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The beauty of dissonance
When I first stood in front of the Monte Rosa massif in the Dolomites, the view was simply overwhelming. The upcoming tour in front of your eyes, you could clearly feel the respect and the adrenaline building up, flowing through the whole body..and yet the anticipation of what you have in front of you prevailed.
By means of this anecdote from a climbing holiday in Italy, I would like to present to the inclined reader, as my first experience with Homme went approximately: The fragrance waits at the first wearing with a certain coldness and aloofness, uninviting and quite respect-inspiring. I smell citrusy and slightly soapy accords with a very clear dominant oily, subtly smoky underpinning. What do I mean by oily? For me, Homme evokes what at first seems an odd association with motor oil. Anyone who has ever entered a car repair shop will certainly be familiar with this mixture of engine oil and the smell of abrasion from tires and brakes that lingers in the air. Consequently, the fragrance presents a very pure, raw masculinity, especially at the beginning. Uncompromising and very direct.
In the further course of the fragrance, the originally quite eccentric citrus chords lower and smoke and oily notes finally become aware of their dominance. But now the fragrance picture of Homme breaks: A very elegant, cool leather note and a hint of sweetness enter the parquet. The associations change. The pure masculinity of Homme turns into a sublime, stylish elegance. The fragrance suddenly fits into the business world, with a suit, at festivities, in the theatre. Homme presents itself for me but clearly conservative and opinionated.
I am now sustainably enthusiastic about this Xerjoff composition. This apparent contradiction of initially purist masculinity and professional, stylish elegance unite to an incredibly multifaceted and perhaps therefore so fascinating fragrance. The inherent dissonance of this perfume of these two fundamentally different facets is never really resolved, but it works great!
By means of this anecdote from a climbing holiday in Italy, I would like to present to the inclined reader, as my first experience with Homme went approximately: The fragrance waits at the first wearing with a certain coldness and aloofness, uninviting and quite respect-inspiring. I smell citrusy and slightly soapy accords with a very clear dominant oily, subtly smoky underpinning. What do I mean by oily? For me, Homme evokes what at first seems an odd association with motor oil. Anyone who has ever entered a car repair shop will certainly be familiar with this mixture of engine oil and the smell of abrasion from tires and brakes that lingers in the air. Consequently, the fragrance presents a very pure, raw masculinity, especially at the beginning. Uncompromising and very direct.
In the further course of the fragrance, the originally quite eccentric citrus chords lower and smoke and oily notes finally become aware of their dominance. But now the fragrance picture of Homme breaks: A very elegant, cool leather note and a hint of sweetness enter the parquet. The associations change. The pure masculinity of Homme turns into a sublime, stylish elegance. The fragrance suddenly fits into the business world, with a suit, at festivities, in the theatre. Homme presents itself for me but clearly conservative and opinionated.
I am now sustainably enthusiastic about this Xerjoff composition. This apparent contradiction of initially purist masculinity and professional, stylish elegance unite to an incredibly multifaceted and perhaps therefore so fascinating fragrance. The inherent dissonance of this perfume of these two fundamentally different facets is never really resolved, but it works great!
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