Algae absolute
Laurel
Clary sage
Sea salt
Seagrass
Cedarwood
Juniper
Hyacinth
Lentisk
03/14/2021
Pasadena
8 Reviews
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Pasadena
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Wiener Blut is Good for You
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A warning upfront: This is a feelings-/drooling review - olfactory enlightenment and fragrance facts are not to be found here. Also, there’s going to be some subtle advertising.... if you don’t want that, you should click away in a hurry!
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Tomorrow marks exactly 2 years since I joined Parfumo, and I haven’t reviewed my two favorite fragrances yet - the Sale Marino here, and the L’Impératrice by D&G, which is actually my signature scent. Strange. To celebrate the occasion, I’m rectifying that now!
For my milestone birthday in 2019, I traveled to Vienna with a friend. She had the contact address for a very exclusive perfume collection, so we headed straight to the Lobmeyr company on Kärntnertstraße at the start of our trip. Just the sight of the facade brought joy and coziness: a narrow house, Art Nouveau facade, ornate wood, amidst bulky buildings of steel, glass, and concrete. Inside, dazzling artworks made of porcelain, glass, mirrors, and - in a multi-story open gallery - endless chandeliers. The perfume for testing was fetched from the cellar (in my imagination, a ton-heavy safe was opened, like in action movies). We were allowed to take all the time in the world (Viennese don’t rush), of course, there were sniffing coffee beans provided, and my friend found something for herself right away. I was still wavering between the Clubwasser and the Sale Marino. I was chattering endlessly, excited and having already been to the coffee house, overwhelmed and enchanted by everything, with the many Fiakers and cute horses everywhere.
Afterwards, I floated like on a cloud. The Sale Marino - I had never smelled anything like it. Unique, spicy, fresh, lovely. The high price kept me from taking it home right away (yes, I had such reservations back then, two years ago, such a wuss), because one wanted to be sensible. Who doesn’t know that feeling: on vacation, something smells or tastes amazing, but at home, the souvenirs don’t bring any joy anymore.
Tense and wistful, I flew home without the Sale Marino, but since I was being sensible, I ordered two samples online from a supplier in Augsburg (also of the Clubwasser). I was horrified. The Clubwasser overwhelmed me, and I was missing something with the Sale Marino - namely the slight sweetness, the loveliness. I couldn’t explain it. Was it my wool coat that had warmed my skin? The air pressure in Vienna? The silly mood?
I still ordered it - despite the limitation. It was still stunning.
And because I was being so sensible, it HAD to come from Vienna, which made the shipping twice as expensive. A call to Lobmeyr, and the saleswoman remembered me: “You’re the one who flirted with the waiter at Gerstner!” Excuse me?? That was already 10 days ago..... what nonsense did I talk when I was there?
Anyway: My first Sale Marino was sent to me. While unpacking: the mood was like at a folk festival. Drained the bottle, ordered the next one in spring 2020 (of course again in Vienna - normal, right?). Although my perfume collection has grown by 417% since autumn, I soon need to acquire the third bottle.
I don’t think about whether it fits the occasion or the mood. Whether I use too much or too little of it. I spray it around blindly - I always feel secure, well-groomed, fresh, almost exalted with it.
There are fragrances you never forget. That grow dear to your heart, that make you irrational. Together with L’Impératrice, the Sale Marino reigns over my other fragrances on an inverted cubic stove made of ton-heavy glass. My husband has the order to save these two if our house ever catches fire.
In the recently launched Parfumo campaign, where you can support your perfumery, I would have loved to list the traditional house Lobmeyr here, because the service is top-notch, the glass and light art breathtaking - and all fragrances from the Wiener Blut collection are unique and worth sniffing. But only pure perfumeries could be mentioned.
Vienna is worth a trip.
I will personally pick up my next bottle - as soon as the “current situation” allows it, FIRST THING.
A warning upfront: This is a feelings-/drooling review - olfactory enlightenment and fragrance facts are not to be found here. Also, there’s going to be some subtle advertising.... if you don’t want that, you should click away in a hurry!
+ + + + + + + +
Tomorrow marks exactly 2 years since I joined Parfumo, and I haven’t reviewed my two favorite fragrances yet - the Sale Marino here, and the L’Impératrice by D&G, which is actually my signature scent. Strange. To celebrate the occasion, I’m rectifying that now!
For my milestone birthday in 2019, I traveled to Vienna with a friend. She had the contact address for a very exclusive perfume collection, so we headed straight to the Lobmeyr company on Kärntnertstraße at the start of our trip. Just the sight of the facade brought joy and coziness: a narrow house, Art Nouveau facade, ornate wood, amidst bulky buildings of steel, glass, and concrete. Inside, dazzling artworks made of porcelain, glass, mirrors, and - in a multi-story open gallery - endless chandeliers. The perfume for testing was fetched from the cellar (in my imagination, a ton-heavy safe was opened, like in action movies). We were allowed to take all the time in the world (Viennese don’t rush), of course, there were sniffing coffee beans provided, and my friend found something for herself right away. I was still wavering between the Clubwasser and the Sale Marino. I was chattering endlessly, excited and having already been to the coffee house, overwhelmed and enchanted by everything, with the many Fiakers and cute horses everywhere.
Afterwards, I floated like on a cloud. The Sale Marino - I had never smelled anything like it. Unique, spicy, fresh, lovely. The high price kept me from taking it home right away (yes, I had such reservations back then, two years ago, such a wuss), because one wanted to be sensible. Who doesn’t know that feeling: on vacation, something smells or tastes amazing, but at home, the souvenirs don’t bring any joy anymore.
Tense and wistful, I flew home without the Sale Marino, but since I was being sensible, I ordered two samples online from a supplier in Augsburg (also of the Clubwasser). I was horrified. The Clubwasser overwhelmed me, and I was missing something with the Sale Marino - namely the slight sweetness, the loveliness. I couldn’t explain it. Was it my wool coat that had warmed my skin? The air pressure in Vienna? The silly mood?
I still ordered it - despite the limitation. It was still stunning.
And because I was being so sensible, it HAD to come from Vienna, which made the shipping twice as expensive. A call to Lobmeyr, and the saleswoman remembered me: “You’re the one who flirted with the waiter at Gerstner!” Excuse me?? That was already 10 days ago..... what nonsense did I talk when I was there?
Anyway: My first Sale Marino was sent to me. While unpacking: the mood was like at a folk festival. Drained the bottle, ordered the next one in spring 2020 (of course again in Vienna - normal, right?). Although my perfume collection has grown by 417% since autumn, I soon need to acquire the third bottle.
I don’t think about whether it fits the occasion or the mood. Whether I use too much or too little of it. I spray it around blindly - I always feel secure, well-groomed, fresh, almost exalted with it.
There are fragrances you never forget. That grow dear to your heart, that make you irrational. Together with L’Impératrice, the Sale Marino reigns over my other fragrances on an inverted cubic stove made of ton-heavy glass. My husband has the order to save these two if our house ever catches fire.
In the recently launched Parfumo campaign, where you can support your perfumery, I would have loved to list the traditional house Lobmeyr here, because the service is top-notch, the glass and light art breathtaking - and all fragrances from the Wiener Blut collection are unique and worth sniffing. But only pure perfumeries could be mentioned.
Vienna is worth a trip.
I will personally pick up my next bottle - as soon as the “current situation” allows it, FIRST THING.
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