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End of School Days...
Actually, I would have liked to use "For the Green Girls" as the title, but that would have seemed too much like a copy of Smitty's comment.
Like many whose childhood fell in the 70s, "My Melody" was also one of my first perfumes (I won't count the countless fragrance oils from the oriental shops of the 80s here...). It was a typical gift for a girl aged 12-14 in the early 80s. I never really found the original "My Melody" to be particularly girly; it always struck me more as a classic women's perfume. I thought it was quite elegant back then and didn't mind wearing it. MM Musk is another story...(see separate comment). I then bought the two MM versions in pink ("Flowers") and green, that is, "Girls," probably in one of my last three school years. I found the pink MM very sweet and rather "well-behaved," while MMG was for me the "naughtiest" of the four series. It had something fresh, almost "grassy-green," that suited a more tomboyish type of girl. However, I wasn't really that either - cheeky, yes, to boys and teachers alike, but none of the popular "girls who could steal horses" and certainly not a swooned-over "school princess" (to whom "MM Flowers" would have suited better). I was too much of an outsider, rather unpopular, but at least respected, as I really "put the pedal to the metal" in the final school sprint, and performance was valued in my school.
Nevertheless, I remembered MMG (as EDT - which I still own, but it's gone off) as sweeter than the Extrait version that I applied today. I got the little bottle - once again in a fit of nostalgia - at a bargain. However, I find it very difficult to recognize individual notes when I have no idea what's in it! At the beginning, a note hits my nose, probably oak moss (which I sometimes even perceive as somewhat "sour," not just here!). This suggests a scent in the "floral-chypre" direction, although I feel "floral-green" is the best description. I can't say which floral notes they are; maybe there's a hint of lily of the valley, but definitely not dominant.
Definitely a scent for the beginning of spring when the first green appears.
At 47, I feel too old to wear this perfume in public. At home, however, it's quite nice for a little trip down memory lane!
Like many whose childhood fell in the 70s, "My Melody" was also one of my first perfumes (I won't count the countless fragrance oils from the oriental shops of the 80s here...). It was a typical gift for a girl aged 12-14 in the early 80s. I never really found the original "My Melody" to be particularly girly; it always struck me more as a classic women's perfume. I thought it was quite elegant back then and didn't mind wearing it. MM Musk is another story...(see separate comment). I then bought the two MM versions in pink ("Flowers") and green, that is, "Girls," probably in one of my last three school years. I found the pink MM very sweet and rather "well-behaved," while MMG was for me the "naughtiest" of the four series. It had something fresh, almost "grassy-green," that suited a more tomboyish type of girl. However, I wasn't really that either - cheeky, yes, to boys and teachers alike, but none of the popular "girls who could steal horses" and certainly not a swooned-over "school princess" (to whom "MM Flowers" would have suited better). I was too much of an outsider, rather unpopular, but at least respected, as I really "put the pedal to the metal" in the final school sprint, and performance was valued in my school.
Nevertheless, I remembered MMG (as EDT - which I still own, but it's gone off) as sweeter than the Extrait version that I applied today. I got the little bottle - once again in a fit of nostalgia - at a bargain. However, I find it very difficult to recognize individual notes when I have no idea what's in it! At the beginning, a note hits my nose, probably oak moss (which I sometimes even perceive as somewhat "sour," not just here!). This suggests a scent in the "floral-chypre" direction, although I feel "floral-green" is the best description. I can't say which floral notes they are; maybe there's a hint of lily of the valley, but definitely not dominant.
Definitely a scent for the beginning of spring when the first green appears.
At 47, I feel too old to wear this perfume in public. At home, however, it's quite nice for a little trip down memory lane!
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