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Martine
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Someone throws a stone into the water
I love scents. I'm crazy about it. It's terrible that I've been plagued by a fragrance allergy for the past few months. Hardly any of my favorites are walking anymore. When I stand in the subway in the morning, I almost feel shortness of breath with all the department store smells around me. Haven't I noticed before how aggressive many scents are? How much chemistry and synthetics are contained? I can smell it out like never before...and it almost repels me and I don't like most of the scents anymore.
With restrained interest I then came across the Couvent des Minimes fragrances. They are now available at Karstadt, but I had already read about them. Of course, also because Jean Claude Ellena has recently got his hands in the game here. One propagates a very high proportion of natural fragrances and they are 100% vegan. On instagram the aspect of green perfume is very much in the foreground.
First I tried Smyrna, rose with pepper. From the "Exceptional Fragrances" series. Surprisingly tolerable for me, but not one hundred percent convincing. A slightly synthetic note hangs in your clothes for days, even washing does not help. It goes like this...
But then I switched to the new line of Parfums Singulaire, created under Curatel by Jean Claude Ellena. Hattai has attracted me from the beginning. Gentle, gourmand, lots of amber. Above all close to the body, not too strong, but very subtly perceptible and elegantly restrained. And yes, I can actually tolerate him. It has almost nothing synthetic, nothing pungent, and yet it is extremely durable and present. No comparison with other natural perfumes I have tried so far. What magic has been conjured up! I am very impressed! I recognize the handwriting of Ellena and I am happy every day to have a scent of him around me again (you miss him already...).
And the best thing was the first comment of my beloved, to whom I did not tell that I have a new fragrance: Ah, you have brought out your Hermes fragrances again...beautiful!
Let's see. I am not able to estimate how natural the Couvent fragrances really are. But I have the feeling that something is being kicked off here with the help of Jean Claude Ellena. The perfume industry may now also have to deal with the issue of "green" and "clean". I find it exciting. And the world of fragrances is one facet richer again. You must try it!
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