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Colonial Goods XVIII - Fern Bouquet with Roses
Arlington is - I agree with Yatagan, to whom I owe the sample of this fragrance - the most original, independent, and at the same time the most beautiful of the (known to me) Harris colognes. However, it does not quite match my taste enough to warrant a desire to purchase.
Regular readers of my comments will remember that D.R. Harris is the English brand with the boring clientele (Prince Charles) and the boring names for the colognes (Traditional, Classic, Windsor...). What Arlington stands for, a name that is shockingly innovative and postmodernly polyvalent for the house, is unknown to me. Of the 100 places with this name in the English-speaking world, the most famous is probably Arlington County in Virginia (USA), the county adjacent to Washington D.C., which is home to, among other things, the Pentagon and the second-largest cemetery in the USA, where John F. Kennedy is also buried. However, with a brand that is more English than the Queen, it is likely that Arlington (Devon), Arlington (East Sussex), or Arlington (Gloucestershire) is meant, even though I have no clue why one would name a fragrance after these rural concentrations.
The fragrance notes "fern, citrus notes" are, in my opinion, misleading. This is indeed a somewhat more complex scent; by the way, ferns do not smell. If Harris mentions "fern," it is probably because terms like Fougère had to be translated into English for the classically traditional clientele of the house. What Harris wants to tell us is that he does not reveal the exact ingredients, but it is certainly a citrusy Fougère. And that is true.
In my perception, Arlington begins with a mild yet powerful bergamot that has a slightly herbal-medical undertone. If you stay tuned to the fragrance development, a breeze of a pretty but unpretentiously masculine bouquet soon emerges. That Arlington has a strong floral component, even as it develops further, is beyond question for me.
After about 15 minutes, the picture has shifted somewhat. The citrus now comes across more as a bitter pomelo or bitter orange (though not as an astringent grapefruit), the flowers are denser and earthier (strong suspicion of rose!) and the now almost sharp herbaceousness has turned completely olive green (that is also the color of the fragrance for me). In the end, a Fougère remains that doesn’t even laugh in the basement and can clench its teeth so well that it can forgo anesthesia even during a medium-sized operation, yet still, quite stealthily, and occasionally, a bit of freshness and, horribile dictu, a hint of cheerful citrus peeks through.
On the provider's website, the liquid costs £48 for 100 milliliters, and delivery to the continent is not available (probably Mr. Harris believes: "There is no such thing as a continent called Europe"). I consider the fragrance to be very masculine and equally suitable for autumn and winter as for summer, which is not surprising since summer and England generally exclude each other.
Regular readers of my comments will remember that D.R. Harris is the English brand with the boring clientele (Prince Charles) and the boring names for the colognes (Traditional, Classic, Windsor...). What Arlington stands for, a name that is shockingly innovative and postmodernly polyvalent for the house, is unknown to me. Of the 100 places with this name in the English-speaking world, the most famous is probably Arlington County in Virginia (USA), the county adjacent to Washington D.C., which is home to, among other things, the Pentagon and the second-largest cemetery in the USA, where John F. Kennedy is also buried. However, with a brand that is more English than the Queen, it is likely that Arlington (Devon), Arlington (East Sussex), or Arlington (Gloucestershire) is meant, even though I have no clue why one would name a fragrance after these rural concentrations.
The fragrance notes "fern, citrus notes" are, in my opinion, misleading. This is indeed a somewhat more complex scent; by the way, ferns do not smell. If Harris mentions "fern," it is probably because terms like Fougère had to be translated into English for the classically traditional clientele of the house. What Harris wants to tell us is that he does not reveal the exact ingredients, but it is certainly a citrusy Fougère. And that is true.
In my perception, Arlington begins with a mild yet powerful bergamot that has a slightly herbal-medical undertone. If you stay tuned to the fragrance development, a breeze of a pretty but unpretentiously masculine bouquet soon emerges. That Arlington has a strong floral component, even as it develops further, is beyond question for me.
After about 15 minutes, the picture has shifted somewhat. The citrus now comes across more as a bitter pomelo or bitter orange (though not as an astringent grapefruit), the flowers are denser and earthier (strong suspicion of rose!) and the now almost sharp herbaceousness has turned completely olive green (that is also the color of the fragrance for me). In the end, a Fougère remains that doesn’t even laugh in the basement and can clench its teeth so well that it can forgo anesthesia even during a medium-sized operation, yet still, quite stealthily, and occasionally, a bit of freshness and, horribile dictu, a hint of cheerful citrus peeks through.
On the provider's website, the liquid costs £48 for 100 milliliters, and delivery to the continent is not available (probably Mr. Harris believes: "There is no such thing as a continent called Europe"). I consider the fragrance to be very masculine and equally suitable for autumn and winter as for summer, which is not surprising since summer and England generally exclude each other.
Updated on 01/10/2021
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