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Aunt Paula
When I was very little and we visited my mother's brother and his family, I was usually very happy. My two older cousins there owned a Commodore C64, and even though I was young, I was allowed to play on the computer with them. And there was Aunt Paula. Aunt Paula was the mother of my uncle's wife, so my great-aunt. She lived in the same house. Because whenever we were there, I would make a detour to Aunt Paula and receive a bag of Swabian Wibele, which I could eat all by myself.
My thoughts were immediately with the Wibele and Aunt Paula when I first sniffed Vanille Cannelle by Comptoir Sud Pacifique. Yes, the differences in these scents - especially when they carry vanilla in the name - are usually not that significant. The vanilla is very dominant in this one too, and a bit of cinnamon and brown sugar stay more in the background. But particularly because of its sweetness, and since it was the first of this line that I got to know in 2003, I had a clear image in my mind. Aunt Paula and my bag of Wibele. Because one spray smells exactly like when I, as a small child, stuck my nose into the beloved bag of pastries. Mmmmh!
Wibele are actually nothing special. They are made from egg whites, flour, sugar, and vanilla sugar, piped and baked. Aunt Paula's were not even homemade but bought from the local baker there. But precisely because they are so simple and every child born in Swabia knew them, we loved them so much.
I once looked into whether the piped pastry, which looks like a colon, is really called "Weibchen" and - it would be fitting - whether the shape is supposed to represent a female breast. Apparently, this humorous interpretation arose from a mistake by a linguist. In reality, the baker who invented this sweet treat long ago simply went by the name Wibel. The ending "-le" is still very common and typical in many family names in Swabia. After all, people are called Hägele, Nägele, Häfele, Scheifele, or similar here.
I only had the scent for a short time, as it quickly became too food-like for me. That was to be expected. By now, it seems to have been discontinued. Sometimes, however, I still like to think back to Aunt Paula and the Wibele.
I would like to wish all dear Parfumos and Parfumas a happy New Year at this point.
My thoughts were immediately with the Wibele and Aunt Paula when I first sniffed Vanille Cannelle by Comptoir Sud Pacifique. Yes, the differences in these scents - especially when they carry vanilla in the name - are usually not that significant. The vanilla is very dominant in this one too, and a bit of cinnamon and brown sugar stay more in the background. But particularly because of its sweetness, and since it was the first of this line that I got to know in 2003, I had a clear image in my mind. Aunt Paula and my bag of Wibele. Because one spray smells exactly like when I, as a small child, stuck my nose into the beloved bag of pastries. Mmmmh!
Wibele are actually nothing special. They are made from egg whites, flour, sugar, and vanilla sugar, piped and baked. Aunt Paula's were not even homemade but bought from the local baker there. But precisely because they are so simple and every child born in Swabia knew them, we loved them so much.
I once looked into whether the piped pastry, which looks like a colon, is really called "Weibchen" and - it would be fitting - whether the shape is supposed to represent a female breast. Apparently, this humorous interpretation arose from a mistake by a linguist. In reality, the baker who invented this sweet treat long ago simply went by the name Wibel. The ending "-le" is still very common and typical in many family names in Swabia. After all, people are called Hägele, Nägele, Häfele, Scheifele, or similar here.
I only had the scent for a short time, as it quickly became too food-like for me. That was to be expected. By now, it seems to have been discontinued. Sometimes, however, I still like to think back to Aunt Paula and the Wibele.
I would like to wish all dear Parfumos and Parfumas a happy New Year at this point.
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