Frustration

8 reseñas

Mostrando las más recientes primero.

• Elias87

  September 21, 2023

  

  It’s a delight. Smells like chocolate bar with notes of chocolate, hazelnut and something creamy… Longevity, trail and projection are very ephemeral for the high price it has. But I recognise it as one of the best scents from ELDO.

• mndln

  February 24, 2024

  

  It’s like a vanilla ice cream with alcohol and cinnamon branches brought to you in a restaurant; very refreshing, almost gives a cold shock to the head. Short longevity, I suppose like an ice cream. As it dries, the nuts and a secondary spicy note take centre stage. There is a sweetness that can be annoying because the initial notes, more juicy and interesting, fade away very quickly. A pleasant, cheerful and addictive fragrance. I thought I wouldn’t like it because it’s vanilla, but it definitely ranks among the top three samples of that disappointing set of 8 pieces from ELDO.

• samucel87

  November 17, 2024

  

  For me, the undisputed king of ETDO. It starts with nuts (it sounds like peanut to me), liquor, and then an avalanche of vanilla. It’s perfect, that’s all. I still can’t talk about its development because I haven’t used it much, but it promises. We’ll keep you informed.

• Mojave

  December 25, 2024

  

  At first, it has a very particular aroma: the gouache from the brand Talens when you mix it with water just before painting. It’s a complex scent to convey: a bit earthy, almost edible, but with a note that alerts you not to eat it, that there’s a chemical trace. Yesterday on paper it seemed very similar to the smell of the mythical filled almonds (typical in Spain at Christmas). Today on skin I feel the opening of temperas, followed by the nut note, more roasted peanut than chestnut. I find it beautiful, almost conceptual, definitely a perfume I would categorise as a soft gourmand for winter, slightly sweet and not invasive. As for longevity, it’s just about right, as happens with many of ELDO.

• MBlack

  January 16, 2025

  

  The profile of this perfume is like a ‘By the Fireplace’ by M.M.: vanilla and woody with nuts (specifically toasting chestnuts). It doesn’t have much more ^^ It’s quite strong and has a trail, very unisex leaning masculine in my opinion; I have a decant and thought it would surprise me more, but it hasn’t 😅

• Edithgg

  July 15, 2025

  

  I AGREE, THE OPENING IS SUPER PECULIAR. IT SMELLS OF TINNER TO ME… IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE RUM. BUT HERE THERE’S SOMETHING TYPICAL OF ELDO. THEN EVERYTHING CHANGES AND TRANSFORMS INTO REALISTIC, NOT SWEET, HAZELNUT. I don’t smell cinnamon. And I wouldn’t be able to say what the guaiacol smells like. I love the dry-down. Not so much the opening. And I clarify: it’s not gourmand. It’s deep. That fascinates me.. NOT FOR BLIND BUYING

• HACIVET

  December 20, 2025

  

  As an olfactory reference for people in Chile: this smells like Easter bread. For my part, I didn’t connect much with the proposal. It does evoke a ‘sweet’ mental state of sitting still drinking liquor in a heated room, but I don’t reach the concept of frustration. I know I perhaps shouldn’t be so literal, but coming from this house, I expected something more… a challenge, to put it some way. Nothing to say regarding quality, aesthetics, and construction; everything is very well executed and will be worth a lot for anyone who appreciates this scent. Perhaps the frustration lies in expecting intense emotion and finding a vanilla perfume you’d wear at a Christmas dinner, where later your brother-in-law arrives who has bathed in Khamrah by Lattafa and completely overshadowed your niche fragrance.

• Coquita

  February 13, 2026

  

  An absolutely wild perfume with a super polarised development. Barely on, it smells like tar, but it quickly mutates into tutti frutti gum, then progressively moves to the dry-down. The heart and dry-down are sweet, boozy vanilla with a good dose of cinnamon. The texture is slightly floury, vaguely reminiscent of chestnuts without quite reaching that scent. Projection is good and lasts 10 hours on skin, and on clothes until I wash them. I see it as unisex, leaning feminine, suitable for cold weather and informal or semi-formal occasions. I expected more; it’s not great, nor does it disgust me, but it’s a mishmash that wants to be something and never quite gets there. I don’t feel those roasted chestnotes I notice in By the Fireplace. That tarred note reminds me of Black by Bvlgari, but in a pastry version where the pan burns instead of the tyre, as if a cake had been left burning in the oven. It’s left me with olfatus interruptus, perhaps hence the name. Pleasant: 5/10 Interesting: 6/10 Versatile: 6/10 Original: 7/10