Bucolique

"He is Spring, lets his blue ribbon flutter again through the air; sweet, familiar scents brush knowingly across the land."
These lines from his most famous poem come to mind when I spray L'Amandiere. And even more...

2020 was a very difficult year for me personally, not only because of the Corona crisis - and January has so far brought little hope that it is over. I realized last year how much scents help me process setbacks. Specifically, scents that emotionally catapult me back to better times. And here we come to L'Amandiere. It beams me back to spring, when I was still a child and my parents hid Easter eggs and small gifts in the garden, among blooming hyacinths and fresh, chlorophyll-rich bright green. I feel that sense of excitement, anticipation, and security when I spray L'Amandiere. My parents are no longer here, but that warmth they gave me and our garden, which could always soothe me - I can evoke that memory with Heeley's spring scent. And I am grateful that scents can do such things (for me). Thank you, Mr. Heeley!

First of all: This will be my first comment, I hope I don’t come off too foolish. If I do, please let me know what I can do better. Thank you!

An old English library somewhere in the Cotswolds, pad and pencil are laid out in a very old-school manner, ready for note-taking. The slanted evening light streams in through the high, barred Tudor-style windows. Dust from centuries-old, leather-bound books dances in the gentle light. As I flip through a book, I wildly associate back and forth until my thoughts settle on Kerouac, how he was 'on the road', absorbing the earthy-spicy scent of the surroundings. I can almost smell it in front of me.

Cut. The large ceiling lamps are turned off, and the library empties out abruptly. Such is this really beautiful, book-paper-smoky-natural scent. Here one moment, gone the next. Just a small memory remains.

Ginsberg is God is weak in presence like no other or hardly any other. Beautiful and very fleeting. A brief top note, no heart note, and only a hint of a base note. This scent could be comforting, melancholic, soothing - if only it would linger.

It is expensive nonetheless. Very, very expensive for its longevity. A fleeting, beautiful, precious, and costly moment. Perhaps my skin is just a Ginsberg is God-eater, so it’s best to test it yourself.

Update: My skin WAS a Ginsberg is God-eater or I received a diluted sample in the store. I finally treated myself to a bottle, the scent just wouldn’t leave my mind. I will adjust the rating for sillage and longevity right away.