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Serenissima
7
Lavender - the Janus-faced
What a beautiful interplay of the individual fragrance notes develops after spraying "Marquetry" on my skin.
How gently caressing the lavender is, without any of its usual herbaceousness.
Balsamic and resinous-smoky, it is coated in peach's ripe sweetness before golden-brown tobacco leaves crackle and graceful rose beauties greet me with their fragrance.
"Marquetry" is soft and vanilla-warm, despite lavender and a rich assortment of resins. Peru balsam probably works all its magic.
Everything has been skillfully combined to create a beautiful fragrance that is reminiscent of a precious intarsia work.
But as beautifully as lavender shows itself here, it's that Janus-headed one again that makes me want to wash off "Marquetry" quite soon.
This hermaphroditism inherent in lavender can calm and invigorate; for me, it not only invigorates, it makes me restless and sometimes even a little irritable.
I had to learn this many years ago when tea made from lavender flowers with honey was recommended to me as a sleep aid: How restlessly I wandered around until someone enlightened me about this double, so contradictory effectiveness of lavender.
It doesn't have to be that way. My current drowsiness is intentional and so, unfortunately, I have to do without the warm embraces of "Marquetry".
What a pity!
But fans of lavender could discover a fragrance here that wanders off the beaten track and whisks you away to a charming, rich blue under a wide-open sky.
Top Notes 
Lavender
Bergamot
Peach
Heart Notes 
Peru balsam
Tobacco
Tonka bean
Galbanum
Rose
Base Notes 
Vanilla
Amber
Labdanum
Musk
