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10/02/2023
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The Count sits at his desk, the green leather desk pad empty except for a sheet of paper, and looks out of the window. The weather is beautiful, unusually warm for the time of year. It is November 10, 1918, and yesterday they actually did it, proclaimed the republic, a fall from grace. Today, the masses are crowding the streets, celebrating and chanting. The fools. The mob repels them, but at least they can't be heard here. The geraniums and a few roses are still in bloom. The sun shines on them, bright and friendly, as if to mock him. The smell coming through the open window doesn't fit in with his gloomy thoughts either: sweet, gentle and spicy, slightly like damp earth, like the first harbingers of autumn. Disgusted, he closes the window.
He opens the bottom drawer of the desk. There it lies, the nickel-plated surface gleaming silvery, the mother-of-pearl of the handle shimmering elegantly. It lies heavy in his hand, his father's old revolver, six chambers filled with death or perhaps salvation. The hammer snaps into place with an inviting click. Is this the solution?
He puts it back and opens the window. He wants to enjoy the mild air once more. We'll see what the future brings. The bottom drawer is never locked.
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Aristocrat from the MGO is fortunately not just for aristocrats. But it does have something distinguished and noble about it, although I expressly do not want to ascribe these qualities to the aristocracy then and especially not today.
Although this Aristocrat was released in 2016, its design is so classic that it could easily be 100 years older, at least in terms of the (fragrance) principle. It focuses on rose geranium, even if a small rose can be detected from time to time. Together with a little nutmeg, it forms the starting point: gentle, sweet, slightly fresh and pleasantly (subtly) spicy. There is a slight sweetness and something subtly resinous. This is soon supported by fresh, light green vetiver and later a slightly earthy note from the patch, which is also rather light in color. Only in the base does the fragrance become more tart, although this is only a snapshot, as there is also some vanilla and resin (I don't recognize ambergris here, but amber). Like the entire fragrance, the vanilla is used discreetly here and, for once, doesn't bother me. Although it becomes a little more pronounced as the fragrance progresses, it remains within limits.
Rose geranium is one of the few flowers that I like, but I prefer the tart, spicy version, such as in Marlborough by Trumper. Like here (sweet-floral, soft-spicy) and then with a vanilla-amber base, I shouldn't really like it. The fact that I still like Aristokrat is due to the quality of Mr. Staudt's composition: dense and yet clear, delicate, light and pleasantly restrained. In my opinion, this makes the fragrance wearable all year round. Will it last in the long run? We'll see what the future brings.
He opens the bottom drawer of the desk. There it lies, the nickel-plated surface gleaming silvery, the mother-of-pearl of the handle shimmering elegantly. It lies heavy in his hand, his father's old revolver, six chambers filled with death or perhaps salvation. The hammer snaps into place with an inviting click. Is this the solution?
He puts it back and opens the window. He wants to enjoy the mild air once more. We'll see what the future brings. The bottom drawer is never locked.
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Aristocrat from the MGO is fortunately not just for aristocrats. But it does have something distinguished and noble about it, although I expressly do not want to ascribe these qualities to the aristocracy then and especially not today.
Although this Aristocrat was released in 2016, its design is so classic that it could easily be 100 years older, at least in terms of the (fragrance) principle. It focuses on rose geranium, even if a small rose can be detected from time to time. Together with a little nutmeg, it forms the starting point: gentle, sweet, slightly fresh and pleasantly (subtly) spicy. There is a slight sweetness and something subtly resinous. This is soon supported by fresh, light green vetiver and later a slightly earthy note from the patch, which is also rather light in color. Only in the base does the fragrance become more tart, although this is only a snapshot, as there is also some vanilla and resin (I don't recognize ambergris here, but amber). Like the entire fragrance, the vanilla is used discreetly here and, for once, doesn't bother me. Although it becomes a little more pronounced as the fragrance progresses, it remains within limits.
Rose geranium is one of the few flowers that I like, but I prefer the tart, spicy version, such as in Marlborough by Trumper. Like here (sweet-floral, soft-spicy) and then with a vanilla-amber base, I shouldn't really like it. The fact that I still like Aristokrat is due to the quality of Mr. Staudt's composition: dense and yet clear, delicate, light and pleasantly restrained. In my opinion, this makes the fragrance wearable all year round. Will it last in the long run? We'll see what the future brings.
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