11/16/2024

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My longstanding love
I got hold of this very special and multi-faceted fragrance from Rituals, which is no longer produced, in one of the stores yesterday. The very nice, competent and courteous sales advisor took a larger bottle, beautifully and elegantly packaged, and a "travel size", i.e. a mini bottle containing 15 ml, out of the secret warehouse for me when I asked. I was extremely pleased about this, as I no longer expected to be able to obtain this fragrance so easily or at all. I had a similar experience with my favorite fragrance, the original Mania Armani for women, from 1999, which was advertised on a huge black and white poster on Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse. Even after the production of this fragrance line was finished, including the beautiful and much lighter "Eau Tonique", I discovered my treasures at some airport duty free store sometime in the mid-2000s.
Now back to Oasis Verte.
I already noticed a change in the original formulation when the beautiful snow-porcelain white bottle was replaced by the transparent dark green one in 2019(?). It actually fits the name better. But not to the originally somewhat more medicinal - in a good sense for me - character. I have to say that many Rituals perfumes contain some of this slightly medicinal basic DNA, at least in the top note. But with "Oasis Verte", they apparently toned down a little of this "dentist touch"... *yikes* ;) shortly before production was discontinued, which is exactly what I liked so much and what made the fragrance complete and unique. I have a bit of a thing for certain directions of chemical and medicinal fragrances, and maybe for some other noses too "conceptual"...oh these words. I hope someone understands what I've cobbled together here in terms of words.
The bottom line is that Oasis Verte is a woody, green, citrusy and very elegant fragrance that you can actually wear in any season for the right occasion. It still reminds me of one or two trips and hotel stays, as I either had the travel mini with me or the shower gels were part of the cosmetics in the hotel room bathroom. And visits to the dentist with my mouth numb ;)
Now back to Oasis Verte.
I already noticed a change in the original formulation when the beautiful snow-porcelain white bottle was replaced by the transparent dark green one in 2019(?). It actually fits the name better. But not to the originally somewhat more medicinal - in a good sense for me - character. I have to say that many Rituals perfumes contain some of this slightly medicinal basic DNA, at least in the top note. But with "Oasis Verte", they apparently toned down a little of this "dentist touch"... *yikes* ;) shortly before production was discontinued, which is exactly what I liked so much and what made the fragrance complete and unique. I have a bit of a thing for certain directions of chemical and medicinal fragrances, and maybe for some other noses too "conceptual"...oh these words. I hope someone understands what I've cobbled together here in terms of words.
The bottom line is that Oasis Verte is a woody, green, citrusy and very elegant fragrance that you can actually wear in any season for the right occasion. It still reminds me of one or two trips and hotel stays, as I either had the travel mini with me or the shower gels were part of the cosmetics in the hotel room bathroom. And visits to the dentist with my mouth numb ;)
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