Halfeti Penhaligon's 2015

When first sprayed on the skin, a huge, small, strong cloud of fragrance develops. You smell something of everything and it resembles an overload. Gradually, the excitement subsides and something green crystallizes for me, something oud, something leathery and something sweet. My skin tends to intensify fragrances, so with this perfume, I hardly notice the floral notes at all, and the dominant notes trump everything.

The fragrance: for me 50% masculine, and 50% feminine, the born unisex fragrance! It smells objectively luxurious to me. I associate it with expensive objects, expensive clothes and individuals who have expensive tastes. However, when I googled the name ,,Halfeti'', I was very touched by the story behind it. There is talk of a partially sunken city in southeastern Anatolia - a Muslim Atlantis, with buildings still partially rising out of the water. Halfeti is the name of this place, which once existed entirely above sea level, and is world famous for its unique black roses.

This fragrance is incredibly versatile because I can associate with it both the hustle and bustle of the Champs-Élysées, as well as a past, simple life in the former Halfeti, which has nothing in common with the world as we know it today.

This fragrance doesn't trigger any fireworks-like feelings in me, but it does trigger wanderlust and a kind of romantic, loving sorrow. It's so much more than just a perfume ... it's a story. A story you begin to listen to and a journey you begin to take as soon as you get the pleasure of smelling the fragrance for the first time