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Veraalg
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Change of perspective from "rather masculine" to "want to have"
End of 2023.
I test "Delice" for 2 days, classify it as "rather masculine" and lock it in the cosmetics box.
Fall 2024.
I'm at the playground with the kids. My four-year-old daughter wants attention.
"Mommy, look how I can climb".
"Mommy, look how I can jump".
"Mommy, it smells so nice here!"
The last sentence brings me out of the fog of thought. "Yes, sweetie, it smells really great here". I sniff the cool air, the scent is unique and familiar. Mm cinnamon, nice. With plum (later I looked up that there is no plum in the scent pyramid). Excellent nutmeg on a nice woody vanilla base. A cheeky scent, spicy, a little pungent, in a good way.
I turn around, looking for the wearer. She also has a daughter, is petite and has dark hair, like me. In her mid-thirties, like me. She speaks a different language to her girl, like me. She's dressed in black without looking boring, which is something I want to be able to do. I like the woman straight away. "You smell so nice," I say. Of course she knows that.
When I get home, I hop over to the cosmetics box in anticipation and yes, this is without a doubt the fragrance that my daughter and I loved so much on the playground. How could I have left it here for so long? Mm, nutmeg. Now that I've smelled "Delice" on a woman who has a few things in common with me, I no longer find it masculine at all, but beautifully unisex. I want to hug the woman.
The fragrance progression is an exciting journey from an intense spiciness, through fruits with cinnamon, arriving at the soft vanilla shimmer. Now there is little left in the 8 ml sample bottle and I can already see the beautiful black full-size bottle in my dreams - not in the cosmetics box, but on the glass shelf, where it can be admired not only by my nose, but also by my eyes.