"You smell like smoke," said my mom this afternoon when I visited her for coffee.
I was about to reply - as always - "I didn't smoke" (my parents have been smoke-free for 12 years and react a little strongly to cold smoke), when she followed up with "Smoke with vanilla, new perfume? Smells great. Smells like when I was on vacation in Madagascar".
Yes, a new perfume. A manufacturer's sample of
21°7'S 55°32'E - La Réunion reached me in the past few days. I actually wanted to test
19°4'N 72°52'E - Mumbai, but the assistant to the management of Mäurer & Wirtz sent me several samples, including this fragrance, because Mumbai is not yet available.
I had the same reaction as my mom when I sprayed this fragrance for the first time. Smoky, very spicy vanilla at the beginning. And very intense! A slightly peppery note quickly joins in.
After around 30 minutes, woody notes emerge and the pepper fades into the background. I don't smell any floral notes, not the whole time.
But the incense, the incense remains. It stays the whole time, surrounding me like a gentle breeze. After 2-3 hours, the vanilla becomes stronger again, the woods take their leave.
Together with the mild, by no means sacred, smoke, it stays with me. A very spicy, dark, wonderful vanilla.
A vanilla that takes me - like my mum - to Madagascar, whose coordinates I mentioned in the subject line. As a child, my parents took me on vacation to Madagascar. I have no memories of it, I was too young.
Except for one: We went to a kind of restaurant, more of a bistro, where we ate something. And this spicy, slightly smoky vanilla scent was very present in this place.
Thank you
21°7'S 55°32'E - La Réunion for taking my mom and me back to Madagascar...
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