Seta Moresque 2018

For years, I have dreamed of Granada. There, in this Spanish city, stands the Alhambra - the epitome of Moorish architecture, a source of the most delicate wonders, carved in stone, telling stories of a great culture, of mathematics and medicine, of military strategies and picturesque calligraphy. Of the clear call of the Muezzin, ringing from all mosques in the early morning. Of red, warm stones and finely chiseled golden earrings in the evening sunlight. Of brightly sparkling oil lamps and sweetly scented jasmine on warm nights. Of crackling silk garments and precious turbans. Of women and men. And of love.
Should I ever visit this wonderful place, I would wear Seta. The fragrance from Moresque embodies all that the Moorish culture stands for - art and science in the fusion of East and West. With what immeasurable wealth the Arab culture has bestowed upon us, I feel in every moment I sit at the computer - where would we be if not for Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Musa, known as al-Khwarizmi, who gifted us the fundamental idea of the algorithm. And so I always regard Seta with an admiring gaze. Just the bottle with its shimmering color in golden saffron, its golden design reminiscent of the finely chiseled Moorish architectural sculpture in the Nasrid Palace of the Alhambra, evoking a canopy of stars, with a heavy, golden, gently rounded block as a closure. Then the fragrance: After a slightly fresh opening, the most delicate flowers that blend pleasantly with myrrh and saffron. A hint of exotic flowers, a hint of spices. A hint of resin, a hint of wood. Beneath it all, a warm, sweet base of vanilla. Seta is an incredibly delicate, gentle fragrance that overflows with the most precious ingredients. It is a light Oriental, floral, sweet, spicy, resinous. A barely perceptible touch, like a delicate silk cloth flowing from the shoulders in the warm wind. In this respect, Seta, which in its name and bottle design captures all the associations that the beautiful fragrance evokes, is a perfect scent for an imaginative dive into Moorish culture, into the merging of East and West. Not a heavy Oriental that conjures the desert. But a light one that creates a connection between both cultures, making one think of places of gathering, such as the Crusader states, libraries that connected scholars, and love that does not ask about religions. A fragrance for sensual fantasy journeys, a fragrance for dreaming. And one of the most beautiful scents I have encountered recently.