MickeyRourke

In my search for another fresh fragrance I have taken up the one or other recommendation and ordered me samples, among these also Gentle Fluidity Silver. That some Rezensoren have only done something difficult with the fragrance, but then changed their opinion into the positive, made me curious

Who has ever thought about what ingredients are used for gin, will find here immediately when spraying. In the opening gin pure, alcoholic impressions, juniper berry, citrus peel, coriander seeds. In fact, I had a good gin in the fridge not long ago, and Kurkdjian's intention here seems clear - a fine gin in a bottle, or is it? Quite quickly it softens a little, a certain cleanliness, presumably the musk, comes in. The initial freshness continues to mix with slightly earthy, green, woody and sweet notes. I mean, I could also perceive tobacco or leather, but all very much in moderation.

I let the fragrance work, take care of other things in between, go to the balcony, enjoy the sun, drink a coffee. Somehow I have the feeling, it repeats itself - and not by spraying again, but each time I perceive the fragrance on me again. Juniper remains present throughout the course. Then, when that fresh gin note is sent ahead, the clean and slightly distinctive notes follow it again and again until it gradually becomes more subtle and dry. So far all good, I let it continue to work.

The association with a great shower gel, as I could read it in advance here and there, I had in the meantime, but I think I would not have had it if I had not already read the reviews before buying. After all, that's what my bottling was all about - finding out if it's really just a horrendously expensive shower gel now.
In the end, I'd say no, but still, I'm glad I only ordered a sample to begin with. Gentle Fluidity Silver certainly has a bit more going for it than a shower gel. The way the fragrance holds up and reels off the same routine over and over again I find quite interesting. Still, so far I'm missing the aha or more so that wow effect. In most cases, I buy a fragrance only when I can hardly keep my nose off my hand and have to sniff it again and again, and not when I find it interesting.

With GFS I had after a long time even the impression that it stings at some point synthetic in the nose and the fear that I get a headache if I sniff more. So I remain skeptical for now. But who knows, maybe I'll have to revise all this again at some point.

How can one describe this fragrance with the help of stories or associations, that's what I always ask myself before I start with my reviews. Well, I find it fresh, but not necessarily sporty, also not necessarily a classic summer scent. I don't consider it an all-rounder either, so not necessarily the inconspicuous office scent. I associate it most with the well-dressed or suit-wearing, conservative, upper-aged man on his way to a rendezvous or event on a balmy Saturday evening. I know, that is now no outstanding association or description, but that's all I can think of the fragrance unfortunately.

Due to its good durability and sillage TdH should be noticed by anyone or everyone. However, I personally do not want to surround myself with the fragrance, it just does not suit me.

It starts off fresh, peppery, a little tart grapefruit with orange and then comes this peculiar scent, is that that rose geranium leaf? After that it becomes slightly sweet, earthy, woody and foresty with still a bit of a smoky note.

It's not bad, but it's also hard to describe why I don't like it. Close your eyes, sniff the back of your hand, imagine your own reflection in the mirror and.... no, that's not me. I don't know if it's the rose geranium leaf, more likely the combination of everything

Chanel pour Monsieur EdT is indeed a primeval. When I smelled the fragrance for the first time, so many associations went through my head at once, it was pure nostalgia. This included, for example, the memory of an old barber shop and the scents that men wore in times long past. I remembered my father, even though I'm sure he never wore Chanel, coming out of the bathroom freshly showered and shaved on Saturday night just before all the family, uncles, aunts, etc. arrived at our house and then applying his standard after shave. So about and like all the other men in the seventies, so Chanel Pour Monsieur still smells in my memory.

It starts with a decent freshness kick, especially lemon and verbena. While neroli and orange capture the freshness makes itself at the same time already the spice of coriander and basil noticeable. In the transition follows the slightly woody sweetness of cardamom until the green, woody and woody notes of oakmoss, vetiver and cedar come through. The ginger keeps the slightly tart freshness out back. Durability and sillage play rather in the midfield.

Pour Monsieur is for me the epitome of masculine freshness from times long past. Is he therefore stale? This assumption is indeed close, but the very fact that he has survived the time and is still bought is contrary to this. If you can identify with my description or impressions, you might like CPM. That said, the fragrance is likely to be better received by and better suited to men of a more upscale age. My father would like it. I mean jeztzt not negative, I myself am no longer the youngest.

I had similar associations with Cartier Declaration at first. But Declaration meets my "taste" of timeless, masculine freshness simply better. Therefore, this is probably nothing with me and the Monsieur.

I make no secret of the fact that even Narciso's women's fragrances fascinate me, first and foremost Narciso For Her Musc Collection. It is hard to describe the memories that are attached to it. I could only hint at it in my review of it. It's a tragedy that this fragrance is no longer available. What I would give to be able to give it to a friend again.
Since the Musc Collection has been off the market for women and also men, there are women and also men who have not lost their hope, who believe that Narciso will one day return to what contributed so enormously to his greatness. But maybe we're doing him an injustice, maybe it's been our own fault for five years now for not recognizing what else he's accomplished since 2009 - not just maybe, but definitely. And it's the same with, as I recently discovered to my shame, Eau de Parfum Poudreé.

The fragrance is a revelation, it grabbed me after a recent test like no other women's fragrance since Musc Collection. True, there was most recently Pure Musc, which has that earlier DNA noticeably inherent in it, and it was bought and is still worn today, though not by me. But it was also a constant painful reminder to me that the Musc Collection no longer existed, that Narciso seemed to have lost interest in what once defined him. Yet I was inattentive, blind, perhaps even stupid. After all, it had practically been sitting there like a perfectly wrapped present since 2016. How could I accuse Narciso of losing interest and his craft when I wasn't even capable of noticing a big Santa boot on the doorstep myself. That, and nothing else is Eau de Parum Poudreé, a gift that was a long time coming.

The first sniff at the atomizer and opening immediately after spraying disappoints me at first. It smells like this classic floral-sweet fragrance, which I have perceived quite often in the nineties, on my mother, on other mothers, no idea on whom else, every floral-sweet fragrance had to smell at that time apparently so. But from one moment to the next, this gift unpacks itself as if I should first be steered in the wrong direction, endure a feeling of disappointment for a short moment, only to experience this feeling.

It's like a cocktail of a syrup pressed from florally sweet rose and jasmine, which is soon mixed with the best vanilla shake and creamiest powder in the world, as well as the delicately woody and earthy-scented notes of vetiver and cedar resin. In between, I could have even sworn I smelled iris. Close at hand (the nose almost touches the hand), that aforementioned nineties sweetness comes through. But who cares, you don't go through the world with your hand under your nose after all. If I move my hand with about 10cm distance under my nose, any doubts disappear, everything fits together natlos.

A woman who wears this fragrance I would always throw a look. And is it then also still completely my type, my gaze would also no longer turn away so quickly from her.

Durability and sillage are immense. One perceives the fragrance even after twenty-four hours still on the hand. Accordingly, even a single spray is enough. But who likes this fragrance, that should be almost no matter and will certainly spray a second time.

Not for everyone, but for me Narciso Eau De Poudreé is the ingebriff of the powdery-sweet fragrance!

I had bought Guerlain L'Homme Ideal Cologne after a tip blind, the reviews here were also quite good. In my search for a provider I came across a curious offer. 191.00 EUR for 100ml at Kaufland...what the f...an April Fool's joke perhaps? I found it then, also by a tip for 30EUR, that could be pared with a blind mispurchase.

Now to the fragrance: in the opening of L'Homme Ideal Cologne, bergamot and grapefruit grin at each other and ally to a somewhat acidic and bitter duo, while the orange, on its own tries to tame these two. However, the feat is too great. Instead, it teams up with neroli and almond, resulting in a fruity floral and vanilla-sweet pairing. Vetiver awakens in the base and beckons to the grapefruit, hey, aren't we supposed to ally, but the grapefreuit rolls its eyes and wonders what the nonsense is all about. White Musk, standing in the corner until just now, ends up stumbling around clumsily.
None of this really sounds like teamwork. Instead, you get the feeling that everyone is fighting each other in little groups and don't know what they actually want. The opening is fresh, but also a bit bitter, bergamot and grapefruit are not such a nice team here. Together with the vetiver, they also make themselves negatively noticeable to me every now and then. For a refreshing cologne, everything is also too sweet.

It is what it is, my first bad purchase in a long time. Even if now and then a nice breeze passes me, it is not enough for the usual enthusiasm of late. After a long sniff, I would like to add, the fragrance even reminded me more of a women's fragrance a la "Guerlain Ideal Cologne pour Femme", but lacked any male association. What do I do with the bottle now? Maybe I'll give it to a lady.

But would I like to give a lady of all things the bottle, which reminds me in my own association of a vanilla, green orange-ginger-grapefruit kitchen soap?!