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Susan
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Goodbyes should be kept short.....
..... accordingly, this commentary will also be brief.
My first and so far only bottle of this formerly exceptional fragrance I had about 20 years ago.
The fragrance was of such extraordinary richness, density, saturation, beauty and magic that even the exorbitant price for the time could not deter me....
An incomparably fulminant aldehyde starburst shower that radiated across all worlds of the universe opened the fragrance synphony. Followed by a stunning floral density and a wonderfully balsamic and subtly animalic base. The term "masterpiece" was almost an understatement. Amouage Gold was a "revelation."
Today, as is so often the case, everything is different. The magic has been reformulated away.
The intergalactic radiant aldehydes, became the faint glow of an extinguishing kerosene lamp.....
The soap is no longer creamy and noble, but sharpened and arbitrary.
The once dense carpet of blossoms has been thinned out....except for a few solitary maybells and a sad-looking rose, there is hardly anything left.....instead, it seems to me, they have pimped - in keeping with the spirit of the times - the myhrre.....
And while the base once resembled a thick, well-filled down comforter, it is now no more than a thin summer sheet.....
I could well imagine this transformation making the scent more wearable and enjoyable for some perfumos ....it just makes me infinitely sad....
My first and so far only bottle of this formerly exceptional fragrance I had about 20 years ago.
The fragrance was of such extraordinary richness, density, saturation, beauty and magic that even the exorbitant price for the time could not deter me....
An incomparably fulminant aldehyde starburst shower that radiated across all worlds of the universe opened the fragrance synphony. Followed by a stunning floral density and a wonderfully balsamic and subtly animalic base. The term "masterpiece" was almost an understatement. Amouage Gold was a "revelation."
Today, as is so often the case, everything is different. The magic has been reformulated away.
The intergalactic radiant aldehydes, became the faint glow of an extinguishing kerosene lamp.....
The soap is no longer creamy and noble, but sharpened and arbitrary.
The once dense carpet of blossoms has been thinned out....except for a few solitary maybells and a sad-looking rose, there is hardly anything left.....instead, it seems to me, they have pimped - in keeping with the spirit of the times - the myhrre.....
And while the base once resembled a thick, well-filled down comforter, it is now no more than a thin summer sheet.....
I could well imagine this transformation making the scent more wearable and enjoyable for some perfumos ....it just makes me infinitely sad....
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