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The fragrance that gives me strength
06. February 2023, a normal day at the office so far. It's quite cold outside and I'm the last to leave.
I get into the car and realize that something is wrong with my right eye. It no longer closes when I blink. My girlfriend is studying medicine, so I sent her a short recording of it. Alarm! Off to the hospital. This could be a sign of a stroke. After hours of waiting, the examination and the result. Peripheral facial nerve palsy.
I had to stay there overnight and undergo a lumbar puncture the next day. I'd better not go into what that means here.
When I got up in hospital the next morning, I couldn't believe it: the non-functioning closure of the eyelid when I blinked turned into complete paralysis of the right side of my face. Mouth, nose, eyes, forehead. I simply couldn't move anything, what a feeling!
By this time, I was totally in a perfume flash. Thank goodness I was well looked after at home by my girlfriend & browsed through all the possible sharing's here on Parfumo every day.
Among other things, I had ordered 10ml of Gris Charnel Extrait and the fragrance finally arrived. I carefully sprayed it on my forearm and smelled it directly, at least with one nostril. This moment will never be lost to me again.
I couldn't describe it, but this fragrance hit my synapses so hard that I immediately felt a sense of hope and strength. I called my girlfriend and told her to smell it too. For her it was just a "yeah, it smells okay". Please what? Like just "okay?" That's the scent!!!
Over this long period, more and more bottlings and samples arrived. I tried everything each time, full of anticipation, but none of them were like this perfume for me at the time.
Every morning after my "facial training", I went to my little bottling rack, picked up this atomizer and smelled it. Each time, I was overcome with a kind of warmth and serenity.
The soft fig, together with that teen note and the slightly spicy punch just completely hit me. It's still one of my favorite fragrances & I wonder why I don't have a bottle yet. The last remnants of the bottling are being treasured like a baby.
PS: The bottling is now empty & I treated myself to a bottle :)
I get into the car and realize that something is wrong with my right eye. It no longer closes when I blink. My girlfriend is studying medicine, so I sent her a short recording of it. Alarm! Off to the hospital. This could be a sign of a stroke. After hours of waiting, the examination and the result. Peripheral facial nerve palsy.
I had to stay there overnight and undergo a lumbar puncture the next day. I'd better not go into what that means here.
When I got up in hospital the next morning, I couldn't believe it: the non-functioning closure of the eyelid when I blinked turned into complete paralysis of the right side of my face. Mouth, nose, eyes, forehead. I simply couldn't move anything, what a feeling!
By this time, I was totally in a perfume flash. Thank goodness I was well looked after at home by my girlfriend & browsed through all the possible sharing's here on Parfumo every day.
Among other things, I had ordered 10ml of Gris Charnel Extrait and the fragrance finally arrived. I carefully sprayed it on my forearm and smelled it directly, at least with one nostril. This moment will never be lost to me again.
I couldn't describe it, but this fragrance hit my synapses so hard that I immediately felt a sense of hope and strength. I called my girlfriend and told her to smell it too. For her it was just a "yeah, it smells okay". Please what? Like just "okay?" That's the scent!!!
Over this long period, more and more bottlings and samples arrived. I tried everything each time, full of anticipation, but none of them were like this perfume for me at the time.
Every morning after my "facial training", I went to my little bottling rack, picked up this atomizer and smelled it. Each time, I was overcome with a kind of warmth and serenity.
The soft fig, together with that teen note and the slightly spicy punch just completely hit me. It's still one of my favorite fragrances & I wonder why I don't have a bottle yet. The last remnants of the bottling are being treasured like a baby.
PS: The bottling is now empty & I treated myself to a bottle :)
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