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Floris Elite
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Aqua Velva
Hmm, what can I say... It's great to discover what this legendary product is, having heard of it so often for so long on here. It's as I expected- a very brash, very American scent, if that is possible. Maybe I've once met an American who smelt of it? It freezes my face, which is quite exciting, and it is almost moisturising enough (though I did add a couple of ml of glycerin to get it how I like it). And it is made of alcohol, which is exactly what I want on my face after a shave.
Fragrance starts of as a menthol blast, with citrus and lime on the topnotes. There's clary sage and some other florals in the heart, maybe a bit of lavendar too? Very fresh smelling all the way, very masculine. There's a rather strong musk as the basenotes, and later on I catch whiffs of it and it seems almost like leather- odd considering how it started out. The overall effect is coarse and synthetic, and on the whole not to my tastes.
I can see what has made it such a legend- there is something particular about this, something unlike any fragrance you'd find in the UK. It seems to sit between the "classic" scents such as the fougeres (Brut) and leathers (Old Spice, Tabac), and at the same time have something in common with the very modern, extremely synthetic fragrances marketed to men, particularly those of the 90's. I think that when it came out it was probably rather ahead of it's time, perhaps that is why it has lasted so well. |
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