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Lemon
Mandarin orange
Heart Notes 
Rose
Ylang-ylang
Iris
Jasmine
Violet
Base Notes 
Musk
Tonka bean
Amber
Vanilla
Sandalwood
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In the Gaze of Divine Beauty
I could have sworn that just a breath ago the figure was not there. But now she stands there, silently. I carefully turn my head back over my shoulder, and yes, there she is, slightly behind me, in the dappled light of my father's citrus grove, looking at me. A penetrating and almost ghostly presence. No idea how she got there, as the only way would have been past me. The gentle wind carries the delicious aromas of mandarins and oranges to my nose, and there is more, a delicate yet intense powdery sweetness that almost drives me mad. Now, as I get closer, it becomes a bit stronger, somewhat like beautiful soap and slightly smoky, like the precious sandalwood they burn on special days in the Temple of Apollo. And then these flowers... Yes, this scent emanates from the figure that addresses me, me! here; it is the scent of her skin, very physical and in an incredibly alluring way, also somewhat rough. I feel like I'm dreaming and at the same time, in an unreal way, hyper-aware and completely clear, feeling with all my nerves. I even think I perceive a sparkle and shimmer like vanilla dust. Never before have my senses encountered something like this. Heavenly, otherworldly beauty, incomprehensibly enchanting and seductive. I cannot escape it. And at the same time so touching that I want to cry. When such beauty is shown to me, how can I ever be satisfied with mediocrity or indifference again...
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This fragrance not only tells stories, it does something to me in a refined way:
One could say it stages beauty as a calling, meaning I am subtly addressed here, I cannot simply turn away. And it does not work like some of the new monster scents that are so loud that I want to flee. Here, it is precisely in the subtlety that something compelling lies.
As others before me have already described, “Diego Dalla Palma EdT” is a musk scent of the good old kind. Not neutralized clean musk, but although incredibly elegant, still very physical and human. That is already a great art, how the highest elegance comes together with this physical-animalistic musk. I also smell the citrus notes, sweet-powdery, but never direct and flat, rather always somehow muted. And the beautiful flowers, powdery iris and sandalwood, consistently lightly sweet, but dry-powdery, in the final phase increasingly supported by (again dry) amber and vanilla dust.
Above all, it is the case with all the notes here that I am constantly teased and want MORE: I want to shout: give me more of that!, but it is always held back. This creates an incredibly erotic effect.
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In this respect, it is about platonic eroticism: Plato knew very well that desire consists of wanting something we do not have. In his “Symposium,” this is celebrated when the young beautiful Alcibiades is really hot for Socrates, who keeps him at a distance, thereby increasing his desire. It is always also about the fact that even the highest beauty can only be perceived when it appears in the form of human bodies. Physical love as access to divine beauty!
And then it also has something to do with ethics, because when I am allowed to experience such beauty, I cannot simply remain dull in the mainstream as if nothing had happened.
Rilke beautifully expressed this in his poem about the “Archaic Torso of Apollo”: The ancient sculpture of Apollo is damaged, it has no head anymore, but somehow it still looks at us, this damaged stone still shimmers “like animal hides” and radiates beyond its edges:
“for there is no place,
that does not see you. You must change your life.”
This fragrance shows me all of this: desire, eroticism, divine beauty, responsibility.
And it is simply a great sensual pleasure to wear it!
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Dear all, I am very grateful for this first whole year on Parfumo, the inspiring exchange, your generosity, the friendships formed, and so much more…
Wishing you a joyful and blessed Christmas 2024!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy9_JS2VhjY
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This fragrance not only tells stories, it does something to me in a refined way:
One could say it stages beauty as a calling, meaning I am subtly addressed here, I cannot simply turn away. And it does not work like some of the new monster scents that are so loud that I want to flee. Here, it is precisely in the subtlety that something compelling lies.
As others before me have already described, “Diego Dalla Palma EdT” is a musk scent of the good old kind. Not neutralized clean musk, but although incredibly elegant, still very physical and human. That is already a great art, how the highest elegance comes together with this physical-animalistic musk. I also smell the citrus notes, sweet-powdery, but never direct and flat, rather always somehow muted. And the beautiful flowers, powdery iris and sandalwood, consistently lightly sweet, but dry-powdery, in the final phase increasingly supported by (again dry) amber and vanilla dust.
Above all, it is the case with all the notes here that I am constantly teased and want MORE: I want to shout: give me more of that!, but it is always held back. This creates an incredibly erotic effect.
-----
In this respect, it is about platonic eroticism: Plato knew very well that desire consists of wanting something we do not have. In his “Symposium,” this is celebrated when the young beautiful Alcibiades is really hot for Socrates, who keeps him at a distance, thereby increasing his desire. It is always also about the fact that even the highest beauty can only be perceived when it appears in the form of human bodies. Physical love as access to divine beauty!
And then it also has something to do with ethics, because when I am allowed to experience such beauty, I cannot simply remain dull in the mainstream as if nothing had happened.
Rilke beautifully expressed this in his poem about the “Archaic Torso of Apollo”: The ancient sculpture of Apollo is damaged, it has no head anymore, but somehow it still looks at us, this damaged stone still shimmers “like animal hides” and radiates beyond its edges:
“for there is no place,
that does not see you. You must change your life.”
This fragrance shows me all of this: desire, eroticism, divine beauty, responsibility.
And it is simply a great sensual pleasure to wear it!
-----
Dear all, I am very grateful for this first whole year on Parfumo, the inspiring exchange, your generosity, the friendships formed, and so much more…
Wishing you a joyful and blessed Christmas 2024!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy9_JS2VhjY
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