Clove-Oriental with a Dark Base
I recently went hunting for fragrances at a flea market, and at a private stand, I struck gold. A large, flat glass bowl filled with nothing but....... PARFUM MINIATURES from mostly UNKNOWN MANUFACTURERS!! There was so much to smell, to test, to "fumble with" for a whole hour. Some little bottles were completely full,...
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Nights in Lavender Blue
A new "cheapie" has now joined my collection - of course, it was once again a blind swap that, like many before it, enjoys my full satisfaction. Cool and fresh, it starts into the night - green, citrusy, and spiced with a hint of pepper. Some fine flowers come into play, all of which remain quite subtly in the backgrou...
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In Chypre Fever
Cough cough.... pant pant... "Fever beads" on my forehead as I was at the flea market today. I almost stumble into the next stall. Private individuals selling there. All sorts of knick-knacks on the wallpaper table draped with a purple tablecloth. In the back left, PARFUM BOTTLES are practically glowing at me. A small...
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Herb-Hutzel or Forest Fairy?!?
Strange, magical, good! That's how I would describe the scent. The "strange" part is that it feels like a kind of double fragrance to me. At first glance, it seems to be a fougère. Very green, very herbal and spicy. In the background, gnarly resins lurk. Like a herbal hutzel witch. Ancient, wise, and good-natured! But...
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Herbaceous Lavender!!
And what a lavender it is! I already know quite a few lavender scents - from A like Atkinsons and Avon, through F like Fragonard to Y like Yardley. All of them are good. And all quite different - within the same main theme. From softly sweet to green-floral to herb-floral-green. This one is very herbaceous! And also ea...
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The Lake Behind the Sea - Land Included
Here I stand by the water. In front of me a lake, in the background the sea. In between, a strip of land, covered with Mediterranean herbs and individual eucalyptus trees. The herbal-floral rosemary competes in fragrance with the slightly bitter sage and aromatic-green thyme. The airy-salty breeze from the sea is quite...
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A Journey to the Other End of the Night
This fragrance is neither classic, nor mainstream, nor niche. It is something between a night scent, sea breeze, cypress grove, campfire, incense ritual, and deep forest, very distinctive and unique. Velvety darkness greets you right from the top notes, intensifying with wear; its colors play with dark blue, deep green...
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Beautiful Green Chypre World!
Where have you gone, you magical scents? Why were you discontinued? Not only purely nostalgic but also timeless. But I get to sniff it, this "rough fellow" with the floral heart, all spicy and with a mossy-woody base. Like the Shire in spring, like an ancient, mysterious garden changing with the seasons. So bright the...
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Dance of the Resins!
And here lies the "devil" in the details! Of all the "Six Scents" fragrances, there was only a limited edition of 3000 bottles. Quite limited indeed. I’m not exactly sure why this was done, but I think it was a one-time artist project and therefore not produced further. The scent itself is a somewhat quirky affair, in...
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Nights in Lavender Blue
A new "cheapie" has now joined my collection - of course, it was once again a blind swap that, like many before it, enjoys my full satisfaction. Cool and fresh, it starts into the night - green, citrusy, and spiced with a hint of pepper. Some fine flowers come into play, all of which remain quite subtly in the backgrou...
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Fantastic "Many-Weather Fragrance" with countless facets
I can't categorize these "Swedish Experiences" anywhere! They belong neither to the Chypres or Fougères, nor to the floral and/or oriental scents. Not even to the woody perfumes or those that are oriented towards "sea breeze." I could still go through several fragrance families along with their subgroups, but none real...
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A true "all-in-one"
No, I did not make a typo here, even though a thick, bold red bar appears under the word while writing this. That is exactly how it is meant. This wonderful fragrance smells to me like "fairy forest" and "declines" all seasons from early spring to the deepest winter. In the beginning, there is pre-spring. The seemingly...
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