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04/04/2024
Smeriglio
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Smeriglio
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The Greek hero
Thus the legend goes that the Minotaur was locked up in the labyrinth and that every year seven young men and seven Athenian girls (who had been defeated by the king of Crete) were sacrificed to the Minotaur to satisfy his hunger for human flesh. As the fourth deadline approached, the ship that was supposed to transport the young victims was already ready in the port when Theseus, son of the Aegean king, felt an irrepressible feeling of rebellion arise in his soul and, turning to his father, said: "I cannot allow such a scourge looms over my homeland. I too will leave with those young men and go to Crete to kill the monster."
His father, desperate, begged him to desist from the absurd undertaking, but to no avail. Then Aegeus gave the helmsman a black banner to place on the highest mast of the ship.
"If my son returns victorious, instead of this flag, raise a snow-white one. I will see it from afar and will be able to savor the joy of his return sooner. Otherwise, wave the black flag, which announces his death."
The ship with black sails advanced, pushed by favorable winds, and arrived in Crete where a large crowd awaited the victims. As soon as they disembarked, the prisoners went to Minos' palace; where they participated in a great banquet, the last joy to which they were entitled before being sacrificed. During the party Ariadne, the king's young daughter, struck by Theseus' beauty and pride, was unable to find peace. "I don't want a handsome and daring young man like him to suffer such a fate," she thought. She wanted to help him and, without anyone noticing, she gave Theseus a poisoned sword and a ball of thread. The Minotaur had his cursed home in the labyrinth of Knossos, a building with a complex of rooms and corridors that intersected, ascended and descended, forming a network of curves so intricate and dense that there was no escape once inside.
The next day, when the first light of dawn appeared on the white mountains of the island, the victims entered the Labyrinth; Theseus with sword in hand was at their head.
Following Arianna's advice, he tied one end of the thread to the entrance of the building and, as he went, unraveled the ball of yarn that he held tightly in his left hand. The golden thread glittered in the silent, dark corridors. The young hero advanced confident of finding the way out without difficulty.
Having reached the center of the Labyrinth, the monster revealed himself in all his ugliness: a man with the head and neck of a bull and with enormously open jaws. The Minotaur immediately charged at them. Theseus, very agile, approached him: the fight was furious but in the end the hero hit him in the place on his chest where his heart could be seen beating. The monster let out a long moan, then fell heavily to the ground, mortally wounded. The young people looked gratefully at the son of Aegeus and, guided by the sparkle of Ariadne's thread, found the exit without difficulty.
Free and victorious they went to the port and embarked. On the deck of the ship they danced and played their happy songs. But they made a serious oversight. No one, not even the helmsman, thought of replacing the white flag with the black one that was still flying on the highest mast of the ship.
Egeus, the old king who had witnessed his son's return from a very high rock since the day of his departure, saw in the black banner a sad omen: his son had died in an undertaking that was too daring. He was unable to resist the pain and, before the ship entered the port, he threw himself from the rock, falling into the depths of that sea which, following the sad event, took the name of the Aegean from him. So this perfume could be defined as a mythological hero. Let's say that he has a retro olfactory imprint. It develops around the note of vetiver, which represents the sword of Theseus. It begins quietly, with light citrus fruits, a bit of nutmeg and pepper, but after a while the vetiver creeps in and at first, i.e. during the central phase, is graceful, assisted by a few notes, mostly floral, like a sword whistling in the air. At a later point, as the drydown comes, it becomes an earthier vetiver, the scent at this point is heavier, like a sword piercing the opponent. It takes on a multifaceted character, with the measured presence of leather, a dose of tonka bean, a barely hinted woody note of out and one of patchouli. A combination that leaves its mark.
His father, desperate, begged him to desist from the absurd undertaking, but to no avail. Then Aegeus gave the helmsman a black banner to place on the highest mast of the ship.
"If my son returns victorious, instead of this flag, raise a snow-white one. I will see it from afar and will be able to savor the joy of his return sooner. Otherwise, wave the black flag, which announces his death."
The ship with black sails advanced, pushed by favorable winds, and arrived in Crete where a large crowd awaited the victims. As soon as they disembarked, the prisoners went to Minos' palace; where they participated in a great banquet, the last joy to which they were entitled before being sacrificed. During the party Ariadne, the king's young daughter, struck by Theseus' beauty and pride, was unable to find peace. "I don't want a handsome and daring young man like him to suffer such a fate," she thought. She wanted to help him and, without anyone noticing, she gave Theseus a poisoned sword and a ball of thread. The Minotaur had his cursed home in the labyrinth of Knossos, a building with a complex of rooms and corridors that intersected, ascended and descended, forming a network of curves so intricate and dense that there was no escape once inside.
The next day, when the first light of dawn appeared on the white mountains of the island, the victims entered the Labyrinth; Theseus with sword in hand was at their head.
Following Arianna's advice, he tied one end of the thread to the entrance of the building and, as he went, unraveled the ball of yarn that he held tightly in his left hand. The golden thread glittered in the silent, dark corridors. The young hero advanced confident of finding the way out without difficulty.
Having reached the center of the Labyrinth, the monster revealed himself in all his ugliness: a man with the head and neck of a bull and with enormously open jaws. The Minotaur immediately charged at them. Theseus, very agile, approached him: the fight was furious but in the end the hero hit him in the place on his chest where his heart could be seen beating. The monster let out a long moan, then fell heavily to the ground, mortally wounded. The young people looked gratefully at the son of Aegeus and, guided by the sparkle of Ariadne's thread, found the exit without difficulty.
Free and victorious they went to the port and embarked. On the deck of the ship they danced and played their happy songs. But they made a serious oversight. No one, not even the helmsman, thought of replacing the white flag with the black one that was still flying on the highest mast of the ship.
Egeus, the old king who had witnessed his son's return from a very high rock since the day of his departure, saw in the black banner a sad omen: his son had died in an undertaking that was too daring. He was unable to resist the pain and, before the ship entered the port, he threw himself from the rock, falling into the depths of that sea which, following the sad event, took the name of the Aegean from him. So this perfume could be defined as a mythological hero. Let's say that he has a retro olfactory imprint. It develops around the note of vetiver, which represents the sword of Theseus. It begins quietly, with light citrus fruits, a bit of nutmeg and pepper, but after a while the vetiver creeps in and at first, i.e. during the central phase, is graceful, assisted by a few notes, mostly floral, like a sword whistling in the air. At a later point, as the drydown comes, it becomes an earthier vetiver, the scent at this point is heavier, like a sword piercing the opponent. It takes on a multifaceted character, with the measured presence of leather, a dose of tonka bean, a barely hinted woody note of out and one of patchouli. A combination that leaves its mark.
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