Primel

This Eau de Toilette is evidently an ideal canvas for various sensations: for example, it smells "evil," "like death," "cold," "like a coniferous forest," and so on and so forth. A poem by Ludwig Uhland that I really like comes to mind...

Louis XIV may well have been a clean man, as he enjoyed extensive baths with his various mistresses. Nevertheless, this powerful monarch was actually a poor fellow, a victim of the experimental zeal of his physicians. According to historical accounts,...