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ShaunBaker 3 years ago 5 9
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You wrap me up
First I must say that I never had the pleasure of smelling the original, but have found an alternative here of which some may know here. I have decided in addition to the Extrait de Parfum first for the edp.
The prelude is truly different from anything you know, and for this is logically the rarely used tomato leaf responsible. This tart fragrance impression, combined with the fruity sweetness and the mint is already something very special.
After the top note has settled and the sweetness increases, you feel almost like wrapped in a cozy blanket.
I now know many 90s fragrances and wonder to this day what went wrong that so many fragrances from that time were discontinued, especially since just what about Adam and the other usual suspects fit wonderfully into today's time. Above all, I notice that nowadays a synthetic note runs through fragrances, which is quite unpleasant to me. Whether it is now Diesel Bad intense, Joop homme Edp, Sauvage or the new Scandal pour homme, it is always the same scent impression of this penetrating synthetic sweet note
This did not exist in the past. I would argue that fragrances between the 80s to say 2015 were relatively independent and from the latter date to today are generic and very similar. Is it the ambroxan, or even some other fragrance that's easy to get cheap and serves as a long-lasting base? I don't know.

What I do know is that just what about Adam still works these days. The durability is very good, or I assume that it must also be good with the original, however, it is not a screamer, but rather a fragrance that moves in the "one meter radius". He can then but good! Certainly I run times still a sample of the original over the way and will adjust the review if necessary, and if not, I have found an equal dupe?
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ShaunBaker 3 years ago 9 2
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Hi I am Cinnamon
And so I am the main acteur in this performance, did I say acteur? No, that's my uncle, he's been deep in the ground for a long time unfortunately. My manufacturers were of the opinion that he had had his day and that he had only been sold tenaciously to the "hard core", but I have also heard that he still appeals to younger audiences, be that as it may, he is gone, I am here. My father Pour homme and some of my siblings: Elixir, Night Time, L'Eau and many of my cousins Wanted, Chrome, Visit are still available at affordable prices. But enough of my relatives.

I'm cute but still I'll throw cinnamon sticks at you, I'll dip a few of them in liqueur beforehand so it sticks nicely. Haha, found another apple, and bam, there you have it. I'm not ripping out the vetiver now, that's wafting in the background in the nose too, but look what I've got in my hands: Yes, a portion of tonka beans, you wouldn't have thought so, would you? By the way, I just walked through an amber-colored resin, can you smell that?

Well, it does not matter, the main thing you smell me, the cinnamon stick, everything else is not important.
I wonder if I have anything in common with my father? Of course, the name and the bottle. And do not get the idea to confuse me with my long-dead brother Pour homme Eau de Toilette intense, which was namely great, not that I'm not also great, but just contemporary, I could never hold a candle to him, however.
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ShaunBaker 3 years ago 9 3
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Ingenious and unique
There are so many scents that are so similar to each other that they can be confused. Ted Lapidus managed to create something independent here once again!
Black Soul Imperial is a fragrance that is exciting as soon as it is sprayed on and stays exciting, and not many people are able to do that. I can only agree with SenseDrive's headline, it is a stroke of genius from Lapidus. He already showed this with his "grey" Pour Homme, which I often apply as a spontaneous day scent, especially now in the colder season. So does BSI, this fragrance shows its full power especially in winter, especially since it would be inappropriate in summer.

The Start Powert alone is good for the nose, I can hardly make out coffee here, more like a kind of shoe polish as already described, or this mongoose bean sauce from the Chinese. Somehow Strange, but something completely different from everything you are used to. After this first impression has faded away a bit, the scent changes to powdery, which at first seems a bit gourmand, because you can assume something cinnamony, but it can also be saffron, which is combined with amber. Discreet tart notes in the background suggest leather and oud, but amber plays the main role here.
This makes the fragrance generally look quite powdery and gives the base a depth that lasts for a long time. Especially on textiles Black Soul Imperial is perceptible for a long time. Powdery-sweet and slightly tart, this is how the fragrance ends. The durability is ok, the Sillage is rather at arm?s length.
The imperial black soul is still available, which means for me: Bunkering, because (and now my standard saying) such a one won't come back!

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ShaunBaker 3 years ago 12 6
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Reservoir in the Alps
Everyone knows these crystal clear, ice-cold mountain lakes and what would you wish to jump into one in the middle of summer? Maybe in such a situation a heart attack is inevitable, so you better leave it and spray Aspen on your skin instead.

It does not cool down, but it radiates exactly this coldness or freshness of such a lake!
Aspen is best applied when you are feeling a day low, works better than Red Bull, I promise!

The citric notes at the beginning, together with the mint give an ultimate kick that even Cool Water can't match. The lavender stays discreetly in the background, vetiver was also used subtly, only the amber and the oakmoss come here quickly and precisely to bear.

Next to Preferred Stock one of my absolute favorites from Coty. At that time, Coty was actually still up to the task and was more than a distribution company that distributed diluted fragrances to the naive people... The shelf life is not to be scoffed at for a cologne and the Sillage also hits the mark in the first half hour. For the price a best Bang for Buck!

My personal tip: Test it, and if you like it, save supplies! He won't come back.
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ShaunBaker 4 years ago 9 1
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Actually..
There it is again, this unword: "actually".
Actually, I don't like these new one-size-fits-all fragrances like Le Parfum. Armani code Profumo, Diesel Bad intense, Baccarat Rouge, 1million Parfum to name but a few and actually I'm more into older fragrances anyway because of their quality and more imaginativeness.

However, I have to admit that LM Parfum now has something that won't let me go and I think it's a cross between cardamom and vanilla alone, I've had to find that out more often now. My statement says it already, in the base slight borrowings from Nikos for men, which also contains cardamom and vanilla
Even though Le Parfum is based on fragrances of the past three years, he still manages that I get carried away to buy a bottle, and that means something!

Currently I have a bottling of the fragrance and there is still some time until winter, let's see if he gets the final honor!
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