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A defining moment
1567 days ago today I bought a sample / bottling of this fragrance here on Parfumo and since the first spray & smell nothing is as it was before.
Before my encounter with Alexandria 2 I didn't really know any niche fragrances, growing up & studying in a small-town environment meant that I never really had access to perfumes outside of the norm. So when I sprayed this Xerjoff masterpiece on my wrist for the first time to test it, a whole new world opened up for me.
This opulence, this power and yet so much elegance and sensitivity. Foreign yet accessible, a whole new olfactory experience. So perfume can be like this? Wow. I certainly couldn't identify individual fragrance notes back then and even today, Alexandria 2 is honestly one of those round fragrances that I simply perceive as a densely interwoven overall composition, completely detached from pyramids and notes.
Back to the story: in the same year, I took the absolutely reckless step for my student bank account and bought a bottle. The beauty and feel of the latter definitely provided another wow moment. For some time, I really took every opportunity (primarily in the evenings) to wear it, the smell and the reaction of my fellow human beings fascinated me immensely. To be honest, I rarely reach for Alexandria 2 nowadays, as I find it too loud on most days with its oriental heaviness, but I still look at the bottle on my shelf with fondness.
Sometimes I just smell it in the evening, spraying is not even necessary, and remember how this precious liquid opened up the world of niche fragrances to me & started a passion that I no longer want to do without. Great thing!
Before my encounter with Alexandria 2 I didn't really know any niche fragrances, growing up & studying in a small-town environment meant that I never really had access to perfumes outside of the norm. So when I sprayed this Xerjoff masterpiece on my wrist for the first time to test it, a whole new world opened up for me.
This opulence, this power and yet so much elegance and sensitivity. Foreign yet accessible, a whole new olfactory experience. So perfume can be like this? Wow. I certainly couldn't identify individual fragrance notes back then and even today, Alexandria 2 is honestly one of those round fragrances that I simply perceive as a densely interwoven overall composition, completely detached from pyramids and notes.
Back to the story: in the same year, I took the absolutely reckless step for my student bank account and bought a bottle. The beauty and feel of the latter definitely provided another wow moment. For some time, I really took every opportunity (primarily in the evenings) to wear it, the smell and the reaction of my fellow human beings fascinated me immensely. To be honest, I rarely reach for Alexandria 2 nowadays, as I find it too loud on most days with its oriental heaviness, but I still look at the bottle on my shelf with fondness.
Sometimes I just smell it in the evening, spraying is not even necessary, and remember how this precious liquid opened up the world of niche fragrances to me & started a passion that I no longer want to do without. Great thing!