For months I've been eagerly awaiting the day when this little waterer would arrive at my house. What did I have ready for it. A text, garnished with the best parts of my favorite song by the doctors (How it goes). The hymn of praise par excellence this was going to be. This combination of scents is just screaming for me. What is it? All sprayed away in one spray. Gone with the wind. Nix. Over and out But what does the fragrance 'This is us' tell us? The title might suggest some kind of key or signature fragrance from the Parisian fashion brand, but arguably points more to the unisex nature of this perfume - for there have been 'This is her' and 'This is him' marketed by Shisheido, the French fashion chain's licensees, for some years before that; both sound pyramidally interesting and are not badly reviewed here. I'm not sad that revue numbers of ladies without underbellies seem to be dying out. I wouldn't be sad if this underground garage base note combo scent with little (milk-fruity) heart and no brains, eventually died out again. Well, what says the nose: Because even if nothing citrus, fruity or floral is indicated, with something such a fragrance must probably start. He does, he can not help it: sweetish, vanilla and with a typical sandalwood cream note it goes off. It doesn't smell bad, but it doesn't seem fresh or distinctive at all. With the following regular Nasentiefflug over the wrist, one would like to think to sense in this fairly constant (stubborn!) Sandelvanille a few nuances of fuzzy milky fruits: CoconutFigPeach or FigPearMandarin something like that. And a poppig printed flacon along with a thought-provoking, universally integrative we-concept triggers even in a receptive word person and collector yet no desire to own and wear.

Whether Zadig & Voltaire will stay - or, closer to home, that milky mediocre flat scent 'This is us' - I don't know. It probably doesn't matter either. Here they have told me in any case, in my three test runs, nothing exciting, stimulating or ravishing. At any rate, certainly: too little. Universe THIS IS US! THIS IS US! by Zadig & Voltaire tells the story of the Zadig tribe. An eternally young tribe that feels free. THIS IS US! a tribe of friends. United by the same fragrance. A community of love. Of life. Forever. A fragrance that brings people together, like an emblem. A fragrance to share, a fragrance for you, a fragrance for us. The problem (benevolently formulated: the charmingly interesting, minimalist...) is now: this we-scent does not want to tell quite. After spraying it shows up, unfortunately, rather as a jumble fragrance. This is Us has no plot and hardly comes from the place.I still prefer to live out minimalist whims with fresh chevrefeuille or verveine soliflors, earthy patchouli or vetiver solos, or lavender solo sonatas, such as those of Monastère de Ganagobie. All of which go through more transformations and have more to tell than 'This is Nuts'.unisex Already the note sequence, as it is given here, made me raise my eyebrows: a pyramid without top and heart notes? All classic, heavy and long-lasting base notes combined? Without anything on top or around it? The pyramid as a bungalow or as an underground car park? As a deep bunker of a comfortably wrapped up large family even? Even more so from a brand that had long interested me because of its so witty-sounding name. Zadig & Voltaire makes you dream of enlightening tales of the sharp-tongued French grand critic, or more precisely: of the colorful adventures and happy endings of his Zadig.