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Again and again on Fridays
Imagine you meet someone new at work, you've heard a lot about this new colleague beforehand and his reputation precedes him. You get to know the new colleague and it turns out that you absolutely can't smell each other. After the first few contacts, you are completely at a loss and ask yourself - and this is supposed to be the high-flyer everyone is talking about? Not only that, but the things he says come across as downright unappealing. Unfortunately, you have no other choice at work and so you inevitably get to know each other better. After a while, you notice your first sympathies and you both seem to feel the same way. After a while, it becomes a firm tradition that you spend a long lunch break together on Fridays and treat yourselves to something delicious. Before you know it, you're the best man at his wedding.
A similar relationship has developed between the Tony Iommi Monkey Special and me. I like unusual fragrances, creative creations that stand out from the crowd. A long shelf life and a perceptible sillage are just as important to me and an argument to make yourself understand why you don't buy fragrances "off the shelf" and sometimes spend a few more dollars.
I was still at the beginning of my new discovery of this great hobby and perhaps you know that at the beginning you tend to order a little too much with the first bottlings. So I ordered 5ml of the Tony Iommi blind and we both started our journey together, which got off to a really bumpy start.
I was expecting passion fruit in the foreground and only very light sparkling notes. The leather discreetly integrated. In reality, however, it was the other way around. It was a Friday and the first time I tested it on my skin, I was completely baffled. My wife said I stank like a snapdragon and I also thought phew, that's pretty strong. The passion fruit was there, but not very clearly perceptible - it was more in the background. I kept smelling it on my wrist. At least it somehow fits in with a Friday evening when I wanted to have a drink anyway. The relatively strong rum note and the exotic passion fruit notes are joined by an intense leather note. The combination of scents is daring, to put it mildly, and a very wild thing.
The bottle was then left unattended for a whole week. When the next Friday came around and I asked myself which fragrance I wanted to wear today, I thought of Tony Iommi again. It couldn't hurt to test it again.
It slowly occurred to me that the fragrance smelled very interesting. I wouldn't want to smell like that, but it is unique and fun to smell. I don't have any other comparable fragrance in my small collection. This tropical blend smells like a vacation in the Caribbean.
The following Friday I reached for Tony Iommi again, it was the first time I wanted to wear it in public as I was invited to a party. I was already expecting a bad response, but nothing came from the people around me. I was reassured.
The next few Fridays were such that I spent the whole day looking forward to the moment when I took it out and sprayed it on, heralding the start of my well-earned weekend.
Last Friday, however, a moment had come that I was dreading. The 5ml are empty. It was just enough for a little TGIF feeling. But something was not as usual - this time there was no joy about the fragrance but a sadness setting in. In the course of the evening, I decided to buy the bottle. I really didn't want to spend any more money but there was no way around it.
I'm currently writing these lines and sincerely hope it arrives by Friday. I'm already looking forward to seeing him again!
Rarely has a fragrance made such a lasting impression on me that I have built up a personal relationship with it that goes beyond just liking it.
This fragrance may not be right for everyone. And not for every day.
But for me it's now: Friday. You. Me. Same place, same time. A well-coordinated team.
So far, this is actually the only fragrance that has changed my mind after my first impression and I am very glad that I was not yet activated for the soak at the time, otherwise I would probably (unfortunately) have sold it on after the first time
Thank you for reading.
A similar relationship has developed between the Tony Iommi Monkey Special and me. I like unusual fragrances, creative creations that stand out from the crowd. A long shelf life and a perceptible sillage are just as important to me and an argument to make yourself understand why you don't buy fragrances "off the shelf" and sometimes spend a few more dollars.
I was still at the beginning of my new discovery of this great hobby and perhaps you know that at the beginning you tend to order a little too much with the first bottlings. So I ordered 5ml of the Tony Iommi blind and we both started our journey together, which got off to a really bumpy start.
I was expecting passion fruit in the foreground and only very light sparkling notes. The leather discreetly integrated. In reality, however, it was the other way around. It was a Friday and the first time I tested it on my skin, I was completely baffled. My wife said I stank like a snapdragon and I also thought phew, that's pretty strong. The passion fruit was there, but not very clearly perceptible - it was more in the background. I kept smelling it on my wrist. At least it somehow fits in with a Friday evening when I wanted to have a drink anyway. The relatively strong rum note and the exotic passion fruit notes are joined by an intense leather note. The combination of scents is daring, to put it mildly, and a very wild thing.
The bottle was then left unattended for a whole week. When the next Friday came around and I asked myself which fragrance I wanted to wear today, I thought of Tony Iommi again. It couldn't hurt to test it again.
It slowly occurred to me that the fragrance smelled very interesting. I wouldn't want to smell like that, but it is unique and fun to smell. I don't have any other comparable fragrance in my small collection. This tropical blend smells like a vacation in the Caribbean.
The following Friday I reached for Tony Iommi again, it was the first time I wanted to wear it in public as I was invited to a party. I was already expecting a bad response, but nothing came from the people around me. I was reassured.
The next few Fridays were such that I spent the whole day looking forward to the moment when I took it out and sprayed it on, heralding the start of my well-earned weekend.
Last Friday, however, a moment had come that I was dreading. The 5ml are empty. It was just enough for a little TGIF feeling. But something was not as usual - this time there was no joy about the fragrance but a sadness setting in. In the course of the evening, I decided to buy the bottle. I really didn't want to spend any more money but there was no way around it.
I'm currently writing these lines and sincerely hope it arrives by Friday. I'm already looking forward to seeing him again!
Rarely has a fragrance made such a lasting impression on me that I have built up a personal relationship with it that goes beyond just liking it.
This fragrance may not be right for everyone. And not for every day.
But for me it's now: Friday. You. Me. Same place, same time. A well-coordinated team.
So far, this is actually the only fragrance that has changed my mind after my first impression and I am very glad that I was not yet activated for the soak at the time, otherwise I would probably (unfortunately) have sold it on after the first time
Thank you for reading.
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