Volkamaria WienerBlut 2012

….of love with you…..

Today - very current - I am again "highly in love" with Volkamaria……tomorrow, however, that could look quite different :-D…...but, as they say: Live in the moment..!!

And the moment says: What a beautiful fragrance…!!

Volkamaria starts wonderfully spritzy-citrusy…....with delightful bitter bergamot and fine, unsweet mandarin…..

The transition to the heart note happens surprisingly quickly and quite immediately……from the citrus freshness, a soft-powdery, velvety-white iris emerges in no time at all …..flanked by moderately sweet heliotrope……

A little bit of the initial bitter citrus still lingers in the background……and that’s a good thing…….without this "fresh" counterbalance, the fragrance could easily risk losing itself in heavy tonka sweetness……..however, it is excellently balanced and doesn’t come too close to a "sweet hater" like me……..

My personal little stumbling block - so to speak, the "falling out moment" - is again the rose, which I almost always perceive as sour-fruity…….but it is - as I said - just a small and very "personal" stumbling block…..especially since this rose episode is only a brief sequence in the fragrance experience…….

From here, Volkamaria becomes wonderfully soft, gentle, light-creamy, and musky-fluffy……and - very importantly!! - despite tonka and heliotrope, it still smells fresh, light, and elegantly maintained…..

The longevity is surprisingly good…..which I will just attribute to some artificial molecule on a hunch (possibly musk) …….luckily, in this case, it’s one that doesn’t make me recoil in horror ;-))……