Hellelena

It is my very own Bad-Fragrance-Day, because I mistakenly grabbed Parisienne by YSL. Bam!!! A concentrated dose of sugary May roses and garden berries drowning in syrup, along with a huge portion of lemon dipped in nail...

Have you ever been to a drag show? In the front row? Do you remember the moment when the lovely long-legged drag queen gracefully balanced down from the stage in her high heels and strutted right in front of you, so close that you could see every...

we have known each other for so long, but we never met in person before, aside from fleeting encounters in society, where you always accompanied someone else. Admittedly, I was rarely alone myself. We remained strangers for quite a while,...

It is the year 2010, just before Easter. A sunny day in April in an ancient harbor town, a light salty-fresh breeze blows through the city. We are almost exhausted after the long shopping tour, but we still have enough energy for a detour to the perfumery....

...and boring. A charming little bouquet in a fruit basket. I received the pink water as a gift and immediately passed it on to my dear daughter, as it is more suited for teenagers than their mothers. Addendum: My daughter has declined the "generous"...

This is what my garden smells like in spring: sweet floral scents mixed with delicate aromas of the first tender green shoots. Certainly not a great masterpiece, but cheerful like a sunbeam in April. My daughter loves it.

The other day I was in the store that is named after old German currency. To replenish my supply of environmentally friendly laundry detergents. And there it was. The stand. With boxes featuring wallpaper patterns in pink, lilac, and green....

What can I say? I've been wearing the fragrance for days, sniffing at my skin, at my clothes, trying to understand why its creators were so eager to give it an annoying, almost petulant character. At first, it bites into the nose like a wild house...

Oh, this scent loses its head so quickly! Pardon, its wonderful top note, so soft-sparkling, milky-spicy - what a play of contrasts! Losing its head, it opens its heart full of sweet-bitter dreams, spun from honey, cumin, and moss....

I have known this scent for a long time. It is as familiar to me as my two old friends. The two are visually and internally as different as night and day: one is blonde, blue-eyed, and of cool intelligence, while the other has dark hair,...