Silver Light (1997)
by Escada

Strange green aromatic and sweet fragrance. Reminds me of a powdery Cool Water.

Aromatic, green, and woody. Escada Pour Homme Light Silver Edition is a pleasant fragrance and lighter than the original Escada but not so light that I would call it “light”: It has a potency that I find unusual for scents from the late nineties. It’s initial citrus / green accord has a sharpness caused by the fruits involved — especially the grapefruit. I prefer this sharpness to a fragrance like Jako which offers the super sweet grapefruit notes in the opening. Light Silver’s mid notes feature jasmine and lavender, along with some of the woods from the base. It dries down to a rather unclear woody / patchouli? / vanilla accord, which is quite powdery. Escada Pour Homme Light Silver Edition reminds me somewhat of Platinum Égoïste, but it’s not as refined or as likeable. It’s an okay fragrance, but there is not very much special about it. I can understand why it was quickly discontinued.

I was given a sample of escada silver light and liked it enough to buy a 50ml bottle. I find it quite agreeable as the top notes are subtly pleasant and the fragrance is never overbearing or too strong. My only complaint is that it does not last very long, but all in all a good buy in my opinion :)

I like the freshness of it, but especially the topnotes are good. Fresh but warm at the same time.

A discontinued fragrance. Checking my samples I found a little collector's bottle I got when bought a fragrance. It was still full and never opened.

When test it on a paper, the starting was citric, a bit aquatic, with notes of grapefruit and mint, plus some green apple. About 5 or 10 minutes later the top notes faded down in a very drastic way, appearing middle notes of classic lavender, mixed with notes of violet leaves (it remembered me for a while the Samba Zipped) and jasmine. As base note, some oriental notes of vanilla, plus oakmoss and patchouli.

Strange... for the first notes I should believe it was a fresh summer fragrance, but the remaining notes were very classic and oriental, due to lavender and vanilla. Maybe it's suitable for all seasons, as a daytime or office fragrance, for a range of ages over 25 years old.

Nice enough, yes, and a good choice for those seeking a "crisp' fragrance. But the original Escada is SO much better -- so much richer and deeper and complex. It's kind of like Egoiste v. Platinum -- that is to say, "Why bother? Why try to improve upon perfection?"