Year: 2016
Notes: griotte cherry, spices, Brazilian Santos green coffee, centifolia rose, patchouli, white tobacco, amber, tonka bean, Atlas cedar, musk
How would a well-established business entity be perceived if it begged for money, instead of reinvesting with its own profits? Well, that's what Olfactive Studio unsuccessfully attempted, in mid-2016, by using (and abusing) a crowdfunding website, for the sake of a bottle redesign. As crowdfunding is usually associated with business start-up ventures and under-funded artists and music bands, the gall of this French niche house was absolutely appalling but one digresses.
Composed by Annick Menardo, Close Up is a sweet oriental that opens with an inviting blast of cherry, spices, coffee and rose, before almost immediately transforming into a derivative skin scent. With a mild undercurrent of tobacco, it rapidly evolves into a dull and creamy haze of resins, woods and musk.
With minimum sillage and average longevity, this house should be concentrating more on improving the general quality of its offerings, rather than trying to manipulate the general public into footing the bill for an unnecessary packaging revamp.
Composed by Annick Menardo, Close Up is a sweet oriental that opens with an inviting blast of cherry, spices, coffee and rose, before almost immediately transforming into a derivative skin scent. With a mild undercurrent of tobacco, it rapidly evolves into a dull and creamy haze of resins, woods and musk.
With minimum sillage and average longevity, this house should be concentrating more on improving the general quality of its offerings, rather than trying to manipulate the general public into footing the bill for an unnecessary packaging revamp.
