Flamenco

I tried this among the 'fruity trio' of coloured bottles in Harrods. I was expecting Ole to be the standout in the parade but nope, surprise again in the World of Niche - it was this little number! Flamenco is a wonderful raspberry scent. I saw the red and was thinking strawberry but it's clearly a beautiful, uninterrupted sweet Raspberry for me. It's almost jammy but yet remains juicy to keep it tangibly different to the competing Rouge Trafalgar that is a tiny bit less sweet and more woody/musky, less powdery. But they can be close at the start. I think the apple here keeps the raspberry juicy and sweet. It's better than any other fragrance I've tried in the 'Full fruit' genre, miles ahead of something like Boadecia's Glorious for me that starts just as good but quickly turns strange and floral with a weird magnolia, and other off-putting floral notes coming in. Flamenco just remains sweet but does turn more powdery during the dry-down as expected of scents containing violet. I dislike violet but honestly I only get this towards the drydown thankfully - but it has a more watery effect here with the sweet fruit notes somehow remaining and always proving a lingering jammy note that is quite remarkable. No pungent 'rubber' notes for me thankfully (I got those in Ole, strangely enough!). This is a real Winner; without using any stated vanilla note, Ramon has created a faithful syrupy-sweet raspberry and thankfully labelled it unisex; so the sweet-toothed men among us can enjoy this wonderful elixir. Initially, I really liked it enough to warrant an 8/10 for me. But this is for me the rarest of the rare; it impressed me even more on further wearings. I almost get a 'strawberry / mango' accord into the drydown and Flamenco manages to keep the fruits above the florals and not let the flowers and rose totally take over, especially at the start where it's virtually all fruity. It's a must buy for me, and I'd say a must-try for any fan of serious fruity scents that are Quality and the polar-opposite to all the girly popsicle stuff on the high streets. A Masterpiece, I was so close to awarding it a full score but just stops shy as it can stray to be much too feminine for most men and the drydown with that violet can come off as a little bit 'designery', dare I say it. My rating: 9/10.

It's an incredibly joyous fragrance with resuscitating rasperry and reviving green apple accords, grouted so smartly with velvety violet and rejuvenating orange blossom, you can easily feel transcented all of a sudden on a cliff in southern spanish riviera, watching over the hypnotic white foams emerging from the untamed waves eroding the rocky reefs on endless shores. When you reach to the mid notes, the rose welcomes the rasperry and the green apple so passionately, where the iris connects with violet in such an affectionate harmony, and the jasmine mates so jalously with the orange blossom on top notes, that you wish that this family portrait gets no way spotted, and the evergreens in base notes actually accompany you in every step of the way, and reminds you constantly that your dream is taking place in mediterranean, the beautiful amber coupling with the mighty virginia cedar gives this hovering concoction its unmistakeable character. I love spraying this jewel over and over, yet I cannot help admitting that the amber-rose duo is whispering into my ears their thirst of a touch of further leathery notes, where the twins, fir and cypress, giggling about their anticipation of meeting some serious fougere in my humble opinion, so in order to make each character in this fairytale happy, I spray my husband's Equipage twice in air first, dancing underneath to make sure that I captured every tiniest droplet falling upon me, then I spray 4 times my beloved Flamenco on it, and now I am done.Marvellous perfume

Flamenco EDP de Ramón Monegal (2017) de la colección España. Mi fragancia favorita, la siento como mi firma. Es una fragancia de la familia olfativa floral frutal ambarada. Sus notas de salida son la frambuesa, la manzana verde, la violeta y la flor del naranjo. Es la mejor frambuesa que he tenido el placer de oler; es madura, dulce y ácida. Al aplicarla te envuelve la frambuesa y la manzana verde rodeadas de la sensación empolvada de la violeta que también es finísima y delicada. En las notas de corazón encontramos la rosa, el iris y el jazmín las flores están en su mayor esplendor y aportan una sensualidad elegante y sí, carnal., así debe oler el alma del flamenco. La rosa es una rosa moderna y muy particular de las fragancias del maestro Ramón Monegal Este jugo maravilloso se asienta en sus notas de base que son las prestaciones más exquisitas de cedro, de pino y el ciprés, que para mi le aporta es olor y calentura del tablao; el abrazo de su ámbar delicioso nos deja de cara a una fragancia úunca y definitivamente adictiva. Es un imán de cumplidos. En mis restaurantes favoritos me han pedido que la vista cada vez que los visito. Tiene una duración en piel de 8 horas en ropa el doble. Para mi su proyección es de un brazo, sin embargo en lugares cerrados han venido tanto hombres como damas a preguntarme que es lo que llevo. La estela es importante pero no avasalla a nadie.

Wow Gorgeous red scent! Slightly erring on female - very bright, quite bright. Almost like a raspberry bon Bon but not cheap. Buying a bottle - WAAAAIIITTTT A MINUTE!!! Hmm - smells familiar (apparently everything smells like BR540 - no - other than sweetness this is not like BR540). Hmm - let me check Qom Chilom, no - but vaguely, Carner Barcelona Volcano, no, damn it - oh yeah House Of Sillage HOS 001? Nahhh.. it’s more medicinal... oh wait (20 min later)... OH YES!!!!! Oh yeah and Atomic Rose too... thought it starts with a greener connotation and the Rosenis more dominant. Sooo... not exactly the same, 001 has a different medicinal opening like a Halls Cherry Bon Bon and drying down in a fair bit darker and dustier almost with a soft oud like base. Flamenco has none of that, nor does it have the stonking performance of 001 but it is above average. It is also close enough that I would buy Flamenco as a substitute if only to draw out the life of my 001 bottle. The cost effectiveness makes this a pleasant buy regardless in comparison to HOS001 but in reality despite the say 85-90% commonality to my nose (irrespective of note table) I would still buy both - 001 for winter and Flamenco for summer...

I am trying this wonderful perfume and i only can say... Awesome!! Different to any other perfume i have tried before and very nice and comfortable. The perfume keeps a very nice, but a bit medicinal, sweetness during his whole Life. The mix between the soft and powdery rose and the sweet and fruity Raspberry is wonderful. For me flamenco is like wearing a Raspberry licorice on!! Sweet, delicious and long lasting! The saffrong gives some powdery and spicy vibe, amolified with a very subtle hint of iris, and the musk gives a long Life to the fragance. The performance is great. The quality of the ingredients seems to be very high. The longevity is also high, more than 8 hours on skin, and the projection is moderate but good and oerfectly noticeable. Innadition the sillage keeps for some hours on a high standard. I think flamenco is a unisex perfume, although in my opinión, It would be worn more for women than by men. Weareable during the day because of his fruity character and some freshness that It has, but good also for night use due to his sweetness. Flamenco has just become one if my favourite perfumes! Scent: 9.5 Longevity: 9 Sillage: 8 Quality/price: 8 Versatility: 8 Originality: 9 Global: 9.5