Top Notes 
Cognac
Bergamot
Italian lemon
Lavender
Orange
Pimento
Heart Notes 
Cinnamon
Bay leaf
Caraway
Cardamom
Carnation
Geranium
Juniper
Nutmeg
Base Notes 
Musk
Sandalwood
Tonka bean
Patchouli
Vanilla
Parfümlein
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Parfümlein
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A Minute to Midnight
While I am working in bed this morning (yes, exactly, right at this moment actually!), I say to my husband who is serving coffee: "Smell how I smell!" I am wearing Boucheron le Parfum today. He: "Hmm... wait... that could... that COULD be perfume!" I: "... The joke is so old, I can hear the beard curling machine groaning... You could also perfume yourself again!" And then comes the long-awaited exclamation: "There's nothing left in there!"
Oh dear!
It is a minute to midnight!
In the house of Parfümlein, a masculine fragrance has run out!
And this very fragrance has a) only two registered Parfumo users, b) no comments and no statements, and c) 8.5 points!
In short - because brevity is known to be the spice of life - and also because I really have no time, a few quick words about this scent...
First: Yep! It is done! I am glad that my husband has finally emptied this fragrance, which was given to him many light years ago by his ex. I have been married for twenty years now, and for twenty years this monstrosity of a 125-ml bottle has been... well, maybe not directly between us, but certainly between my body oils and English powder on the now familiar beautiful antique bedroom dresser... And yes, it mostly stood in the bathroom; otherwise, it probably wouldn't have held up so well. Or is that due to its exceptional quality?!
Second: It was - completely independent of the ex, who visited me one beautiful Sunday morning in my student flat, with the weighty words: "Is he here?"; an experience that I have rather unpleasant memories of, and I emphasize: She was already his ex back then! - a very nice, a fine fragrance.
What has always fascinated me about this perfume was the extraordinarily foreign, rare sweetness that I smelled in the opening. This light sweetness always demonstrated a far-off distance from the mainstream, an individuality that came across very, very quietly. Very unobtrusive and in that respect, I must give credit to the ex, very well chosen for my husband: No testosterone bomb. No pantydropper. But also nothing in the direction of British landlord Harris tweed understatement. No French niche refinement, with the popular edges and corners as an invitation to an olfactory journey of discovery. But perhaps most closely resembling an Italian feeling of sunny-gentle sovereignty, independence from fashion, from self-presentation, from image maintenance. And therefore, despite everything - in the sense of Watzlawick's axiom - a statement: One cannot not communicate, can one?
This opening, I now know, was the cognac, which entered into a wonderful mélange in beautiful harmony with the lemon, lavender, and allspice. A scent to dream of, I can say that much.
In the further development, Escada pour Homme après Rasage always behaved very gently, as is the nature of a classic aftershave. For a few long hours, perhaps six, I could always perceive the scent very well on my husband, and he is really not a heavy sprayer. In that respect, the longevity as well as the sillage were absolutely excellent.
A gentle, beautiful, discreet, and delicate fragrance has come to an end here. I wanted to dedicate a few words to it. This is my first comment on a men's fragrance, so please have mercy on me, I really don't know much about it. And now: Farewell, Escada pour Homme!
Oh dear!
It is a minute to midnight!
In the house of Parfümlein, a masculine fragrance has run out!
And this very fragrance has a) only two registered Parfumo users, b) no comments and no statements, and c) 8.5 points!
In short - because brevity is known to be the spice of life - and also because I really have no time, a few quick words about this scent...
First: Yep! It is done! I am glad that my husband has finally emptied this fragrance, which was given to him many light years ago by his ex. I have been married for twenty years now, and for twenty years this monstrosity of a 125-ml bottle has been... well, maybe not directly between us, but certainly between my body oils and English powder on the now familiar beautiful antique bedroom dresser... And yes, it mostly stood in the bathroom; otherwise, it probably wouldn't have held up so well. Or is that due to its exceptional quality?!
Second: It was - completely independent of the ex, who visited me one beautiful Sunday morning in my student flat, with the weighty words: "Is he here?"; an experience that I have rather unpleasant memories of, and I emphasize: She was already his ex back then! - a very nice, a fine fragrance.
What has always fascinated me about this perfume was the extraordinarily foreign, rare sweetness that I smelled in the opening. This light sweetness always demonstrated a far-off distance from the mainstream, an individuality that came across very, very quietly. Very unobtrusive and in that respect, I must give credit to the ex, very well chosen for my husband: No testosterone bomb. No pantydropper. But also nothing in the direction of British landlord Harris tweed understatement. No French niche refinement, with the popular edges and corners as an invitation to an olfactory journey of discovery. But perhaps most closely resembling an Italian feeling of sunny-gentle sovereignty, independence from fashion, from self-presentation, from image maintenance. And therefore, despite everything - in the sense of Watzlawick's axiom - a statement: One cannot not communicate, can one?
This opening, I now know, was the cognac, which entered into a wonderful mélange in beautiful harmony with the lemon, lavender, and allspice. A scent to dream of, I can say that much.
In the further development, Escada pour Homme après Rasage always behaved very gently, as is the nature of a classic aftershave. For a few long hours, perhaps six, I could always perceive the scent very well on my husband, and he is really not a heavy sprayer. In that respect, the longevity as well as the sillage were absolutely excellent.
A gentle, beautiful, discreet, and delicate fragrance has come to an end here. I wanted to dedicate a few words to it. This is my first comment on a men's fragrance, so please have mercy on me, I really don't know much about it. And now: Farewell, Escada pour Homme!
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