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Winter's End
For years, I wandered through our Botanical Garden in Dahlem in every season, getting to know not only the most diverse plants but also the cycle of nature.
So I know, of course, where to find which trees, bushes, and flowers, where the magnolias bloom the earliest and most beautifully, how the delicate, filigree, and filled fruit tree blossoms transform over time into plump, ripe fruits, and that right now, as the days finally start to get longer again, the dreamlike colorful splendor of azaleas and camellias beckons in one of the large greenhouses.
I also roamed the open fields, well aware that the subsequent stay in the greenhouses would quickly warm me up again, and I looked forward every year to the winter's end with the blooming witch hazel, of which several bushes stand at the end of the beech avenue at the entrance to Königin-Luise-Platz.
Blooming witch hazel, even in deep snow, means: “Spring is on its way; winter can slowly start packing its bags: So come on, godfather!”
This feeling of the approaching, so longed-for spring, of the soon-ending winter is conveyed by “Dust of Snow,” one of the both interesting and occasionally wearable fragrances from the brand Alkemia.
These fragrance compositions are not daily companions; for me, they are impressions, scents turned into inclusions of a moment that should be enjoyed as such.
Cool and refreshing is “Dust of Snow,” just from the essential oils it contains: Citrusy ginger sharpness provides cool, invigorating moments that seem to become richer and warmer through balsamic fir and light resin smoke accents and something unfamiliar to my nose, conveying the brightness and shy warmth of the winter sun:
Welcome winter sun warmth on my back and dancing light facets on the snow, while I greet with annual joy and full gratitude the multitude of fragile yellow and rather rusty-red witch hazel blossoms on still bare wood.
Inconceivable that healing, anti-inflammatory ointments and tinctures are made from this: Nature and its treasures!
If I manage to endure the first, scent-opening ginger sharpness (“nipping at my nose”) of “Dust of Snow” without sneezing and watery eyes, I settle comfortably into the balsamic calm of this fragrance being, feeling warmly embraced, as if I were wearing a thick cozy wool sweater (perhaps with a bit of ginger tickling?).
“Dust of Snow” is for me a fragrant symbol of winter's end and spring's awakening; here, both lie very close together.
As mentioned: Not a scent for everyday life, but a sensory-pleasing excursion, a pleasant escape from it.
Sillage and longevity are in the normal average.
All in all, a pleasant companion for a walk through expectant silence and cold, facing the first caress of the still pale sun.
So I know, of course, where to find which trees, bushes, and flowers, where the magnolias bloom the earliest and most beautifully, how the delicate, filigree, and filled fruit tree blossoms transform over time into plump, ripe fruits, and that right now, as the days finally start to get longer again, the dreamlike colorful splendor of azaleas and camellias beckons in one of the large greenhouses.
I also roamed the open fields, well aware that the subsequent stay in the greenhouses would quickly warm me up again, and I looked forward every year to the winter's end with the blooming witch hazel, of which several bushes stand at the end of the beech avenue at the entrance to Königin-Luise-Platz.
Blooming witch hazel, even in deep snow, means: “Spring is on its way; winter can slowly start packing its bags: So come on, godfather!”
This feeling of the approaching, so longed-for spring, of the soon-ending winter is conveyed by “Dust of Snow,” one of the both interesting and occasionally wearable fragrances from the brand Alkemia.
These fragrance compositions are not daily companions; for me, they are impressions, scents turned into inclusions of a moment that should be enjoyed as such.
Cool and refreshing is “Dust of Snow,” just from the essential oils it contains: Citrusy ginger sharpness provides cool, invigorating moments that seem to become richer and warmer through balsamic fir and light resin smoke accents and something unfamiliar to my nose, conveying the brightness and shy warmth of the winter sun:
Welcome winter sun warmth on my back and dancing light facets on the snow, while I greet with annual joy and full gratitude the multitude of fragile yellow and rather rusty-red witch hazel blossoms on still bare wood.
Inconceivable that healing, anti-inflammatory ointments and tinctures are made from this: Nature and its treasures!
If I manage to endure the first, scent-opening ginger sharpness (“nipping at my nose”) of “Dust of Snow” without sneezing and watery eyes, I settle comfortably into the balsamic calm of this fragrance being, feeling warmly embraced, as if I were wearing a thick cozy wool sweater (perhaps with a bit of ginger tickling?).
“Dust of Snow” is for me a fragrant symbol of winter's end and spring's awakening; here, both lie very close together.
As mentioned: Not a scent for everyday life, but a sensory-pleasing excursion, a pleasant escape from it.
Sillage and longevity are in the normal average.
All in all, a pleasant companion for a walk through expectant silence and cold, facing the first caress of the still pale sun.
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I'll let that linger on my tongue for a while.
Hopefully, many more Alkemia scents are waiting for you. You describe them so beautifully.
I really like it, but I also enjoy the ethereal ginger fizz.