Dali Salvador Dali 1983 Parfum

In the late eighties, perfumes truly shone and sparkled during this time, the first collection of fragrances named after Salvador Dalí hit the market.
To my knowledge, these were the Eau de Toilette in the clear "lip flask" and the perfume in the black, opaque glass bottle. This one also featured the distinctive shape of a sensual pair of lips.

Even the Eau de Toilette stands out from the other, certainly not average scents of its generation.
It possesses a unique shine, a depth of its own.
I have already shared my experiences with this fleeting fragrance being.

The "Dalí" perfume already shows with its black bottle that it is not willing to conform!
The golden inscription "Dalí" stands out particularly clearly and challengingly against this black: subtle is something else!

But why should this perfume be subtle at all?
In 1982, shortly before the scents were launched, Salvador Dalí was elevated to nobility: he was appointed "Marqués de Púbol"! How this eccentric artist reacted to this honor, I do not know. But he probably felt validated in his work.
His wife and muse "Gala" must have taught him that! She was capable of it!
A Spanish Grande lent his name to two fragrances back then!
Thus, it was already destined for them to play in a league of their own.

The "Dalí" perfume differs from the already quite full-bodied Eau de Toilette version through the intensity of the individual fragrance components.
Even the basil that opens the scent is much stronger and spicier; almost a bit stubborn!
Even the aldehydes and the juicy-fresh mandarin, also not timidly dosed, have to fight to assert themselves.
However, they prepare the way for all things green and fruity.
Here in the top note, a "battle for pole position" seems to be emerging!
The tension for the actual "race" is building.
And this expectation is not disappointed; at least not for me!
The large-blooming jasmine must have been picked in a particularly beautiful evening hour; its scent intensity is almost intoxicating.
In contrast, the lily (which is also no child of sadness), the combative lily of the valley from its deep dark green base, and the wind-battered daffodil have quite a hard time: they must contribute a generous dose of their otherwise so present fragrance components.
The sensuality of rose and tuberose manages to temper these scent-potent flowers to a nice, calm level. A significant contribution also comes from the sweet, balancing orange blossom and a nice dose of orris root.
The squaring of the circle has been achieved: the scent becomes calmer; it is no longer so demanding.
It is no longer cuddly, nor will it be.
But the perfume now resembles a gently flowing river.
The components of the base, convinced of their own beauty, do not need to fight for their places.
These proud spicy resins surrender to an exceedingly warm embrace of erotic vanilla: even the musk adapts here.
Thus, a particularly sensual fragrance emerges, filled with vibrant liveliness, just in time on the home stretch!
This full-bodied liveliness with its sensual depth accompanies for many hours.
It is loyal, but sometimes also a bit headstrong: one or another fragrance change is quite possible!
Just depending on the day or better evening or night mood of its wearer.

One can thus state: the perfume "Dalí" does justice to its namesake - it is a true "Dalí"!

Salvador Dalí was not only a surrealist painter; he was also a set designer - even for film.
In my comment on Estée Lauder's "Spellbound," I already mentioned Alfred Hitchcock's thriller of the same name.
For the session of the protagonist with the psychiatrist - a key scene! - Salvador Dalí created the so-called dream sequence. Unfortunately, this had to be cut down quite a bit due to time and space constraints. - This is generally regretted today.

Salvador Dalí was born in 1904 in the Spanish/Catalan Figueras and also died there.
In this town, there is now the Dalí Museum, which our dear Chanelle even visited, as she wrote to me.
I'm sure she would love to share more about this visit elsewhere.
It must have been quite exciting: all the colors and movements, the certain chaos of surrealism!
Its works always exhaust me a bit; I then urgently need - if at all possible - a few beloved Impressionists, so to speak, as "tranquilizers."
Unfortunately, I have not yet managed to visit the "Permanent Exhibition" at Leipzig Square.
Often tried - but never achieved!
Always stood the "at least two hours wait" line that I so dislike in front of me.
In general, I don't mind waiting; it often leads to very entertaining and interesting conversations with other people. Thus, even a long wait passes quite quickly.
Only in front of this Dalí exhibition did the waiters stand, completely absorbed in themselves or their phones/pads; each trapped in their own cloud.
Has the entertaining waiting time in front of museums and exhibitions survived in the media age?
Well, I wouldn't like that at all!

One thing, however, is as fresh as back then: the perfume "Dalí" still smells challenging and enticing from its miniature flask!
"Dalí" still demands attention today; it is unconventional and for that reason surely still worth a sin!