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Flashback in the Drugstore
As a (younger) child, I loved playing "perfume maker."
I was completely fascinated by crushing different flowers (lemon blossoms mmmmm!), herbs (I thought lovage was great, and the Maggi herb smells exactly like Maggi, just better!), fruits (lime, delicious!) and even more so leaves (from maple to lemon leaves) and smearing them behind my ear or on my wrists - and of course on any available victim nearby.
Unfortunately, the result never lasted long. The lovely scent disappeared in less than half an hour.
I still believe that something decent could have come out of me if my parents had just given me pure alcohol and a still when I was four years old.
I have a sensitive nose. Not an overly sensitive or trained one (I still need to practice identifying scent notes) but simply one that only needs a small amount of fragrance.
I honestly never complain about the lack of "stickiness" of perfumes.
It can't be close enough to my body, and I can smell most perfumes on me for at least a day.
So I like to use perfume in homeopathic doses; for example, I still have half of the 30ml Energizing Fragrance I bought at the beginning of the millennium, even though I use it (well, not constantly, but regularly), and I always wonder why anyone needs any perfume in such hospital quantities as 75ml.
But: Geza Schön must have done exactly the same with the lime!
It smells so fresh, so delicious, so natural!
And half an hour after spraying it on, it's gone.
As I read now (http://www.sueddeutsche.de/stil/duft-der-parfuemeur-aus-der-stinkhoehle-1.2970434) about how unusual a perfume artist Geza Schön is, I wonder if this is intentional.
It’s probably an "I-remember-my-beginnings-as-a-perfumer-AND-THIS-IS-SUPPOSED-TO-BE!-artwork."
(Maybe it was also due to the other perfumes in the drugstore and too much experimenting on my part; I will definitely try Acqua de Colonia Lime & Nutmeg again and possibly update the comment then)
P.S. The nutmeg is just a very small background note in the perfume, on my skin, and therefore also in this comment, which is hardly noticeable but makes it more interesting, just right for my taste.
I was completely fascinated by crushing different flowers (lemon blossoms mmmmm!), herbs (I thought lovage was great, and the Maggi herb smells exactly like Maggi, just better!), fruits (lime, delicious!) and even more so leaves (from maple to lemon leaves) and smearing them behind my ear or on my wrists - and of course on any available victim nearby.
Unfortunately, the result never lasted long. The lovely scent disappeared in less than half an hour.
I still believe that something decent could have come out of me if my parents had just given me pure alcohol and a still when I was four years old.
I have a sensitive nose. Not an overly sensitive or trained one (I still need to practice identifying scent notes) but simply one that only needs a small amount of fragrance.
I honestly never complain about the lack of "stickiness" of perfumes.
It can't be close enough to my body, and I can smell most perfumes on me for at least a day.
So I like to use perfume in homeopathic doses; for example, I still have half of the 30ml Energizing Fragrance I bought at the beginning of the millennium, even though I use it (well, not constantly, but regularly), and I always wonder why anyone needs any perfume in such hospital quantities as 75ml.
But: Geza Schön must have done exactly the same with the lime!
It smells so fresh, so delicious, so natural!
And half an hour after spraying it on, it's gone.
As I read now (http://www.sueddeutsche.de/stil/duft-der-parfuemeur-aus-der-stinkhoehle-1.2970434) about how unusual a perfume artist Geza Schön is, I wonder if this is intentional.
It’s probably an "I-remember-my-beginnings-as-a-perfumer-AND-THIS-IS-SUPPOSED-TO-BE!-artwork."
(Maybe it was also due to the other perfumes in the drugstore and too much experimenting on my part; I will definitely try Acqua de Colonia Lime & Nutmeg again and possibly update the comment then)
P.S. The nutmeg is just a very small background note in the perfume, on my skin, and therefore also in this comment, which is hardly noticeable but makes it more interesting, just right for my taste.
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4 Comments
Neptuna 9 years ago
It's interesting how differently the scent comes out on each skin. For me, the lime unfortunately faded after about three-quarters of an hour, while the nutmeg was still intensely noticeable after four hours.
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Gschpusi 9 years ago
Almost all the fragrances from this line are refreshing :) As an all-day scent, it's a bit too weak for me.
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Cravache 9 years ago
I used to be a successful perfumer back in the day. Just a strictly limited Privé-Bespoken line. I dedicated each of the Creations Exclusives to the garden outside my window. Until Maman Cravache said, "Wow, there's a really shady character lurking around the house! Just his perfume alone! And why is there no grass growing under your window?" If I had gotten a distillery... ...I’d only need to work half an hour like Geza S. too.
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FlirtyFlower 9 years ago
Yes, the colognes are really great. I have Apple Chili at home; if I see it, I'll try it too. Trophy for you!
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