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The Dandy of the 21st Century
Uncommented Fragrances No. 101
Actually, a statement would suffice for this fragrance. What’s inside is immediately recognizable: Pelargonium graveolens, rose geranium, is a fragrant geranium and, as the name suggests, is popular for the production of essential oils. This one, the graveolens, is often used as a substitute for the more expensive rose oil because it has a light rose scent, but it can also be appreciated for its own sake, which I do, and for its additional subtle citrus or green minty notes. In fact, you can also detect cinnamon and a bit of clove (see ingredients).
So far, so good.
Then, the fragrance is also somewhat quirky English, as clove is inherently very English and is found in many fragrances from the island; just think of the many Bay Rum variants, which contain West Indian bay, - but that also smells of cloves. There is a hint of that here, but not as overpowering as is sometimes the case with Bay Rum products from England or America.
This fragrance develops green, almost like a leaf crushed between the fingers, like the scent of fresh, brewed peppermint leaves, with the charming note of rose geranium always hovering above, and the cinnamon is so subtle that it never evokes a hint of Christmas, but rather remains summery: just enough spice that you notice a foundation through the green-watery-rosy-citrusy tincture.
I’m already coming to the end, as that is (almost) all the fragrance has to offer: a light green, slightly floral water for warm English days (so nothing Mediterranean), typically British, but never overwhelming, so precisely in the middle between masculine and feminine that one should speak not of unisex, but rather of androgynous: perhaps also metrosexual - and I find that truly idiosyncratically charming and good and fitting for a dandy of the 21st century.
Actually, a statement would suffice for this fragrance. What’s inside is immediately recognizable: Pelargonium graveolens, rose geranium, is a fragrant geranium and, as the name suggests, is popular for the production of essential oils. This one, the graveolens, is often used as a substitute for the more expensive rose oil because it has a light rose scent, but it can also be appreciated for its own sake, which I do, and for its additional subtle citrus or green minty notes. In fact, you can also detect cinnamon and a bit of clove (see ingredients).
So far, so good.
Then, the fragrance is also somewhat quirky English, as clove is inherently very English and is found in many fragrances from the island; just think of the many Bay Rum variants, which contain West Indian bay, - but that also smells of cloves. There is a hint of that here, but not as overpowering as is sometimes the case with Bay Rum products from England or America.
This fragrance develops green, almost like a leaf crushed between the fingers, like the scent of fresh, brewed peppermint leaves, with the charming note of rose geranium always hovering above, and the cinnamon is so subtle that it never evokes a hint of Christmas, but rather remains summery: just enough spice that you notice a foundation through the green-watery-rosy-citrusy tincture.
I’m already coming to the end, as that is (almost) all the fragrance has to offer: a light green, slightly floral water for warm English days (so nothing Mediterranean), typically British, but never overwhelming, so precisely in the middle between masculine and feminine that one should speak not of unisex, but rather of androgynous: perhaps also metrosexual - and I find that truly idiosyncratically charming and good and fitting for a dandy of the 21st century.
Updated on 06/10/2017
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