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Envy Eau de Toilette

Gucci

90 /100

5 SPRAYS(8h)

this surely wasn't a perfume for me. but then quickly it became one. concipiated by Maurice Roucel whose perfumes I seem to love. but perhaps more interestingly, under the helm of thèn Creative Director for Gucci Tom Ford, the perfume fell under his lush-louche 'Porn Chic' with which esthetics he revitalized Gucci as fashionbrand. while the Greenness and Freshness of Envy initially wrought me away, I now see that the knife sharp arriving Greenness is complemented with a Plethora of Fruits and (more important) Flowers and that the Musk, Oakmoss, Cedar & Sandelwood give this cissor sharp perfume a tough backbone. but it was especially the name, the sexualized 'Envy', which draw me in. Green, due to Oakmoss, Hyacinth, even Lily of the Valley, the perfume soon would enter this just fabulous athmosphere of a Night out in a seedy bar. I even had the Edp (Matte Black flacon) and perfume (transparent thick polished glass with 0.5oz15mL content) with its own Transparent Plastic Sarcophagus. this was the Marketing Genius of Tom Ford. the Advertising was breathtaking. so that is how a counterintuitive perfume reached Stellar Status in my collection of perfumes, soon to be followed by both Rushes.

Burning Barbershop

DS&Durga

90 /100

5 SPRAYS(8h)

this is a brilliant perfume. I had it in 2010. what someone said beneath is exactly to the point. the Smoky Notes are also prevalent. while the Spearmint comes out ravishing and clean. Lavender, Lime & Vanilla all build up to this truly original, Barbershop Gentleman's fragrance. it is as Classy as Avantgardistic. it really has an athmosphere of a burned down barbershop. now all really old barbershops have funny and at the same time, well known scents. (and I visited a couple in the 1980s !) old Barber's Soap, Shaving Bowls, Shaving Bristles. with rests of former products in them. this is that kind of vibe, and then also a Shop that has been accidentally burnt. I have the feeling this perfume also contain(ed) Isobutyl Quinoline as it gives a scent of Leather, especially when the perfume gets older. it testifies to the Brilliance of David Seth Moltz and Kavi Durga to already in the beginning come with such otherworldly (and at the same time satisfyingly appealing) scents. (and already thèn I had it in 50mL in such more oldfashioned bottle.)

Dior Addict (2014) Eau de Parfum

Dior

92 /100

5 SPRAYS(8h)

(2002) from this fragrance I had the ... perfume. I guess it was 0.5oz15mL in a fabulous Vaporisateur and still more fabulous outer box, which was Mirrored on all sides and then still kind of stroboscopically glistening when you turned it (2002). (John Galliano being the Creative Director of 'Dior' as the venerable Fashion House then was also called.) and thèn the perfume itself. it was a sort of Addictive Scent of alluring flowers: Rose, Jasmine, Orange Blossom, Night Blooming Cereus (anyone who had a blooming Cactus in the house knows) and the Silk Tree Blossom of which Fragrantica reports "a beautiful fruity floral note reminiscent of the smell of Albizia flowers". (Albizia Julibrissin.) this, and the immediate smell of the (non-Gourmand) Vanilla & Tonka. these seem to come all forward at once. and according to your presonal prevalence, to me the Roses and Jasmine and Cereus seem to conspire. while the rest doesn't hold back. I guess the Blackberry instilled a dark Fruity Flavor within the Oceanic Flowerburst while the mysore Sandelwood gave a thorough anchoring. I loved this perfume. as with the most perfumes this then formed a dear Rememberance of Things Passed.