First of all, I would like to apologize for the uncreative headline, although a direct comparison with
Lost Cherry Eau de Parfum is of course not very far-fetched, as
Vicebomb is touted on YouTube and the like as the "better Lost Cherry".
However, the following review is not intended to be a 1:1 comparison between the two fragrances, but rather a tribute to this masterpiece of fragrance. Nevertheless, I cannot avoid including
Lost Cherry Eau de Parfum in the conclusion.
UPDATE
The
Vicebomb starts off cherry, creamy, sweet - and, like the previous speakers, reminds me a little of cream ice cream with Amarena, or, in my case, of that classic vanilla quark with cherry compote that you could buy pre-packaged and just had to stir well before enjoying. The Amarena cherry preserved in syrup is extremely present in the opening, but is duly accompanied by these creamy and vanilla notes. The vanilla cream, which I can only clearly smell in the opening, is lush, rich and highly calorific. Like the pickled cherry, it is strongly perceptible, but these two components do not fight each other, but complement each other and merge into a wonderful melange.
I personally only smell salted caramel (where is the salt here, please?) or red fruits very, very, very cautiously and with a great deal of imagination - which does not detract from the masterpiece, however, but clearly positions it in the "cherry fragrance" range. And if I can smell any "red fruits" in the distance, they are very overripe and generously candied.
HEARTNOTE
Some time after the opening - and we are actually talking about 1.5 - 2 hours here - the
Vicebomb develops further from the sweet-creamy fragrance and becomes even more cherry-like for me and, thanks to a liqueur-like note, also significantly edgier and darker. From this moment on, the fragrance also becomes wearable and extremely attractive for me as a man. And if it wasn't for this gigantic heart note, this blind buy would probably have gone into my wife's collection.
The heart note of
Vicebomb reminds me in a certain way very strongly of the opening
Lost Cherry Eau de Parfum - albeit without bitter almond, but in the form of a deep black, overripe cherry that is no longer preserved in sugar syrup, but in cherry liqueur.
Far, far away, you can possibly "sense" a rose, although this requires a lot of imagination. First and foremost, I can really only smell the dark cherry, the liqueur and, later in the heart note, a little more cherry brandy.
At best, there is only a small hint of the creamy, sweet and vanilla cream curd, which causes the fragrance to "drift" in a dark, deep and very distinctive direction, but in the most positive way.
The heart note lasts a good 5 to 6 hours on my skin, which I personally really like. I would like to go into more detail about the longevity and the different notes at the end.
BASE
After we have already spent a good 7 to 8 hours together, another transformation takes place that I find really stunning: the dark, liqueur-like notes gradually give way from the heart note described above and go in a much lighter, completely contrary direction:
In the end, it is the cherry that can at best still be guessed at - it has handed over the sceptre to the sugar. And by that I mean snow-white granulated sugar that you have just bought in a health food store and are now opening the packaging. It smells dry as dust, deeply sweet and slightly earthy.
There are woody notes in the background, but they don't steal the show from the sugar. For me, the sugar in this fragrance is the most beautiful realization that can happen to the note "sugar": There is less focus on the taste of sugar on the tongue and more on the smell of fresh sugar from the paper packet; you think you can perceive and smell the individual crystals in your mind's eye.
The wood plays a very subordinate, but not insignificant role: it is noble, dried for many decades, smells only subtly in the background and brings tart, deep notes into the base notes.
I hardly notice any tonka, the cherry is still minimally present in the background, the vanilla cream long since eaten up.
This base lingers on the skin until the next wash, but the next morning it is merely a beautiful skinscent that you can only perceive if you are very close to the person wearing it.
LONGEVITY
As mentioned above, the fragrance with its wonderful base note lasts on the skin until the next shower.
The real magic happens on my CLOTHING - even the next day (more than 24 hours after application) I can still perceive the heart note: deep black cherries, preserved in alcohol-rich cherry liqueur. Hardly any sweetness, hardly any creaminess, no sugar. At best, a few dust-dry woods, but even that is only very far in the background.
SILLAGE
The fragrance is extremely strong, especially at the beginning, but never takes over the whole room, but stays within 1 to 2 arm lengths at most. I wore the fragrance yesterday and found the sillage to be very pleasant and not annoying. My wife confirmed this. In the heart note, the fragrance is still present, but only clearly perceptible at a maximum of one arm's length. In the base, i.e. when the sugar unfolds its effect, the fragrance recedes further and further and is "only" a skin scent the next morning.
And as I mentioned at the beginning, as a supposed "Tom Ford disciple", I naturally can't help but draw a comparison with
Lost Cherry Eau de Parfum in the CONCLUSION - and award the trophy here to
Vicebomb by a huge margin.
in my eyes,
Vicebomb is the clear winner in a race that never happened. The fragrance is independent enough not to pass as a copy or dupe, and yet for me the fragrance has a certain character of
Lost Cherry Eau de Parfum at its heart - simply "better".
As far as performance and longevity are concerned, we don't need to discuss this any further at this point, but for me the development of the fragrance is exactly what I would define as a masterpiece: beyond any straightforwardness, perfectly coordinated, not at all intrusive and the notes complement each other perfectly.
Some people have said that the fragrance goes in a feminine direction - I cannot and would not confirm this. Yes, it is creamy-vanilla-sweet and light at the beginning, but becomes deeply dark in the heart and sugary-earthy-dry in the base. For me, the epitome of "unisex".
However, if it smells too "feminine", here's a tip for LAYERING: Use
Tuscan Leather Eau de Parfum (2 sprays) as a base and
Vicebomb (1 - 2 sprays) on top - thank you later. :)
Top Notes 
Heart Notes 
Base Notes 
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