Higher Peace 19-69 2021

When thinking of summer scents, fresh, aquatic notes often come to mind. Others associate the fragrance of sunscreen and fresh laundry. But no matter what one thinks of, the thought of vacation in a beautiful place - perhaps by the sea - is often present. For me, however, summer begins long before the vacation. It starts when the bugs chirp in the bushes and you pull out the lighter duvet from the closet. Summer means sitting outside by an untouched lake, where next to you, people smoke as if there’s no tomorrow - and yet you enjoy this relaxed atmosphere. Because everything is better than melting in a small 20-square-meter apartment on the fifth floor. Even if it’s not the Mediterranean, the algae-filled lake is more than enough.

“Higher Peace” embodies exactly this kind of summer for me. Something captured in suburbia, yet it feels cozy and a bit retro. Therefore, I am surprised that I hardly perceive the cardamom. Warm and spicy, the scent is neither that for me, nor is it fresh and zesty. “Higher Peace” is hard to categorize. Most clearly, I perceive a light, floral note that subtly hovers in the background. The strongest note for me is the hay, combined with a creamy component. However, the scent does not remind me of a farm, but rather of the dry, sun-warmed air in summer. Earthy notes give it something mature. The perfume has a very human quality, as if one has just bathed in a overgrown lake, then laid down on a dried-up meadow, spreading out a towel that has absorbed the scent of body lotion underneath.