Bujak

Followers of the Black Metal scene are often said to be found setting fire to churches or sacrificing animals...which is of course humbug and only comes from normies who can't imagine a leisure time outside of booze and the roar of FloRida, Ke$ha and the like, given to the best in the most deplorable "clubs" that evaporate a broth of sweat, alcohol, vomit and other bodily excretions...at least that's my opinion in 2012 at the beginning of my 20s!
In reality, we were sitting in the winter of this year at a buddy's house, whose apartment looked like one of those goth stores and offered an almost unbelievable collection of horror movie DVDs and the products of black metal music productions from (mostly) Scandinavia! The warm, almost hot air circulated a mixture of incense sticks, cigarette smoke and fresh mint tea from the local garden through the room...in the midst of this mixture, a separate fragrance component could be unmistakably sniffed out: patchouli!!!! In this atmosphere, philosophizing about gardening, music and society etc. was surprisingly easy, as if the thoughts were carried by waves....but maybe it was just due to the lack of oxygen lol.
To this day, there is no other fragrance that I associate more with my scene than Patchouli!
Having disappeared from my personal radar for a long time, I went in search of an authentic patchouli scent (again in winter) after enjoying Dissection's "Rebirth", which brought me back to my buddy's apartment...and lo and behold, Teufelsküche already has the right elixir!
What's there to say: simply patchouli! Applied discreetly, it exudes this light, sweet patchouli scent with a certain green note like wet forest. When sprayed excessively, it achieves this "modern" note of equally wet, but rotten wood or fresh potting soil! Durability/sillage are a guarantee for long concert evenings or working days in every dose, much to the chagrin of all colleagues, because you can usually smell it in almost the entire workshop! The price for a 100ml bottle is also completely fair, considering that this is a natural product! This also makes up for the poor bottle, which tends to leak when tilted. It should also be mentioned that the people behind Teufelsküche seem to be a likeable couple from the black scene, who produce their fragrances themselves and for their peers! HUT AB!!! Now I'm going to get stewed up and go in search of a "big titty Gothic GF" to listen to some Sisters Of Mercy!

For my habit of sleeping in late, I jumped out of bed surprisingly quickly today...the alarm clock snaps me out of dreamland: it's Sunday, July 19, 2020 at 9:30! In the middle of the pandemic, which is kind of getting on everyone's nerves (and yet, looking back, had its surreal appeal).
The morning sun shines through the window of my stuffy attic room in the former shared flat and warms my feet comfortably...it was warm in the flat in summer anyway lol. The reason for my "early" awakening was probably because of the lady I had arranged to meet the day before...and who I had only known for a few WhatsApp messages! I didn't know what to expect.... a snippy goat? An arrogant wannabe intellectual? Or even one of those boring people who have nothing to say? Safe was safe and after I returned yesterday's barbecue planks and got myself into a respectable condition, a few liters of Maharadja d'or were poured on top to give me a touch of mysticism and adventure! At least in the first 15 minutes after application....the next performance drops were not noticeable after about 1 hour...whether the remaining vapor is still enough for a good first impression on my date?! Who really knows!!!
However, that residual haze lasted long enough to irrevocably link this scent with this great day in my sparrow brain! The glistening sun, the almost two-hour drive, the first look into the brown doe eyes of my beloved, the great conversations, the visit to the old Roman baths, the view from the castle and sipping lemonade in the café...! The Maharadja was always subtly there!
The perfume is below average, both in terms of scent and longevity/sillage, let's not kid ourselves!
I wore it from time to time during the summer, but today I would only wear it for shopping! Nothing romantic happened with the lady I mentioned...we were to meet twice more before I hugged her goodbye one last time in the parking lot at the Klamm on 6 September...then the contact petered out and a few renewed attempts at contact on my part in the following months also failed...! Since then, the rest of Maharadja has served as a time capsule to the summer of 2020, the last time I had a crush. We had a great time... :)