Les Souveraines d'Egypte

The Sovereigns of Egypt

Roméa d'Améor 2008

I have found a treasure, and it bears your name...

This line comes from the song 'Das Beste' by Silbermond, and to say it right away: I don't like Silbermond, but I think the title of the song and this very sentence fit me and Les Souveraines d'Egypte perfectly.

Now, I’m not really the spontaneous type; I’m more of the hesitant, cautiously weighing kind. I usually wait to see what else might come along. This is also how I feel about fragrances, especially since I’ve discovered so many niche perfumes (and others) lately, and there are still so many waiting to be uncovered by me.

But I’ll tell you one thing, dear Parfumos, after testing LSdE, other fragrances will have a hard time evoking the same enthusiasm in me as this legendary Egyptian lady does.

As I open the decant from dear Hermi with trembling hands and smell this perfume for the first time, I almost hold my breath. It nearly knocks me off my feet. What an indescribable scent! It’s... I really find it hard to describe because it’s so elusive. It’s as many before me have characterized it: No note stands out particularly, but that’s exactly what makes it so wonderful, so unique.

The Egyptian lady is, of course, allowed to go straight onto my skin, where she unfolds all her glory. She smells floral, fruity, vanillic, spicy, sweet - all of that together, but not too much of any one thing. No note overshadows or overwhelms the others. The Egyptian lady is simply perfect. A work of art.

This is how paradise must smell. And this Garden of Eden accompanies me almost all day long.