Lily of the valley
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My Confirmation
This year marks 30 years since I was able to celebrate my confirmation.
It was a huge celebration back then, and we were very fortunate to be able to rent the community hall attached to the church for the event, to accommodate and feed my then quite extensive family.
The actual confirmation started at 2:00 PM in the church, and the day before was filled with preparing the hall and making the final arrangements. It was a Saturday, which worked out well because I could avoid the further preparations in the morning; I got to go to the hairdresser.
My then-best friend, along with many classmates and neighborhood youths, were confirmed together with me, and my friend and I had a simultaneous appointment at the hairdresser. When I look at the group photo in front of the church today, it seems we were ALL at the same hairdresser ;-)
It was, of course, a very exciting day. Once I got home, I could hardly do anything but think about when I could finally change and put on makeup and when we would actually leave. My parents were already completely exhausted but still had to get ready for church, and my brother - a year younger - acted rather disinterested and bored, but of course, he was also ready on time, and then, yes then it was time to go, and my mother asked if I had my hymn book ready.
Of course, it was right here in the hallway, just needed to grab it and go. No, wait, I still needed the lace handkerchief that she had specially picked out and ironed for this occasion. A handkerchief? Yes, the bouquet of lilies of the valley would go right on top of it… oh, I see?!
In front of the church stood two ladies. Each lady had a large basket full of small bouquets of lilies of the valley in hand and distributed the bouquets to us confirmands for the photo. How wonderfully fragrant it was!
Carefully, I placed the little bouquet in the old lace handkerchief on top of the hymn book and waited patiently. Those who had a bouquet lined up for the photographer, photos were taken, and a group photo was also made, and then we solemnly entered the church, and the whole time I had this wonderful scent in my nose. I can only describe it like this: delightful, with a slightly bitter undertone, which can also be found in H. Lehmann's fragrance. Simple and straightforward, as it should be, just lilies of the valley.
Today, in hindsight, I can also interpret the term "handkerchief perfume." One of my grandmothers always carried handkerchiefs scented with lilies of the valley, but that's just a side note.
I hadn’t consciously perceived this scent at all since then, yes, I simply forgot what lilies of the valley smell like; it was only the many small samples from my dear Serafina that reminded me of it, and so I ordered the H. Lehmann lily of the valley fragrance and do not regret it. I actually wanted the scent for layering, but now, after it has evoked this beautiful memory, I would like to use it like this from time to time (which ultimately doesn’t have to stop me from layering ;-))).
And so, once again, a fragrance has evoked a beautiful memory….
It was a huge celebration back then, and we were very fortunate to be able to rent the community hall attached to the church for the event, to accommodate and feed my then quite extensive family.
The actual confirmation started at 2:00 PM in the church, and the day before was filled with preparing the hall and making the final arrangements. It was a Saturday, which worked out well because I could avoid the further preparations in the morning; I got to go to the hairdresser.
My then-best friend, along with many classmates and neighborhood youths, were confirmed together with me, and my friend and I had a simultaneous appointment at the hairdresser. When I look at the group photo in front of the church today, it seems we were ALL at the same hairdresser ;-)
It was, of course, a very exciting day. Once I got home, I could hardly do anything but think about when I could finally change and put on makeup and when we would actually leave. My parents were already completely exhausted but still had to get ready for church, and my brother - a year younger - acted rather disinterested and bored, but of course, he was also ready on time, and then, yes then it was time to go, and my mother asked if I had my hymn book ready.
Of course, it was right here in the hallway, just needed to grab it and go. No, wait, I still needed the lace handkerchief that she had specially picked out and ironed for this occasion. A handkerchief? Yes, the bouquet of lilies of the valley would go right on top of it… oh, I see?!
In front of the church stood two ladies. Each lady had a large basket full of small bouquets of lilies of the valley in hand and distributed the bouquets to us confirmands for the photo. How wonderfully fragrant it was!
Carefully, I placed the little bouquet in the old lace handkerchief on top of the hymn book and waited patiently. Those who had a bouquet lined up for the photographer, photos were taken, and a group photo was also made, and then we solemnly entered the church, and the whole time I had this wonderful scent in my nose. I can only describe it like this: delightful, with a slightly bitter undertone, which can also be found in H. Lehmann's fragrance. Simple and straightforward, as it should be, just lilies of the valley.
Today, in hindsight, I can also interpret the term "handkerchief perfume." One of my grandmothers always carried handkerchiefs scented with lilies of the valley, but that's just a side note.
I hadn’t consciously perceived this scent at all since then, yes, I simply forgot what lilies of the valley smell like; it was only the many small samples from my dear Serafina that reminded me of it, and so I ordered the H. Lehmann lily of the valley fragrance and do not regret it. I actually wanted the scent for layering, but now, after it has evoked this beautiful memory, I would like to use it like this from time to time (which ultimately doesn’t have to stop me from layering ;-))).
And so, once again, a fragrance has evoked a beautiful memory….
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