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Frag Force Two: The Office - unbeatable naming, unstoppable pricing
So there he is. Not bad, quite portable, will please many, will not bother anyone ... and yet quite far from what Jeremy's constant bombardment of superlatives and adulation hoped for.
The fragrance is a kind of mixture of already known fresh crowdpleasers, with pepped up performance, its only characteristic that really stands out from the crowd. At least in this category Jeremy really delivered what he promised, seldom got such a long lasting newbie under his nose (8+ hours), also the Sillage is quite appropriate for his destination location, the office.
Speaking of offices. From the very beginning of Jeremy's first album there was one thing that disturbed me a lot: The name. Both the label "Fragrance One" and the concrete product name "Office for men" are hard to beat in terms of boredom and sound like a newly introduced private label or product line for Rossmann & Co.
I already know that Jeremy follows a certain concept here: to create an ideal fragrance for every location (office, club...) (the one fragrance for...).
But to be honest, does your clientele really need you to print the location on the bottle and name the whole product after it? Who are Jeremy's customers? The Rossmann walk-in customers? No, these are people like us, who already have a little more experience and classification and we don't need to stamp such a cheap naming concept on a 160€ bottle (which is supposed to be raised to 450€ soon (is that still up to date?)). A perfume has something to do with "beauty and elegance", and this starts with the name. If the label "Fragrance One" already has no sound and elegance at all, then it should at least have the perfume itself, but in both name components it looks cheap and boring.
Speaking of cheap and boring. It's understandable that Jeremy couldn't get much out of the bottle and packaging. As a startup with a manageable clientele, you don't get much volume discount in production yet, you have to think carefully about which components to invest more or less in, and then you save money in favour of the oil concentration (for good performance) on the periphery.
Nevertheless, it should have been a cap already and the packaging is just lumpy brown cardboard. I haven't yet seen that there wasn't even any padding material in the shipping package and that the goods must have slid back and forth diligently during transport (was that the case with others, too, or was it just forgotten with me?). But Ok, such teething troubles can happen with a startup label.
Finally, it remains to be assessed whether Jeremy was actually able to keep his announcement to create the best office fragrance "ever made" "on this planet" (etc...). Uh, no, but I didn't expect it either. In the "Performance" category, it is certainly one of the best freshly polarized work companions ever made, on this planet. However, the scent character itself is a bit too ordinary and monosyllabic. For me, the (imo) perfectly coordinated Prada l'homme is the much better representative, even if I can save myself the trouble of refreshing "Office". I can also think of many other candidates that I like better for the office, are much greener and are presented prettier.
I would only recommend "Office" if the price were to fall significantly. At the moment he is (and this is my final conclusion) an "overpriced, outwardly and especially badly presented, completely good freshling with very good performance".
The fragrance is a kind of mixture of already known fresh crowdpleasers, with pepped up performance, its only characteristic that really stands out from the crowd. At least in this category Jeremy really delivered what he promised, seldom got such a long lasting newbie under his nose (8+ hours), also the Sillage is quite appropriate for his destination location, the office.
Speaking of offices. From the very beginning of Jeremy's first album there was one thing that disturbed me a lot: The name. Both the label "Fragrance One" and the concrete product name "Office for men" are hard to beat in terms of boredom and sound like a newly introduced private label or product line for Rossmann & Co.
I already know that Jeremy follows a certain concept here: to create an ideal fragrance for every location (office, club...) (the one fragrance for...).
But to be honest, does your clientele really need you to print the location on the bottle and name the whole product after it? Who are Jeremy's customers? The Rossmann walk-in customers? No, these are people like us, who already have a little more experience and classification and we don't need to stamp such a cheap naming concept on a 160€ bottle (which is supposed to be raised to 450€ soon (is that still up to date?)). A perfume has something to do with "beauty and elegance", and this starts with the name. If the label "Fragrance One" already has no sound and elegance at all, then it should at least have the perfume itself, but in both name components it looks cheap and boring.
Speaking of cheap and boring. It's understandable that Jeremy couldn't get much out of the bottle and packaging. As a startup with a manageable clientele, you don't get much volume discount in production yet, you have to think carefully about which components to invest more or less in, and then you save money in favour of the oil concentration (for good performance) on the periphery.
Nevertheless, it should have been a cap already and the packaging is just lumpy brown cardboard. I haven't yet seen that there wasn't even any padding material in the shipping package and that the goods must have slid back and forth diligently during transport (was that the case with others, too, or was it just forgotten with me?). But Ok, such teething troubles can happen with a startup label.
Finally, it remains to be assessed whether Jeremy was actually able to keep his announcement to create the best office fragrance "ever made" "on this planet" (etc...). Uh, no, but I didn't expect it either. In the "Performance" category, it is certainly one of the best freshly polarized work companions ever made, on this planet. However, the scent character itself is a bit too ordinary and monosyllabic. For me, the (imo) perfectly coordinated Prada l'homme is the much better representative, even if I can save myself the trouble of refreshing "Office". I can also think of many other candidates that I like better for the office, are much greener and are presented prettier.
I would only recommend "Office" if the price were to fall significantly. At the moment he is (and this is my final conclusion) an "overpriced, outwardly and especially badly presented, completely good freshling with very good performance".
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