Fleur de Tilleul Angana

In June, there are sometimes - too often, some might say - a few days of so-called 'bad weather'. If it has been early summer warm at the beginning of the month, it noticeably cools down again - and often it rains for several days in a row. These days are also called 'sheep cold'.

I like this time. There is a unique beauty in its gray-green shroud and almost melancholic introspection and silence. And I find it wonderful to watch the warm rain in the afternoons with open windows while listening to piano music - the very special mood of these days only exists during these June weeks.

This very special atmosphere - the mix of serious introspection and quiet cheerfulness, along with the unmistakable aroma of linden blossoms - I found in Angana's Fleur de Tilleul, a - unjustly - widely unknown fragrance. Angana is a manufacturer of natural cosmetics - the products can be examined offline, among other places, at Grüne Erde (where I occasionally like to stroll through but almost never buy anything). The expectation for natural cosmetic fragrances is usually 'subtle' and 'unobtrusive' - and yes, one can certainly say that about Fleur de Tilleul. And yet, after the first attempt on the paper strip, I went back to wear it on my skin for a few hours - and there is much quiet poetry in this muted soft green linden blossom scent. As if one were sitting on an afternoon with a cup of herbal tea at an open window, gazing into nowhere while also watching the rain - while from the depths of the room, Rachmaninoff's piano thunder crashes through the window into the damp air outside.

Conclusion: quiet poetry in an unexpected place. Even for the perhaps skeptical perfume aficionado, it is worth a kindly unbiased nose.