Condottiere 2019

NikEy
13.03.2021 - 03:26 PM
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Perfection in pastel white lilac - Garden dreams

I love the way Delphine Thierry's fragrances are composed. Sensual lightness, a near ethereal-floating overall compositions, which nevertheless bring an intensity that should not be underestimated. Condottiere makes her style instantly recognizable and immediately transports you to spring. The greenery in the gardens grows, buds form and the wondrous world of blossoms bursts forth and rains down upon us. Pastel white lilac lies a soft, blooming leather robe over us...

Condottiere starts with the scent of a memory conjured by a friend: Violet Blueberry Jam. Fortunately implemented in the perfume almost entirely without the jammy sweetness, the berries are wonderfully integrated and support the dark purple aspects of the blossom. A dry, but not carroty iris and delicate suede aspects make it clear that we are not dealing with a cloying violet interpretation No, they create an edge that for me makes the fragrance completely unisex.
Just at the beginning I hear a dry-bodied note that could actually be angelica, I know it from the thematic scent of Malle. This image is not dirty, but rather provides a grainy, sandy background noise. As the fragrance progresses, this subtle physicality settles, becomes cleaner and conjures up the image of white sheets, drying in the wind, in my mind. Constantly portraying the garden as a fragrant setting, the fragrance never loses its basic powdery-fresh and violet-flowered character.

Condottiere is not brute, force of nature or gloomy - but fine, artistic and perfectly composed. It is fresh, cool and full of life, even if violet always contributes a certain melancholy. I am especially happy about the well-tuned intensity of the perfume - after all, I have encountered too many lately that still harassed me the next morning with their durability and radiation.
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