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smokingbootLuca Turin had plenty to say about this:
"Xerjoff is an Italian firm, situated along the bullshit continuum somewhere between Creed and Roja Dove, but with less access to perfumery talent than the former and less retro heft than the latter. When Italians do cynical, they do it properly. The website video of founder Sergio Momo expatiating about eternal beauty, in various locations rented for the day, is a gem. The perfumes are mostly vile and cheap-smelling, the packaging design eye-wateringly vulgar, the prices stellar. This one retails for £495 at Harrods. It is a dismal fruity thing slashed across the face by a repellent woody amber."
Why won't this guy stop pussyfooting around, and just say what he thinks?
I loved Alexandria II when I first tried it. Truly.
But something strange happens after these samples are opened. Russian Musk II was just a gorgeous musk. Now it's absolutely addictive. Alexandria II had a kind of parchment like/incense tone hidden in the top notes. Now it's just quite nice. I don't think it's faded but perhaps I have. Also, today I had to go out into the cold and rainy city, so the perfume didn't have the chance to bloom in condusive warmth. On me this is for autumns and evenings, the kind of scent that suits business meetings, suits, the opera, formality, ladies and gentlemen alike. It lasts, it doesn't smother, it doesn't go through strange chemical changes on the skin, it doesn't shriek to be noticed (but it will be noticed) it is less stink than distinct. Very classy. But after some of these others, it pales. So long Alexandria!
https://seescents.com/products/xerjoff-alexandria-ii-50ml?variant=39533440368777¤cy=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_campaign=gs-2020-06-21&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gclid=Cj0KCQiAw9qOBhC-ARIsAG-rdn61Zz1pAv0U0REPvfnsy2sfSukgYOVkn0wmO1pbkVvalnHR_GlIrWQaAjkUEALw_wcB
P.S. Put it on at 10.30 am, by 5pm subtle and lovely. A contender but it takes forever to get going!
P.P.S. I wonder if Luca Turin isn't actually a bit of a tit.
"Xerjoff is an Italian firm, situated along the bullshit continuum somewhere between Creed and Roja Dove, but with less access to perfumery talent than the former and less retro heft than the latter. When Italians do cynical, they do it properly. The website video of founder Sergio Momo expatiating about eternal beauty, in various locations rented for the day, is a gem. The perfumes are mostly vile and cheap-smelling, the packaging design eye-wateringly vulgar, the prices stellar. This one retails for £495 at Harrods. It is a dismal fruity thing slashed across the face by a repellent woody amber."
Why won't this guy stop pussyfooting around, and just say what he thinks?
I loved Alexandria II when I first tried it. Truly.
But something strange happens after these samples are opened. Russian Musk II was just a gorgeous musk. Now it's absolutely addictive. Alexandria II had a kind of parchment like/incense tone hidden in the top notes. Now it's just quite nice. I don't think it's faded but perhaps I have. Also, today I had to go out into the cold and rainy city, so the perfume didn't have the chance to bloom in condusive warmth. On me this is for autumns and evenings, the kind of scent that suits business meetings, suits, the opera, formality, ladies and gentlemen alike. It lasts, it doesn't smother, it doesn't go through strange chemical changes on the skin, it doesn't shriek to be noticed (but it will be noticed) it is less stink than distinct. Very classy. But after some of these others, it pales. So long Alexandria!
https://seescents.com/products/xerjoff-alexandria-ii-50ml?variant=39533440368777¤cy=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_campaign=gs-2020-06-21&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gclid=Cj0KCQiAw9qOBhC-ARIsAG-rdn61Zz1pAv0U0REPvfnsy2sfSukgYOVkn0wmO1pbkVvalnHR_GlIrWQaAjkUEALw_wcB
P.S. Put it on at 10.30 am, by 5pm subtle and lovely. A contender but it takes forever to get going!
P.P.S. I wonder if Luca Turin isn't actually a bit of a tit.
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