Long time ago, long time - long time ago
Long time ago, long time - long time ago
Long time ago the times when at the end of every tunnel there was always a bright light to be seen, while today, often already brushed by fate, one looks more and more at already mowed meadows. Even the furrows that one still draws oneself are no longer as deep and fertile as they used to be. It is now less about winning new harvests and more about defending the status quo! And more and more often, I am left with a queasy feeling in my stomach, as if I had just torn off the pull tab while unsuccessfully trying to open a can!
Long time ago is the first release of the well-known hit by the group BAB from 1981. Its lyrics are very touching and are almost predestined to deal with the past. While Niedecken was dealing with the death of his father, I reflect here on past times and a bit of a retrospective on that. The song and the perfume to be discussed, Open by Roger & Gallet, are children of the 80s, transformative years in the West and the East, and an important and formative part of my life memories too!
Long time ago the year 1980 when the Greens were founded, 1989 was the end of the GDR. In between were the Falklands War, AIDS, Chernobyl, Challenger explosion, Perestroika, Ramstein air disaster, home computers and CDs, Lindenstraße, Dallas, Neue Deutsche Welle, Hip-Hop, aerobics, mullet hairstyles, carrot pants, leggings, and Schimanski.
Long time ago my beautiful, carefree childhood and the eventful school years when with the beginning of the 80s and the start of military service, the beginning of the "seriousness of life" also knocked on my door. It was the time when many first stakes of one’s own life were driven in, studies, marriage, the birth of children, starting a career, moving, breaks and upheavals.
Long time ago the year 1985 when Open by Roger & Gallet set a very distinctive perfume stake of the 80s. This scent fits like no other into this time and is clearly an adult perfume, rough, bitter, masculine, and dry. At the beginning, you are presented with the full force, lemony soapiness and herb-dominated spiciness with hearty lavender sprinkles. As mentioned, everything is completely dry and without noticeable sweetness. Soon, a strong yet pleasant barbershop atmosphere sets in, which is quickly captured by herbal tobacco. This tobacco develops into the predominantly determining scent element, first rather herbal-green, later increasingly darker, more robust, and earthy-powerful.
Long time ago the year when I lost my heart to a perfume hit of the 80s and it was not Open. But Open by Roger & Gallet has become a good friend to me since I got to know it, long after the reunification. After the rather stormy opening, a more protective impression now spreads. The scent becomes warmer, woody notes break through, the smell becomes softer, gentler, and very pleasant. All steadily accompanied by now dark-spicy and quite bitter tobacco notes, which have not lost all the freshness of the beginning and also remind a bit of mossy, damp earth. This overall conveys a distinctly masculine, old-school feeling, somewhat old-fashioned but very striking!
Long time ago that the word conservative also had a positive connotation. With Open by Roger & Gallet, it has found a fitting scent counterpart from the very beginning. Open does not incite a revolution or changes, but it is a guarantee to remind us in retrospect that while not everything was better in the past, much was also quite good and it is worth preserving.
Long time ago that I thanked you for your tireless reading! So, thank you very much!
"You have to face the truth, the random success of 'Long time ago' is, of course, that everyone interprets their own story into it." (Wolfgang Niedecken)
Top Notes 
Amalfi lemon
Lavender
Bergamot
Heart Notes 
Thyme
Sage
Base Notes 
Tobacco
Patchouli
Vetiver
NGL7
Jbl775
RobbieX
KimJong
Infragrante
Ady14141
Eggi37
Theris
Gold
Axiomatic
