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04/21/2020
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Colonia instead of Corona. No. 2: Ristretto.
What better proof is there for my thesis expressed in No. 1 that epidemic periods are suitable for cologne than the fact that this is the third 4711 commentary in one week and the fifth in two months? Before that, there were six months of rest. The stuff is definitely in full swing, the times inspire to colognate (sometimes maybe with the detour via perspiration).
If the "Classique" of Alpa is a soft-ground bergamot, 4711 is a full-on-face bergamot, with plenty of lemon that can be felt cleanly. 4711 has an uncompromising citric hardness and sharpness that is almost metallic cutting. In this beginning lies the unmistakable sound of 4711 that no other fragrance in the world has.
This makes this fragrance a real freshness shot. If it were coffee, it would be espresso ristretto doppio. Made from 100% Robusta beans. With maximum roasting degree. Boiling hot. This makes 4711 a real anti-perfume. It has nothing voluptuous, soft, not from "I make myself beautiful and have a good time".
Therefore, 4711 was always possible even in the times and with the target groups where a perfume did not work. Perfume? That's for women. I'm a man. It's for Frenchmen, I'm German. It's for young women, I'm already 40. It's for happy people. I'm a widow. It's for Saturday at the most, for fun and games. But it's a working day and I'm working. Or Sunday and I'm in church. Yeah, perfume doesn't work there. But 4711, that's different. It's always possible. It's a real thing. A medicine. A tool Like Odol for bad breath. Like rubbing alcohol for sore muscles. Like the spirit of Melissa for catarrh
This is all true, and because of the hardness and almost uncomfortable speed of this fragrance, it is still suitable for situations in which the environment would perhaps ask for a "real" perfume: Is he/she still got it all? NOW have nothing better to do than to put on a perfume?? 4711 the firefighter can also dab himself on the burning house during a major operation. Or the Corona doctor during a short break from intensive care. And that's when 4711 might be the best choice, because it works immediately, it stimulates and wakes you up.
But a very, very little bit, this "4711 is not a perfume!" was also always a cunning self-deception and camouflage to the environment. 4711 is not pure lemon water that you could use to wipe out the fridge. The herbs and the lavender in the heart (as far as one wants to postulate a classic course here at all) give it a somehow noble character and stability, and yes, yes, in the base, which starts after 15 minutes, there is something tender, fine, soft, hardly noticeable, but it is there. No vanilla, no jasmine, but still a delicately flowery neroli. And with that, it's a bit of perfume.
I really like 4711. And even though I don't give top marks to either the fragrance or the bottle, I hope that both will continue to exist in exactly the same form, without any changes, for a long time to come!
That was the scent commentary, and now some afterthoughts (corona-free, but omah-containing):
4711 is constantly perceived as "omega scent". And, not identical, but related to it, it is associated with "humiliating" scenes in which, as small children, we were wiped with handkerchiefs soaked with 4711 to wipe our cocoa mouth or bloody knee, which we found stupid. Why does the grandmother beg us so, we are big and strong after all.
Of course I do not condemn anyone who feels this way and who therefore categorically rejects 4711. Nevertheless, I think one should reflect on such rejection. In any case, I do not share it for me personally
For us perfume users "in the best years" (today's age 40 to 60), 4711 is clearly already somehow a granny fragrance. Because the generation of our grandmothers used 4711 a lot. In their youth there was Hitler and war, and when it was over, they were often widows, rape victims, wrecked women. And then it was time to rebuild an ideal world with home movies. That was not the time of Chanel No. 5, that was the time of 4711. And then they were old and stayed with 4711. So, is there something wrong with that? Is that why you have to turn down 4711? Okay, of course there were also really bad grandmas. If you had one of those, you might not really want to be reminded of them via 4711. My grandmas had their abysses and their strange sides, but all in all they were not wrong. And they were good to me anyway. And that they were 4711-grandmothers and not Mitsouko-grandmothers has reasons that you can look at with compassion rather than reluctance.
And as for the other thing: I think that if the wife or husband wipes your mouth without asking for permission, that is, as long as you are not senile, in any case, inappropriate begging. For parents and grandparents it is part of the job description. From their point of view it is (was?) an expression of love and of not letting the child run around with a drooling mouth. Part of the child's job description is to find the child stupid. And to the job description of the adult child, to have become more mature and to see the wiping rage of parents and grandmothers in a milder, maybe even now tender light.
And then a convent woman, Melissa spirit!
If the "Classique" of Alpa is a soft-ground bergamot, 4711 is a full-on-face bergamot, with plenty of lemon that can be felt cleanly. 4711 has an uncompromising citric hardness and sharpness that is almost metallic cutting. In this beginning lies the unmistakable sound of 4711 that no other fragrance in the world has.
This makes this fragrance a real freshness shot. If it were coffee, it would be espresso ristretto doppio. Made from 100% Robusta beans. With maximum roasting degree. Boiling hot. This makes 4711 a real anti-perfume. It has nothing voluptuous, soft, not from "I make myself beautiful and have a good time".
Therefore, 4711 was always possible even in the times and with the target groups where a perfume did not work. Perfume? That's for women. I'm a man. It's for Frenchmen, I'm German. It's for young women, I'm already 40. It's for happy people. I'm a widow. It's for Saturday at the most, for fun and games. But it's a working day and I'm working. Or Sunday and I'm in church. Yeah, perfume doesn't work there. But 4711, that's different. It's always possible. It's a real thing. A medicine. A tool Like Odol for bad breath. Like rubbing alcohol for sore muscles. Like the spirit of Melissa for catarrh
This is all true, and because of the hardness and almost uncomfortable speed of this fragrance, it is still suitable for situations in which the environment would perhaps ask for a "real" perfume: Is he/she still got it all? NOW have nothing better to do than to put on a perfume?? 4711 the firefighter can also dab himself on the burning house during a major operation. Or the Corona doctor during a short break from intensive care. And that's when 4711 might be the best choice, because it works immediately, it stimulates and wakes you up.
But a very, very little bit, this "4711 is not a perfume!" was also always a cunning self-deception and camouflage to the environment. 4711 is not pure lemon water that you could use to wipe out the fridge. The herbs and the lavender in the heart (as far as one wants to postulate a classic course here at all) give it a somehow noble character and stability, and yes, yes, in the base, which starts after 15 minutes, there is something tender, fine, soft, hardly noticeable, but it is there. No vanilla, no jasmine, but still a delicately flowery neroli. And with that, it's a bit of perfume.
I really like 4711. And even though I don't give top marks to either the fragrance or the bottle, I hope that both will continue to exist in exactly the same form, without any changes, for a long time to come!
That was the scent commentary, and now some afterthoughts (corona-free, but omah-containing):
4711 is constantly perceived as "omega scent". And, not identical, but related to it, it is associated with "humiliating" scenes in which, as small children, we were wiped with handkerchiefs soaked with 4711 to wipe our cocoa mouth or bloody knee, which we found stupid. Why does the grandmother beg us so, we are big and strong after all.
Of course I do not condemn anyone who feels this way and who therefore categorically rejects 4711. Nevertheless, I think one should reflect on such rejection. In any case, I do not share it for me personally
For us perfume users "in the best years" (today's age 40 to 60), 4711 is clearly already somehow a granny fragrance. Because the generation of our grandmothers used 4711 a lot. In their youth there was Hitler and war, and when it was over, they were often widows, rape victims, wrecked women. And then it was time to rebuild an ideal world with home movies. That was not the time of Chanel No. 5, that was the time of 4711. And then they were old and stayed with 4711. So, is there something wrong with that? Is that why you have to turn down 4711? Okay, of course there were also really bad grandmas. If you had one of those, you might not really want to be reminded of them via 4711. My grandmas had their abysses and their strange sides, but all in all they were not wrong. And they were good to me anyway. And that they were 4711-grandmothers and not Mitsouko-grandmothers has reasons that you can look at with compassion rather than reluctance.
And as for the other thing: I think that if the wife or husband wipes your mouth without asking for permission, that is, as long as you are not senile, in any case, inappropriate begging. For parents and grandparents it is part of the job description. From their point of view it is (was?) an expression of love and of not letting the child run around with a drooling mouth. Part of the child's job description is to find the child stupid. And to the job description of the adult child, to have become more mature and to see the wiping rage of parents and grandmothers in a milder, maybe even now tender light.
And then a convent woman, Melissa spirit!
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