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Objective Romance
Many years ago, I fell in love with Y, and it was a founding member of my collection.
A round chypre that simply always fit - with any outfit and any mood.
What was particularly nice was that my girlfriend gifted me Y for every birthday - that made the fragrance all the more valuable.
But my dear friend is no longer with us - and I bought Y for myself - with a wistful memory.
At my fragrance dealer, I discovered it in a plain cube bottle - which somewhat bothered me.
I find it inappropriate that quality labels are now standardizing their bottles.
Guerlain is now filling in "bee hives" - and YSL obviously in "cubes."
Neither appeals to me.
Where is the beautiful variety of bottles that once delighted the eye?
And one could also find "their" daytime fragrance even in a sleepy state.
Well, I took the cube with me - hoping that the scent had remained the same.
But that is not the case.
Even the formerly round Y has become more angular in its expression.
No, not bad - but less feminine.
I am reminded of Kästner's "Objective Romance" - a poem in which a couple lost their love, like others lose a stick or a hat.
Yes, and I miss the intimacy in the new Y - the kindness - that also connected my gifting friend and me.
This Y is spicy and white-flowered - over-powdered by iris and deepened by patchouli - elegant but more distant.
The oakmoss is fortunately soft and not bitter.
If one does not have the "old" Y in mind, the new one is indeed a quality fragrance with an elegant statement.
I might still warm up to it.
Love at second glance is sometimes more lasting.
A round chypre that simply always fit - with any outfit and any mood.
What was particularly nice was that my girlfriend gifted me Y for every birthday - that made the fragrance all the more valuable.
But my dear friend is no longer with us - and I bought Y for myself - with a wistful memory.
At my fragrance dealer, I discovered it in a plain cube bottle - which somewhat bothered me.
I find it inappropriate that quality labels are now standardizing their bottles.
Guerlain is now filling in "bee hives" - and YSL obviously in "cubes."
Neither appeals to me.
Where is the beautiful variety of bottles that once delighted the eye?
And one could also find "their" daytime fragrance even in a sleepy state.
Well, I took the cube with me - hoping that the scent had remained the same.
But that is not the case.
Even the formerly round Y has become more angular in its expression.
No, not bad - but less feminine.
I am reminded of Kästner's "Objective Romance" - a poem in which a couple lost their love, like others lose a stick or a hat.
Yes, and I miss the intimacy in the new Y - the kindness - that also connected my gifting friend and me.
This Y is spicy and white-flowered - over-powdered by iris and deepened by patchouli - elegant but more distant.
The oakmoss is fortunately soft and not bitter.
If one does not have the "old" Y in mind, the new one is indeed a quality fragrance with an elegant statement.
I might still warm up to it.
Love at second glance is sometimes more lasting.
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You wrote it so beautifully that the scent lost its intimacy. And it no longer carried the love that my friend gave it.
A trophy to you, up in the sky!