Gandali ID Parfums 2009

Recently, when my acquaintance stopped by for a chat and a cup of tea with her latest fragrance from ID Parfums, I was actually feeling a bit grumpy: I really wasn’t in the mood for a visit.
As so often happens, however, the good hour we spent together with "Gandali" turned out to be very pleasant and wonderfully "girl-pink" nostalgic.

With this fragrance launch, we both thought of an earlier colleague and her fondness for fruity shower gels: the more, the better!
Her children were already out of the worst of it, and her life had stabilized in many ways after she had left her husband in a true "night-and-fog operation."
When we met, everything in her life was already in "calm waters."
And so she could also do something for herself; she was still young and so full of joy!
How she could find joy in little things - it was a pleasure to listen to her!
She discovered a summer special at Yves Rocher: shower gel after shower gel - each in a different fruit note. The choice became difficult - all the offered fragrance directions were ordered by me for her (typical girl!).
A good week later, I showed up at the office with an extra bag full of "fruit scents": strawberry, cherry, pineapple, banana, and of course vanilla were among them.
She was ahead of her time and sometimes used several shower scents at once: sometimes it was a bit overwhelming, as we could only open the skylight on those hot summer days in the office.

So when I smelled "Gandali," this colleague immediately came to mind: it was, first and foremost, a journey down the road of nostalgia!
Not quite as sweet fruits generously release their aroma; this basket contains a variety of ripe, red strawberries, split pomegranates, and some halves of passion fruit - the fruit knife is still there.
The white flat basket is not without reason adorned with a pink ribbon and a large pink bow.
It is a fruit symphony in rose.
To this, the small-flowered climbing jasmine joins, no less fragrant than its large-flowered relative; it can certainly be quite overwhelming for sensitive noses as well.
Here it also meets a large cushion of blooming lily of the valley - that could go wrong!
Surprisingly, however, in combination with the summery ripe fruits, a pleasant scent progression emerges; in this summery canon, a very beautiful rose of fragrance joins in.
The solid craftsmanship is once again evident here.
The previous fragrance notes could have created a grand chaos and possibly even instilled fear - but they do not!
They remain girl-pink and fruity-floral.
A lightly spiced sandalwood-scented vanilla foam cap crowns this pink-white fragrance painting in delightfully youthful fashion.
Why do I think of the well-known Vichy check in these two delicate colors at this point?
A summer dress made of cotton with white lace trim on the wide skirt comes to mind.
If my former colleague were still the same age today - she would surely be thrilled!

For me, this cheerful fragrance being is clearly too young; as a "flower being" with fish blood, I find here too much fruit, too much candy pink.
But "Gandali" possesses southern, summery charm and will surely make friends with some fragrance noses among us.
Sillage and longevity are not extraordinary; but again, in line with the reputation of the house ID Parfums/Isabel Derroisné.
The packaging in shades of gray-blue, pink, and lilac - a bit of paisley pattern, a few stylized flowers - actually fits this fragrance image very well.

In any case, a short visit and this fragrant "babydoll" have brightened up a gray evening entertainingly.
(Who still remembers those cute two-piece pajamas with short shorts and a swinging top, also called "Springer" in Germany? They were just too adorable and brought a "seductive touch" to many of the films of that time.)