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09/28/2021
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Après l'Ondée, the earthly one
The Drydown lies still tenderly on my wrist, I have this dream yet today test.
The prelude is indeed very reminiscent of Après l'Ondée. Anise, violet, heliotrope, iris. Delicate, powdery and innocent. Next, a leather accord introduces itself very briskly. Like it wants to reach out to you, briefly eclipsing all the others involved. Mais il est Guerlain, monsieur!, and with an elegant bow, it discreetly steps back to shake hands with delicate greens, mosses and earth tones. And there is another of those pastel paintings that only Jacques Guerlain is capable of creating. This time in soft blue-violet on pale moss-green ground. Swathes of mist drift through the landscape, interweaving sky and earth. The earth tones have a very subtle sweetness, due to the vanilla. And I would have sworn that the finest patchouli is so perfectly combined here that even I, a patchouli muffin, am completely convinced of its presence. But maybe I'm also convinced because it's not patchouli in this case..... In any case, it smells of earth and delicate greenery. And at the same time perfectly elegant and floral powdery. The notes are so skilfully combined that for my nose neither rose nor jasmine can be clearly perceived as such. As part of the whole but still.
Interestingly, the leather aspect disappeared relatively soon. The damp green earth, on the other hand, stayed for a long time. And to my personal delight, iris and violet are the main actors during the entire course of the fragrance. Even towards the end, and contrary to my expectations, the fragrance did not fade into vanilla and leather components (here, for example, I clearly smell cloves). No, this wonderful pastel picture has slowly faded in its entirety and has dissolved together with the iris mist swathes.
The prelude is indeed very reminiscent of Après l'Ondée. Anise, violet, heliotrope, iris. Delicate, powdery and innocent. Next, a leather accord introduces itself very briskly. Like it wants to reach out to you, briefly eclipsing all the others involved. Mais il est Guerlain, monsieur!, and with an elegant bow, it discreetly steps back to shake hands with delicate greens, mosses and earth tones. And there is another of those pastel paintings that only Jacques Guerlain is capable of creating. This time in soft blue-violet on pale moss-green ground. Swathes of mist drift through the landscape, interweaving sky and earth. The earth tones have a very subtle sweetness, due to the vanilla. And I would have sworn that the finest patchouli is so perfectly combined here that even I, a patchouli muffin, am completely convinced of its presence. But maybe I'm also convinced because it's not patchouli in this case..... In any case, it smells of earth and delicate greenery. And at the same time perfectly elegant and floral powdery. The notes are so skilfully combined that for my nose neither rose nor jasmine can be clearly perceived as such. As part of the whole but still.
Interestingly, the leather aspect disappeared relatively soon. The damp green earth, on the other hand, stayed for a long time. And to my personal delight, iris and violet are the main actors during the entire course of the fragrance. Even towards the end, and contrary to my expectations, the fragrance did not fade into vanilla and leather components (here, for example, I clearly smell cloves). No, this wonderful pastel picture has slowly faded in its entirety and has dissolved together with the iris mist swathes.
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