Amber
Lily of the valley
Magnolia
Peony
Sandalwood
MrsGuerlain
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MrsGuerlain
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BBS lost and found
I have always been a great admirer of van Gogh’s way of painting. From an early age I have been so lucky to meet his paintings in books, and I remember becoming truly impressed by his brush strokes. So aggressive and loud. His choice of colours and motifs. His life story. Everything interesting and a bit sad.
I went to see some of his paintings in Amsterdam once at the Van Gogh Museum. It was an intriguing experience. It made me even more fascinated by his technique. He has painted so many beautiful paintings but the one I like the most is a landscape painting titled “Wheat Field”. Simply amazing.
So here we have a perfume and a brand named after this skilled artist. Now that I have met this, I think, that the fragrance honors him in the way that I think he deserves. But I shall leave it to you to decide.
Spraying this the first time gave my brain and memory a lot of work. It reminded me of another fragrance. Immensely. But it was like waking from a dream, trying to remember it: the more I insisted on finding out, the more I seemed to move away from the goal. I went to my love shack - my room dedicated to my perfumes - and started with A. When I got to Z I realized that it may be a perfume I used to have. I checked my Have Had shelf on Parfumo. But nothing happened. Then I decided to leave it for now and went on doing something else. Three hours later it finally came to me… Burberry Brit Sheer. A lost love, that I used up too quickly. It is on my Have Had list, but my mind had been too busy. That happens sometimes.
So - do the two fragrances have anything in common? Yuzu, Lychee, Mandarin orange and Pineapple leaf are top notes in BBS. Whereas in VvG Amber, Lily of the valley, Magnolia, Peony and Sandalwood are registered in a linear composition. But I do think that at least one note is missing: the ‘extremely citric’ note. It blows my nose to pieces at first sniff. Not bad - just unexpected. And very close to the top in BBS. To my nose it is either grapefruit or grapefruit-like. Or the combo registered in BBS. A bit bitter and very fresh. Much fresher than the listed notes indicate. After many hours some of the other notes show. The flowers start to bloom and I sense a soft amber note underneath. The sandalwood is hard to detect. But the overall impression of VvG is this marvelous citric combo of notes.
This is definitely for the hot season. Very fresh and clean. And luckily I now have Burberry Brit Sheer again - just in a different and a bit more boring vessel.
Year 2, 147/365
I went to see some of his paintings in Amsterdam once at the Van Gogh Museum. It was an intriguing experience. It made me even more fascinated by his technique. He has painted so many beautiful paintings but the one I like the most is a landscape painting titled “Wheat Field”. Simply amazing.
So here we have a perfume and a brand named after this skilled artist. Now that I have met this, I think, that the fragrance honors him in the way that I think he deserves. But I shall leave it to you to decide.
Spraying this the first time gave my brain and memory a lot of work. It reminded me of another fragrance. Immensely. But it was like waking from a dream, trying to remember it: the more I insisted on finding out, the more I seemed to move away from the goal. I went to my love shack - my room dedicated to my perfumes - and started with A. When I got to Z I realized that it may be a perfume I used to have. I checked my Have Had shelf on Parfumo. But nothing happened. Then I decided to leave it for now and went on doing something else. Three hours later it finally came to me… Burberry Brit Sheer. A lost love, that I used up too quickly. It is on my Have Had list, but my mind had been too busy. That happens sometimes.
So - do the two fragrances have anything in common? Yuzu, Lychee, Mandarin orange and Pineapple leaf are top notes in BBS. Whereas in VvG Amber, Lily of the valley, Magnolia, Peony and Sandalwood are registered in a linear composition. But I do think that at least one note is missing: the ‘extremely citric’ note. It blows my nose to pieces at first sniff. Not bad - just unexpected. And very close to the top in BBS. To my nose it is either grapefruit or grapefruit-like. Or the combo registered in BBS. A bit bitter and very fresh. Much fresher than the listed notes indicate. After many hours some of the other notes show. The flowers start to bloom and I sense a soft amber note underneath. The sandalwood is hard to detect. But the overall impression of VvG is this marvelous citric combo of notes.
This is definitely for the hot season. Very fresh and clean. And luckily I now have Burberry Brit Sheer again - just in a different and a bit more boring vessel.
Year 2, 147/365
