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Autumn soul warmer with chypre finish.
After Rituals in the years 2013-2018 partly several fragrances, both for women and men, partly also explicitly unisex has brought out - they have held back this year very much. Since the Roi D'Orient is one of my absolute fall & winter favorites - I was very excited about the new creation from the feel-good house.
To test I got me without him in the store to try out a 15 ml travel bottle.
At home then 1 spray each left & right to the neck & the same for the wrists.
Prelude:
Subtle very fine spice that reminds me of the skin of almonds - I know from Christmas baking for "Mandelinchen" (marzipan almond pastries) - it can be easily pulled off by gently heating the unpeeled almonds in plenty of water & then cooling. However, it is a very measured almost soft spiciness that does not overwhelm but seems very pleasant & rounded. After a good 5-6 min then joins a little cardamom but decidedly subtle, almost floating.
Course:
The fine spiciness of the prelude remains together with the cardamom hints, although the latter now moves into the background - but for me it remains perceptible until shortly before the finish.
Oakmoss adds a greenish earthy note & to be honest I doubt that in the pyramid all the substances used here are enumerated - because it does not remain with oakmoss, in my nose comes in the heart note still cashmeran & also unharziger amber - the cashmeran is wonderfully rounded & very fluffy. The ambery somehow reminds me of melting rock candy sugar...
Finish:
Chypre accord - well that can be somehow quite a lot... since there are countless substances with which you can create a "real" Chypre fragrance - here wirds towards the end again greener, a little like cooled ginger lemon tea, classic herb freshness woodiness. But the really only after just under 5 h comes through but then remains for 2h before Serendipity then becomes fully skin.
Conclusion:
So far, the 2nd Best fragrance of Rituals (1. Roi D'Orient 2. Serendipity 3. Oudh) - Projected especially in the first 2-3 h very neat (on 1.5 m well to be heard) & remains even then to the 6th hour after spraying always dignified perceptible. And that with only 4 sprays. On clothes he holds loosely several days...
All in all, a very successful composition whose purpose is clearly in the current season & which has a calming & balancing effect on me - bottle is kept functional / simple & for the total offered you can call the price only very cheap - smells more like a 150 € + X - fragrance and not after 42.50 € for 60 ml.
Chapeau! Very successful. Currently in fog, drizzle & autumn wind a favorite of mine!
To test I got me without him in the store to try out a 15 ml travel bottle.
At home then 1 spray each left & right to the neck & the same for the wrists.
Prelude:
Subtle very fine spice that reminds me of the skin of almonds - I know from Christmas baking for "Mandelinchen" (marzipan almond pastries) - it can be easily pulled off by gently heating the unpeeled almonds in plenty of water & then cooling. However, it is a very measured almost soft spiciness that does not overwhelm but seems very pleasant & rounded. After a good 5-6 min then joins a little cardamom but decidedly subtle, almost floating.
Course:
The fine spiciness of the prelude remains together with the cardamom hints, although the latter now moves into the background - but for me it remains perceptible until shortly before the finish.
Oakmoss adds a greenish earthy note & to be honest I doubt that in the pyramid all the substances used here are enumerated - because it does not remain with oakmoss, in my nose comes in the heart note still cashmeran & also unharziger amber - the cashmeran is wonderfully rounded & very fluffy. The ambery somehow reminds me of melting rock candy sugar...
Finish:
Chypre accord - well that can be somehow quite a lot... since there are countless substances with which you can create a "real" Chypre fragrance - here wirds towards the end again greener, a little like cooled ginger lemon tea, classic herb freshness woodiness. But the really only after just under 5 h comes through but then remains for 2h before Serendipity then becomes fully skin.
Conclusion:
So far, the 2nd Best fragrance of Rituals (1. Roi D'Orient 2. Serendipity 3. Oudh) - Projected especially in the first 2-3 h very neat (on 1.5 m well to be heard) & remains even then to the 6th hour after spraying always dignified perceptible. And that with only 4 sprays. On clothes he holds loosely several days...
All in all, a very successful composition whose purpose is clearly in the current season & which has a calming & balancing effect on me - bottle is kept functional / simple & for the total offered you can call the price only very cheap - smells more like a 150 € + X - fragrance and not after 42.50 € for 60 ml.
Chapeau! Very successful. Currently in fog, drizzle & autumn wind a favorite of mine!
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A: Slainté! Cranberry-Juice. B: It's a natural diuretic - my girlfriend drinks it when she has her period. Do you have your period... ?
Many may wonder how I come to the headline - it is a quote from one of my absolute favorite movies (The Departed) and definitely one of the best scenes in the whole film - but what does that have to do with this fragrance now?
Well - I opened the bottle & sprayed the first two sprays on the neck & the immediately following association was: freshly squeezed cranberry juice!
And in my head immediately played said scene...
Prelude:
Freshly squeezed sour-tart cranberry juice - in the first minute very refreshing - then becoming increasingly tart, gradually ambrierend and after a good 5 min comes a (still) discreet smokiness to it - vanilla I do not perceive now yet.
Course:
Cranberry now turns into a berry mixture (as if you throw a bag of frozen berry mix in the smoothie maker & mix once fully) - tangy! Different berries can be smelled out - with me especially now sweeter becoming cranberries (vanilla now sits down to ...) Forest strawberries and black currants, the latter give the sweetness an intense sour contrast. Vanilla now spreads further & further & also the oud becomes smokier & smokier - I would be interested at this point what kind of oud was used.... (Laotian? No, to this the medicinal is missing...)
Finish:
As described in the course remains the fragrance on my skin (4 sprays total) for 9-10 h on a good arm's length well perceptible - sandalwood I smell only for a good 3h - so comes only towards the end and gives the fragrance again a pleasant elegance - the last 3-4 h I find him also most masculine, because the sandalwood adds a certain dark spice which reminds me most likely to "Zware Shag" - so dark tobacco (eg.B. from Kentucky) reminds - before quite also from female specimens of our guild to carry (If no oud aversion present...)
Conclusion:
Smoky oud berry mix with sandalwood twist & beautiful amber that flashes through every now and then pleasant & gives the overall work a sensual base - which is not overdosed, quite casual to wear (with me today, for example, during a 4h team meeting ...) but its main area of application is certainly when going out or clubbing - as a date fragrance? - Can you do - should you know his counterpart, however, (yet) (not at all) - perhaps rather not - since there are quite a few people who repels any oud component.
Overall, I like it very very well & just the cranberry comes through very well with me - because I love cranberry's - too bad that you hardly get fresh here in DE & if then at horrendous prices, because a freshly squeezed plays in another league - compared with the tetra pack stuff you often see here on shelves.
Who likes berries (especially red!): Test!
Who likes (discreet) smoky oud: Testing!
So: And now I'm in the mood for nen Cosmopolitan Sex and the City style of course with cranberry juice - I just have to leave the house tonight but again - before of course still 3-4 sprays to add. ;-)
Well - I opened the bottle & sprayed the first two sprays on the neck & the immediately following association was: freshly squeezed cranberry juice!
And in my head immediately played said scene...
Prelude:
Freshly squeezed sour-tart cranberry juice - in the first minute very refreshing - then becoming increasingly tart, gradually ambrierend and after a good 5 min comes a (still) discreet smokiness to it - vanilla I do not perceive now yet.
Course:
Cranberry now turns into a berry mixture (as if you throw a bag of frozen berry mix in the smoothie maker & mix once fully) - tangy! Different berries can be smelled out - with me especially now sweeter becoming cranberries (vanilla now sits down to ...) Forest strawberries and black currants, the latter give the sweetness an intense sour contrast. Vanilla now spreads further & further & also the oud becomes smokier & smokier - I would be interested at this point what kind of oud was used.... (Laotian? No, to this the medicinal is missing...)
Finish:
As described in the course remains the fragrance on my skin (4 sprays total) for 9-10 h on a good arm's length well perceptible - sandalwood I smell only for a good 3h - so comes only towards the end and gives the fragrance again a pleasant elegance - the last 3-4 h I find him also most masculine, because the sandalwood adds a certain dark spice which reminds me most likely to "Zware Shag" - so dark tobacco (eg.B. from Kentucky) reminds - before quite also from female specimens of our guild to carry (If no oud aversion present...)
Conclusion:
Smoky oud berry mix with sandalwood twist & beautiful amber that flashes through every now and then pleasant & gives the overall work a sensual base - which is not overdosed, quite casual to wear (with me today, for example, during a 4h team meeting ...) but its main area of application is certainly when going out or clubbing - as a date fragrance? - Can you do - should you know his counterpart, however, (yet) (not at all) - perhaps rather not - since there are quite a few people who repels any oud component.
Overall, I like it very very well & just the cranberry comes through very well with me - because I love cranberry's - too bad that you hardly get fresh here in DE & if then at horrendous prices, because a freshly squeezed plays in another league - compared with the tetra pack stuff you often see here on shelves.
Who likes berries (especially red!): Test!
Who likes (discreet) smoky oud: Testing!
So: And now I'm in the mood for nen Cosmopolitan Sex and the City style of course with cranberry juice - I just have to leave the house tonight but again - before of course still 3-4 sprays to add. ;-)
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Warm spicy security - or: perfectionism from only 3 ingredients.
First tested in 2016 - then in a very hot August in the Rituals store in Amsterdam.
Due to the weather, he could not convince me at that time to buy - probably the sweaty afternoon on which I tested him, he so watered down that I could hardly perceive him already after 2h.
Time jump to the year 2021!
Finally again (reasonably) "free" travel & so also in this long summer vacation my visit to my old home was of course not missing.
On the weather-technically most unpleasant day of my visit (drizzle, windy in addition 17 ° C and neatly cloudy) I decided to test it again - so off to the store and the top floor ...
Prelude:
Already when smelling the sprayer of the bottle, the white pepper note is clearly noticeable - but not just any white pepper, no - freshly mortared white peppercorns (you can hear the cracking of the grains literally ...) - so a spray each right & left to the neck & the same for both wrists. White pepper first pungent (for 20-30 seconds) - then dimmed & the Persian amber joins after a good 2 min increasingly clear.
Course:
The Persian amber now alternates between typical warm-spicy & a loose softness - which I would almost describe as gentle - slow approach of the musk - after 15min, the musk takes the lead on my skin & leads the Persian amber with him now becoming softer and softer - the continuously less sharp kick of the white pepper remains but is now increasingly difficult - sometimes he flashes through sharp, sometimes he is rather warm-spicy-soft to hear. So the fragrance remains with me with 4 sprays over 4h an arm's length well perceptible before he then becomes skin-tight. On clothes he is 3 days loosely perceptible - after showering in the evening the whole bathroom smelled like the king of the Orient.
Conclusion:
Definitely the best fragrance creation from the house of Rituals so far. Just its simplicity & the linearity in the scent course secure him currently even a place in my top 10.
A great creation & once again proof that it does not need umpteen ingredients to create a distinctive fragrance!
My tip:
Just now in the early evening make an autumn walk through woods & meadows - after coming home put on the favorite tea - let in a nice bath - after bathing spray with Roi d'Orient - put on the favorite sweater (best of wool!) - with blanket & tea on the sofa - fire up the stove - enjoy peace & just relax & feel good - have now already received feedback from several people that this fragrance gives a feeling of security - which I can quite understand.
So Rituals PLEASE do not adjust or reformulate - the is as it is very close to perfection!
Due to the weather, he could not convince me at that time to buy - probably the sweaty afternoon on which I tested him, he so watered down that I could hardly perceive him already after 2h.
Time jump to the year 2021!
Finally again (reasonably) "free" travel & so also in this long summer vacation my visit to my old home was of course not missing.
On the weather-technically most unpleasant day of my visit (drizzle, windy in addition 17 ° C and neatly cloudy) I decided to test it again - so off to the store and the top floor ...
Prelude:
Already when smelling the sprayer of the bottle, the white pepper note is clearly noticeable - but not just any white pepper, no - freshly mortared white peppercorns (you can hear the cracking of the grains literally ...) - so a spray each right & left to the neck & the same for both wrists. White pepper first pungent (for 20-30 seconds) - then dimmed & the Persian amber joins after a good 2 min increasingly clear.
Course:
The Persian amber now alternates between typical warm-spicy & a loose softness - which I would almost describe as gentle - slow approach of the musk - after 15min, the musk takes the lead on my skin & leads the Persian amber with him now becoming softer and softer - the continuously less sharp kick of the white pepper remains but is now increasingly difficult - sometimes he flashes through sharp, sometimes he is rather warm-spicy-soft to hear. So the fragrance remains with me with 4 sprays over 4h an arm's length well perceptible before he then becomes skin-tight. On clothes he is 3 days loosely perceptible - after showering in the evening the whole bathroom smelled like the king of the Orient.
Conclusion:
Definitely the best fragrance creation from the house of Rituals so far. Just its simplicity & the linearity in the scent course secure him currently even a place in my top 10.
A great creation & once again proof that it does not need umpteen ingredients to create a distinctive fragrance!
My tip:
Just now in the early evening make an autumn walk through woods & meadows - after coming home put on the favorite tea - let in a nice bath - after bathing spray with Roi d'Orient - put on the favorite sweater (best of wool!) - with blanket & tea on the sofa - fire up the stove - enjoy peace & just relax & feel good - have now already received feedback from several people that this fragrance gives a feeling of security - which I can quite understand.
So Rituals PLEASE do not adjust or reformulate - the is as it is very close to perfection!
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Back then 15 years ago on the 1st floor above the chocolaterie.
In my student days I lived in a small 1.5 room apartment with a balcony above a chocolaterie. The work began there from Monday - Saturday in the morning around 4:30 clock.
Not infrequently I was awakened half an hour later, by a light shaking of the cocoa conche.
Once turned over and again off into the realm of dreams...
Prelude: Tart dark chocolate (>80% cacao content), almost truffle-like, followed by a nice creaminess that gradually builds up.
Main note: The notes of the prelude become creamier & creamier, tonka bean now breaks through & adds a noble praline-like sweetness, which is skillfully rounded off by vanilla.
Conclusion: the first 10min smell like a time machine back to my old place of residence, the course & v.A. the main note exactly as in the stairwell that I ran down day-in, day-out then mostly around 8:30. Herb-chocolate-creamy-vanilla - Beautiful!
A great fragrance that is definitely unisex & almost knocks me over in the first 10min every time. Class!
The only downer: The shelf life, after 4, max. 5h the fun is unfortunately over, Nachsprühen is announced. Projection in the first 1-3h moderate, but never intrusive, then dropping.
Total: 8.5 (actually rather 7.5-8 but because of the sentimental value & the image in my head whenever I smell the, small upgrade: Deserved!)
Not infrequently I was awakened half an hour later, by a light shaking of the cocoa conche.
Once turned over and again off into the realm of dreams...
Prelude: Tart dark chocolate (>80% cacao content), almost truffle-like, followed by a nice creaminess that gradually builds up.
Main note: The notes of the prelude become creamier & creamier, tonka bean now breaks through & adds a noble praline-like sweetness, which is skillfully rounded off by vanilla.
Conclusion: the first 10min smell like a time machine back to my old place of residence, the course & v.A. the main note exactly as in the stairwell that I ran down day-in, day-out then mostly around 8:30. Herb-chocolate-creamy-vanilla - Beautiful!
A great fragrance that is definitely unisex & almost knocks me over in the first 10min every time. Class!
The only downer: The shelf life, after 4, max. 5h the fun is unfortunately over, Nachsprühen is announced. Projection in the first 1-3h moderate, but never intrusive, then dropping.
Total: 8.5 (actually rather 7.5-8 but because of the sentimental value & the image in my head whenever I smell the, small upgrade: Deserved!)
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In Cascalone we trust - Or: Smell like a rocky beach at low tide.
As a big fan of Issey Miyake's fragrance creations, this one was of course a must-buy for me. The name "Oceanic Expedition" hits the nail on the head.
Opening: naturally citrus fresh, yuzu contributes a nice acidity that reminds me a little of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, mountain moth provides a slightly soapy note, which comes olfactory like the foam the sea water leaves behind when the waves flow back on the beach.
Heart note: Absolutely unsynthetic, very clearly oceanic, salty & after dimethyl sulfide (which is nothing other than the substance that the bacteria in seawater excrete...) - smells incredibly close to a seaweed-covered rock with seawater gently lapping around it. Ginger adds the necessary tangy-hot spice kick.
Base: sandalwood & musk comes in at the very end for me & evens out the scent beautifully, these two notes add a woodiness that is a perfect complement especially in the finish. Ambroxan, a fragrance substance I can not stand in most fragrances at all, is here only homeopathically present to stretch the durability of the fragrance & this job it fulfills here extraordinarily well.
Conclusion: My personal favorite aqua. The most authentic implementation of the ocean smell there is.
The special Issey DNA is perceptible at any time, the signature of Alberto also. A fragrance that above all at temperatures of 28 ° C - 40 ° C performs above average & was created exactly for these conditions - in connection with some sweat, he is in my opinion only better & the mixture with this, gives another projection boost! H&S in the first 4-6 hours optimal (1.5 - 2m scent tail) afterwards rather skin close but if you sit for example with someone in a cafe at the table, for the opposite, still perceptible. On clothes he is 2-3 day quite clearly to smell.
Thank you Issey & Master Morillas for this oceanic marvel & of course to my small favorite perfumery which has notified me then as he came out, immediately after receipt of the goods, so that I could acquire 2 flacons of this limited edition.
Opening: naturally citrus fresh, yuzu contributes a nice acidity that reminds me a little of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, mountain moth provides a slightly soapy note, which comes olfactory like the foam the sea water leaves behind when the waves flow back on the beach.
Heart note: Absolutely unsynthetic, very clearly oceanic, salty & after dimethyl sulfide (which is nothing other than the substance that the bacteria in seawater excrete...) - smells incredibly close to a seaweed-covered rock with seawater gently lapping around it. Ginger adds the necessary tangy-hot spice kick.
Base: sandalwood & musk comes in at the very end for me & evens out the scent beautifully, these two notes add a woodiness that is a perfect complement especially in the finish. Ambroxan, a fragrance substance I can not stand in most fragrances at all, is here only homeopathically present to stretch the durability of the fragrance & this job it fulfills here extraordinarily well.
Conclusion: My personal favorite aqua. The most authentic implementation of the ocean smell there is.
The special Issey DNA is perceptible at any time, the signature of Alberto also. A fragrance that above all at temperatures of 28 ° C - 40 ° C performs above average & was created exactly for these conditions - in connection with some sweat, he is in my opinion only better & the mixture with this, gives another projection boost! H&S in the first 4-6 hours optimal (1.5 - 2m scent tail) afterwards rather skin close but if you sit for example with someone in a cafe at the table, for the opposite, still perceptible. On clothes he is 2-3 day quite clearly to smell.
Thank you Issey & Master Morillas for this oceanic marvel & of course to my small favorite perfumery which has notified me then as he came out, immediately after receipt of the goods, so that I could acquire 2 flacons of this limited edition.
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