Joop! Berlin
Joop! (1991)

The fruity floral is perhaps the toughest of genres to convince gents that there is unisex potential. There is seldom anything aromatic, woody, mossy, or dry to contrast with or underpin the fruits, flowers, and sweet resins. That said, there is something to be said for the way plum and peach mingles with tuberose and other florals, almost like thickly laid brushstrokes, an olfactory impasto.

Joop! Berlin, long discontinued, is one that is a bit more softened courtesy of heliotrope, vanilla, and tonka, making it feel like a dreamy cloud. As a result, this is not the wild ride that comes from wearing Cacharel LouLou or Ungaro Senso. It trades a head shop incense feel for a mild, cushiony, musky sandalwood. It's a realm of nuance that would predict concepts that flourished into the 90s.

Angels over Berlin...

Rumour has it that every time Angel is visiting Berlin, she falls on her knees and kisses the ground while whispering:
"Mother..."
A melancholic wraith of a rose is watching from the aisles...

this is EDT but smells amazingly strong, almost like an extrait....its fruity floral complex composition, but tuberose-creamy woody accord is the bone of the structure.....reminded me by its density of the ingredients at Chinatown by Bond..carnation adds to complexity and the fruity note is like some neon plum fruit

its from early 90s so can one recognize an impact of perfumes like Poison, even Lou Lou....

it is very powerful, and leaves beautiful creamy sweet, fruity, woody base for lovers of intensive sweet feminine perfumes, but complex and longlasting

Outrageous eBay prices for this scent compelled me to snap up a mini at the first opportunity. Curiosity now sated. Berlin is an 80s style fruity floral (ie. lashings of juicy stone fruits over sweet white florals). There's also an alleged 'caramel' note in this composition, but it's not very evident to me.

I actually don't mind Berlin for this style of fragrance. It's not as overpowering as other 80s nose-busters, and the drydown is really quite lovely. However, it doesn't smell unique: I'm sure, somewhere in my collection, I've got at least one smellalike 'twin' for Berlin.

According to Fragrantica, Berlin and Senso by Ungaro share many of the same notes. They don't smell exactly the same (I did a side-by-side comparison), but if you know what Senso smells like you'll get an idea of Berlin.