Otto Kern Soft Contrast

Soft Contrast smells familiar. It's quite close to Viva La Juicy and also VLJ Noir, not quite the same, but it could be another flanker of the line. Like the name suggests it's a little softer in character. This is sweet and very fruity with some light, clean white florals and a strong vanilla base. It's very smooth without any sharpness and not cloying, but maybe a little sugary. The raspberry is very apparent, and there is also a citrus note. It's not sour enough to be grapefruit though, maybe mandarin or a very sweetened lemon. The drydown is pleasently creamy, even though it misses the caramel note of VLJ. Typical for German drugstore fragrances, this plays it totally safe. To be fair I only tried Soft Contrast because I got some samples with an ebay purchase. While I'm not overly impressed by this, I like it. It certainly doesn't deserve to have zero reviews on here.