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From natural scarcity, kitsch blockers & unusual smiles
Don't get corny now. Could be the headline here. Write matter-of-factly, but not dryly. Medium dry. Like the penny wine. Communicate emotion, but remain professional. It's Germany here. It can't be that difficult.
But the scent is soooooo beautiful.
Okay, damn it.
Well, I'll try - as objectively as possible: Imagine a butter-gold sunrise in a country that has the progressiveness of our industry and the level-headedness of the old Zen masters. The fabric of time in our childhood. When the minutes were still pregnant with meaning, to burn themselves into the nostalgia memory. The refreshing warmth of the sun consists of an accumulation of bite-sized citrus fruits that were in the fresh gym before they appeared and are now doing their thing fully charged.
This sun shines into a spacious room and the view flies over the breakfast buffet of a Far Eastern ruler (or ruleress, just shows me). There is more than the citric, which already warmed many countries. There are white-yellow flowers that frame a foreign dessert that reminds of lemon sorbet. From the adjacent kitchens, the fragrance of biscuits, which has just been born, flows gently, but is still present. How gently it wafts through the air. It is the hour of hygiene. This is why the country's creams rise to the surface and add texture to the spectacle. They're sweet.
Since every morning offers a multitude of possibilities (I could spontaneously decide tomorrow morning to become a serious criminal. Crazy, right? But I won't. It's too exhausting for me), the theme of freedom is also built into the scent. Freedom comes to us in the form of the smell of the ocean, which is obviously nearby. Like the dripping sea salt of a creamed, happy body that has just emerged from the water. The saltiness blends into the scenery in a light and floating way. It has an activating effect, bringing up images of dark, glittering bays from times when everyday life was still romping behind the horizon. The country seems far away and yet very near. Perhaps it is not so much in the distance as in the depths. But what does it matter. The sun has now successfully completed its ascent. It shines on my skin and - I dare not say it - makes me smile. And I smile really little.
It couldn't have been more objective. I'm a little ashamed too, but I'm a friend of the truth. The above described takes place in a fraction of a second while perceiving the scent. At least for me. I've seldom wanted to breathe a fragrance so deeply. It euphorizes and clears the airways. Not in the sense of a menthol breath. But in the way you take a deep breath when you open the balcony door for the first time in the day and look out to sea. A deep inhalation that disappears somewhere in the depths of the chest region.
As someone to whom fragrances quickly become feminine (naturally out of subjective taste and not because of toxic masculinity. I just hope now), I have to say that Amber Cologne is really unisex. Universally beautiful, so to speak.
What I find very appealing about Bortnikoff as a brand is the use of the raw materials. On the one hand, we are dealing with a very natural composition (according to my research the fragrance is 90% natural). And while other luxury brands use artificial scarcity to pretend exclusivity, Bortnikoff has chosen quasi natural scarcity. Some of the raw materials are so rare that the fragrances are naturally limited. Other batches of the ingredients would have different characteristics and the balance of the fragrance would no longer be guaranteed. Here we come back to the naturalness of the fragrance. From my point of view, this is an approach that really deserves the predicate luxury. As a result, the fragrances are limited, some of the brand's other perfumes have been relaunched in the past as flankers, so to speak, after being discontinued with a modified formula. The fact that the perfumer himself distils fits the overall impression.
At a price: Amber Cologne is the "cheapest" fragrance of the brand. With 180 Euro on 50ml certainly not a bargain, but I feel the price is justified. At Tom Ford and Creed you often pay more in retail for 50ml, the ingredients will be much cheaper in the shopping. Here, one gets an extremely well-balanced, natural, handmade scent. So from my point of view this is okay.
I still find it generally difficult to judge the durability, as my nose quickly fades out scents. Maybe I should take a scent break, but I need my fabric. And no, I am not an addict. I've got it all under control. Now give me back the bottle. No, I'm not shaking. Okay, back to the matter at hand. The bottle releases a rather small amount of fragrance. With five sprays, my surroundings will perceive me well, at least for the first two hours. After that it withdraws towards the skin, but remains well present, especially for me as a wearer. During the day I get small wafts of fragrance blown into my consciousness again and again. Elegant through and through. Present, but not obtrusive. A little more power would have been great, but it all fits together.
In conclusion, I must say that I am very proud to have managed to create a few sentences after all, which were not drawn through a kitsch color palette. I myself often don't know exactly where a text will lead me. So surprise myself. But the more predictable is the joy that this perfume gives me. A sunrise to spray on. A bliss that warms my heart and makes me feel the bliss of this world... (The kitsch blocker was activated. Please spray yourself with the Amber Cologne to generate valid impressions. The author of the text has been temporarily put into a dream state).
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PS: Since I wanted to avoid the shipping from Thailand, I asked Bortnikoff directly which sources of supply are available in Europe. And I am very, very satisfied with the answer I received. Ecuacion Natural, a niche perfumery based in Malaga. I (unfortunately) don't get any money for it, but I have to give a clear recommendation. Free, extremely fast shipping from 100 Euro purchase value, great packaging and many high quality samples. I did not have this before. Whether the service will always stay like this, I can't promise, of course. But at least it worked out very well for me. A tip for you - as compensation for all the kitsch.
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