Top Notes 
Grapefruit
Rhubarb
Melon
Heart Notes 
Rosemary
Sage
Orange blossom
Base Notes 
Vetiver
Cedar
Oakmoss
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And the cheerfulness! The cheerfulness that comes from within! The joyful foundation for harmonious togetherness!
Most of the perfumes I have known from Miller Harris have a certain subtlety and restraint. And although this one, Le Pamplemousse, is anything but loud, let alone shrill, it possesses a strength and self-confidence that seems remarkable for a fragrance from Lynn or Miller Harris - especially a green one.
Despite the numerous notes listed in its pyramid, it is primarily two accords that shape its (quite capricious) character: on one hand, the namesake grapefruit - a greenish-yellow and not a pink grapefruit - and on the other, the lively green of crushed twigs and leaves, which adds a darker variant of bitterness to the juicy freshness of the citrus fruit and balances it out without disturbing its summery lightness. And they interact harmoniously: the herbaceous, juicy green leaves and the bitter grapefruit freshness. All the other fruits mentioned above largely submit to the central grapefruit without complaint, and the garden herbs do not stand out prominently from the described green leaf note. Even after hours - when other hesperid fruits have long succumbed to their warm, soft base notes, Le Pamplemousse's citrus bitterness remains vividly perceptible - cool and clear like a gift.
Conclusion: it is neither contemplative nor profound. Yet it is surprisingly mature in its green bitterness, coming from within cheerfulness - which, as we know from Loriot's Hedwig and Hellmuth (Heinrich's 'brother-in-law'!), is the joyful foundation for harmonious togetherness - and on a gray March spring day like today, I can already sense how it will refresh and cool me on a leaden August afternoon.
Despite the numerous notes listed in its pyramid, it is primarily two accords that shape its (quite capricious) character: on one hand, the namesake grapefruit - a greenish-yellow and not a pink grapefruit - and on the other, the lively green of crushed twigs and leaves, which adds a darker variant of bitterness to the juicy freshness of the citrus fruit and balances it out without disturbing its summery lightness. And they interact harmoniously: the herbaceous, juicy green leaves and the bitter grapefruit freshness. All the other fruits mentioned above largely submit to the central grapefruit without complaint, and the garden herbs do not stand out prominently from the described green leaf note. Even after hours - when other hesperid fruits have long succumbed to their warm, soft base notes, Le Pamplemousse's citrus bitterness remains vividly perceptible - cool and clear like a gift.
Conclusion: it is neither contemplative nor profound. Yet it is surprisingly mature in its green bitterness, coming from within cheerfulness - which, as we know from Loriot's Hedwig and Hellmuth (Heinrich's 'brother-in-law'!), is the joyful foundation for harmonious togetherness - and on a gray March spring day like today, I can already sense how it will refresh and cool me on a leaden August afternoon.
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