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Susan
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Good is easy......All that is divine walks on tender feet....
With this beautiful quote from Friedrich Nietzsche the description could actually already end.
Good. Divine. Light. Delicate.
This is LA PAUSA.
However, this fragrance touches me so deeply that it is my heart's desire to pay homage to it in a little more detail and to bring its shimmering glow out into the world......
For over 35 years, I try - in dutiful regularity - now and then on iris fragrances.....a note that usually does not particularly appeal to me, and which has never been able to entice me to buy.......resulting from these countless experiences, my expectations were correspondingly low......
I tested only because of the "green notes", the information that vetiver is included and the fact that it is a Chanel....a house that I usually appreciate very much (from the "lion" ;-)...).....
About the fragrance
LA PAUSA is an extremely elegant fragrance, which captivates both by markedly distinguished restraint and by luxurious simplicity......er represents for me the serene ease of being, as it must have felt Mademoiselle Chanel, when she looked out on the terrace of her villa in Roquebrune on the sea at her feet......
The facets of iris that resound in LA PAUSA are far beyond mother earth, roots, carrots or lipsticks......far beyond anything too representational.....
Its sound is wonderfully natural, distinctly fragile and delicately silky......as if it breathes a soft melody that gently vibrates the bright green grasses and herbs surrounding it, eliciting from them a gentle whisper.......if spring birdsong were a scent, I would argue it is contained in LA PAUSA......
The "powdery notes" indicated in the pyramid are there, but never overpowering or even suffocating......no comparison to fragrances such as Teint de Neige......
We women know all about the different powder consistencies.....while the aforementioned TdN is the equivalent of thick concealer, LA PAUSA is a delicate touch of "translucent powder"......it merely provides a soft, matte-shimmer finish......
Finally, light woods give this enchantingly calm and meditative fragrance some substance.....just enough to keep it from breaking.....
Lovers of Chanel 19 Extrait (Vintage) should take a chance.....