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The reality of illusions
Here I sit, in self-imposed Corona solitary confinement, trying to grasp an illusion and make it tangible. Ambitious? Dream dancer? Or an impossibility to write about a fragrance with a nose that feels concreted over?
The need to do exactly the latter arose from the realization that it was precisely this nose that made a new facet of this fragrance appear. After a weekend of sweatpants and self-pity, I wanted to feel more presentable again, to do something good for myself, and chose this comforting, fine-creamy vanilla fragrance, which I had previously appreciated for its elegant restraint and cool, melancholy vanilla, which doesn't directly evoke that lactose-intolerant discomfort like a freshly cooked bowl of custard, but gently peeks out between woods and a fairytale-like ink, giving the fragrance a soothing softness.
The new facet, the new realization of the snuff nose: the vanilla has changed! It is suddenly darker and smokier, envelops me like a warm blanket and whispers to me that everything will be fine in the end.
I am curious to see whether the vanilla will reveal itself in other guises, but I already think I understand the illusion a little better: On a chilly winter morning, I wander through a misty fairytale forest, of course I have the forest from Cornelia Funke's Inkheart in mind, and the vanilla is always a piece of home, a piece of security that I carry before me like an old-fashioned little lantern.
Longevity and sillage are rather private, unless you spray the fragrance generously on your scarf and clothes, in which case you'll be walking in a cloud and it will rain compliments, but that doesn't seem to suit the fragrance for me.
As befits an illusion, the bottle also poses new questions for me: if it weren't for this beautiful, soft, slightly mystical blue, wouldn't the fragrance seem different to me? Would it be a much clearer gourmand in a warm old pink?
The fine line between review and speculation, it's time to come to a mundane conclusion. I really like the fragrance, it doesn't impose itself, it's warm, it's modern and yet a little nostalgic, it keeps its little secrets. This is my concession to the vanilla trend and I am very satisfied.
Disclaimer: Typos and logical impurities are solely due to Corona, not the reviewer's wackiness! ;)
The need to do exactly the latter arose from the realization that it was precisely this nose that made a new facet of this fragrance appear. After a weekend of sweatpants and self-pity, I wanted to feel more presentable again, to do something good for myself, and chose this comforting, fine-creamy vanilla fragrance, which I had previously appreciated for its elegant restraint and cool, melancholy vanilla, which doesn't directly evoke that lactose-intolerant discomfort like a freshly cooked bowl of custard, but gently peeks out between woods and a fairytale-like ink, giving the fragrance a soothing softness.
The new facet, the new realization of the snuff nose: the vanilla has changed! It is suddenly darker and smokier, envelops me like a warm blanket and whispers to me that everything will be fine in the end.
I am curious to see whether the vanilla will reveal itself in other guises, but I already think I understand the illusion a little better: On a chilly winter morning, I wander through a misty fairytale forest, of course I have the forest from Cornelia Funke's Inkheart in mind, and the vanilla is always a piece of home, a piece of security that I carry before me like an old-fashioned little lantern.
Longevity and sillage are rather private, unless you spray the fragrance generously on your scarf and clothes, in which case you'll be walking in a cloud and it will rain compliments, but that doesn't seem to suit the fragrance for me.
As befits an illusion, the bottle also poses new questions for me: if it weren't for this beautiful, soft, slightly mystical blue, wouldn't the fragrance seem different to me? Would it be a much clearer gourmand in a warm old pink?
The fine line between review and speculation, it's time to come to a mundane conclusion. I really like the fragrance, it doesn't impose itself, it's warm, it's modern and yet a little nostalgic, it keeps its little secrets. This is my concession to the vanilla trend and I am very satisfied.
Disclaimer: Typos and logical impurities are solely due to Corona, not the reviewer's wackiness! ;)
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