Top Notes 
Provençal clary sage
Bitter orange
Cinnamon
Indian pepper
Indonesian nutmeg
Pink pepper
Heart Notes 
Frangipani
Guatemala cardamom
Jasmine absolute
Rose
Violet
Base Notes 
Cedarwood
Java vetiver
Tonka bean07/01/2025
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Sunbathing with Marius by the pool
Arrived, ripped open, thundered on the arm, here you have the result:
As if I'd just stepped out of the pool on a scorching hot day. The pool is not the public outdoor pool, which is more chlorinated for the masses, more like a private pool, low chlorine, cool, authentic blue, a proper filtration system. Only a slight bitterness and a biting freshness suggest that the water has been treated. The clay tiles, as well as the pretty blue, ornate decorative tiles around them, are nice and hot, so my wet footsteps evaporate quickly and leave behind a lovely scent: summer, heat, clay/stone and mild chlorinated water.
The scent quickly becomes warmer, like the skin when sunbathing... now I smell warm, tanned skin that hasn't been creamed to death in the sun. I immediately think of my best friend; he smells similar in the sun: warm skin, slightly cleansed of chlorinated water, perhaps with a dash of sun cream, but this was applied hours ago and is increasingly being worn away by the sun and pool baths. This sunbathing smells sweet, yet somehow fresh, warm and "pooly" - authentic, quiet.
The specified notes? You can completely forget them.
None of them is present or dominant as a clearly distinguishable note. All the peppercorns and clary sage create a pretty, slightly pungent freshness in the opening, which reminds me of the chlorinated water mentioned above and cooling off after a courageous dip in the pool on a hot day. It is briefly sharp and refreshing and then just a gentle, creamy freshness (and by fresh I don't mean lemon, aquatic, synthetic or the usual suspects, but rather the creamy freshness of a freshly laundered white T-shirt on a warm body, the freshness of The Ghost in the Shell in the late drydown).
The flowers (especially rose, jasmine and violet)? Nonexistent. At most, in combination with the frangipani, they symbolize the sunscreen that has been washed off. I think cardamom is what depicts Marius, or at least the masculine component together with the vetiver. Perhaps some aftershave balm was applied after shaving in the morning before the sunscreen was applied, or some brisket to prepare the dapper moustache for the day. I know tonka as a sweet, powdery cuddle in winter or pastry; here I don't find this tonka, at most it warms the The Ghost in the Shell skin.
Enough typing, it's too warm. I'm now looking for a pool to jump in and then a shoulder to sniff and compare.
As if I'd just stepped out of the pool on a scorching hot day. The pool is not the public outdoor pool, which is more chlorinated for the masses, more like a private pool, low chlorine, cool, authentic blue, a proper filtration system. Only a slight bitterness and a biting freshness suggest that the water has been treated. The clay tiles, as well as the pretty blue, ornate decorative tiles around them, are nice and hot, so my wet footsteps evaporate quickly and leave behind a lovely scent: summer, heat, clay/stone and mild chlorinated water.
The scent quickly becomes warmer, like the skin when sunbathing... now I smell warm, tanned skin that hasn't been creamed to death in the sun. I immediately think of my best friend; he smells similar in the sun: warm skin, slightly cleansed of chlorinated water, perhaps with a dash of sun cream, but this was applied hours ago and is increasingly being worn away by the sun and pool baths. This sunbathing smells sweet, yet somehow fresh, warm and "pooly" - authentic, quiet.
The specified notes? You can completely forget them.
None of them is present or dominant as a clearly distinguishable note. All the peppercorns and clary sage create a pretty, slightly pungent freshness in the opening, which reminds me of the chlorinated water mentioned above and cooling off after a courageous dip in the pool on a hot day. It is briefly sharp and refreshing and then just a gentle, creamy freshness (and by fresh I don't mean lemon, aquatic, synthetic or the usual suspects, but rather the creamy freshness of a freshly laundered white T-shirt on a warm body, the freshness of The Ghost in the Shell in the late drydown).
The flowers (especially rose, jasmine and violet)? Nonexistent. At most, in combination with the frangipani, they symbolize the sunscreen that has been washed off. I think cardamom is what depicts Marius, or at least the masculine component together with the vetiver. Perhaps some aftershave balm was applied after shaving in the morning before the sunscreen was applied, or some brisket to prepare the dapper moustache for the day. I know tonka as a sweet, powdery cuddle in winter or pastry; here I don't find this tonka, at most it warms the The Ghost in the Shell skin.
Enough typing, it's too warm. I'm now looking for a pool to jump in and then a shoulder to sniff and compare.
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