03/09/2024
Serenissima
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End of winter
For years, I wandered through our botanical garden in Dahlem every season and got to know not only the most diverse plants, but also the cycle of nature.
So of course I also know where to find which trees, bushes and flowers, where the magnolias bloom earliest and most beautifully, where the delicately colored, filigree and full fruit tree blossoms turn into plump, ripe fruits over time and that just now, when the days are finally getting longer again, the dreamlike colorful splendor of the azaleas and camellias beckons in one of the large glass houses.
I also spent time outdoors, knowing full well that the subsequent stay in the greenhouses would quickly warm me up again, and was delighted every year at the end of winter to see the witch hazel in bloom, of which there are several bushes at the end of the beech avenue at the entrance to Königin-Luise-Platz.
Witch hazel in bloom, even when the snow is still heavy, means: "Spring is on its way; winter can slowly pack its bags: So let's go, good grief!"
This feeling of the approaching, much longed-for spring, of winter soon coming to an end, is conveyed by "Dust of Snow", one of Alkemia's fragrances that is both interesting and wearable from time to time.
These fragrance compositions are not daily companions; for me they are impressions, fragrances that have become inclusions of a moment that should be enjoyed as such.
"Dust of Snow" is cool and refreshing, if only because of the essential oils it contains: citrusy ginger spiciness provides cool, invigorating moments that seem to become richer and warmer through balsamic fir and light resin smoke accents and something foreign to my nose, conveying the brightness and shy warmth of the winter sun:
Welcome winter sun warmth on my back and dancing facets of light on the snow, as I greet with annual joy and gratitude the multitude of fragile yellow and rather rusty-red witch hazel blossoms on still bare woodland.
It is unimaginable that the healing, anti-inflammatory ointments and tinctures are made from this: Nature and its treasures!
If I manage to survive the first, fragrance-opening ginger spiciness ("nipping at my nose") of "Dust of Snow" without sneezing and watery eyes, I settle comfortably into the balsamic calm of this fragrance, feeling warmly embraced, as if I were wearing a thick, cozy wool sweater (perhaps with a little ginger scratchiness after all?).
for me, "Dust of Snow" is a fragrant symbol of the end of winter and the awakening of spring; the two are very close together here.
As mentioned: Not a fragrance for everyday life, but a flattering excursion for the senses, a pleasant escape from it.
Sillage and durability are within the normal average range.
All in all, a pleasant companion for a walk through expectant silence and cold, the face turned towards the first caress of the still pale sun.
So of course I also know where to find which trees, bushes and flowers, where the magnolias bloom earliest and most beautifully, where the delicately colored, filigree and full fruit tree blossoms turn into plump, ripe fruits over time and that just now, when the days are finally getting longer again, the dreamlike colorful splendor of the azaleas and camellias beckons in one of the large glass houses.
I also spent time outdoors, knowing full well that the subsequent stay in the greenhouses would quickly warm me up again, and was delighted every year at the end of winter to see the witch hazel in bloom, of which there are several bushes at the end of the beech avenue at the entrance to Königin-Luise-Platz.
Witch hazel in bloom, even when the snow is still heavy, means: "Spring is on its way; winter can slowly pack its bags: So let's go, good grief!"
This feeling of the approaching, much longed-for spring, of winter soon coming to an end, is conveyed by "Dust of Snow", one of Alkemia's fragrances that is both interesting and wearable from time to time.
These fragrance compositions are not daily companions; for me they are impressions, fragrances that have become inclusions of a moment that should be enjoyed as such.
"Dust of Snow" is cool and refreshing, if only because of the essential oils it contains: citrusy ginger spiciness provides cool, invigorating moments that seem to become richer and warmer through balsamic fir and light resin smoke accents and something foreign to my nose, conveying the brightness and shy warmth of the winter sun:
Welcome winter sun warmth on my back and dancing facets of light on the snow, as I greet with annual joy and gratitude the multitude of fragile yellow and rather rusty-red witch hazel blossoms on still bare woodland.
It is unimaginable that the healing, anti-inflammatory ointments and tinctures are made from this: Nature and its treasures!
If I manage to survive the first, fragrance-opening ginger spiciness ("nipping at my nose") of "Dust of Snow" without sneezing and watery eyes, I settle comfortably into the balsamic calm of this fragrance, feeling warmly embraced, as if I were wearing a thick, cozy wool sweater (perhaps with a little ginger scratchiness after all?).
for me, "Dust of Snow" is a fragrant symbol of the end of winter and the awakening of spring; the two are very close together here.
As mentioned: Not a fragrance for everyday life, but a flattering excursion for the senses, a pleasant escape from it.
Sillage and durability are within the normal average range.
All in all, a pleasant companion for a walk through expectant silence and cold, the face turned towards the first caress of the still pale sun.
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