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Now that there are rumours Mugler Cologne is discontinued I smelled Original Vetiver today for the very first time. The drydown both on paper and on skin smells to me no doubt soapy, but in fact like a cheap soap. It reminds me quite clearly of the smell of plain laundry blue bar soap, so quite rough actually, not really refined to my nose. Nowhere near as pleasant to my taste as Mugler Cologne. Can't understand how people draw the comparison with Mugler Cologne, which is to me miles better and more refined smelling. Also, no vetiver in sight here, the name of the fragrance makes no sense to me at all.

I smell the drydown of this fragrance as if it was quite a precise mix between Cartier Declaration, and Azzaro Chrome. If you like either one, you will like this one. Besides that I don't get much more from it. Pretty straightforward: Declaration made fresher by bringing in the scent profile of Azzaro Chrome. Not as fresh as Chrome, not as spicy as Declaration, but completely bringing together and resembling both.

I'm writing here about Barberia EDP. I own the 150ml Eau de Parfum version of Barberia (submitted a photo of it.) Not sure if it has the same scent profile of this "Agua de Colognia Concentrada" though, have not smelled that one. But I wonder if it's the exact same fragrance? Possibly the brand simply relabeled the bottle concentration and packaging from EdCC to EDP? Neither here nor in Fragrantica is there an entry for the EDP. Barberia EDP is no beast mode for sure, feels more like a light EDT, so pretty much exactly what an "EdC Concentree" would sort of correspond to. Even if they call it EDP, it can be safely oversprayed for sure, you will not overwhelm anyone or yourself.

Barberia EDP is a great fresh classic, citric, green, barbershoppy type of fragrance. When I first smelled Sedley, after a couple of days I realized what it reminded me of, and it was Barberia EDP, which is older (well, this EdCC is at least.) So I wonder if Sedley might actually have been inspired by Barberia (EDP/EdCC.)

Notes as listed on the box of the EDP: bergamot, lemon, orange, labdanum, rhubarb, coriander, cedar, sandalwood.