which particularly bothers me at the beginning with Bianco Latte, is more pronounced here; I associate it with children's medicine in syrup form. The scent is overall quite okay, and it develops rather positively on the skin as it dries down. But was there really a need for it as a novelty? Probably not.

Upon the first spray, I was both captivated and irritated. It felt increasingly familiar to me, aside from a slightly pungent scent at the beginning. And yes, this fragrance really does resemble - in the end - the much cheaper Crystal Noir by Versace, one of my favorites. As I said, the one by Valjues is well made too, but anyone who owns Crystal Noir doesn't really need this one.

The opening is such that it piques curiosity for more on paper, but on the skin, it unfortunately gives me the dental office associations that some here report. And quite intensely. Probably the cinnamon is to blame. One soon suspects that it will get better and much more beautiful, but unfortunately, this process drags on my skin for hours. Something pleasantly smoky comes into play (but not incense; this scent has nothing to do with Babycat) and after a long, long time, you finally get a very fine unsweetened vanilla with musk - really good. But the little fragrance martyrdom ;-) beforehand simply takes up too much of my time. What a shame.