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05/30/2019
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The chocolate fountain
Nikolay Eremin is a shy and tender soul. You definitely can't say that about his scents.
For almost three years my husband and Nikolay have been connected by a deep male friendship, a real bromance. So I also had the pleasure to try Nikolay's scents.
To better understand these charismatic Russians I was forced to draw parallels and search for similar souls. One day I discovered a great closeness to the essence of Vincent van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh was similarly misunderstood, during his lifetime a man and artist driven by pain and self-doubt.
Also Nikolay's scents (most) are soaked with Weltschmerz, which is difficult for outsiders to grasp. He gets lost with his own idea of artistic freedom, only to row back shortly afterwards - with his apology for it - ... provocatively on the one hand, hypersensitively flickering on the other. This is also the case with his fragrant creations, many of which are brute and almost disturbing; they literally collide with the basic idea of applying a fragrance such as... illuminating, exhilarating, uplifting, etc.
Many of Nikolay's creations drag me into the abyss of melancholy; they are of an unbearable weight and speak with a voice I cannot (yet) understand. Although "daring fragrances" attract me magically, Nikolay comes from a completely different dimension. For example, his new "Collection 2019"; my husband could "take a bath" from each one of them - for me, with one exception (Rebel Angel), they are all overloaded and cacophonous. I guess I'm just not ready yet.
I like the fragrances from the "The Sticky Sweet Collection" and "The Pompadour Collection" best because they are visible through the fragrances of the early XX century. Century are inspired. Nikolay doesn't care much about IFRA and EC regulations, so I can enjoy his fragrances in their full splendour and opulence.
Dear Santalwalti asked me provocatively today if I was ready to write my first comment. Dear Walti, this is for you...
Mandala of Desires starts with a fragrance experience like in a noble chocolaterie or pâtisserie. It smells of noble Liqueur Pralinés, a poem from fruity Liqör, finest roasting aromas and seductively bittersweet chocolate. It's a narcotically euphoric moment that awakens passion and conjures a smile on your face that won't disappear. For a moment I felt like Juliette Binoche in chocolate.
The next moment is by far the most beautiful in the Mandala of Desires fragrance as two wonderful worlds begin to merge. It's like there's a flower shop next to the chocolaterie. Both shops open, out of one the wonderful chocolate smell flows, which mixes with a sensually aphrodisiac floral scent and is virtually bursting with pulsating eroticism.
Mandala of Desires is beguilingly equisitic and makes you happy and playful. This fragrance brings back the lust for life and the feeling of carelessness. I believe that on the day when Nikolay created Mandala of Desires, it was a sunny Sunday and the streets of St Petersburg were abandoned and quiet, Mr Eremin was happy and perhaps even in love.
The result is a fragrance with a cognac dark colour that grabs you and won't let you go. I experience the aura of the fragrance as a course from sensitive indigo blue to pulsating violet.
Mandala of Desires is a fragrance that should also remind Nikolay how little we need to be happy: "...a small bite is enough!"
For almost three years my husband and Nikolay have been connected by a deep male friendship, a real bromance. So I also had the pleasure to try Nikolay's scents.
To better understand these charismatic Russians I was forced to draw parallels and search for similar souls. One day I discovered a great closeness to the essence of Vincent van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh was similarly misunderstood, during his lifetime a man and artist driven by pain and self-doubt.
Also Nikolay's scents (most) are soaked with Weltschmerz, which is difficult for outsiders to grasp. He gets lost with his own idea of artistic freedom, only to row back shortly afterwards - with his apology for it - ... provocatively on the one hand, hypersensitively flickering on the other. This is also the case with his fragrant creations, many of which are brute and almost disturbing; they literally collide with the basic idea of applying a fragrance such as... illuminating, exhilarating, uplifting, etc.
Many of Nikolay's creations drag me into the abyss of melancholy; they are of an unbearable weight and speak with a voice I cannot (yet) understand. Although "daring fragrances" attract me magically, Nikolay comes from a completely different dimension. For example, his new "Collection 2019"; my husband could "take a bath" from each one of them - for me, with one exception (Rebel Angel), they are all overloaded and cacophonous. I guess I'm just not ready yet.
I like the fragrances from the "The Sticky Sweet Collection" and "The Pompadour Collection" best because they are visible through the fragrances of the early XX century. Century are inspired. Nikolay doesn't care much about IFRA and EC regulations, so I can enjoy his fragrances in their full splendour and opulence.
Dear Santalwalti asked me provocatively today if I was ready to write my first comment. Dear Walti, this is for you...
Mandala of Desires starts with a fragrance experience like in a noble chocolaterie or pâtisserie. It smells of noble Liqueur Pralinés, a poem from fruity Liqör, finest roasting aromas and seductively bittersweet chocolate. It's a narcotically euphoric moment that awakens passion and conjures a smile on your face that won't disappear. For a moment I felt like Juliette Binoche in chocolate.
The next moment is by far the most beautiful in the Mandala of Desires fragrance as two wonderful worlds begin to merge. It's like there's a flower shop next to the chocolaterie. Both shops open, out of one the wonderful chocolate smell flows, which mixes with a sensually aphrodisiac floral scent and is virtually bursting with pulsating eroticism.
Mandala of Desires is beguilingly equisitic and makes you happy and playful. This fragrance brings back the lust for life and the feeling of carelessness. I believe that on the day when Nikolay created Mandala of Desires, it was a sunny Sunday and the streets of St Petersburg were abandoned and quiet, Mr Eremin was happy and perhaps even in love.
The result is a fragrance with a cognac dark colour that grabs you and won't let you go. I experience the aura of the fragrance as a course from sensitive indigo blue to pulsating violet.
Mandala of Desires is a fragrance that should also remind Nikolay how little we need to be happy: "...a small bite is enough!"
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