Versace
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Peach and blackcurrant burst forth with immediate sweetness, the freesia attempting to add brightness but immediately overwhelmed by the fruit's sugared intensity. Within moments, you're inhaling what smells like a luxury cordial—pleasant enough, but undeniably synthetic.
The fruit gradually recedes as the floral heart emerges around the hour mark, revealing a powdery rose-violet axis softened by lily of the valley's soapy tenderness. This phase feels like stepping into a department store's fragrance section circa 1995—safe, unchallenging, pleasantly anonymous.
By the fourth hour, if the fragrance remains at all, you're left with a barely-there vanilla-musk skin scent that's indistinguishable from generic body lotion. The sandalwood offers minimal woody grounding; this is filler masquerading as base.
Red Jeans arrives as a distinctly '90s artifact—a fragrance caught between the sugared fruit bowl and the powdered dressing table, never quite committing to either direction. The opening assault is all stone fruit exuberance: peach and apricot collide with blackcurrant's tart bite, whilst freesia attempts to impose a watery freshness that feels more obligatory than integrated. This is fruit cordial territory, the kind of gourmand sensibility that predates modern fruity-florals by positioning the sweetness as the primary narrative rather than a supporting note.
Once the fruit settles, the composition reveals its actual intent: a conventional floral heart of rose and violet, cushioned by the powdery aquatic whisper of lily of the valley and water lily. There's a synthetic sheen here—not unpleasant, but decidedly artificial—that speaks to a fragrance designed for mass appeal rather than olfactory nuance. The floral accord lacks complexity; these notes sit alongside one another rather than creating dialogue.
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3.4/5 (88)