Jermyn Street Floris 2014

It's high time someone left a scent mark on this gem…

Free Floris samples? Sure, I thought - why not? And then Jermyn Street arrived - unassuming and quiet. And it won me over immediately.

Splash - the citrus moments are refreshingly present right away, only to make way for the introduction of vetiver: green and clean from head to toe - after a few minutes, it bumps into the spices that accompany the scent for a long time, until in the end only warm cleanliness wafts in a balsamic powdery manner. The violet accompanies the composition with a noble restraint and slowly fades away. Pure goosebumps feeling!

As expected, the sillage is not a powerhouse, but it remains subtly present. Longevity corresponds to the higher price segment; I never get the impression of cheap synthetic notes, but rather feel well accompanied in a high-quality way - why does the adjective "distinguished" come to mind again? The Duden has nothing to add: "distinguishing itself from others through selectness, especially in clothing, manners, etc.; notably elegant".

Floris wants to associate the whole thing with gin and lemon, copper kettle, plane tree, and the scent of fresh cotton - long live the imagination. To help with this, I took a look at that street in Street View - well, okay, there is indeed a plane tree there and a few shirt manufacturers are also located nearby - but how do I now get the image of construction sites and delivery vans out of my head? Maybe I need to visit…

British tradition is the sacred cow that is also stuffed to the neck in this flacon. There will again be partly justified voices saying "dusty, British, old-fashioned". I'll leave that aside because I've also sniffed the other side.

Conclusion: Certainly not mass-market conforming, but original and a successful blend of tradition and modernity, always under the aspect of noble individuality.

I want it - so, now let's see if I could pique someone's curiosity in the universe and post a sharing.