Take a seat, Mr. Jeheimrat!
Make yourself at home! What can I get for you?
As always? A suit? A shave perhaps?
Oh yes, but right away ...
Well, I haven't had the pleasure of welcoming you here for quite some time ...
Look at you, dressed up? Out in the green ...? I can understand that. When I think of my little garden ... without it, I’d be only half a person.
I always say to myself, Korianke, I always say, a person needs to be able to relax. Everyone needs a little break.
A little break, how about a coffee?
Cream ...? Sugar?
I am truly touched that Mr. Jeheimrat still remains loyal to me. It’s not exactly a short trip from wherever to my little salon ...
What would you like?
But you are absolutely right!
It’s the beautiful things that make life worth living, I completely agree with you!
I feel honored that Mr. Jeheimrat counts my services among the beautiful things in life ...
Yes, I see it the same way. Everything is getting faster and increasingly incomprehensible. No one has time anymore, or better said - no one takes the time. Yet we all have the same amount of time, twenty-four hours a day.
So, just a moment, let me turn this little nose around ... there, you see, now I’m making Mr. Jeheimrat look presentable again. It really makes a difference ...
Where was I ...?
Oh yes, taking time ...
I always say to myself, Korianke, I always say, what does it bring a person if they are always in a hurry?
What would you like, Mr. Jeheimrat?
Exactly, that’s it! If you’re always in a hurry, you have no eye for the beautiful things in life. And they aren’t always big and grand, but often small and modest.
Just take good fragrances.
Mr. Jeheimrat already notices that I’m riding my hobby horse again ... The truly good perfumes are not the loud ones that hit you like a club on the head. So all this sweet stuff that many men pour over themselves in a somewhat misshapen figure. I specifically say men and not gentlemen, because a gentleman would never bother his surroundings with such a brew. Often it’s a slush that the little birds drop from the branches in droves ...
What do you mean ...?
But yes! A little discreet and fine should be the scent. Especially in this summer heat! It should be perceived as a pleasant fragrance and not as a nuisance!
So, I kindly ask Mr. Jeheimrat to lean back a bit more with that noble character ... here on the side a little shorter or is that enough ...?
Where was I ...?
Oh yes, scent and pleasant ... you see, it’s like this, a perfume always says something about the person who adorns themselves with it.
I really don’t want to know what it means when someone douses themselves with such a sickly sweet concoction ...
Thank goodness there’s also this little gem. Of course, a man of the world also needs a fine, classic scent. Although classic doesn’t have to mean old. A gentleman is not the same as grandpa ...
For summer, it should definitely be citrusy and fresh. As it should be. And recently, everything has been mixed in. Just take the idea of adding a bit of incense. Sounds a bit silly at first, but it’s quite original! I couldn’t have imagined it either, but I had to be taught better.
You see, if you want Italian and don’t always want the same old sniff, you absolutely have to try this little water here!
They named it Italian Citrus. Sounds as if they already know it, but think again!
It starts off quite unusually, with lemon and orange, and then something comes in called Tschienottoh. It’s a kind of bitter orange. I didn’t know it, but it’s magnificent!
A little bitter, juicy, a bit green, wonderful! Along with it comes in no time a cool, white note from the incense. No, it doesn’t smell like in a church, you don’t have to worry about that. It’s a bit bitter, but not too much. It’s caught by a green mandarin, which makes it elegant and fresh.
Unusually fragrant, but excellent!
What would you like, Mr. Jeheimrat ...?
Well, I figured you’d know what this Tschienottoh is. Look at that, there are four different varieties of this fruit? Oh, they are not orange trees, but they grow on bushes? What all there is ...
A bit about bushes. Blackcurrants also grow on bushes, especially in my little garden. And Trudchen unfortunately baked another blackcurrant cake. May I offer you a piece?
Please, yes, please right away ...
Where was I ...?
Oh yes, bushes and this Tschienottoh ...
Funny name. What did they think of this ...
What would you like?
Aha, hence the name. This shrub came from old China in the seventeenth century. That’s why they named it Tschienottoh.
I always say to myself, Korianke, I always say, a gentleman must also have learned some education!
I can only compliment Mr. Jeheimrat.
Where was I ...?
Oh yes, juicy, green, cool.
So with this stuff, this Tschienottoh, they’ve made a blend with the incense. Great idea, it’s a fresh experience.
Then, as we have been told from unusually well-informed circles, they should also have added mandarin.
Probably because of the fit.
A bit floral should it be in the further development, because they grated violets in. I can’t confirm that. I have my difficulties with violets; I can’t stand them, neither in sight nor in perfume. But luckily here it’s not so that these things disturb ...
What do you mean?
Yes, it stays that way. This little water doesn’t change anymore, and I must say, it suits me wonderfully. I want to keep this beautiful bouquet because it’s so fresh and so delightfully cooling.
In the base note, as we like to call it, there’s then quite discreetly and perhaps a proper scoop of oak moss in it.
Makes the brew durable, and then the person who applied it is happy.
The coolness of the incense is supported by a slightly peppery note. Comes from something called ambrettasamen. Sounds quite powerful and a bit pompous, but it’s nothing more than the oil from the seeds of a shrub. So again a shrub that smells. You take the seeds and make oil from them, and because it doesn’t sound so good when you call it by its proper name, namely musk mallow, they advertise it as "Ambretta".
So, now I’ll go under your chin with the razor a bit ... If Mr. Jeheimrat could raise that aristocratic nose like Kaiser Heinrich upon arrival in Silicon ...?
You see, now everything is getting neat again and perhaps as it should be for a man of the world ...
Where was I?
Oh yes, ambrettas and pompous ...
So I am truly impressed by this little water! On a hot day like today, it’s exactly what you need, I give you my word on that!
But I have this perfume here!
Would you like to ...?
Naaa ...? Did I talk too much to Mr. Jeheimrat?
Yes, it’s noble! You’ll have it all day long!
Well, I’m glad if you like it ...
All for the valued clientele! Korianke always at your service ...
Most heartfelt thanks, Mr. Jeheimrat!
Honor me again soon!
And greetings to the Mrs. Jemahlte!