Lancaster Lancaster 1987 Eau de Toilette Concentrée

I think each of us has rituals! Things we do over and over again. Repeating something that brings us joy, that makes us happy. Making one thing or an old habit even more beautiful or celebrating it. Rituals give things consistency and a kind of magic. They adorn a beautiful habit and emphasize it. A ritual can make something beautiful even more beautiful. With a ritual, something can be started or ended. Today, I will take you along to a very important ritual in my life!

Every year we go to the Canary Islands for two weeks. Always to the same hotel. Every morning, even on vacation, I get up at six o'clock to go swimming. I put on my swim trunks and go to the bathroom to throw on my bathrobe. But before I leave the room, I spray my bathrobe with a perfume that pleasantly underscores the ritual that follows. A scent that accompanies me on my way to the saltwater pool. The moon is still shining, but the sky is already slightly orange-violet because the sun can already be sensed, but is still a long way from being seen. I slowly step into the water and swim for a good hour. No rush and no hurry. The birds begin to gently sing during this time. Wonderful! Then I go over to the saltwater pool to warm up in the almost hot water. The water is so salty that you float in it. After about fifteen minutes, I usually head over to the outer spa area and take a hot shower. Then I dry myself off and put on my white, perfumed bathrobe. After that, I head over to my lounge chair, which has already been prepared by one of the pool boys. There, I usually sit in a lotus position and watch as the light of the rising sun slowly breaks in the crowns of the palm trees, shining over the pool, while the air around me mixes with my feel-good scent that escapes from my bathrobe. Until now, I have only had two perfumes for this almost meditative ritual: Laguna by Dali or Royal Bain de Caron by Caron. This year, there will be a third scent that will celebrate this ritual with me. Lancaster by Lancaster. Why Lancaster? I would be happy to tell you!

Lancaster is like a cocoon of purity, protection, and sensuality. Orange blossom and various herbs like thyme, coriander, and basil give a hint of freshness and cleanliness. Spicy and herb-floral notes are added from herbal geranium and a powdery-soft tuberose. Lancaster has something of a chypre that gradually transforms into an oriental scent. Slowly and steadily, warm tones from soft amber come in, adorned with cozy notes of vanilla. An incredibly soft sandalwood makes Lancaster creamier and even more cuddly before it sinks into a smoky base of protective oak moss and incense.

Conclusion
Lancaster embodies a lot for me. It embodies shiny-brown bodies and sunbathing on warm, spicy sand on a hot day by the sea. But also a spa temple where men and women in white bathrobes relax in misty steam saunas and sultry warm baths. Or where one can get massaged away the stress in a hamam with spicy-warm oils and fine soaps. Lancaster is a scent that connects the genders. For me, it is neither masculine nor feminine. Lancaster is like a very well-groomed,
delicate, and flattering veil on the skin. It radiates a deep sense of security and calm, but also a deep sensuality. It has something luxurious and very refined in its composition. It can be worn in the deepest winter, but also in the warmest summer. Lancaster can do many things, but what it can always do is make something beautiful even more beautiful. Back then and still today.

At least for me!

I thank SchatzSucher for the sample and for rekindling an old love that had been forgotten!