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The long dark river
Some fragrances are like a long calm river. You go along this river, in a boat, rather small, and it does not go fast, but quietly, almost leisurely already.
The river I'm going through with Black Tulip is long. It is quiet. And it is rather dark. Its waters are almost black and opaque, no opportunity presents itself to get even an idea of what the bottom might be like.
Mysterious he is, and he seems a bit aloof. No distractions, no surprises await me along the way. No big jumps, no sudden waves or sharp turns.
Nothing to distract my attention or break the peace. Just me and the river. That may sound boring or dull to some, but some days it's just pleasant and relaxing.
There are nougat violets on the bank of the river. Many many nougat violets. In different sizes. These are - unromantically and reasonably considered - probably a mixture of cyclamen, black tulip (??) , plum and white chocolate. In my head and nose, however, they are nougat violets. I see them in front of me, with their many different sized leaves, delicate purple, but this one is barely recognizable because it is covered in a thin shiny layer of nougat, all over. So these nougat violets are on both sides of the river, lining my path. They give off an irresistible, magical scent.
The longer the ride, the rarer they become. The intervals between them grow longer and longer. Their scent fades. What remains is the long quiet river. A quiet power with the scent of calm water. And noble wood. Somber and almost majestic. It is enough unto itself. And at rest within itself.
My ride comes to an end. The river stays behind. Its dark secret it has not revealed to me. Maybe on the next try.
The river I'm going through with Black Tulip is long. It is quiet. And it is rather dark. Its waters are almost black and opaque, no opportunity presents itself to get even an idea of what the bottom might be like.
Mysterious he is, and he seems a bit aloof. No distractions, no surprises await me along the way. No big jumps, no sudden waves or sharp turns.
Nothing to distract my attention or break the peace. Just me and the river. That may sound boring or dull to some, but some days it's just pleasant and relaxing.
There are nougat violets on the bank of the river. Many many nougat violets. In different sizes. These are - unromantically and reasonably considered - probably a mixture of cyclamen, black tulip (??) , plum and white chocolate. In my head and nose, however, they are nougat violets. I see them in front of me, with their many different sized leaves, delicate purple, but this one is barely recognizable because it is covered in a thin shiny layer of nougat, all over. So these nougat violets are on both sides of the river, lining my path. They give off an irresistible, magical scent.
The longer the ride, the rarer they become. The intervals between them grow longer and longer. Their scent fades. What remains is the long quiet river. A quiet power with the scent of calm water. And noble wood. Somber and almost majestic. It is enough unto itself. And at rest within itself.
My ride comes to an end. The river stays behind. Its dark secret it has not revealed to me. Maybe on the next try.
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The One with Three Faces
Nèh interested me because of the completely unknown brand and the original name, so I included it as a sample request in an exchange package.
My curiosity was rewarded, I found the scent stunning and was confused by the somewhat strange scent impressions at first, but after a few hours I was thrilled. It was a combination of an intensive but at the same time unobtrusive powder-cream mixture and a very palatable strawberry note in the heart note. And it was she who fascinated me about Nèh.
I like strawberries. With sugar, with whipped cream and even more in the strawberry daiquiri :-)
And I like them in perfumes too. I love the top note of "Womanity Eau pour Elles" for exactly this reason. But unfortunately it always disappears so quickly. So I was glad to have found something similar here, but with a longer lifespan.
In statements here, this note was once referred to as strawberry-sugar foam and once as powdered strawberry-alkalm gum. Both sounds crazy, but both hit the nail on the head. That's how I perceived it and that's exactly what drew me in
When the sample was empty, I ordered a bottling.
After the first spray, I didn't know my way around. That wasn't the Nah I knew. There was a hairspray note in the top note and in the middle note, like I knew (and didn't like) from "Muschio Bianco". Only after that came the powder-cream mixture again, without almonds. And so without strawberries.
I wasn't sure what to think of it. That I wanted my nèh strawberries back, I did
Thanks to a good souk offer at that very moment of all times, I courageously ordered a bottle. All or nothing. Maybe my cotton candy strawberries will bustle there again. So I thought and hoped
With the bottle Nèh showed me his third face. No hairspray. Whew, lucky you! But no almonds either. And certainly no strawberries - neither with nor without cotton candy. My bottle-Nèh turned out to be a fairly linear powder-cream scent without development and without surprises. Just baby powder on my skin. A lot of it. And soft cream, whether it's blue or some other kind of cream, I can't say now.
This was a really pleasant fragrance, an enveloping one, which accompanies you with good durability for a long time and with quiet consistency quietly but noticeably.
But it was not a fragrance that could inspire me in the long run. I noticed that every now and then I consciously motivated myself to wear it again. Therefore he was now allowed to move on.
Why Nèh showed himself three times in such different ways to me, I will probably never know. Reformulation(s)? Change of the scent due to the different atomizers (1 x plastic, 1 x glass / whereby I am sure at least when filling the glass, that it was freshly tapped before).
One consolation is that I have now found my perfumed strawberries (albeit without cotton candy) unexpectedly in a completely different fragrance. But more on that soon in my next commentary... :-)
My curiosity was rewarded, I found the scent stunning and was confused by the somewhat strange scent impressions at first, but after a few hours I was thrilled. It was a combination of an intensive but at the same time unobtrusive powder-cream mixture and a very palatable strawberry note in the heart note. And it was she who fascinated me about Nèh.
I like strawberries. With sugar, with whipped cream and even more in the strawberry daiquiri :-)
And I like them in perfumes too. I love the top note of "Womanity Eau pour Elles" for exactly this reason. But unfortunately it always disappears so quickly. So I was glad to have found something similar here, but with a longer lifespan.
In statements here, this note was once referred to as strawberry-sugar foam and once as powdered strawberry-alkalm gum. Both sounds crazy, but both hit the nail on the head. That's how I perceived it and that's exactly what drew me in
When the sample was empty, I ordered a bottling.
After the first spray, I didn't know my way around. That wasn't the Nah I knew. There was a hairspray note in the top note and in the middle note, like I knew (and didn't like) from "Muschio Bianco". Only after that came the powder-cream mixture again, without almonds. And so without strawberries.
I wasn't sure what to think of it. That I wanted my nèh strawberries back, I did
Thanks to a good souk offer at that very moment of all times, I courageously ordered a bottle. All or nothing. Maybe my cotton candy strawberries will bustle there again. So I thought and hoped
With the bottle Nèh showed me his third face. No hairspray. Whew, lucky you! But no almonds either. And certainly no strawberries - neither with nor without cotton candy. My bottle-Nèh turned out to be a fairly linear powder-cream scent without development and without surprises. Just baby powder on my skin. A lot of it. And soft cream, whether it's blue or some other kind of cream, I can't say now.
This was a really pleasant fragrance, an enveloping one, which accompanies you with good durability for a long time and with quiet consistency quietly but noticeably.
But it was not a fragrance that could inspire me in the long run. I noticed that every now and then I consciously motivated myself to wear it again. Therefore he was now allowed to move on.
Why Nèh showed himself three times in such different ways to me, I will probably never know. Reformulation(s)? Change of the scent due to the different atomizers (1 x plastic, 1 x glass / whereby I am sure at least when filling the glass, that it was freshly tapped before).
One consolation is that I have now found my perfumed strawberries (albeit without cotton candy) unexpectedly in a completely different fragrance. But more on that soon in my next commentary... :-)
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The secret
Everything about this fragrance is mysterious.
It started with how he found me. Never heard of the brand before, it was recommended to me in my fragrance search for a green-fresh fragrance in the forum. But it was kicked out of the shortlist relatively quickly - due to the info "no longer produced" - this only causes headaches, better, you don't know what you missed (or not).
Then a completely different fragrance was discovered in the souk, which the dear Parfuma wanted to release only in a double pack. In combination with one I didn't want at all. The souk hopefully thinned for other candidates - and bang. "Hedera" - recognized immediately. Something like that is no coincidence - the double pack was allowed to be newly arranged and already both were mine.
The mysterious packaging. Inside the pale yellow box with the beautiful ivy leaves - and there is no bottle waiting, as expected. No, there is a second, this time round box, covered with dark green velvet. Like a narrower, higher hat box - very noble and beautiful. Only then do you hold the bottle in your hands.
The scent test itself was a surprise. It was recommended to me as a green-fresh summery fragrance with a minty, cold note. What do you want me to say? I fell out of all the clouds.
After spraying on briefly a citric-herbal "bomb" - so intense that it really and truly tickles your nose, that you - as much as you want to go on - automatically back away a trace, because it is simply too much, presumably the bergamot has the trousers on here... A few moments later, the orange blossom appears - a radiant orange that bathes the scent in a glistening light and conjures up a blissful smile on your face for a few minutes.
From then on the fragrance pyramid does what it wants and no longer adheres to the protocol. Suggestions of coconut are already coming (although listed in the base) and from now on I have a scent here that is not fresh in any way and certainly not cold. He "sweetens," he "bumps." (neatly), he "BROKERS", he's luscious. There's hardly anything more sumptuous. At least on my skin.
I smell no trace of jasmine, no rose, no lavender, no pineapple, no woody notes throughout the fragrance.
The ivy note is dominant throughout and a coconut-buttery, very pleasant, but also very special note flickers in between or in addition. Although not listed, I also mean to smell grapes in between - lush, fully ripe, juicy grapes.
All in all, this fragrance is not uncomplicated and casual for me to wear. He's dominant. He stands out. In my opinion, it is also a scent that polarizes and that could provoke an "ihh, that smells" in some people. Similar to "fig" in perfumes, which sometimes meet with different reactions.
Durability I would classify in the midfield, towards the end it becomes tamer and the designation "green-creamy" probably hits it.
My better half judged him as "strange" and when asked what he smells, I heard 3 times in different fragrance phases "tea/fruit/a tea bag mixture".
And here we come to probably the greatest secret of this fragrance. He should be able to do whatever comes to his mind with us on different skin types. And it might arouse completely different associations in different people. When I read here freshly minty, when I read summery and hear of use at 30 degrees, then I am inclined to believe we are talking about different scents.
But no, I guess it's always the same. "Hedera". The one that refreshes some in summer at 30 degrees, the one that spontaneously reminds others of a visit to a fair, that looks minty-cold in some and that reminds me of a wet-grey autumn day in late summer (in my opinion it fits exactly to this weather) of sweet juicy grapes and coconut butter.
How the always same fragrance does it, how it is able to do it and how something like this is possible at all - that is probably its secret - and will always remain so...
It started with how he found me. Never heard of the brand before, it was recommended to me in my fragrance search for a green-fresh fragrance in the forum. But it was kicked out of the shortlist relatively quickly - due to the info "no longer produced" - this only causes headaches, better, you don't know what you missed (or not).
Then a completely different fragrance was discovered in the souk, which the dear Parfuma wanted to release only in a double pack. In combination with one I didn't want at all. The souk hopefully thinned for other candidates - and bang. "Hedera" - recognized immediately. Something like that is no coincidence - the double pack was allowed to be newly arranged and already both were mine.
The mysterious packaging. Inside the pale yellow box with the beautiful ivy leaves - and there is no bottle waiting, as expected. No, there is a second, this time round box, covered with dark green velvet. Like a narrower, higher hat box - very noble and beautiful. Only then do you hold the bottle in your hands.
The scent test itself was a surprise. It was recommended to me as a green-fresh summery fragrance with a minty, cold note. What do you want me to say? I fell out of all the clouds.
After spraying on briefly a citric-herbal "bomb" - so intense that it really and truly tickles your nose, that you - as much as you want to go on - automatically back away a trace, because it is simply too much, presumably the bergamot has the trousers on here... A few moments later, the orange blossom appears - a radiant orange that bathes the scent in a glistening light and conjures up a blissful smile on your face for a few minutes.
From then on the fragrance pyramid does what it wants and no longer adheres to the protocol. Suggestions of coconut are already coming (although listed in the base) and from now on I have a scent here that is not fresh in any way and certainly not cold. He "sweetens," he "bumps." (neatly), he "BROKERS", he's luscious. There's hardly anything more sumptuous. At least on my skin.
I smell no trace of jasmine, no rose, no lavender, no pineapple, no woody notes throughout the fragrance.
The ivy note is dominant throughout and a coconut-buttery, very pleasant, but also very special note flickers in between or in addition. Although not listed, I also mean to smell grapes in between - lush, fully ripe, juicy grapes.
All in all, this fragrance is not uncomplicated and casual for me to wear. He's dominant. He stands out. In my opinion, it is also a scent that polarizes and that could provoke an "ihh, that smells" in some people. Similar to "fig" in perfumes, which sometimes meet with different reactions.
Durability I would classify in the midfield, towards the end it becomes tamer and the designation "green-creamy" probably hits it.
My better half judged him as "strange" and when asked what he smells, I heard 3 times in different fragrance phases "tea/fruit/a tea bag mixture".
And here we come to probably the greatest secret of this fragrance. He should be able to do whatever comes to his mind with us on different skin types. And it might arouse completely different associations in different people. When I read here freshly minty, when I read summery and hear of use at 30 degrees, then I am inclined to believe we are talking about different scents.
But no, I guess it's always the same. "Hedera". The one that refreshes some in summer at 30 degrees, the one that spontaneously reminds others of a visit to a fair, that looks minty-cold in some and that reminds me of a wet-grey autumn day in late summer (in my opinion it fits exactly to this weather) of sweet juicy grapes and coconut butter.
How the always same fragrance does it, how it is able to do it and how something like this is possible at all - that is probably its secret - and will always remain so...
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Garden idyll in the morning - the "Admission for a breath comment"
Lush green leaves wetted by the morning dew coquet with sliced lemon slices. They're really eager to push themselves to the fore. The more the rising sun shines on the leaves, the stronger their green scent develops.
The mint crouches stealthily behind a bush and observes it (unfortunately) very cautiously from the background.
After two hours the flirting has an end, because the very strong dad rhubarb enters the scene and lies down in the garden. Its fullness casts shadows on the leaves and the lemon slices, whose scent withdraws quite strongly with one blow. What remains is "sun-drenched rhubarb".
A complex, multi-layered fragrance with a vivid progression. Durability and Sillage I would classify in the good midfield. Flacon evaluation based on photo (since tested as sample).
Thanks for the tip! I was very curious about it because of the recommendation and the comments, but unfortunately "shi_sõ" does not develop well on my skin (or not at all in the minty-cold direction I wanted). As already with "Lolitaland" the smell of rhubarb appears very dominant again (although not listed at all)
The mint crouches stealthily behind a bush and observes it (unfortunately) very cautiously from the background.
After two hours the flirting has an end, because the very strong dad rhubarb enters the scene and lies down in the garden. Its fullness casts shadows on the leaves and the lemon slices, whose scent withdraws quite strongly with one blow. What remains is "sun-drenched rhubarb".
A complex, multi-layered fragrance with a vivid progression. Durability and Sillage I would classify in the good midfield. Flacon evaluation based on photo (since tested as sample).
Thanks for the tip! I was very curious about it because of the recommendation and the comments, but unfortunately "shi_sõ" does not develop well on my skin (or not at all in the minty-cold direction I wanted). As already with "Lolitaland" the smell of rhubarb appears very dominant again (although not listed at all)
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Top-freezing need
I don't like summer that way. At least not if the thermometer climbs over 30 degrees for more than two consecutive days and I can't be at the sea.
So this year I often don't like him.
There are very few fragrances that I (v)endure. My "heat collection" now has even five inhabitants, but I still haven't found the ultimate "freshness kick scent" yet...
At a very pleasant soukdeal I got the goodie "Eau Radieuse" as a sample.
And at the first test on a 32 degree day the word "freshness kick smell" took shape. And I suddenly had an idea of what I imagined underneath and what I was looking for.
After spraying I was immediately enveloped in an ice-cold aura of peppermint. Even though the smell was different, the effect reminded me of earlier times when I used this "China oil" inhaler for colds. A feeling that is almost physically palpable down to the last nerve fibres of my brain and that suddenly throws images of ice crystals, dripstone caves and sparkling, clear mountain streams into my head - and that at 32 degrees outside temperature.
That, that's exactly what I imagined.
And all this in such a beautiful bottle. I like very simple flacons very much, they look additionally clear and cool, and this in combination with the beautiful turquoise (at least on the photo) even more so.
And here's the hook. This cold / icy effect / smell impression lasts with me only approx. 35 minutes (today, with the 2nd test I have looked at the clock). Then the scent becomes more mellow by classes. The peppermint withdraws and makes room for a (not more definable) lighter mixture (if I now orientate myself on the listed ingredients, I wouldn't recognize it) banana or bamboo. Although it's not listed, I also mean to smell a hint of jasmine for a while. I don't even notice lemon or mandarins. That which lets the scent fade away, is then for me - clearly perceptible - rhubarb.
And here, at the latest, Eau Radieuse lost me completely. I've never liked rhubarb before, not even on the cake and certainly not in a fragrance. The really passable shelf life of approx. 5 hours does not help
Everything can be frozen these days. Bread, pastries, meat. Ice cream, of course. Entire assets are sometimes frozen. And even pictures - however unnecessary they may be - can be frozen on the TV or DVD player.
And why the hell hasn't anyone invented anything to freeze the top notes of perfumes on your skin?? For a few hours - four, five maybe. Then you can start all over again. It wouldn't matter to me whether it's a spray that you spread on the spraying areas after spraying the perfume or a kind of invisible gel that you apply where you sprayed the perfume on.
It just has to work. Simply cause what you smell and feel immediately after spraying to remain exactly the same. And not changing. Including tweezers of the nerve fibers. And the images of ice crystals. That would be something. I'd like that.
And "Eau Radieuse", this newly invented freezing thing and I would become inseparable friends from June to September.
So this year I often don't like him.
There are very few fragrances that I (v)endure. My "heat collection" now has even five inhabitants, but I still haven't found the ultimate "freshness kick scent" yet...
At a very pleasant soukdeal I got the goodie "Eau Radieuse" as a sample.
And at the first test on a 32 degree day the word "freshness kick smell" took shape. And I suddenly had an idea of what I imagined underneath and what I was looking for.
After spraying I was immediately enveloped in an ice-cold aura of peppermint. Even though the smell was different, the effect reminded me of earlier times when I used this "China oil" inhaler for colds. A feeling that is almost physically palpable down to the last nerve fibres of my brain and that suddenly throws images of ice crystals, dripstone caves and sparkling, clear mountain streams into my head - and that at 32 degrees outside temperature.
That, that's exactly what I imagined.
And all this in such a beautiful bottle. I like very simple flacons very much, they look additionally clear and cool, and this in combination with the beautiful turquoise (at least on the photo) even more so.
And here's the hook. This cold / icy effect / smell impression lasts with me only approx. 35 minutes (today, with the 2nd test I have looked at the clock). Then the scent becomes more mellow by classes. The peppermint withdraws and makes room for a (not more definable) lighter mixture (if I now orientate myself on the listed ingredients, I wouldn't recognize it) banana or bamboo. Although it's not listed, I also mean to smell a hint of jasmine for a while. I don't even notice lemon or mandarins. That which lets the scent fade away, is then for me - clearly perceptible - rhubarb.
And here, at the latest, Eau Radieuse lost me completely. I've never liked rhubarb before, not even on the cake and certainly not in a fragrance. The really passable shelf life of approx. 5 hours does not help
Everything can be frozen these days. Bread, pastries, meat. Ice cream, of course. Entire assets are sometimes frozen. And even pictures - however unnecessary they may be - can be frozen on the TV or DVD player.
And why the hell hasn't anyone invented anything to freeze the top notes of perfumes on your skin?? For a few hours - four, five maybe. Then you can start all over again. It wouldn't matter to me whether it's a spray that you spread on the spraying areas after spraying the perfume or a kind of invisible gel that you apply where you sprayed the perfume on.
It just has to work. Simply cause what you smell and feel immediately after spraying to remain exactly the same. And not changing. Including tweezers of the nerve fibers. And the images of ice crystals. That would be something. I'd like that.
And "Eau Radieuse", this newly invented freezing thing and I would become inseparable friends from June to September.
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