Tocade 2018

First I have to give a warning about the company Carethy. I was ordering what they showed and told was the 2013 version of Tocade, very happily, since this was the only company I could see having that version. It was seemingly cheap, but then they added a huge shipping fee... ok, I accepted that, since I was glad I had maybe a last chance to get the 2013 version, which I had heard is a little bit different - with good reviews. But then - it took forever for my parcel to arrive, and it was strangely difficult to track it. I just found some weird messages that it had arrived to the ”parcel shop” but it did not say where, and it even looked like it had ended up in Norway. I live in Sweden. Ok, finally I recieved a message of where to go get it, today. But it was poorly emballaged, the beautiful box was bruised. Thankfully the bottle was not broken. BUT - it was NOT the 2013 version at all!! I get somewhat angry about such misleading advertisement!! NOW - we are getting to the point! Which is to the actual review of Tocade, 2018 version. And it is nice! Mind that this is my very first impression. Putting the first little spray on: shared between my two wrists.(Not rubbed, properly just touched... 😌) This is much spicier than I thought it would be! I was a bit surprised; I have heard so much about it being so sweet, like the”first gourmand” and all that. I really was expecting a lot more vanilla from the very beginning. I did not feel very much rose in the beginning, either. After half an hour: still not very sweet. But more of both the vanilla and the rose now. But to me, it is actually a bit soapy!! Not what I had expected. A very nice soap, though!! Fresh, clean, somehow a warm soap, like some lovely soap that my mother loved in my early childhood in the 60:s. With some, a little sweeter, talcum powder on top of it. However; these kind of fragrances are the ones I often tend to love the most: creamy or soapy or powdery. This is what I have felt with fx Chanel no 5 edt, and even Chanel Coco - and who would have expected that??! Not I !!! So, I am very pleased and happy with Tocade!! 🧡 It will surely develop more on me in the hours to come, and I will get to know it more when I have worn it a few times. So far - lovely!! A couple of hours later: yes, the Turkish Delight is spot on! Bathing in the powdered sugar and all.

Bergamot, makeup powder and rose at the open. The lemony note fades somewhat but stays around faintly for a few hours. Mostly it's a beautiful super feminine dusty pink rose iris & powdered dry vanilla. More powdery than I expected with something like violet to my untrained nose. Vintage lipstick and powder too. Tocade seems to me to be both a deeper vintage than its original 1994 release date and a completely modern rose vanilla. I could see Vivian Leigh or Merle Oberon using something like this on the set of some 1930's film sitting at a dressing table with a satin gown on. It's also so modern that if Tocade had a name & bottle change and sat on a counter at Nordstrom for over a hundred dollars people wouldn't blink an eye or consider it dated. Tocade is not of the 90's really she is both ahead of her time and a charming throw back to, I don't know, the 1930's or 1950's. The bottle makes me think of carnivals and trapeze artists. I wouldn't be surprised if this sat on the trapeze artist's vanity in Wings of Desire even though Wings of Desire is an 80's movie and this is a 90's release. The circus bottle would fit perfectly with the romantic beauty and magical realism of that movie. Time travel make it so. Although I never tried the original 90's version it's probably better, not because I don't love this, I do, but because most of the familiar to me older perfumes I've tried recently have lost some depth and longevity. I remember seeing the Tocade bottle on display at department stores in the 90's and unfortunately ignored her because she sat next to the Poisons, the Joops, the Chanels and other more familiar perfumes. Somehow Tocade, to me, is like a trapeze artist. Not really out of place in current time but a welcome divergence that brings a smile to your face and maybe a little worry about the stunts she's performing and if she can survive. I hope she outlasts them all.

Second day wearing this. It is very lovely, and I will wear this when I don’t want to offend anyone. But still - I think it is a little bit weak... I thought it was going to be a lot more pungent. Thinking of maybe trying Mancera Roses Vanille for that?? But I have already discovered, that this one is very lovely to layer with other fragrances. One combination - forgive me here, I know that for some people Samsara is the untouchable holy grail - but, however wonderful, I think Samsara edt (the new one) also is a little too weak on me. But these two together - wow! They both enhance eachother’s most beautiful notes, and suddenly the whole concoction gets stronger. But not too strong, and I will still be able to feel both Samsaras and Tocades individual beauties, shining through! And I can imagine putting Tocade on top of Habanita, to give it extra rose... And yesterday evening, I was mixing Ombre Rose (Brosseau) and Tocade, before bed. A wonderful way to fall asleep. A little grandma-ish, in a good way. This morning I’m wearing it alone. Home-y, cosy. And my cat loves it - she licks my arm lovingly!! She loves everything vanilla... 😻

This is either very odd in itself... or I just totally misinterpreted what to expected. The texture I get is very watery. It's rosy, sweet and green. It is not unpleasant but I expected something thicker, nuttier, a little smoky. This, on me, acts like a cologne with a surprising 8h (plus?) longevity. I wish I had something to compare it to because it took me by such a surprise I feel like I have a different product entirely. I'll say the bottle is lovely to hold, above all. The look is interesting, reminds me of fireworks, but it doesn't compare to how fantastic it is to use. I'll keep working with it, give the bottle some time to breathe, wait for warmer weather. / Edit / Just noticed this makes me think of lipstick, maybe other lip products too, in 00s or so. I definitely get a powdered sugar vibe which I can see giving people the Turkish delight impression with the ultra-watery rose. I also noted that the hint of green makes me think of green tea... not bitter but kind of like that sweetened Arizona drink?

Turkish Delight. And nothing but Turkish Delight. 🙄🥱 Still like it, but I would never care enough about it to buy it again. It is really a pity, that you cannot try every fragrance before you buy. Edit; just half a year later! (July 30, -24) Suddenly, this has become one of my favourites!! How? It just shows, I think, that you should give a fragrance another chance. Maybe this, for me, has something to do with the fact that my husband loves this on me. But also that I am now myself in need of a soft and reassuring fragrance, as I am struggling with a period of much, much too much to do. And now I can feel a lot more than the ”Turkish Delight factor”. I can feel the depth of the fragrance, and the other noter - not just rose and powdered sugar, as I did before. Maybe I am beginning to get the hype. So I have now changed this from a like to a love.