Jacinthe et Rose E. Coudray 1983
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Childhood Days
Just like the beautiful Esperys by Coudray, the no less pleasant Jacinthe et Rose takes me back to my childhood days.
This fragrance also has something touchingly nostalgic.
I see lush rose arches and blue hyacinths - just like they were depicted in shiny pictures back then.
We used to call them "Glanneks" - eagerly collecting and trading them.
Of course, only us girls - the boys made fun of it.
I always loved the garden idylls with the noble roses, delicate peonies, and snow-white jasmine the most.
The "good" Glanneks were still dusted with silver.
So is the scent - floral, slightly powdery, and soft through the vanilla.
And irresistibly romantic.
Most of the time we sat in the garden, engrossed in our "trading business," surrounded in reality by the aromas that our pictures represented.
Only once did I trade five colorful garden pictures for a single tiny teddy - he was absolutely worth it to me.
This trade was met with incomprehension from my mom, and I was scolded - which I, in turn, did not understand.
I was so proud of my new possession.
Yet such supposedly unequal trades still run through my life - and that is a good thing.
It's lovely that Jacinthe et Rose has awakened this memory in me again.
This fragrance also has something touchingly nostalgic.
I see lush rose arches and blue hyacinths - just like they were depicted in shiny pictures back then.
We used to call them "Glanneks" - eagerly collecting and trading them.
Of course, only us girls - the boys made fun of it.
I always loved the garden idylls with the noble roses, delicate peonies, and snow-white jasmine the most.
The "good" Glanneks were still dusted with silver.
So is the scent - floral, slightly powdery, and soft through the vanilla.
And irresistibly romantic.
Most of the time we sat in the garden, engrossed in our "trading business," surrounded in reality by the aromas that our pictures represented.
Only once did I trade five colorful garden pictures for a single tiny teddy - he was absolutely worth it to me.
This trade was met with incomprehension from my mom, and I was scolded - which I, in turn, did not understand.
I was so proud of my new possession.
Yet such supposedly unequal trades still run through my life - and that is a good thing.
It's lovely that Jacinthe et Rose has awakened this memory in me again.
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5 Comments
Poesiefanny 4 years ago
I loved these kitschy romantic pictures just as much as nostalgic paper cuttings... a lovely reminder of the poetry album days of childhood. But the lively Paulchen was the only one who drew a sailboat for me instead of sticking something like that in... I should have run away with him back then; in third grade, you could definitely make it at least to the next lock in the canal ;-) how well-behaved we all were... who knows how far he has come today?
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Hasi 10 years ago
Who wouldn't like these little pictures!... ;) But the scent reminds me of hair salons from the '70s.
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Catwoman 10 years ago
These "Glanneks" were also pasted into poetry albums, yes, that feels like it was sooo... long ago, like from another life. The romantic scent has brought everything back to the surface of my consciousness. Very nice, thank you.
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Tivellon 10 years ago
What a beautiful picture! Thank you for the little journey.
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Serafina 10 years ago
I've collected these pictures too! Especially the ones with glitter! Nostalgia trophy!
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