White Musk for Women Jōvan 1992

Oriental noses that crave heavy, spicy, sweet, oudy, (frankincense) smoky, leathery, tobacco-like, vanillic, patchouli - in short: loud scents, hold "clean-fresh" as ONE category. We clean-fresh noses know, of course, that there are glaring differences here and can be woken up at three in the morning and, half-asleep, list numerous categories with even more subcategories. Clean scents? So like freshly showered? Or freshly washed? So with shower gel or rather with soap? That smells different already. Or rather creamy? Like face cream? Or hand cream? Or maybe Nivea? There are heavenly differences here. I won't even start on sunscreen. Powder scent? Do you mean more like baby powder or like makeup powder? Totally different. Fresh laundry? More like laundry detergent or like fabric softener? You really have to distinguish. And then more like freshly washed laundry outside on the line or like a laundry room? Yes, yes, that does smell different. Musk? More fluffy? Or soapy? Sweet? Or rather animalistic? Skin scent? That needs to be more precise. Warm? Or not? And the fresh scents first. Preferably lemony? Bergamot? Or more like verbena? Hesperidic? Or maybe green? Watery? Or minty? Softer with tea perhaps? And if so, preferably green tea or white? Or in the end, the dreaded aquatic freshness? Cucumber-like would work too. Or something completely different, floral freshness. Yes, yes, that exists too.

And Jovan "White Musk" clearly belongs in the category "Soap." Soapy soap. The scent of a piece of clean soap. And the scent of being washed with soap. White, clean, well-groomed, soapy. Deeply pure, dry floral, restrained, thoroughly unerotic. The purity, innocence, and cool-headedness in person. Not distant, rather patent competent and benevolent. In a strange way, this scent also radiates a certain warmth and affection; it reminds me of a protective, trustworthy person in the background who catches me in difficult situations and loves me unconditionally. Incredible what associations the scent of soap triggers in me.

According to its own statements, Jovan was inspired by the white mallow for this perfume and consequently created a very white, clean, floral scent. The word mallow comes from the Greek malakos, meaning soft and soothing. It refers to the irritant-relieving, protective properties of the plant. Well then, my associations are not completely crazy after all.

The namesake musk in this perfume is therefore not a sweet, fluffy one, but a soapy, clean one. Those looking for a lovely-sweet-fine musk cloud are in the wrong place. Off to the Body Shop. This here is spray soap, after using which you definitely want to put on the freshest and whitest shirt in the closet. Oh no, best to wear the entire wardrobe in white and then head to the sun to a warm holiday destination, the North Sea in summer, for example. I bet with White Musk you won't even sweat; your skin just stays dry from all the soap. I’ll try that out. I somehow find it good.