25:43 Lush / Cosmetics To Go 2012

Not number one, however, but the first perfume that I consciously bought as an adult. Back then, shortly before I stopped working at Lush and took back all the products I liked. Back then, I couldn't understand why people should use perfume. Sure, I knew Lush's compositions by heart, in addition to the big brands that were responsible for my aversion at the time. But in everyday life, my aim was to smell neutral, especially as I always smelled like Lush at work anyway.
Well. 25:43 became a discon in 2013 with the 'New Perfume Range'. My fragrance preferences at the time still had a lot of citrusy-green notes, so I had to take a bottle of this with me. Number one in my collection, so to speak. The fragrances of my early youth, all by Boss, because being Boss and all that, no longer existed and have no relevance for me.

But about 25:43: a wedding fragrance, according to the classification, which was composed in 25 minutes and 43 seconds in response to a challenge, so the story goes.
At the beginning, sweet citrus and fresh lemongrass dominate this fragrance, which quickly fills the room and then quickly, then linearly decreases, revealing more and more sweetness. No stinging. No edges. No surprises. Simply an invigorating, light green citrus fragrance with sweet notes and a tonka base. High-quality clean citrus meets cold dessert. Some would probably say 'perfect summer fragrance', I'm reliving my rather fulfilling, if exhausting and, from today's perspective, very underpaid time at Lush after eleven years. But today this one is no longer my taste in fragrances but definitely one of the nicer representatives of citrus fragrances.