05/25/2018
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Happy Matthias
One of my undisputed favourite books as a boy was 'Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt', written by the North Frisian writer Boy Lornsen. The book is about a boy named Tobias (=Tobbi) and a small robot (=Robbi), who together with a vehicle called 'Fliewatüüt' (which can fly like a helicopter, hence 'Flie', which can swim on the water, hence 'wa', and which can drive on the road like a car, hence 'tüüt'), invented by Tobbi and built by Robbi, embark on a journey, on which they have to endure adventures and solve puzzles. And they meet the lucky Matthias.
Lucky Matthias is a lighthouse keeper. He has lived for thirty-five years on his lighthouse (with 177 steps) in the middle of the sea and invites his surprising visitors to roast potatoes with fried eggs. He is also good friends with the fast Fridolin - a dolphin who pulls them to the North Pole with a rope. Happy Matthias lives a simple life - with fried potatoes, grog and his lighthouse - and is so happy in this simplicity. The sea. The wind. The sun. Pickled herrings for the Fast Fridolin. And from time to time maybe a visit from a small inventor and a small robot.
Omertas Putting Green would be the fragrance for someone like the lucky Matthias - if he were wearing one at all. In an uncomplicated way, friendly and masculine. Light-footed, but not banal. Fresh, but not insignificant. Unexcited, but present. Extremely inexpensive to buy and very economical to use - so more is left for a bottle of rum and an extra herring for the Fast Fridolin. Here I skip the parallels to that fragrance from France, to which it actually resembles quite astonishingly. That's already been said, it's all true - but nevertheless Putting Green deserves its own comment - and a friendly one.
Conclusion: a scent like a man alone on a dike, the sun in his neck, and the sea breeze in his hair. And for the lucky Matthias, as he looks out of his lighthouse from the Fliewatüüt, as it disappears on the horizon.
Lucky Matthias is a lighthouse keeper. He has lived for thirty-five years on his lighthouse (with 177 steps) in the middle of the sea and invites his surprising visitors to roast potatoes with fried eggs. He is also good friends with the fast Fridolin - a dolphin who pulls them to the North Pole with a rope. Happy Matthias lives a simple life - with fried potatoes, grog and his lighthouse - and is so happy in this simplicity. The sea. The wind. The sun. Pickled herrings for the Fast Fridolin. And from time to time maybe a visit from a small inventor and a small robot.
Omertas Putting Green would be the fragrance for someone like the lucky Matthias - if he were wearing one at all. In an uncomplicated way, friendly and masculine. Light-footed, but not banal. Fresh, but not insignificant. Unexcited, but present. Extremely inexpensive to buy and very economical to use - so more is left for a bottle of rum and an extra herring for the Fast Fridolin. Here I skip the parallels to that fragrance from France, to which it actually resembles quite astonishingly. That's already been said, it's all true - but nevertheless Putting Green deserves its own comment - and a friendly one.
Conclusion: a scent like a man alone on a dike, the sun in his neck, and the sea breeze in his hair. And for the lucky Matthias, as he looks out of his lighthouse from the Fliewatüüt, as it disappears on the horizon.
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