Harmonie Pastorale Anthologie by Lucien Ferrero 2020

At the start and far into the heart dominate unsweet, very sour, almost bitter citrus aromas (rather unripe lemon than tangerine) in combination with aromatic (lavender, mint) and earthy-mineral (mastic) notes. The official fragrance pyramid seems realtiv truthful to me.

Before my inner eye enstehen thereby deep-green, slightly flowery and damp-cold associations - to be exact, I think of a castle park with manicured lawn and rose hedges and / or geraniums, of which shortly after a summer thunderstorm, the water bubbles, while the sky has not yet cleared. It has suddenly become a little too cold for short-sleeved clothing.

I'm still not 100% sure exactly which scents it reminds me of but there are definitely comparison candidates. Perhaps Floris' Elite, which in turn reminded me of a much more aristocratic (Gucci) Nobile when I tested it. The base goes vaguely in the direction of the late 70s men's fragrances, without me being able to name anything specific. I think basically there but rather to Aramis than to Quorum, which the creator himself has brought in his fragrance description in's game.

For this turn to the classic men's perfumery I respect this fragrance very much, but more often I did not want to wear it, for me is the slightly anxious and very Klasssiche impression too foreign to the essence or not what a fragrance should radiate for me.

In this respect, I find it but already quite appropriate that the naming takes a reference to classical music. Whether it is now Beethoven's 6th Symphony? Rather not. If anything, only to the less cheerful movements. Maybe more Mozart than Beethoven. But what do I know, I don't really know about that.

If the fragrance possessed more cheerfulness before and after the rather trepidatious main section, it would probably really be comparable to a symphony and somehow brilliant. So Harmonie Pastorale gets a thumbs up from me but no purchase.