DER DUFT Cinematic Review (Miguel Matos) 2020 + “Mind the gap ” Draw

 

Der Duft Cinematic review

Anselm Skogstad photography, collage by Nicoleta for DER DUFT Cinematic

“Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.” René Daumal (1908-1944), French surrealist writer and poet

The simplest definition for ekphrasis is the verbal description of a visual art object – like a painting or a sculpture.  In ancient times though, it referred to a description of any object, person or experience – essentially putting into words what is usually observed or captured with our eyes. The word comes from the Greek ἐκ ek and φράσις phrásis, ‘out’ and ‘speak’ respectively, and the verb ἐκφράζειν ekphrázein, “to proclaim or call an inanimate object by name”.  Ekphrasis is the vehicle through which one medium of art tries to relate to another different medium by defining and describing its essence and form, and in doing so, relate more directly to the audience. Composers of music can be inspired by a poem, a poem can be inspired by a painting, a sculpture can be inspired by a character from a literary work of art, etc. So any form of an artistic medium can be the actor or the subject of ekphrasis – so any art may describe other art, and in doing so, can create art, and with the contemporary movement of mixed mediums, having synergy, crossing over blurred lines, things can get confusing in the autoreferential loop of the aesthetics discourse. So today let’s try an olfactory (kind of) ekphrasis review about an olfactive artwork that has a cinematic feel, name, and theme, and is made by a visual  and olfactive artist Anselm Skogstad, of DER DUFT

 

Miguel Matos perfumer

Miguel Matos & Anselm Skogstad, photo from DER DUFT instagram page

Anselm Skogstad* is a German – American visual artist, journalist and perfumer. What I found intriguing about his work is the way his visual compositions are episodes of a whole story (like frames of a movie) never being titled individually. All the images are composed immediately, as he does not modify or manipulate his negatives or digital files, giving his work an aura of realism and a raw, powerful, and direct storytelling impact. And to some series, a beautiful CINEMATIC thread links the frames that compose the story, the one that spoke to me the loudest being the series captured between 2005- 2008 in the New York City Subway.

 

perfumes inspired by movies

Still from Sliding Doors movie

Remember the movie Sliding Doors from 1998? There, Gwyneth Paltrow (funny how everybody looked so different, sporting the thin eyebrows of the 90s) loses a train and we explore her life: one woman, one event, and two alternative and contrasting timelines – followed side by side. It’s not a particularly great movie (as it’s quite a common typical 90’s romantic comedy) BUT, for many years, each time the metro doors would close right before me, I smiled and thought about the Butterfly Effect and the adjacent what-ifs. So, what exactly makes a movie cinematic? Ask the experts and lots of variables come into play: camera position, depth of field, the lens, the lighting, color grading, the story  – and the ever-shifting balance between all the elements. Same with photography, more or less. Let’s get on the metro before the doors slide close:

 

Anselm Skogstad, founder of DER DUFT 

Anselm Skogstad, New York City Subway series 1, collage by Nicoleta for DER DUFT Cinematic

Frame 1, take 1, Station: Denial  

Hearing: “Day’s dawning, skins crawling” – Placebo’s A pure morning in the headphones

Feeling: butterflies of new love hitting against your ribcage, from the inside.

Talking about: Sansa’s lemon cakes

Smells like: the fresh dough of donuts rings, coated in yellow citric glazing, lemony profiteroles

Notes: Crisp, zesty, alive, alert, indulgent: petitgrain, ginger, lemon

 

Anselm Skogstad, New York City

Anselm Skogstad, New York City Subway series 2, collage by Nicoleta for DER DUFT Cinematic

Frame 2, take 2, Station: Anger 

Hearing:  “Tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter /Tell ’em that God’s gonna cut ’em down” Johnny Cash – God’s Gonna Cut You Down

Feeling: the tension radiating from your ever-clenched jaw

Talking about: the weather

Smells like: fresh sweat, high-pitched tachycardic breath

Notes: Citrusy, minty, spicy cardamon

 

Anselm Skogstad, New York City Subway series

 Anselm Skogstad, New York City Subway series 3, collage by Nicoleta for DER DUFT Cinematic

Frame 3, take 3, Station: Bargaining

Hearing: “They say every man goes blind in his heart / They say everybody steals somebody’s heart away” Mazzy Star Flowers in December

Feeling: anxiously numb

Talking about: what’s for dinner

Smells like: a bouquet of winter flowers forgotten in a wooden school bench

Notes: Wrapped nostalgia, covered in dust: jasmine, rose, carnation, ylang-ylang

 

CINEMATIC by DER DUFT

Anselm Skogstad, New York City Subway series 4, collage by Nicoleta for DER DUFT Cinematic

Frame 4, take 4, Station: Depression

Hearing: “We are artists; we are sensitive and important” Ballad of Tindersticks (link)

Feeling: uncomfortably numb

Talking about: no talking, just silence

Smells like:  wooden faceless sculptures, made out of tactile and soft white wood, no sap, no nervures

Notes: Promise of sweetness, not delivered. Elegant,  stern lines – vanilla, coumarin, moss, cashmeran

 

DER DUFT CINEMATIC SUBWAY SERIES BASED ON ANSELM SKOGSTAD

 

Anselm Skogstad, New York City Subway series 5, collage by Nicoleta for DER DUFT Cinematic

Frame 5, take 5, Station: Acceptance

Hearing: “Ring the bells that still can ring / Forget your perfect offering /There is a crack, a crack in everything /That’s how the light gets in” Leonard Cohen, Anthem)

Feeling: your tail wave

Talking about: the spring to come

Smells like: taking your jacket off, away from the blizzard, back in your familiar cozy lair

Notes: Musk, Civet, Amber

DER DUFT Cinematic is an immersive perfume I have deeply and thoroughly enjoyed, on many levels. It’s cinematic, as you can freeze – frame its development at any stage – and you have a picture-perfect example of a beautifully composed fragrance.  Reduced to its essence-if we are to use labels- it’s a deeply enjoyable warm spicy -citric -ginger -cardamon -flowery – slightly animalic experience, deeper than the sum of all its parts. Bathed in the right kind of natural light, artistically focused on the subjects that come into play, and pictorially contrasting with the background elements, Cinematic is the kind of artistic fragrant experience that creates emotion. And after all, that’s the best definition of “cinematic” there is.

 

Anselm Skogstad of Der Duft

Anselm Skogstad photo courtesy of DER DUFT

Editor’s note: *Anselm Skogstad is a German American visual artist, journalist and perfumer. He lives both in New York and Munich, mixing the American care-free independent spirit with the rich artistic German heritage. He has a prodigious artistic career, having attended the prestigious San Francisco Art Institute, and has worked with renowned artists like Christopher Makos and David LaChapelle. See his work here

 Notes: Petitgrain, Ginger, Lemon, Cardamom, Jasmine, Rose, Carnation, Ylang Ylang, Vanilla, Coumarin, Musk, Cashmeran, Civet, Moss, Amber

Disclosure: Sample kindly provided by DER DUFT, opinions are my own

Nicoleta Tomsa, Editor

Der Duft Cinematic perfume

 DER DUFT Cinematic photo courtesy of DER DUFT

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80 comments

  • redwheelbarrow says:

    I enjoyed this review so much. I love your description of the “scenes” of this fragrance. This entire line sounds so interesting but this fragrance in particular sounds really incredible with al of these different stages. And the notes sound so amazing I really need to try this. Thanks for the draw. I’m in the US.

  • Brad Woolslayer says:

    I enjoyed hearing about the warm spicy citric cardamon flowery aspect of this fragrance, and how it is a fragrance deeper than the sum of it’s parts. I live in Maryland USA. I’d love to check out this new fragrance from DER DUFT.

  • Sorohan Adriana says:

    In this frame-by-frame film review Nicoleta describes the sensory spiciness of life. Nicoleta perfectly highlights the spicy rose if not her then who? I am from Eu Bucharest Romania Europe

  • Claumarchini says:

    Such a great review, I love the juxtaposition of the classical side, with the explanation of the rethorical figure, and the modern side represented by cinema. It definitely sounds like a complex and refined fragrance, for connoisseurs! Greetings from Milan, Italy

  • I just enjoy ginger as a note and the civet and musk combination in the drydown is one of my favourite combos.
    I live in Croatia.

  • carlos_lager says:

    I loved the “scenic” review. This fragrance sounds very interesting. I would love to give it a try.
    Thank you for the draw.
    Greetings from Austria (EU)

  • I really like the idea of there being defined stages to the perfume. Also I love a Leonard Cohen quote! I live in the UK.

  • What an incredibly well written article. Johnny Cash – God’s Gonna Cut You Down is such a good song. Your words really paint such a good picture. I’m from NY, USA.

  • WeAreScentient says:

    this review is perfect for describing multiple views people have when smelling a perfume, such a brilliant device to use & perfect for Cinematic. I’ve been burning through my Der Duft Samples, Cinematic is a quite beauty like a Robert Bresson film in a bottle.
    I’m in Dublin Ireland

  • Thanks for the trip through Cinematic!

    Recently the combination of Musk and Amber has become one of my favorite combinations. It bring back beautiful memories that make me feel good. So when you arrived at the final station my interest was piqued. This sounds like a wonderful fragrances from beginning to end.

    I live in the UK

  • I am interested in trying this fragrance for different reasons, e.g. Nicoleta called it an immersive perfume that she has deeply and thoroughly enjoyed. I am interested in learning more about immersive fragrances, and this review caused me to be more familiar with them. Also: “it’s a deeply enjoyable warm spicy -citric -ginger -cardamon -flowery – slightly animalic experience” sounds good to me. I live in MD., U.S.A.

  • Thanks for introducing another new brand to me. I like that Cinematic is a collaboration with Miguel Matos! I do enjoy his creativity. I love spicy animalic fragrances. Thanks for the opportunity to sniff! Mich USA

  • Really in depth review, great job. I’m not sure what I’d be expecting to smell since it seems like it covers so many facets but I’m the artistic nature of this fragrance definitely peaks my interest. USA
    -Thanks!

  • Frame 6, take 6, Station: Victory
    In this stage I am proclaimed the winner of the Cinematic bottle. 😛

    Would love to wear this enigmatic fragrance, very nice review.
    Regards from Mexico!

  • I found this interesting and this is why: the writing, photographs & idea behind the composition all came across as inspired to me. I usually read an article with some level of skepticism (btw, I attribute this to the world of pandering & marketing over quality that we are living in, and not a generally negative outlook) but I didn’t feel the need to look out for gimmicks here. I got the feeling that the perfumer was moved to create & the author was moved to write about it. The notes sound wonderful. I’m rooting for this one, so I hope I get to try it & like it. Even if it doesn’t suit me though, well done to the creators. I’m in the US.

  • That was interesting, I enjoyed learning about the word, ekphrasis. This sounds like a complex perfume that evolves over time and has many facets. Sounds lovely. Thanks for the draw, I live in the US.

  • Michael Lynady says:

    The definitive stages sounds quite interesting. The notes are winners imo.
    Pennsylvania USA

  • This is an interesting take on the evolution of the wear of a fragrance. I like the analogy of the freeze frame development at any stage. I can see the connection to the movies Nicoleta referenced. I enjoy ginger, carnation and moss in fragrances and would live to try this composition. Commenting from MD, USA.

  • Wow Nicoleta really went all out in this review. I love this review. Love the intro with ekphrasis, and how she connects the perfumer and his artistic side and the name of the perfume, with the note breakdown and different frames in the movie. Very very good and interesting description of this Der Duft – Cinematic. This perfume is very intriguing. I want to smell it and see that interesting transition from one group of the notes to the next. I’m from Illinois, US.

  • I love the idea of mapping the experience of smelling a perfume to stages of a film– represented by a series of individual moments captured in single images.
    California

  • Love perfumes that are not linear! Cinematic, with it’s many frames and facets must be a winner! Thanks Nicoleta for this “cinematic” depiction of this fragrance.
    Love from Puyallup, WA USA

  • I do not know any from this house, but the notes seem really interesting – lots of flowers, citruses and warm notes mixing in together.
    Thank you!

  • DER DUFT Cinematic is an immersive perfume I have deeply and thoroughly enjoyed, on many levels. It’s cinematic, as you can freeze – frame its development at any stage – and you have a picture-perfect example of a beautifully composed fragrance. Reduced to its essence-if we are to use labels- it’s a deeply enjoyable warm spicy -citric -ginger -cardamon -flowery – slightly animalic experience, deeper than the sum of all its parts. Bathed in the right kind of natural light, artistically focused on the subjects that come into play, and pictorially contrasting with the background elements, Cinematic is the kind of artistic fragrant experience that creates emotion. And after all, that’s the best definition of “cinematic” there is. A beautiful description by Nicoleta has captured my heart and my soul I am intrigued by the transition frame by frame an ingenious concept. Thanks a million from the United Kingdom

  • Anselm Skogstad* is a German – American visual artist, journalist and perfumer. What I found intriguing about his work is the way his visual compositions are episodes of a whole story (like frames of a movie) never being titled individually. All the images are composed immediately, as he does not modify or manipulate his negatives or digital files, giving his work an aura of realism and a raw, powerful, and direct storytelling impact. And to some series, a beautiful CINEMATIC thread links the frames that compose the story, the one that spoke to me the loudest being the series captured between 2005- 2008 in the New York City Subway. An intriguing a d ingenious idea to use thid technique to create a perfume because like film perfumes tell a story and interchange like a movie. Thanks a lot from the UK

  • Cinematic sounds really unique and I like that Nicoleta mentioned that experiencing it can create emotion. I really like this from the review as well, “DER DUFT Cinematic is an immersive perfume I have deeply and thoroughly enjoyed, on many levels. It’s cinematic, as you can freeze – frame its development at any stage – and you have a picture-perfect example of a beautifully composed fragrance.” Would love to try Cinematic and havent tried any from DER DUFT yet. Thanks for the generous draw from CT USA.

  • Karina Zaharie says:

    Wow. The sparks of joy, the numbness episodes and the depth of the emotions felt by the scent of cinema, that’s what strikes me. Sounds like a body, mind and soul experience.

  • I like the that you could take snapshots of any moment of the development of this scent. The idea of the combination of scent and cinema is very interesting in its own right. Would love to try this! Living in the EU

  • What a great review! Engaging topics and treated with grace and competence. I have always thought that perfumery, like many branches of human creativity, ranges between two extremes of art and convenience. I would often place the products of the perfumery closest to the latter, where the economic and marketing aspects are essential. Sometimes there is high-value content of competence, creativity and craftsmanship; rarely does one enter the field of Art, more or less conceptual, this is one of them.
    I live in Italy, EU.
    Thanks!

  • It does make me very happy when I see the photography and cinematic moods right next to an enigmatic perfume! It sparks my interest big time and Nicoleta knows how to make me (and probably all of us perfume enthusiasts) intrigued, that is for sure! I live in Romania.

  • Nice pictures and concept. Quite artsy. I wonder how is the fragrance. I have not tried anything from them.

  • I love the frames and OST in Nicoleta’s review and the sensation that, after reading it, I could almost smell the fragrance!
    Greetings from Romania!

  • That was such an interesting way to describe the fragrance as different scenes. I most enjoyed “Scene 5”. It really was written so well and makes the fragrance sound gorgeous.
    I live in the USA.

  • The stages Nicoleta describes are so different from one another, each tantalizing in its own way. I love it. I am in Kansas, USA.

  • Danu Seith-Fyr says:

    Always intrigued and with curiosity spiked when I read of a perfume like this that is transportative, yet in highly unanticipated ways, I abhor the mediocre in any tangent of life and especially in my perfumes, those I wear, those I write about and those who grab me by the proverbial collar and rush me headlong, toute de suite, helter and skelter, this way and that….. yet arriving at a destination that I somehow always belonged to. I know that Cinema, born out of the alliance of its creator instigator and Miguel will deliver. Nicoleta amplified my curiousity. Fingers crossed and breath held. Living in beautiful SW France.

  • Dividing the fragrance’s evolution stages into cinematic scenes is an interesting concept, so I’d be curious to see how this would translate to sniffing and experiencing it. I am intrigued by this line and I really like the scent’s name. I am in the USA.

  • Wow what a great review! Thank you Nicoletta! It’s really interesting to think of a perfume in distinct phases or snapshots and even more interesting to deliberately compose one in such a way.

    I’ve had perfumes that performed in a very phasic manner on my skin – I’m thinking particularly of Zoologist Squid, which evolved in HYPER distinct waves on me. I think it was just a fluke of skin chemistry but I found the perfume (to me anyway) smelled so much nicer on others for whose skin the phases would blur and overlap more.

    I’d be super curious to try a perfume in which this effect was created and enhanced deliberately, and the notes are all ones that I love.

    In Canada.

  • Great review, I like the idea of scenes described this way. I wear this fragrance today from a sample and I can tell you, that’s perfect description. Having a full bottle would be fantastic. Good luck to all. / EU

  • Black and white always adds some depth and nostalgia to everything. It makes you think about the beauty of life and the ephemeral nature of everything. How life is built on moments, cinematic instants. Europe, thanks!

  • Nicoleta structuring this article around the 5 stages of grief is an awesome idea and it worked surprisingly well with the description of the stages of this perfume.
    I have to say that I found the “labelled” description very helpful also, and a warm spicy ginger and citrus centered fragrance sounds very interesting and very festive too.
    I am in Europe and would love to try this, thanks for the generousness and the chance.

  • This review seems to me like this perfume would be an unexpected sweet spicy combo in a very urban and concrete jungle. It sounds happy and sad at the same time. I would like to enter this draw. From Texas,USA.

  • What impresses me here is how three artists in three media–one visual, one olfactory, and the third verbal, are all trying to express something that is alike, and yet they are bouncing off of one another, Presumably the fragrance Cinematic could be associated with any number of different narratives, but each of the three versions presumably enhances the other two. (I have to say “presumably” because I haven’t smelled Cinematic.) From Nicoleta’s description, the fragrance sounds almost unclassifiable, because it combines so many different kinds of notes (which makes me want to smell it!) I live in the USA, in North Carolina.

  • wallygator88 says:

    To be brutally honest, I did not really get this review. I couldn’t figure out the connection to the scent.

    I did very much enjoy reading through the different train scenes as they brought back memories of different train scenes that I have encountered through my journeys.

    Regards from Madison, WI, USA

  • zacharyari23 says:

    I always enjoy reading Nicoleta’s reviews, and this one doesn’t disappoint. I really like fragrances that have a story to tell as they move. I have never heard of or considered ekphrasis before, so now I’ll be on a tangent with that. Thanks for another fantastic review. Zachary, USA

  • Enjoyed Nicoleta’s olfactory ekphrasis review of DER DUFT Cinematic, especially the neat way in which she brings the 5 stages of grief and connects them to the notes and aromas in DER DUFT Cinematic. Definitely worth experiencing DER DUFT Cinematic with these feelings/stages in one’s mind and experience for oneself these connections between fragrances and feelings. Thanks for the review and the draw. Writing from the USA.

  • Thanks for this great review, Nicoleta! I love the stages of perfume development likened to a scene. It gives you an idea of the scent and emotions the perfumer wants to convey. I love this part of your description – ‘Reduced to its essence-if we are to use labels- it’s a deeply enjoyable warm spicy -citric -ginger -cardamon -flowery – slightly animalic experience, deeper than the sum of all its parts.’ Thanks for this opportunity. – CA, USA

  • Iuno Feronia says:

    What a nice review with different scenes to describe the fragrance. Thanks for that. I live in the EU.

  • Sliding doors is one of my favorite movies all time, and the soundtrack mentioned here is fantastic. From time to time, I listen and watch the video of Aqua – Turn back time, another fantastic song featured on the soundtrack. I’m so intrigued by the fact that a fragrance creator tried to transpose the complexity of creating a movie into the creation process of a fragrance. I currently live in Romania, EU.

  • I’ve been checking DER DUFT’s webpage since reading about the intention of this new house in Elena’s Bubble review. I love and understand the German language, so the name of the brand has additional appeal. “Der Duft” means the scent in German. In Nicoleta’s review, I find intriguing, how well she presents the concept of ekphrasis and succeeds in depicting fragrance through the movie scenes. I live in the EU and would love to check out Cinematic from DER DUFT.

  • Thank you Nicoleta for the thought provoking review. I liked your reference to Sliding doors which was a well loved movie for me and that you fashioned this review in its style with the different takes 🙂 I’m in USA

  • Love how Nicoleta used scenes to describe the perfume! The scent sounds so complex and rich to me.

    From Hong Kong

  • You almost got me with the Leonard Cohen lyric for Acceptance, the treasured old bard mystic, and one of Canada’s own, but I’d have to go with Bargaining ~ I’ll try anything with a carnation note! SWOON. ~ Canada

  • No two reviews of Nicoleta are alike.
    This felt almost like an xray :). If I’d ever get my paws on Cinematic, I’ll comeback to this, and let her guide me again, only this time with all my senses.
    I live in Europe.

  • Bryant Worley says:

    Nicoleta should be given an award for this review on the “freeze-frame” innovation alone. And that’s what sparked my interest – the ‘freeze-framing’ of each level of the fragrance, whetting your appetite for potential sniffs.She did a wonderful job with her verbage and pictorializations.

    I live in Waldorf, MD, USA.

  • I liked the idea of the emotions evoked by this perfume being broken down into their essential elements or ‘frames’. Being drawn to jasmine, rose and bright fresh notes, I’m very intrigued by this creation. I live in the USA.

  • I study film, so I’m always intrigued by fragrances with cinematic connections. This one sounds lovely. I’m in the US.

  • Hashim Madani says:

    My favorite scene has to be the surely-fleeting Frame 1, take 1, Station: Denial aka lemony profiteroles. From the sound of it, this fragrance has an opening I wish would last to the base and I have no problem forgoing all the other scenes. VA, USA

  • What really sparked my interest in this fragrance was that this fragrance was attempting to convey the scenes of a film. This fragrance tells a cinematic story and I thought that that was one of the most creative ways to create a fragrance. I live in Florida, the US.

  • From Nicoleta’s review, I really liked reading about all the scene by scene breakdowns of this fragrance. I really think that the concept of this fragrance is something quite special. I live in Florida, the United States.

  • So I now I can define my state of mind: anxiously numb.
    Great experience with this trip through these scenes, my senses are satisfied.
    Cinematic seems like a complex and intriguing perfume.
    Hugs from Romania

  • I don’t know anything from this house, but I really liked the photos and the notes sound interesting.
    Thanks. EU

  • This is such an interesting concept. I love how perfume creation is coming from so many unexpected and unexplored directions. I tried his Grasse and it was beautiful. USA. Thank you for the review.

  • I love how Nicoleta has broken down the notes in Cinematic with Anselm’s photos and feeling and words. It makes for a beautiful review that inspires all your senses. I’m lucky enough to try Cinematic and it is a great spicy perfume with very many layers…you can’t guess the plot. Great draw again! Marit UK

  • This awesome review just made me so curious about Cinematic, this is so intriguing, especially because the amber, vanilla and flowery combo is among my favourites.
    I’m from Spain.

  • From reading Nicoleta’s review about Cinematic, I really love its frame-by-frame approach to this fragrance. I also love how it is inspired by the raw, never-edited approach as well. I just think that that makes this fragrance very unique. This makes me think that this scent would be gritty in a way, very lifelike. I live in Florida, US.

  • wandering_nose says:

    I am happy and grateful that I had the chance to learn about the concept of ekphrasis as it’s something we are surrounded by more and more these days. Various kinds of art intermingle and create new masterpieces around us and we are lucky to be witnessing them. My interest to smell this unique “deeply enjoyable warm spicy -flowery – slightly animalic experience, deeper than the sum of all its parts” has been piqued. I am in Ireland

  • Olfactory creations paired with other forms of arts always attract my attention. The description beyond notes is really enjoyable. I’ll check out their IG. Live in the US.

  • Michael Prince says:

    Nicoleta, great review of DER DUFT Cinematic. I loved how Nicoleta the different frames and takes like you are taking this fragrance through scenes in a movie. I am from the USA.

  • I enjoyed hearing about the warm spicy citric cardamon flowery aspect of this fragrance, and how it is a fragrance deeper than the sum of it’s parts. I live in PA USA. I’d love to check out this new fragrance from DER DUFT.

  • I have never read a perfume review quite like this before. Nicoleta’s words themselves are cinematic, visual, inspiring. The reference to Sliding Doors brought back wonderful memories of the late 90s, definitely the best years of my life. I also love citric and ginger fragrances. I’m also dying to hear the correct pronunciation of DER DUFT…
    I live in the USA.

  • I will be brutal – the concept of the review is quite risky – but it was warth the rusk. It is different, creative and show the fragrance in tottaly different way. Catchy, so catchy. You got me, and if i dont win, i will have to try it by my own. Poland, EU

  • This perfume sounds fascinating! The long list of ingredients is intriguing, and the review’s description of a cinematic scent is very exciting! I’d love to try this out! I’m in NYC.

  • Nicoleta.Tomsa says:

    Thank you, everybody! So glad to have had the opportunity to discover such a cool niche house (I am sure we will hear more about DER DUFT in 2021).

  • fragrancefanatic says:

    The scenarios and dialogues really got me into it. Just imagining about the scenes and places to be in not only describes how the perfume smells like but the whole experience and what it feels like. Sending love from North Carolina, USA.

  • The concept of freeze framing emotions into notes fora specific perfume. Interesting and visually exciting. Many thanks to Nicoleta for her review and many thanks to Der Duft for making this draw possible. I’m in the USA

  • Sorohan Adriana says:

    I lived intensely every episode of the review and I wanted to stay in the area of ​​comfort and optimism of rose and vanilla enhanced by freshness and desire spiciness of life. I am from Eu Bucharest Romania Europe.