003 Yuzu Feuilles de Violette Vétiver Bon Parfumeur 2019

The perfect fragrance for late summer and early autumn. The citrus notes at the beginning still tell of summer - an exotic summer through the Yuzu, perhaps one was on vacation. But the violet leaf grounds it, and slowly the vetiver comes through. The first leaves fall, and the green of summer gives way to the brown of autumn, the brown of the earth, the leaves, and the tree trunks that are now more visible as the leaves fall. One prepares for the cozy season. Perhaps one is already prematurely lighting a fireplace, but that is almost more symbolic - we still carry the warmth of summer deep within us, the earth outside is still warm.

There is a song by Reinhard Mey that, in my opinion, tells the same story as Bon Parfumeurs 003 - "I Love the End of the Season":

"When the sun shines now, it is no longer a given
And you take each ray individually and gratefully
Nothing is as it was, and you can feel: Everything is finite
Even if you don't understand it, you sense: It has its meaning
You don't need to complain about the sidewalk parkers anymore
The fancy cars have long since left
With their fur ladies, whose dogs mess up the paths -
I love the end of the season!"