Les Nombres d'Or - Vanille Maison Mona di Orio 2011
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The Smell of Forgotten Minor Indulgences
Vanille is a strange one and I admit I'm struggling to see what this has to do with vanilla. Most of what I get is an intense, burning clove note on a boozy background with slight animalic accents. The woody-leathery base smells dark with a polished bitter bite.
Smelling this reminded me of a childhood memory of being in a bowling alley. My friend's mother smoked clove cigarettes and the hot, smokey, spicy smell of them melded with the smell of the bowling alley itself: ashtrays, spilled booze, polished wood, creeping decay and the occasional whiff of human sweat.
Not my favorite, but Vanille is strangely noir and intriguing in a Bukowski-esque way. Its like the smell of forgotten minor indulgences.
Smelling this reminded me of a childhood memory of being in a bowling alley. My friend's mother smoked clove cigarettes and the hot, smokey, spicy smell of them melded with the smell of the bowling alley itself: ashtrays, spilled booze, polished wood, creeping decay and the occasional whiff of human sweat.
Not my favorite, but Vanille is strangely noir and intriguing in a Bukowski-esque way. Its like the smell of forgotten minor indulgences.
Ostara
