Laguna

My travel size is almost empty...
Goal: Wear it until the end of the year and finish it off...

Is this lovely piece office-appropriate?
I feel like wearing it, so YES!

Monday morning, body lotion applied, let it absorb a bit,
4 sprays on top, that’s it...

Arrived at the office, computer booted up...
(Totally "forgot" that I was wearing the fragrance...)
Off to the kitchen to make coffee and get some water...

A nice coworker joins me in the kitchen...
We chat, I pour milk into my coffee...
My coworker (somewhat confused):
"Are you making yourself a cocoa?"
I, equally confused:
"No, just my regular coffee...with milk...why?"
He: "Your coffee smells like cocoa"

Now I’m confused...
I’ve been using instant coffee for years...
It’s still Monday morning...
I smell it...
With the completely unexpected result that my coffee smells...like coffee...

Back at my desk...
Reading emails...
A sniff of my fragrance wafts into my nose...
Hmmm, that smells so good... hm...delicious...uhm... speaking of...delicious..? !

Oh, what an "enlightenment," I’m wearing Cheirosa 62 today -
that must be the supposed "cocoa scent" causing confusion this Monday morning...

Immediately clarified in the chat with my coworker that he smelled my fragrance,
first checked the fragrance pyramid, no cocoa in sight, but hey, what’s it to me,
Gourmand is Gourmand...
My coworker follows up in the chat: "The scent is top-notch!"
I later thank him face-to-face for the compliment.

We chat a bit more about fragrances, fragrance components, and scent developments.
It later turns out that my esteemed colleague finds such fragrances very delicious and wants to know what I’m wearing...

One might now assume that I wear fragrances just to receive compliments.
To clarify why this particularly delights me:
After 16 years in the company, this is the 2nd fragrance compliment from a man.

I am very spoiled with compliments from my mom, my best friend,
the girls in the office, and from my goddaughter "Gota, you smell soooo good"
(Translation for the fragrance-obsessed from DE - godchild)

To clarify further:
I am not only pleased to receive compliments - I also joyfully give out
fragrance compliments.

The scent is for me my First Love (first impression) from this brand.
I have read a lot, seen a lot, and felt a connection to
the fragrances.

I have already tested three other scents and had the impression
that all are high quality, very well made, partly "vintage" scents, like those worn in the past, partly very simple in scent structure. The spark has not yet jumped...


With "Santal majuscule," it is different...

The sandalwood is so soft, round, and warm - I assume that the rose and cocoa make the sandalwood creamier, rounding it out.

I perceive the scent as enveloping, warming, providing a sense of security, inviting, soothing.
My nose keeps wandering back to my wrist, the smell makes me smile...

I AM...
...not loud, not overwhelming, not a niche fragrance that everyone is talking about...
Far from being a gourmand, I am miles away, an aquatic, ...even less so.

I AM...
...lovely, delicate, a scent of fine flowers. At first glance neither exciting nor
modern - yet so clear, pure, and delicate, as few fragrances are - that makes me so unique.

I AM...
timeless - precious - pure - delicate

Spray me on as often as you, my wearer, feel it necessary. Then I have good longevity for my consistency, without being overwhelming. I smell like an exquisite body lotion that envelops you, my wearer. I accompany you all year round, regardless of seasons, temperatures, weather, and spaces.

I AM

Baccarat Rouge 540 is a fragrance that I didn't understand the hype about for a long time...

I tested the scent on paper and on my skin - found it special and novel - but otherwise...??? The love and joy for it just didn't transfer to me. I have a 10 ml sample from the trial set, which I feel will last me a lifetime...

...and then... in a café, with my girlfriend... we are sitting outside. During our conversation, I smell a very interesting scent. It seems familiar, but I can't place it right away... another wave... Woody, intense... "undulating", full-bodied, dense but not oppressive...

As we talk, I keep getting waves of the scent... hmmm...
Where is it coming from, who is wearing it? I can't identify the wearer of the fragrance (I can usually do that, which drives me crazy ;-))

The scent surrounds me, envelops me, I perceive it and find it really great!
Now it's slowly dawning on me - Baccarat!!

At least I have a connection to the scent... and I "understand" like in a "mini-enlightenment" what "everyone" is talking about... finally... for the first time, the full "meaning" and effect of the fragrance has been revealed to me. It becomes clear to me that I have never smelled the original on another person before... (not since then either) I still don't know who wore the scent...

I am very happy that I was able to perceive the scent on another person -
it is an experience.

When I wear the scent myself, I don't perceive it as so vibrant, changeable, and enveloping... Perhaps the scent is more beautiful for the one who gets to smell it on another wearer, not for the wearer themselves?

This fragrance has been with me for a very long time...
In between, we took a little break.

Cerruti 1881 pour Femme has everything a woman needs.

Femininity, self-confidence, flair, and very good longevity,
at an affordable price.

With its 90s DNA, Cerruti 1881 pour Femme develops a newly gained uniqueness in today’s
time.

This scent is wearable everywhere and in every season (exception: in very high, summer temperatures, I find it not optimal), to the office, for a date, dinner, leisure...

If I had to save money on fragrances, get by with little money, and could only choose one
scent, this would be my first choice. Not because it is my absolute favorite - but because of its quality and the versatility mentioned above.

On my skin, it mainly develops floral and rose-soapy notes. It smells feminine,
has a unique, very specific warmth that has nothing to do with the usual "warmth" in
fragrances today. For me, the scent embodies the femininity that women long for in today’s world, without being able to name it. I can perceive Cerruti 1881 on me all day long.

I associate the scent with a woman who lives being a woman without much fuss, who brings natural beauty and joy. She doesn’t need much to enjoy her femininity, because it simply lies in her nature. This woman makes the right accents with few means, emphasizes what she likes about herself, and doesn’t get caught up in superficialities that are supposedly, but not really, "imperfect".

I hope to have my companion by my side for a long time - as a little reminder - not to forget my natural femininity...