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05/21/2024
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Tous 1920 The Origin EDP - an inexpensive cumin scent that resembles Cartier Declaration
This review relies on a full bottle of Tous 1920 The Origin EDP that I bought from a US grey market sellers for $29. I use it infrequently because of the intense cumin note in the opening. Please note the EDT and EDP are very different, as the former is a cheap but serviceable blue scent.
Cumin is what The Origin EDP should be known as. I don’t pick up much of cardamom or bergamot in the opening, but these notes could have been submerged in the deluge of cumin. The heart notes that appear in an hour modifies the cumin slightly. I perceive some new sweet notes in the heart notes, which could be the jasmine listed on EssenceVitae. But it is too weak and muddled to make a clear identification. The base note and the ensuing dry down are nice with some mild but sweet woody notes. The main concern with The Origin EDP is that no note really stands out and stake a claim except the cumin.
Just as with The Origin EDT, the performance of the EDP falls short of what I would have liked. The dominant cumin note lasts on my skin is about four hours, but a little longer on my clothes. The sillage is serviceable for the first few hours. Unfortunately, the performance drops sharply after the first four hours. I have to reapply in a 5-6 hours to keep it going longer.
The similarity with Cartier Declaration is unmistakable. Though Declaration doesn’t list cumin as a note, the cardamom and vetiver in it appear as cumin to me. Declaration is a slightly better perfume than The Origin EDP but it costs more than double. Neither of these two perfumes fall in my top 100 perfumes, but they may be worth the space and money for a cumin aficionado.
Cumin is what The Origin EDP should be known as. I don’t pick up much of cardamom or bergamot in the opening, but these notes could have been submerged in the deluge of cumin. The heart notes that appear in an hour modifies the cumin slightly. I perceive some new sweet notes in the heart notes, which could be the jasmine listed on EssenceVitae. But it is too weak and muddled to make a clear identification. The base note and the ensuing dry down are nice with some mild but sweet woody notes. The main concern with The Origin EDP is that no note really stands out and stake a claim except the cumin.
Just as with The Origin EDT, the performance of the EDP falls short of what I would have liked. The dominant cumin note lasts on my skin is about four hours, but a little longer on my clothes. The sillage is serviceable for the first few hours. Unfortunately, the performance drops sharply after the first four hours. I have to reapply in a 5-6 hours to keep it going longer.
The similarity with Cartier Declaration is unmistakable. Though Declaration doesn’t list cumin as a note, the cardamom and vetiver in it appear as cumin to me. Declaration is a slightly better perfume than The Origin EDP but it costs more than double. Neither of these two perfumes fall in my top 100 perfumes, but they may be worth the space and money for a cumin aficionado.
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