Colonia Acqua di Parma 1916 Eau de Cologne
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So tell me, when you think about summer..
...what crosses your mind.
After the summer is slowly coming to an end and I put off the review of Acqua di Parma but a little longer before me, I feel compelled today to write a small ode to this fragrance.
Summer still has something magical for me. Like no other season, it takes me back to my childhood. Somehow my brain still associates "summer" with "leisure" - and that, even if it's rather the opposite now, is quite nice :)
Summer was spent as working class kids out in the somewhat greenish-yellow fields or in the woods in the middle of the backcountry, watching autumn slowly take over the landscape, the crops begin to ripen, and the scent of conifers, freshly threshed wheat, and tent-white windfall fruit build up in the air. Our first holidays were spent in tents, of course - much further inland! On warm, sunny days at ice-cold lakes in Bavaria, we ate ice cream, played cards, and read adventure books by Enid Blyton and Jules Vernes that took place in lands that seemed so far away.
The first family holiday outside of olfactory familiar Germany was magical - and in Italy, of course, with bag & baggage in the car, with dog and no air conditioning. Being in another country for the first time felt strange. We stayed in an aggriturismo - a converted farmhouse with a lovely owner, two dogs and five apartments. While we spent most of the day by the sea, we enjoyed evenings at the agriturismo with family. Too many sensory impressions to comprehend after all these years. But one constant remained to this day. The morning
The scent of lemon, bergamot, freshly applied sunscreen and the feeling of relaxation. Fresh, elegant, carefree. And so, actually, to this day, that very moment became my definition of a calm and comfortable summer.
Since I discovered Acqua di Parma Colonia at the beginning of my fragrance journey, this accompanies me during the spring, and summer months faithfully and almost daily. No other fragrance carries so much the summer DNA of my memory in itself and convinces me every time again at first smell.
And in keeping with the past ode, today (at an autumnal 6 degrees outside temperature at 8:00 in the morning) will be the day, with a heavy heart, when I will put away the 250 ml bottle and screw the cap on the Luce di Colonia room fragrance. Until 2022!
After the summer is slowly coming to an end and I put off the review of Acqua di Parma but a little longer before me, I feel compelled today to write a small ode to this fragrance.
Summer still has something magical for me. Like no other season, it takes me back to my childhood. Somehow my brain still associates "summer" with "leisure" - and that, even if it's rather the opposite now, is quite nice :)
Summer was spent as working class kids out in the somewhat greenish-yellow fields or in the woods in the middle of the backcountry, watching autumn slowly take over the landscape, the crops begin to ripen, and the scent of conifers, freshly threshed wheat, and tent-white windfall fruit build up in the air. Our first holidays were spent in tents, of course - much further inland! On warm, sunny days at ice-cold lakes in Bavaria, we ate ice cream, played cards, and read adventure books by Enid Blyton and Jules Vernes that took place in lands that seemed so far away.
The first family holiday outside of olfactory familiar Germany was magical - and in Italy, of course, with bag & baggage in the car, with dog and no air conditioning. Being in another country for the first time felt strange. We stayed in an aggriturismo - a converted farmhouse with a lovely owner, two dogs and five apartments. While we spent most of the day by the sea, we enjoyed evenings at the agriturismo with family. Too many sensory impressions to comprehend after all these years. But one constant remained to this day. The morning
The scent of lemon, bergamot, freshly applied sunscreen and the feeling of relaxation. Fresh, elegant, carefree. And so, actually, to this day, that very moment became my definition of a calm and comfortable summer.
Since I discovered Acqua di Parma Colonia at the beginning of my fragrance journey, this accompanies me during the spring, and summer months faithfully and almost daily. No other fragrance carries so much the summer DNA of my memory in itself and convinces me every time again at first smell.
And in keeping with the past ode, today (at an autumnal 6 degrees outside temperature at 8:00 in the morning) will be the day, with a heavy heart, when I will put away the 250 ml bottle and screw the cap on the Luce di Colonia room fragrance. Until 2022!
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Schaumdon 4 years ago
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