Hamdani Parfums de Marly 2013

A long time ago, it must have been sometime in the early to mid-nineties, I was walking along Düsseldorf's Königsallee and wanted to get to the bank quickly. I can't remember whether it was Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank or Sparkasse back then, it doesn't matter. In any case, it was a huge branch with a lot of prestige and pomp. And in the foyer there was this, I'd say "installation" - a pedestal or free-standing block with or without a showcase, I can only see it dimly. In any case, a perfume was exhibited there, a bottle with a pump sprayer. The perfume was an opaque dark brown liquid and you could either take samples or get one on request. And the whole thing smelled like pure horse droppings, it was a real stable of the finest, so completely unembellished. The contrast to the bench fascinated me and left an indelible impression. On top of that I liked this horse perfume, well ... somehow. Now I wasn't a perfume wearer at that time and forgot the story for a long time, until I remembered it about three years ago (indelibly). I started researching and looked for traces and clues about this happening in the bank a quarter of a century ago - all in vain. And so I got to know Parfumo, registered and asked as a first official act in the forum if anyone would know a fragrance that smelled like a horse stable. I was advised amicably to rub myself with ammonia or to get in close contact with a horse. Of course there were all kinds of names I had never heard of: "Stercus", "Dzing!", "Lui", "3.1 Arabian Horse", "Muscs Koublai Khan" and many more. I'm sure there was something from "Parfums de Marly", too. I got to know all of them little by little and many more. Olfactory universes opened up, there were some nasal cleft noses (thanks Louis1!) and the horse stable receded - naturally - into the background. Until today (!), just now, frustrated and scared in view of the upcoming intermediate exams (concerning my retraining), I stopped in front of the shelf of "Parfums de Marly" in Leipzig's Karstadt, the best local address for perfume. I've had all their fragrances before and didn't expect a big surprise, but after extensive testing I fell in love with "Hamdani" again. He talks to me and says it very clearly: "Good day, I am a horse. My apples have caramel, my fur smells like sunshine and I behave like a fleeing animal." Wicked! Hamdani makes me happy for a short time, as long as the test strip lasts and that's not very long. For spraying it lacks cash, because the 100 ml are with € 215.- not quite as cheap as I would like it. But it doesn't matter, because there is the souk, thank god. In this sense: "The liaison has been rekindled, brought home by the guide ring" ;-)))