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Rum and Coca-Cola
"If you ever go down Trinidad
They make you feel so very glad
Calypso sing and make up rhyme
Guarantee you one real good fine time
Drinkin' around and Coca-Cola..."
(Andrew Sisters)
I was never in Trinidad and when this song by the Andrew Sisters came out, I wasn't even born yet, even my parents were toddlers.
But when I heard this song for the first time in 1999 in a pizzeria in Zurich, I was totally lost. And so is the chef, obviously. The piece was certainly played four times per evening, he sang along at the top of his voice and peppered the pizzas with wild elegance toppings, to then always throw them into the stone oven to the rhythm of the piece, full of verve. I went into this pizzaria every night.
When I had to leave, I immediately bought a CD from the Andrew Sisters. This absolutely cool, polyphonic singing - hammer-strong!
What does that have to do with Secrets d'Essences - Rose Oud?
Very much and again perhaps not so much at all, since it is primarily about associations of mine.
I sprayed myself with Rose Oud, and immediately a bar of the 40s appeared in the USA before my inner eye. This song is played. You can smell a little rum and smoke, a little leather. The wood of the bar is resinous. It's dancing, sweating. As in the song only makeshift clauses, there is prostitution. Times are hard, but still people know how to make the best of it, live in the moment and enjoy it as much as possible. And this cheerfulness, this ability to enjoy oneself, this cook had in Zurich and also in Zurich people drank alcohol, perhaps too much alcohol, and enjoyed life, without prostitution, until deep into the night.
There is a lot of liveliness in this fragrance, a lot of heart.
Rose-Oud - and I don't smell a rose. That's typical of me. But I don't smell any oud either. I smell floral things on rum, yes there is a slightly alcoholic rum note, which lasts over an hour, accompanied by something spicy, which soon gets a sweaty undertone, but which is not unpleasant. A slightly cinnamon and minimally smoky warmth makes itself broad, lush, but also sweaty tart. The bitter becomes more, it becomes increasingly resinous, but that doesn't bother me here either. It is not too bitter and not too distorted for me, but the wild excesses remain relaxed and full of relish.
I like Secrets d'Essences Rose-Oud much better in the projection than in the smelling directly at the sprayed skin area. On the skin it then becomes bitter and very creaky, also increasingly artificial, while in the projection it appears soft and spicy, nobly bitter. I think it's more of a winter scent. There are dark winter evenings by candlelight when I find just such a scent perfect. I wouldn't recommend it for spring and summer. Unless you want to spend the night in an American retro bar of the 40s with songs of the Andrew Sisters. Or if it happens to lead you to Zurich - to a very special Pizzaria....
They make you feel so very glad
Calypso sing and make up rhyme
Guarantee you one real good fine time
Drinkin' around and Coca-Cola..."
(Andrew Sisters)
I was never in Trinidad and when this song by the Andrew Sisters came out, I wasn't even born yet, even my parents were toddlers.
But when I heard this song for the first time in 1999 in a pizzeria in Zurich, I was totally lost. And so is the chef, obviously. The piece was certainly played four times per evening, he sang along at the top of his voice and peppered the pizzas with wild elegance toppings, to then always throw them into the stone oven to the rhythm of the piece, full of verve. I went into this pizzaria every night.
When I had to leave, I immediately bought a CD from the Andrew Sisters. This absolutely cool, polyphonic singing - hammer-strong!
What does that have to do with Secrets d'Essences - Rose Oud?
Very much and again perhaps not so much at all, since it is primarily about associations of mine.
I sprayed myself with Rose Oud, and immediately a bar of the 40s appeared in the USA before my inner eye. This song is played. You can smell a little rum and smoke, a little leather. The wood of the bar is resinous. It's dancing, sweating. As in the song only makeshift clauses, there is prostitution. Times are hard, but still people know how to make the best of it, live in the moment and enjoy it as much as possible. And this cheerfulness, this ability to enjoy oneself, this cook had in Zurich and also in Zurich people drank alcohol, perhaps too much alcohol, and enjoyed life, without prostitution, until deep into the night.
There is a lot of liveliness in this fragrance, a lot of heart.
Rose-Oud - and I don't smell a rose. That's typical of me. But I don't smell any oud either. I smell floral things on rum, yes there is a slightly alcoholic rum note, which lasts over an hour, accompanied by something spicy, which soon gets a sweaty undertone, but which is not unpleasant. A slightly cinnamon and minimally smoky warmth makes itself broad, lush, but also sweaty tart. The bitter becomes more, it becomes increasingly resinous, but that doesn't bother me here either. It is not too bitter and not too distorted for me, but the wild excesses remain relaxed and full of relish.
I like Secrets d'Essences Rose-Oud much better in the projection than in the smelling directly at the sprayed skin area. On the skin it then becomes bitter and very creaky, also increasingly artificial, while in the projection it appears soft and spicy, nobly bitter. I think it's more of a winter scent. There are dark winter evenings by candlelight when I find just such a scent perfect. I wouldn't recommend it for spring and summer. Unless you want to spend the night in an American retro bar of the 40s with songs of the Andrew Sisters. Or if it happens to lead you to Zurich - to a very special Pizzaria....
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