Wakening Woods of Scandinavia 4711 2019

I confess, I like 4711. It comes from my hometown and these 4 numbers have accompanied me throughout my life. I never thought I would one day wear a little fragrance from this house myself. The humiliating moments when great-aunts and honorary aunts bent down to me as a little kid with their 4711-soaked, lace-trimmed handkerchiefs to wipe away some smudge that had stuck to my face are still too vivid. Brrrrrrrrrrrr. Well, several years later, one day I was standing so nicely waiting in Kaufhof on the ground floor, waiting and waiting. That day, as an adult man, I had my first contact with 4711. It was Pink Pepper & Grapefruit that really got me back then. I still remember thinking, "this smells so honest."

Now to the Wakening Woods of Scandinavia. I like woody, needle-like fragrances when they don't swing the axe too aggressively. WWoS is definitely needle-like. It doesn't annoy me but rather clears my mind, makes it broader, purer. The top note is fresh and invigorating (my God, does that sound 4711-ish... invigorating & fresh) well, it is what it is. Modern and cool, coriander and pink pepper are always a good mix, which doesn’t have to be bad. Soon after, the rustling of the forests begins. The image of wandering barefoot on mossy ground through a foggy fir forest in the morning involuntarily comes to mind. This image is not complex, multi-layered, or thought-provoking. No, it has something simple, straightforward about it, just as Nordic as the Christmas tree that is currently standing in our living room. Clear, recognizable, and unembellished. So it fits quite well with one side of me. And so I let the Nordic woods rest on my skin. They sway a bit back and forth, but not much happens there now. After hours, my mother comes by for coffee, takes me in her arms, and says, "Boy, you smell good" - I have never heard that from my mother before. But these 4 words express everything. The boy "fragrances" today not like some crazy niche fragrance that no one knows, NO, the boy just smells good. And that’s exactly what I appreciate about WWoS and also a couple of others from the Colonia line of 4711. You just smell good. It’s more of a scent than a perfume. A scent that accompanies you, that you perceive and that is perceived, but rather fits and stays with you like a good pair of jeans or a great T-shirt. And I am surprisingly often told that I smell good when I wear this "scent." WWoS stays with me and is always there. Like a good friend from childhood. Well, in a way, it’s a bit like that with me and the 4711.