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An ancient wise lady
Yesterday I watched a school theater performance of "Gretchen" in which 12th graders critically examined "Faust" and the image of women it contains. Somehow I thought this was just the right occasion to finally test the fragrance.
The fragrance smells really intellectual, dusty, almost like dried roses in a first edition of a classic. The precise image of an elegant lady well over a hundred years old wearing rose perfume immediately came to mind. The 1920s or even the 19th century; almost mummy-like, as if an ancient intellectual lady had been preserved.
In the school play, the young girls criticized the glorified portrayal of an old gentleman falling in love with an underage girl and delivered an intellectually astute rebuttal, focusing not on old Faust, but on Gretchen. The scent made me honor the beautiful image of an old, intellectual woman - an image that is far too rarely appreciated in art, as well as in society.
The artistic achievement of the young girls enchanted me yesterday with their clever literary criticism. The scent made me want to admire women for their intelligence. "The Book of Wisdom - Elixir Fatal" is a bold statement in this regard, truly a work of art that is nevertheless wearable in my opinion. The image described outlasts the first six hours and has something slightly animalistic and dark about it - not in a creepy sense, however, but more a love of the wisdom of an omniscient woman on the verge of decay, which certainly evokes gothic associations.
Those who, like me, love this work of art or endure it with curiosity will be rewarded handsomely in the drydown. I applied the fragrance over 24 hours ago and can no longer stop sniffing my wrist. In the meantime, this precise image on my skin has blurred into a slightly sweet, resinous oud-rose elixir of such beauty that you would think it was not old Faust but the ancient Gretchen who had ingested the rejuvenating potion.
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