06/16/2024
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The girl with the games console
When I was about twelve years old, I started to feel a bit tingly in the presence of young men. I couldn't really describe the feeling back then. I was still a child. But the woman in me seemed to be calling out a little, "Hello, here I am." I remember that some of these young gentlemen, who were of course far too old for me, smelled a bit like Galileo de Viento. Gently spicy with a hint of soap, but never as scratchy and soapy as the products my grandfather used. No, what I smelled was lighter, sweeter. There were perhaps a few flowers. And above all, there was this fine, sensual base note that brought a little sweetness into play. And that's exactly what I liked. The fact that the vanilla and clay notes were a little more prominent here than in older fragrance compositions for men, which tended to frighten my childhood nose back then, was of course something I couldn't classify at that age. I didn't care either. But I liked what I smelled. It was as beautiful as the warm smiles of the boys I liked. Who were maybe 16, 17 or 18 years old. And for whom I was probably a bit of a baby.
Of course it couldn't have been Galileo de Viento, it wasn't launched until 1995. But I read comparisons here with Zino by Davidoff, which I never got to know. It was actually on the market a little earlier. And the fragrance notes could actually fit. As is so often the case, Muelhens doesn't tell us what we are supposed to smell in Galileo de Viento.
In any case, I smell a piece of childhood. For example, there was a boy whose father I worked with. And sometimes he brought his son with him when he came to us in Baden-Württemberg from faraway North Rhine-Westphalia. I had an Atari games console as a child and no matter where we went: The boys loved it and played with me for hours. So did this boy, who smelled similar and was probably almost of age at the time. I sat next to him playing Frogger, Pacman and Jungle Hunt and adored him, sniffed his beautiful scent and smiled. And I dreamed a little that he liked me too.
I'll have to go and sniff Zino, who still exists.
Many thanks to Cfr for the testing opportunity.
Of course it couldn't have been Galileo de Viento, it wasn't launched until 1995. But I read comparisons here with Zino by Davidoff, which I never got to know. It was actually on the market a little earlier. And the fragrance notes could actually fit. As is so often the case, Muelhens doesn't tell us what we are supposed to smell in Galileo de Viento.
In any case, I smell a piece of childhood. For example, there was a boy whose father I worked with. And sometimes he brought his son with him when he came to us in Baden-Württemberg from faraway North Rhine-Westphalia. I had an Atari games console as a child and no matter where we went: The boys loved it and played with me for hours. So did this boy, who smelled similar and was probably almost of age at the time. I sat next to him playing Frogger, Pacman and Jungle Hunt and adored him, sniffed his beautiful scent and smiled. And I dreamed a little that he liked me too.
I'll have to go and sniff Zino, who still exists.
Many thanks to Cfr for the testing opportunity.
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