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California Rêverie 2014

TinkiB
02.01.2021 - 10:54 AM
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Scent

Hey, hey, what's up? Pack your bags, we're taking off....

...And if you are not there, Then condolences!

Well, do you know the song. And more importantly, do you know the feeling "wanderlust"? Especially after this year 2020? Do you also just want to jump on the next plane and dive off into foreign worlds & escape the German winter?

If you know the feeling, at least I'm not alone. Last week I was still enthusiastically testing and spraying the fattest vanilla scents, wanting to lose myself in them and warm myself through them. With a glass of wine, a book and the wonderful scent snuggle in and forget the world around me.

Now I want to get out. Out, just out. Not to the nearest muddy park, not to the cold Bavarian countryside, no OUT into the world. I dream of sun, flip flops, blue sky, beach and the beach bar that goes with it. Here I drink a freshly squeezed orange juice before I go on, always further towards the sun. Road trip through California. Always along the coast, life feels easy, people smile at me. Thousands of people who, like me, are enjoying the freedom. I look down at myself, nice this tan. Nice this warmth on my skin. Oh the tank is empty. A short conversation with the gas station attendant, without distance and mask. We shake hands to say goodbye. Oh how I have missed it. And the smell of orange trees is always in my nose? California, you beautiful place. Are you still with me? ;)

Yeah, I'm getting tired of my four walls. Want to book the next trip and what better way to help than to test summer scents. Sure I had to test my Van Cleef & Arpels summer fragrances first thing. Neroli Amara is a hit, but today I treated myself to CR. Between the two, I had to wrestle more with CR before completely taking it to my heart. I smell neroli, mandarin & jasmine in perfect form. It makes me feel light and free spirited. A very slight vanilla comes out now and then, but mostly the scent is fresh due to the citrus and like any Van Cleef, CR is unisex.

I can't wait to pack my bags again and explore new lands. Until then, I dream myself away with CR. The fragrance makes it easy, I close my eyes and ask with a grin on my face "Where's the beach?"
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