#cafedelmar

It is weird in a good way. I dont know how to describe it but I enjoy wearing it a lot in hot summer nights.

#cafedelmar is my second favourite from Ramon Monegal’s Ibiza Collection. Cafe del Mar is a legendary seaside bar in Ibiza which started 1980. It’s unique and lucrative concept, combined enjoying a drink, whilst watching the sunset, with listening to DJ sessions of ambient chill-out beats. Cafe del Mar has since become its own musical genre, selling millions of records worldwide. Just like Cafe del Mar uses a soundtrack to amalgamate everything into a special moment, Ramon Monegal likewise uses fragrance to encompass and complete the unique experience. Monegal describes his #cafedelmar fragrance as; “Every hypnotic sunset seen from Cafe del Mar gives birth to a unique and relaxing moment. Velvety vanilla amber, on a seabed of Mediterranean seaweed combined in a foamy sea on a beach of golden sand.” Monegal has captured the relaxed, chill-out vibe using lavender to calm, along with orris and ambergris. I love the seaweed note and beach accord. Luckily for me, the vanilla, apple and coffee notes aren’t too prominent. The deep blue colour of the bottle is perfectly chosen to represent the evening sea at sunset. This would smell perfect on someone like George Clooney, in those emotive coffee ads where he’s in a chic vintage car, somewhere in the Mediterranean, looking dashing in a suit and open-necked shirt and filmed in black and white. #cafedelmar and #laislablanca make a perfect “his and hers” pair, as they suit each other. They are the effortlessly cool, bohemian, successful couple you see having brunch in the old town marina. TOP Seaweed, Coffee, Golden apple Heart Freesia, Lavender, Orris Base Ambergris, Vanilla velvet, Beach Sand chord

I wanted to like this more than I do. I unfortunately get too much ambroxan in this. Anyone who is riding high on the current male ambroxan fragrance glut should love this. It does evoke its namesake. There is a seaside vibe from the ambroxan, and it makes me think of having breakfast at a cafe with the coffee and apple (smells a bit citric to me..in fact I picture an orange julius). The apple/orange julius is much stronger than the coffee vibe. But the coffee and apple kind of devolve into a typical generic male scent once the lavender steps forward. Blah...kind of reminds me of the underwhelming latest release by Memo: Winter Palace. Both have the Orange Julius vibe...whereas Winter Memo's is spiced, this one is...coffeed

I have the Ramón Monegal discovery set, and again, I’m so confused. I just pick up an overall cologne, slightly masculine vibe. Must be the ambroxan. I don’t think of the beach when I sniff my arm. I wish I did. There’s an over the top quality to this, think booze cruise and a guy who is trying too hard. Not my style, a definite no.

I'm going through the discovery set for this house and this is the second fragrance I've tried. And this is also the second fragrance that screams ambroxan to me. Half traditional men's barbershop fragrance, half stale coffee. I certainly hope they start getting better.