Not long ago, I gathered all my courage and asked this wonderfully pretty lady in front of Ludwig Beck's ebony-colored shelf if she could please put a drop of your sweet nectar on a small strip, which I then simply took with me. No strings attached and without buying anything. You enchanted me immediately with your sweet scent, but I didn't want to rush things with such a noble creature like you; I wanted to take it slow for once. I put your little strip in my pocket and kept sniffing it secretly. Wonderful... but such a noble drop for a dog mom who works in an office for little money?!?!?!
I looked to see if there might be another fragrance that could work. Something cheaper, more ordinary that fits my status. I played with Prada Candy, "la vie est belle," and others... and I admit; V&R's BonBon also made its way into my closet that day. Another sweet but almost sticky scent. Still, so different from you, and I thought for a day that it would work with my BonBon.
The next evening, I then pulled out your strip, which was now lying next to the BonBon bottle in my ebony-colored shelf. Eyes closed and deep breath in, and bam, suddenly I have a picture in my head. A moment I had almost forgotten. A moment I actually loved very much and never wanted to forget.
It’s a warm summer evening. The day was sunny and warm. I’m sitting in the garden in the shade. Barefoot next to the sweet-smelling and so beloved jasmine bush. Next to me on the table is a bouquet of freesias. I bought it for my mom on a whim because I like her and life is just beautiful right now. Next to it stands a glass of tea with vanilla aroma, and at my feet lies a blissfully sleeping dog. I’m nibbling on a wonderful crispy white bread, with soft creamy butter and the finest French flower honey. The moment when I smell and taste all of this is so wonderful, so simple, and yet so perfect. One of those moments when you feel happiness in your heart, and it then burns itself forever into your brain. - That’s exactly how you smell.
That’s why you now live with me. You brighten my cold, dark days. And even though you surely stand a class above me and actually belong to a different class of people. I am proud and happy that you are with me and have not regretted investing in you.
Very nicely described, the image of the blissfully sleeping dog stays in my mind... - I also find Cornubia so beautiful & I'm sure it will one day be mine, and I need to save up for it too. :-)
The prices aren't that far apart, are they!? Congratulations on the treasure, and you've described it wonderfully! It's an incomparable and thankfully long-lasting scent that you'll surely enjoy for a long time!
A different class?
Pffffhhh.....you're in love!!! If that's how it has to be....so what? And yet, I'm still a bit shocked at myself, even 6 months later, about what I was willing to pay for my heart's fragrance :)
A perfume that makes you feel so good is clearly made for you! By the way, some of the so-called "high earners" in my friend circle would never spend money on a fragrance. Everyone has their own priorities!
Hmm, maybe I expressed myself poorly. I didn't mean that wearing expensive perfume leads to social climbing. I meant that this perfume is more likely to be bought by people with more money than I have.
The comment is good! That you consider yourself a different class of person, tsk. If you're talking about the money you can spend on fragrances and what you'd like to have. Expensive perfume doesn't automatically elevate your social status.
To a different class of people? Where are you getting that from? "Classes" don't really exist. And the way you describe it, Cornubia definitely belongs to you!
Pffffhhh.....you're in love!!! If that's how it has to be....so what? And yet, I'm still a bit shocked at myself, even 6 months later, about what I was willing to pay for my heart's fragrance :)