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The Bang of the Piñata
Much has been said about Harry Lehmann. I myself have not yet been to his legendary Berlin shop, but I will be there in the not-too-distant future, and until then, I have to get by with various samples that were kindly gifted to me by a dear user. Many thanks at this point!
For example, there is Bahia. Bahia, as I quickly read up on, is a state in northeastern Brazil, whose capital Salvador is said to have the largest street carnival in the world.
Well, I confess that I only read this little tidbit after I had already had Bahia on my skin for hours, and the following diffuse images and feelings had already formed - carnival was definitely not among them.
But sunshine. Warmth. Bright colors. Carefree. Laughter. Cheerful music. Hip swaying. Cheeky smiles. Flirty fluttering of eyelashes.
Brightly colored and buoyantly sweet like the candy rain from a successfully smashed piñata, the scent pours onto my skin. Flying cinnamon gum and cherry lollipops clearly dominate the fragrance experience, while the scattered almond cookies and citrus drops are rather negligible.
I see a spicy candied rose dancing before the blue sky, juicy red, everything is also an explosion of colors: the rich shining yellow of the sun, the bright blue sky, the cheerful full red of the rose.
This might sound somewhat painful for the senses of more sensitive fragrance users, but strangely enough, it is not at all. Despite a remarkable sillage and the sweet, colorful jumble, Bahia completely lacks a perfumed opulence or synthetic headache notes.
In its sweetness, it has something light and bright, which is why I would not associate it with the cold season despite its full-bodied winter gourmand attitude (cinnamon, cherry), but rather with a warm, sunny summer day or evening.
Bahia needs warmth and brightness, Bahia *gives* warmth and brightness. I feel flooded with summer associations, and if I could give the scent just *one* color, it would be a rich orange. Best a rich lacquer orange.
I am surprised that orange blossoms are not listed here, as I could swear I can also sniff them out, but perhaps my perception is just playing tricks on me and the visual aspect is so strong that I think I smell something that I actually only see in my mind's eye.
I perceive Bahia as a rather young scent, envisioning a young woman, perhaps even a teenager, a bit cheeky, a bit flirty, yet with refreshing naturalness and without any diva-like tendencies (yes, yes, I know, this probably falls into the category of wishful thinking, but so be it).
However, even an adult woman can easily wear Bahia without feeling silly, which may be due to the dry, slightly spicy wood note that increasingly emerges in the course of time, giving the scent a touch of sovereignty and mature calmness. Or simply because qualities like kindness, charm, cheerfulness, warmth, and joy are not a question of age, but of personality.
And the gentlemen? Classified here as unisex and seemingly often perceived as such, I would find it interesting to sniff this scent on a representative of the strong sex and see how the colorful sweetness unfolds here :-)
One thing I already know for sure: when I stand in Harry Lehmann's shop, the beautiful, well-crafted Bahia will be the first scent I will generously have poured for me and take home.
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Small edit 23.2.15: in the drydown, I perceive something distinctly warm-blooded, which I might attribute to the presence of a secret tuberose, and Bahia seems significantly more mature at this stage. But still cheerful and sun-warm, just the sun is now a little lower ;-)
For example, there is Bahia. Bahia, as I quickly read up on, is a state in northeastern Brazil, whose capital Salvador is said to have the largest street carnival in the world.
Well, I confess that I only read this little tidbit after I had already had Bahia on my skin for hours, and the following diffuse images and feelings had already formed - carnival was definitely not among them.
But sunshine. Warmth. Bright colors. Carefree. Laughter. Cheerful music. Hip swaying. Cheeky smiles. Flirty fluttering of eyelashes.
Brightly colored and buoyantly sweet like the candy rain from a successfully smashed piñata, the scent pours onto my skin. Flying cinnamon gum and cherry lollipops clearly dominate the fragrance experience, while the scattered almond cookies and citrus drops are rather negligible.
I see a spicy candied rose dancing before the blue sky, juicy red, everything is also an explosion of colors: the rich shining yellow of the sun, the bright blue sky, the cheerful full red of the rose.
This might sound somewhat painful for the senses of more sensitive fragrance users, but strangely enough, it is not at all. Despite a remarkable sillage and the sweet, colorful jumble, Bahia completely lacks a perfumed opulence or synthetic headache notes.
In its sweetness, it has something light and bright, which is why I would not associate it with the cold season despite its full-bodied winter gourmand attitude (cinnamon, cherry), but rather with a warm, sunny summer day or evening.
Bahia needs warmth and brightness, Bahia *gives* warmth and brightness. I feel flooded with summer associations, and if I could give the scent just *one* color, it would be a rich orange. Best a rich lacquer orange.
I am surprised that orange blossoms are not listed here, as I could swear I can also sniff them out, but perhaps my perception is just playing tricks on me and the visual aspect is so strong that I think I smell something that I actually only see in my mind's eye.
I perceive Bahia as a rather young scent, envisioning a young woman, perhaps even a teenager, a bit cheeky, a bit flirty, yet with refreshing naturalness and without any diva-like tendencies (yes, yes, I know, this probably falls into the category of wishful thinking, but so be it).
However, even an adult woman can easily wear Bahia without feeling silly, which may be due to the dry, slightly spicy wood note that increasingly emerges in the course of time, giving the scent a touch of sovereignty and mature calmness. Or simply because qualities like kindness, charm, cheerfulness, warmth, and joy are not a question of age, but of personality.
And the gentlemen? Classified here as unisex and seemingly often perceived as such, I would find it interesting to sniff this scent on a representative of the strong sex and see how the colorful sweetness unfolds here :-)
One thing I already know for sure: when I stand in Harry Lehmann's shop, the beautiful, well-crafted Bahia will be the first scent I will generously have poured for me and take home.
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Small edit 23.2.15: in the drydown, I perceive something distinctly warm-blooded, which I might attribute to the presence of a secret tuberose, and Bahia seems significantly more mature at this stage. But still cheerful and sun-warm, just the sun is now a little lower ;-)
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