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04/09/2024
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Peace of mind to spray.
Mauna. Sounds good. There's a phonetic softness to it, something round, harmonious, pleasing.
But we don't want to be guided by subjective vagueness, but by highly empirical facts. Here you go: Mauna comes from Hindu philosophy and refers to a vow of silence that is intended to guide the silent person on the long and arduous path to inner peace and ultimately lead to peace of mind.
As I generally imagine absolute peace of mind to be gentle, round, harmonious and pleasing, I am a little surprised at how vividly onomatopoeia mediates between the signifier and the signified.
Perhaps my associative coincidence is simply due to the fact that I had already sprayed a tiny droplet of the fragrance on the back of my hand when I thought about the effect of the name. Because Mauna has exactly the same effect on me: gentle, round, harmonious, pleasing.
A soft, contemplative fragrance with a beautiful sandalwood soul. A calming and grounding fragrance. A rather quiet fragrance that invites you to explore its facets in peace and with due attentiveness. A fragrance that appears approachable thanks to its warm, woody aura and yet constantly oscillates between closeness and distance. A fragrance whose top note is characterized by spicy pepperiness, over which a delicate veil of incense lies. A fragrance whose wonderfully balanced and feather-light sweetness only reveals itself when the soft benzoin and tonka bean enter the stage in the heart note.
However, these notes are merely charming extras that accentuate the sandalwood, which for me is the undisputed centerpiece of the fragrance, so exquisitely that I would like to say that I have hardly ever smelled it more beautifully.
Sandalwood tends to be interpreted in a brute way and then quickly comes across to me as a chip fragrance. And by that I mean the cheaper chipboard from the Far East. The ones where the formaldehyde limits are not taken quite so seriously.
With Mauna, you can be completely unconcerned about this. Brachial synthetics are alien to this fragrance. It's more like a previously unknown part of me that is venturing to the surface today. It's nice that you're here.
When would I wear it? Always. And where? Everywhere. And can Aunt Hilde wear it too? Sure. Even Uncle Jürgen.
And does it really perform in beast mode? No. Fortunately not.
After all, he is peace of mind.
But we don't want to be guided by subjective vagueness, but by highly empirical facts. Here you go: Mauna comes from Hindu philosophy and refers to a vow of silence that is intended to guide the silent person on the long and arduous path to inner peace and ultimately lead to peace of mind.
As I generally imagine absolute peace of mind to be gentle, round, harmonious and pleasing, I am a little surprised at how vividly onomatopoeia mediates between the signifier and the signified.
Perhaps my associative coincidence is simply due to the fact that I had already sprayed a tiny droplet of the fragrance on the back of my hand when I thought about the effect of the name. Because Mauna has exactly the same effect on me: gentle, round, harmonious, pleasing.
A soft, contemplative fragrance with a beautiful sandalwood soul. A calming and grounding fragrance. A rather quiet fragrance that invites you to explore its facets in peace and with due attentiveness. A fragrance that appears approachable thanks to its warm, woody aura and yet constantly oscillates between closeness and distance. A fragrance whose top note is characterized by spicy pepperiness, over which a delicate veil of incense lies. A fragrance whose wonderfully balanced and feather-light sweetness only reveals itself when the soft benzoin and tonka bean enter the stage in the heart note.
However, these notes are merely charming extras that accentuate the sandalwood, which for me is the undisputed centerpiece of the fragrance, so exquisitely that I would like to say that I have hardly ever smelled it more beautifully.
Sandalwood tends to be interpreted in a brute way and then quickly comes across to me as a chip fragrance. And by that I mean the cheaper chipboard from the Far East. The ones where the formaldehyde limits are not taken quite so seriously.
With Mauna, you can be completely unconcerned about this. Brachial synthetics are alien to this fragrance. It's more like a previously unknown part of me that is venturing to the surface today. It's nice that you're here.
When would I wear it? Always. And where? Everywhere. And can Aunt Hilde wear it too? Sure. Even Uncle Jürgen.
And does it really perform in beast mode? No. Fortunately not.
After all, he is peace of mind.
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