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What might it look like in hell? At least, this is what I imagine with this fragrance: You arrive at an unknown place after your demise. It is pitch dark and so cold that you can barely move. Suddenly, amidst roaring noise and trembling ground, a stone door opens. Reddish light emerges, but in such a weak intensity that it remains almost completely dark. You walk towards it and realize that from there a spiral staircase surrounded by massive rock leads down into the depths, and somewhat warmer air flows up. But there is something else! You think you can smell something far away and feel electrified. The scent takes away your fear, clouds all senses, and you decide to descend the staircase. The deeper you go, the stronger the light becomes, it gets increasingly warmer, and the scent intensifies. It is the devil's call, the call to spend your time in hell. No chance, Satan wears Interlude and no one can resist its aura..........

What a fragrance! I usually don't like overly smoky perfumes, but this one has it all. Frankincense is the dominant ingredient here, but there is more in the devil's kitchen; it smells of all sorts of spices and a sweet component is added that makes this fragrance so unique. However, I am not sure what exactly causes this slight sweetness. I can't perceive oud at all. Regardless, Interlude is amazing! Period.

I must warn, though, not to spray too much during the first test. When I wear Interlude, I spray once on my chest and that's it. This spritz is enough to smell the perfume for hours, even with a T-shirt and sweater over it. It smells best when the fragrance molecules mix with as much air as possible on their way to the nose. If you test too close to the wrist or have sprayed too much, Interlude can take your breath away. This stuff is an absolute longevity and sillage bomb. Of my Amouage samples, this is so far one of the best from the house of Amouage.
It smells in hell :)

It must have been around 2004/2005, I was still in training and just sitting in vocational school. I was wearing "Joop Homme" that day, which I wore quite often at the time. A classmate walked past me while I was sitting at the table, pondering over a task, when he blurted out: "Dude, are you messing with me? Why do you smell so good?" he said in his usual awkward rhetoric. I thanked him for the "compliment" and revealed to him which fragrance it was.

I was looking through my wooden perfume boxes earlier when my gaze fell on Joop Homme, and I decided to spray it on my forearm. It didn't take long for me to remember that day in vocational school. It was a great time back then, and I started to grin. I don't like the scent as much today as I did back then, but that's okay. The alternatives available are too good, especially the ones that can be compared to it, namely "Original Santal (Creed) & Individuel (Mont Blanc)".

The individual ingredients blend into a sort of cherry note, and the color fits quite well... I find it difficult to pick out individual notes in many fragrances anyway. I can still recognize the sandalwood and the mandarin the best. The orange blossom also seems to be discernible in the sweet mixture. Longevity and sillage are really decent, even though I feel like it used to be stronger.

All in all, a solid fragrance that still has its place. Thank you for the time with you, JH!

So here it is, my first comment. I have always had a strong affinity for scents, but I never seriously engaged with them. Therefore, I was all the more delighted when I stumbled upon Parfumo. A friendly community where there is so much to discover and learn. Of course, I am just an interested layperson who can only clearly identify a few notes so far. That's why I have held back from commenting until now, but I think it’s not about sniffing out every little detail, but rather about sharing the perfumes with each other.

As a child, I traveled a lot with my grandparents. Among other places, we were together in Büsum and Sankt Peter Ording. I don’t know why, but the first thing that came to my mind when I smelled Chrome was those childhood days at the North Sea. Scents, just like music, have the ability to suddenly revive memories within us.

Azzaro Chrome is certainly not the best aquatic-fresh scent I have ever smelled, but I still find it great and it is always a good option for me in the summer. It does smell a bit synthetic in my opinion, but combined with a summer shower, you feel absolutely clean and fresh for many hours. Still, it also has a sweetness that becomes more pronounced in the drydown.
You surprisingly receive a lot of compliments for the scent, and I think it would fit quite well in the 7.x rating range.