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Cautiously, we enter paradise. Darkly adorned with dark flowers of black mourning and accompanied by the scent of animalistic corners, the portal to the longhouse opens.
Brown dark ground, amber ground, immerses us in mysterious darkness in the dim light. Individual sunbeams from the upper gallery sparkle on the bright sandalwood benches, glimmer on the suede upholstery, and cast light shards on the organ. An Ark of Noah.
Before us rises a gigantic organ. Eight meters high. Or higher. In the middle of the church. In the middle of the crossing. And it almost overwhelms us with its mass. Mass like musk. A sculpture of dark woods, massive and heavy like a monster of a bottle. An organ like a dark fragrance. A fragrance like Crystal d'Ambre.
Deepest bass from dark pipes, almost from hellish depths, spreads wide in these holy halls and feels sacred and frightening without incense. Here, nothing is bright and clear, there is no gray and no white, there is only a dark tone. A tone that accompanies us. Wanting to forget. 5.0 / 7.0 / 7.0 / 8.0
Crystal d'Ambre is designed as an organ in the monastery church in Alpirsbach in the Black Forest.
A few years ago, I spent Christmas in Alpirsbach. The confectionery factory is still fresh in my memory. It's a shame I missed the monastery church.
I wouldn't have expected such dark forces from Keiko Mecheri at all.
I have to agree with you (unfortunately), as I also didn't connect much with the scent. However, I often have issues with the fragrance language of Keiko Mecheri. I guess I'm not part of the target audience. Great write-up again!
I know quite a bit about organs. I would never have associated this scent with organs, the queens of musical instruments. Unless the fragrance has been reformulated and intensified. However, it is a very captivating scent.
I wouldn't have expected such dark forces from Keiko Mecheri at all.
I've never heard of this scent before..