Escada
Escada
91 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Bright clementine zest cuts through a haze of powdered sweetness, crisp and oddly delicate rather than demanding. The citrus dominates here with surprising clarity, though already you sense something soft and cosmetic temping the sharpness.
The florals materialise as barely-there whispers of orchid and peony, gossamer-thin and powdery, whilst the base notes begin their slow emergence—that curious biscuit-mascarpone accord blooming into something almost savoury beneath the floral veil. This middle phase is where the fragrance finds its identity: creamy, slightly foodie, gently synthetic.
Chocolate and coffee assert themselves more boldly now, grounding what threatened to become merely sugared air, whilst the biscuit-mascarpone foundation hardens into a buttery, almost caramel-tinged skin scent. The powdery quality persists, lending everything a soft-focus quality that feels more nostalgic than contemporary.
Incredible Me arrives as a peculiar collision between patisserie counter and flower shop—neither fully committing to either identity, which proves oddly endearing rather than muddled. The clementine opener possesses genuine citrus snap, that bitter-bright character of actual fruit skin rather than synthetic citral, but it's immediately gentled by what feels like powdered sugar drifting through the composition. As the fragrance settles, orchid and peony emerge with an almost translucent quality—these florals read more as creamy whisper than statement blooms, their petals seemingly dusted with the same cosmetic powder that softens the composition's edges.
The real intrigue lies in the base, where biscuit and mascarpone create something genuinely unusual: imagine the buttery crumb of a shortbread biscuit meeting the almost savoury creaminess of Italian mascarpone cheese. It shouldn't work, yet it does, lending warmth without becoming aggressively dessert-like. The chocolate and coffee that follow feel almost obligatory against this foundation—standard gourmand anchors that prevent the fragrance from floating away entirely.
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