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02/11/2019
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East wind - west wind
Even as a young girl I was fascinated by the simplicity of Japanese spaces. At that time I wished to be able to furnish my later apartment in this style. Well, at 15 you don't think about how to heat rooms with paper walls, nor where to put all that stuff if you don't have cupboards. The only thing that has remained of these dreamers is the aversion against dust catchers of any kind and decorations for the apartment may only ever move in as a single piece and then always only one at a time with me. I'd rather take turns.
I'm not quite sure, but I think my love for the books of Pearl S. Buck was not innocent of this phase. Today she is also accused of having written more trivial literature - she has that in common with Rosamunde Pilcher. But I can remember that I devoured especially "The women of the house Wu" or "Ostwind - Westwind". Of course, I did not envy the torments the main character suffers because of their tied feet. Even today, 13 books dream of Pearl S. Buck on my bookshelf. I think I'll do it again.
Città di Kyoto, of course, was created much later to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the twinning of Florence and Kyoto. So this fragrance is understandably not a Mediterranean feeling to experience, but the fragrance reminds me much more of L`original by A. Putman. For me he embodies the simple beauty of Japanese rooms or ink drawings and lets me breathe a sigh of relief.
Since our Japanese customers either used very light fragrances or loved everything that came from France, I'm not sure if Città di Kyoto would have met their taste, because the fragrance captivates with clarity, clean floral notes and actually a hint of woodiness in the base, but amazes me with its unexpected durability, at least on my skin. The Italian perfumers have obviously taken the trick, because the pyramid sounds much more flowery and violent than the fragrance is, but accompanies me for many hours with its almost meditative aura.
The issue of partnership between East and West is well illustrated here. Italian craftsmanship meets Asian ambience, and Santa Maria Novella is not the only perfume to show all its skills.
I'm not quite sure, but I think my love for the books of Pearl S. Buck was not innocent of this phase. Today she is also accused of having written more trivial literature - she has that in common with Rosamunde Pilcher. But I can remember that I devoured especially "The women of the house Wu" or "Ostwind - Westwind". Of course, I did not envy the torments the main character suffers because of their tied feet. Even today, 13 books dream of Pearl S. Buck on my bookshelf. I think I'll do it again.
Città di Kyoto, of course, was created much later to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the twinning of Florence and Kyoto. So this fragrance is understandably not a Mediterranean feeling to experience, but the fragrance reminds me much more of L`original by A. Putman. For me he embodies the simple beauty of Japanese rooms or ink drawings and lets me breathe a sigh of relief.
Since our Japanese customers either used very light fragrances or loved everything that came from France, I'm not sure if Città di Kyoto would have met their taste, because the fragrance captivates with clarity, clean floral notes and actually a hint of woodiness in the base, but amazes me with its unexpected durability, at least on my skin. The Italian perfumers have obviously taken the trick, because the pyramid sounds much more flowery and violent than the fragrance is, but accompanies me for many hours with its almost meditative aura.
The issue of partnership between East and West is well illustrated here. Italian craftsmanship meets Asian ambience, and Santa Maria Novella is not the only perfume to show all its skills.
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