Friedaherz

This scent from Demeter F. L. didn't appeal to me because of the "sweet" packaging, but because of the ingredient list: cane sugar (delicious!), pansies (I haven't smelled that yet, but it sounds good), champagne - the idea of the mixture is simply seductive!
So off I went, sprayed it on, and waited. It somehow smells like candies, like chewy candy, like Maoam. No, I think not Maoam, but Fritt! Since I haven't eaten chewy candies in over 20 years, I can only say that from feeling. Or I would need to do a chewy candy test. But since I neither want to start eating candies again nor continue using the perfume, I'll just leave it at that.
The scent is not bad or terrible, but it doesn't develop away from the Fritt note for me at all. I am very adventurous when it comes to perfumes. I actually like certain scents precisely because of their "one-dimensionality"; sometimes I just need that. But smelling like chewy candy is really not my thing.
At first, I was quite disappointed about the now useless purchase of the scent (unfortunately, there was no tester available), but after my daughter tried it and it resembled her beloved scent from Malizia Bonbon Melody, this problem was already solved.

Since today I rated the fragrance "Summer Rain" with my very first comment on Parfumo and unfortunately it didn't score well with me, I will now review the one among the five tested Demeter F. L. fragrances that I like the most so far. I must preface that last week I spent an entire afternoon choosing five scents from those described and offered as samples that I wanted to test. Some of the fragrances that interested me I couldn't even find (like Stable, Sawdust, Crayon...) and so I ordered the ones that seemed most interesting to me.

This includes "Snowstorm." That fits the season a bit better than "Summer Rain":
Basically, I quite like the scent, I just don't know if I can associate it with snow. When I close my eyes and take a deep breath through my nose, this comes to mind:
My godfather lives quite a distance away from our family. Since we don't own a car, I can only travel to him by train. I did this several times in my childhood and then stayed there for a few weeks during the summer holidays. Of course, my godfamily does a lot with me, they have a car, two children of similar age, and so we are very active. Daily life continues normally there as well; which godfather can take weeks off? Among other things, work is done on the house, tools and materials are gathered...
In this context, we drive to a workshop???, a storage??? or sawmill??? on the edge of a forest. It is currently not in operation; it's vacation time, is it shut down or? I can't say for sure. My uncle needs a few tools and some materials, nails, screws, boards. During this time, we children play in the large building, collecting everything that children might need and what is lying around on the floor. Among other things, some greasy, oily metal balls (today I know they were balls from a ball bearing), a few interesting nails and screws...
And so, as it smelled there in my memory, "Snowstorm" smells to me.

In this respect, this fragrance (as does "Summer Rain") has fulfilled its purpose, as it has awakened memories that I hadn't thought of in a long time.

For me, the perfume opens with a metallic scent, which remains throughout, only gradually becoming less, but it doesn't change for me anymore. The metallic note reminds me a bit of "Sartorial" by Penhaligon's, although that is only a brief, slight similarity, as "Sartorial" changes towards warmth over time for me. "Snowstorm," on the other hand, remains cool - that would then also be the transition for me to the topic and the name of the fragrance.

Thus, the circle closes and I am glad that at least one of the five ordered Demeter F. L. fragrances appeals to me positively. Because as already mentioned, "Summer Rain" also played with my imagination, but unfortunately did not smell "good" for me!

For a year now, I've been circling around Parfumo like a cat around hot porridge. Since I've had to stay in bed for a week and am gradually getting very bored, I've finally dared to write my first comment - and I'm quite excited!
Unlike what I always imagined, this will not be a comment on a "favorite scent." Since I had a lot of time last week, I finally mustered the courage to test some fragrances from Demeter F. L. A bit of fear of overly synthetic scents held me back (I don't know why I associate that with Demeter fragrances), but the idea of evoking memories through scents is one of the main reasons why I enjoy trying and using fragrances so much. Memories, feelings, things that cannot be described in words, all of that is contained in these oh-so-different bottles of various perfumes - a whole world...

And this happened yesterday:
It is sometime in the 70s of the last... millennium!!! At that time, I spent a lot of my free time after elementary school at my maternal grandmother's house. She lives directly across from the cemetery in our village. And she takes care of a considerable number of graves for a small fee. New grave soil, new flowers, wiping gravestones, and so on. And of course, the disposal of old bouquets and flower arrangements in a pit right next to the cemetery. That was, of course, exactly the right task for a child my age - running errands. But how does the perfumer of Wet Garden (my version is called Summer Rain) know what the composition of wilted lilies, past carnations, dried baby's breath, and old, stale flower water smells like or used to smell like?
The cemetery is sometimes also a wet garden, and in summer it does rain there sometimes - but actually, I had hoped for a different scent experience. But as my grandmother used to say: "You can't always get what you wish for!" Sometimes that's a good thing, but in this case, it's rather unfortunate!

I ordered a total of 5 different scents to test. I've already tested four and unfortunately have to say that all the scents come across as a bit artificial to me. It must be said that I am a big lover of natural scents and often struggle with "mainstream perfumes" (which I certainly don't count Demeter F. L. among). Therefore, I am surely a bit biased, as I always have a little fear of artificiality with such "cheap" scents. However, since I am basically curious and experimental, I actually test (almost) everything that comes into my hands and under my nose.
I also want to clarify that my comment (and my future ones) will always only capture my personal observation at that moment. My daughter (17), for example, has a completely different "skin chemistry" than I do, and scents that I like on myself can smell terrible on her and vice versa. Additionally, with different tastes (you really can't argue about taste), it can happen that someone tears apart a scent that another finds divine. With my comment (hopefully comments in the future), I really don't want to offend anyone.
And I also have a lot to learn for my upcoming time here at Parfumo, so I always welcome tips and suggestions on how to use this simply wonderful site for perfume lovers - please be patient with me (I am a total tech failure and always need help from my kids, but I did set up my account with a picture!!! all by myself!!!)!