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Rofa was the well-known abbreviation for Rockfabrik, a cult disco in Ludwigsburg that unfortunately closed its doors for good in 2020.

Of course, it didn't smell like Bianco Latte in the Rofa...like sweat yes, like vomit (mostly in the early hours of the morning) yes, like beer and Jacky Cola yes...but not like Bianco Latte...except...yes except in the toilets. There was a device on the walls that went pfffffffffft every ten minutes and a fragrance spray spread through the room that reminded me very much of this scent. In general, fragrances that contain tonka or coumarin remind me of this Rofa room fragrance and no...I absolutely cannot understand the hype surrounding this fragrance. I imagined Bianco Latte to be something completely different...I wanted a fragrance that smelled like hot milk with honey...what you get here is something synthetically pungent. The honey in it would still be nice if the coumarin didn't suffocate it. The musk is absolutely unrounded...nope...I don't like it...good thing I only have one bottle of it.
I find it an insult to compare this fragrance with Gioiosa by Profumum Roma...these fragrances have nothing but nothing in common...both go in the gourmand direction, but that's it...Gioiosa is a masterpiece, this one unfortunately is not...

You probably know this too...you go on vacation and you associate certain memories with it...sometimes nice, sometimes not so nice...it can be food, it can be the hotel, the people you meet and...scents of course.

Over Whitsun we went to Budapest this time...beautiful city...honestly, you have to see it. During a short breather I discovered a magical little perfumery with Profumum Roma fragrances and I said to myself "hey...you've always wanted to try Ichnusa" so I went in...my boyfriend waved me off...he loves fragrances but doesn't really have the muse to look for them, so I went in alone while he sat outside.

Oh yes...me in my element...these are the moments when I wish I was an Indian deity with lots and lots of arms. Ichnusa disappointed me somehow, I have to admit, even though it has fig in it, but nope...this fig scent was not for me...

I don't know how long I was in there...probably twenty minutes, as I didn't want to be rude I went out to see my friend. The plan was also to let the fragrances I had sprayed on myself take effect and then go back into the store. So I sat down next to him and he was like "boah...it smells good"...I was like "uh...which one, I have six different ones on me"...a quick sniff and he was like "this one"...and was literally glued to my left forearm. He ran straight into the perfumery, I followed and asked which one it was, I pointed to Tagete and he said "bought it!" So my boyfriend is anything but an impulse buyer...and yet he left the store with three new fragrances...hihihi...

Tagete opens with a concentrated load of blossom that makes you dizzy and you think...boah no, but you have to let it work and give it time...after ten minutes the jasmine comes through on my skin with the oakmoss, floral green spicy and stays like this for about six to seven hours and at the end a fine but subtle sweetness is added.

For me, this is a fragrance that you can wear every day at any time of year...morning, noon, evening...I wouldn't over-spray it...three sprays at most and it easily lasts until the end of the day...

...is actually over two years ago...and I actually have neither the time nor the muse to sit down and write about it...but this one deserves a review from me. Most of you don't like fig scents, I can't relate but well...live and let live *laughs*...I on the other hand LOVE fig scents and I've sniffed my way through a few the last few years, but this one is the best of them all...why? Because it has the most authentic fig I've ever smelled in a perfume.

Already when spraying on you can smell the fig...green, fresh, light-footed tangy (probably by the currant)...but that does not stay so...after a few minutes join cocoa and honey and a mü cinnamon...cocoa and cinnamon I know...cinnamon with honey I also already know...but cocoa, honey and cinnamon is a daring combination yet incredibly successful in this case. At this point, the fragrance also reminds me a bit of Sorriso by Profumum Roma. While the Sorriso but crushes you in his chocolate embrace and is a 1A canditate for headaches, Methexis manages the trick to leave the fig "green", but still sweet and powdery to emphasize. After a while I also smell the cedar out, which was very well integrated, but just so much a spiciness lets through, that this fragrance actually remains unisex...would he be more strongly dosed, I would want to smell him rather on a man.

In the course, so in the drydown I perceive the musk, benzoin and amber and always in the background the fig, which pulls a tail of tart cocoa with it...

The fragrance has no monster sillage but also does not belong to the wallflowers...so just right for my taste...Durability loose eight hours, then body close. Towards the end I smell on my skin only the vanilla and amber with a weng honey...

Seasonally I see the now in autumn and winter...hm...I'll dare to try it on a really cold day with Sorriso to layer, if I survive the combination, I'll tell you about it *g*

Manos Gerakinis has awakened in me the desire to test more fragrances from him...I'll keep an eye on...

Oh yes...here's a little fun fact of mine...I love the smell of figs, but I don't like to eat them....*laugh*

...that was a series about four old ladies who had formed a flat share and lived together. I loved that show...one of the ladies was named Blanche, like this fragrance. I don't know why, but when this fragrance reached me as an addition I thought it would smell like Blanche...sassy, sexy, upbeat, ladylike.
What I got was fresh laundry on the line...Yankie Candle type cotton...oh don't get me wrong, the scent smells great. Amazing that so many scents blend into one scent...but still a shame somehow. Even sadder is the durability...after one hour it's over...and that for an EdP and for the price?! No no no...da bleeds my Swabian heart....

...give Chloé scents a wide berth. A wide berth. I don't like them. I don't like them. Period. It's like Chanel. I don't like them. Period.
Aaabut...my last fragrance post included a bottling of this scent. It was hot that day, the day was stressful I was slightly irritable (but only slightly) and I had a few things to do on the PC.
Unfocused and listless (and irritable) as I was, my eyes fell on the tester... "oh what the heck" I thought to myself and sprayed it on my forearm. Ooooyyy...that mandarineeee...instantly my spirits woke up. So beautifully fruity, but light as a white curtain in the wind paired with a delicate rose with morning dew still visible on the blossom...lovely. In the later course joins still a cozy amber to it, that's it.
This fragrance is not exciting, it also has no spectacular scent progression, but it is great made. He invigorates, refreshes, lifts the mood (is probably because of the mandarin) and is a summer fragrance for daytime. He is not a room filler and also does not last long (at least not with me)...unfortunately...but he conjures up a smile on your face...