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Île vanilla*
Three to four tons of this valuable product are imported per year from La Réunion.
A quantity that according to a Hamburg vanilla importer is "meaningless" on the world market.
This spice reached this 2,500 square kilometre piece of France in the Indian Ocean, near Madagascar and Mauritius in the course of colonisation from the middle of the 17th century onwards.
The climate means it well with this kind of orchid plants; only the hummingbirds necessary for flower pollination are missing here.
A slave just 12 years old came up with the revolutionary idea of hand pollination: the "Mariage".
Because La Réunion knows that fine quality is essential in order to survive on the world market, and because vanilla importers today have a niche existence, they still adhere to this time-consuming process.
This is another reason why Marie LeFebvre, who runs the perfume label Urban Scents in Berlin together with her husband, swears by this special vanilla: La Réunion is her second home.
Part of her family lives on this island.
The entire history of "La Réunion-Vanille" is told in the April issue of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin. A "beauty special", which is dedicated to feeling, seeing and smelling and therefore still contains many interesting things for us sensualists.
I have taken previous information from this article or quoted from it.
It's worth reading!
The relatively low vanilla harvest also explains why Madagascar vanilla is listed as the main ingredient in the "Vanille de La Réunion" fragrance pyramid.
This had irritated me a bit at first, but becomes understandable after reading the above article.
Wherever it comes from, this vanilla is dreamily beautiful: noble and almost a little stunning in scent, felt creamy and heavy, creamy white with many small spots.
Aphrodite and her entourage have secured this fragrance for themselves for their sensually beguiling "craft".
This vanilla not only awakens all senses; it also contains a great addiction potential.
This feeling is intensified by salted butter caramel - sinfully beautiful and also lavish in fragrance!
White musk adds the crown to this fragrance creation: it becomes extremely exquisite!
"Vanille de La Réunion" is one of the most beautiful vanilla fragrances I have experienced and enjoyed with all my senses!
Maybe it's because I now know the stories of "Île Vanilla "*.
Even if the shelf life is not as great as with many other vanilla fragrance compositions, this fragrance shell, which floats warm and protected, is something very fine!
I am very excited that there is still so much of this magical elixir available in the trial bottle.
So I can get involved for some time and would like to quote Goethe again:
"So I stagger from desire to pleasure, and in pleasure I am made to desire!"
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*) "Île Bourbon" is the title of the mentioned article in the FAZ magazine
A quantity that according to a Hamburg vanilla importer is "meaningless" on the world market.
This spice reached this 2,500 square kilometre piece of France in the Indian Ocean, near Madagascar and Mauritius in the course of colonisation from the middle of the 17th century onwards.
The climate means it well with this kind of orchid plants; only the hummingbirds necessary for flower pollination are missing here.
A slave just 12 years old came up with the revolutionary idea of hand pollination: the "Mariage".
Because La Réunion knows that fine quality is essential in order to survive on the world market, and because vanilla importers today have a niche existence, they still adhere to this time-consuming process.
This is another reason why Marie LeFebvre, who runs the perfume label Urban Scents in Berlin together with her husband, swears by this special vanilla: La Réunion is her second home.
Part of her family lives on this island.
The entire history of "La Réunion-Vanille" is told in the April issue of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin. A "beauty special", which is dedicated to feeling, seeing and smelling and therefore still contains many interesting things for us sensualists.
I have taken previous information from this article or quoted from it.
It's worth reading!
The relatively low vanilla harvest also explains why Madagascar vanilla is listed as the main ingredient in the "Vanille de La Réunion" fragrance pyramid.
This had irritated me a bit at first, but becomes understandable after reading the above article.
Wherever it comes from, this vanilla is dreamily beautiful: noble and almost a little stunning in scent, felt creamy and heavy, creamy white with many small spots.
Aphrodite and her entourage have secured this fragrance for themselves for their sensually beguiling "craft".
This vanilla not only awakens all senses; it also contains a great addiction potential.
This feeling is intensified by salted butter caramel - sinfully beautiful and also lavish in fragrance!
White musk adds the crown to this fragrance creation: it becomes extremely exquisite!
"Vanille de La Réunion" is one of the most beautiful vanilla fragrances I have experienced and enjoyed with all my senses!
Maybe it's because I now know the stories of "Île Vanilla "*.
Even if the shelf life is not as great as with many other vanilla fragrance compositions, this fragrance shell, which floats warm and protected, is something very fine!
I am very excited that there is still so much of this magical elixir available in the trial bottle.
So I can get involved for some time and would like to quote Goethe again:
"So I stagger from desire to pleasure, and in pleasure I am made to desire!"
------
*) "Île Bourbon" is the title of the mentioned article in the FAZ magazine
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