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08/14/2021
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At the zenith of summer
When summer is approaching its peak and the heat in the apartment is already fought in the morning with lowered blinds and shady awnings, I always get a little melancholy. Triggers for this are unmistakable signs that the still bare and wet-cold spring is coming to an end. Instead of a concert of birds, nature only provides us with the chirping of crickets, instead of balmy air, sometimes circulatory heat roars, and when the gladioli unfold their splendor in gardens, fields, and even in the supermarket, then all that remains is the hope for a beautiful Indian summer, a golden October, and the wish that the current heat wave may not say goodbye again with frightening storms.
And yet - this time, which I can then also just enjoy is not only melancholy, but it shows us year after year, how powerful nature not only disasters, but also pours out its cornucopia of treasures over us. A walk through the city market, a stroll along the farmer's gardens, the rich harvest of the orchards, showing us what the abundance of blossoms in spring let us hope for, makes me marvel every year. And it is precisely this power, this splendor of colors, of fragrances, of delicacies, of flavors that the sun makes possible, all this I find captured in Cala Rossa, this so unusual fragrance.
Mediterranean feeling means just not only thyme, rosemary, basil and lots of Limoncello, but also the salt of the sea, the aromas of various minerals that radiate the sun-heated rocks of the coasts, which are just not by flat sandy beach confusable for so many holiday regions typical. Anyone who doesn't just want to lie on the beach, but who also likes to take a stroll into the Italian or Croatian hinterland, will know what I mean. And exactly this fluidity embodies Cala Rossa for me.
So powerful, so aromatic, so full of energy is for me hardly any other perfume. Unconventional, tart, unbridled and yet harmonious, the perfumers of Santa Maria Novella have managed to capture the summer beyond tourist paths. Already in the top note neither bergamot nor citrus is used, but the round of Mediterranean herbs opens the fragrance energetically almost masculine. It stays that way throughout the run and finishes green-spicy. I'm amazed at the fragrances listed, because basically we know each of these individual notes. Nothing is exotic or reminiscent of the chemistry laboratory of modern niche perfumes, and yet the totality of these ingredients in the result is a completely unusual and for me delightful fragrance, which touches me very much every time I treat myself to it.
Now I just enjoy the summer as long as it lasts and with Cala Rossa I can get him back the whole year. And if you want to catch this mood with me, I advise you to read again the poem "Offside" by Theodor Storm. It captures in rhyme what Santa Maria Novella immortalized in a fragrance.
And yet - this time, which I can then also just enjoy is not only melancholy, but it shows us year after year, how powerful nature not only disasters, but also pours out its cornucopia of treasures over us. A walk through the city market, a stroll along the farmer's gardens, the rich harvest of the orchards, showing us what the abundance of blossoms in spring let us hope for, makes me marvel every year. And it is precisely this power, this splendor of colors, of fragrances, of delicacies, of flavors that the sun makes possible, all this I find captured in Cala Rossa, this so unusual fragrance.
Mediterranean feeling means just not only thyme, rosemary, basil and lots of Limoncello, but also the salt of the sea, the aromas of various minerals that radiate the sun-heated rocks of the coasts, which are just not by flat sandy beach confusable for so many holiday regions typical. Anyone who doesn't just want to lie on the beach, but who also likes to take a stroll into the Italian or Croatian hinterland, will know what I mean. And exactly this fluidity embodies Cala Rossa for me.
So powerful, so aromatic, so full of energy is for me hardly any other perfume. Unconventional, tart, unbridled and yet harmonious, the perfumers of Santa Maria Novella have managed to capture the summer beyond tourist paths. Already in the top note neither bergamot nor citrus is used, but the round of Mediterranean herbs opens the fragrance energetically almost masculine. It stays that way throughout the run and finishes green-spicy. I'm amazed at the fragrances listed, because basically we know each of these individual notes. Nothing is exotic or reminiscent of the chemistry laboratory of modern niche perfumes, and yet the totality of these ingredients in the result is a completely unusual and for me delightful fragrance, which touches me very much every time I treat myself to it.
Now I just enjoy the summer as long as it lasts and with Cala Rossa I can get him back the whole year. And if you want to catch this mood with me, I advise you to read again the poem "Offside" by Theodor Storm. It captures in rhyme what Santa Maria Novella immortalized in a fragrance.
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