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Notes06/27/2020
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An elegant fragrance for the summer
So there I was after years back in my homeland, walking at the foot of the mountain down to the city gates of my village in Sicily: Taormina. It felt grotesque to come back here, but I soon realized how much I had missed this idyll. Why exactly I left at that time, I can no longer put into words in a meaningful way in the retrospective. I meandered through the valley towards the village, but I noticed a gentle hesitation within myself. It became clearer: slowly a queasy feeling came over me after all these years, which is why I still had to roam around a bit outside, to disperse myself, to take away the fear of my own courage.
So I walked through the nearby lemon groves and enjoyed the fresh air that made the lemons smell combined with a breeze that seemed to come directly from the sea.
Not far away there were bitter orange trees, which let their branches dance in the wind. I grabbed several leaves and led them to my nose. It was wonderful how this intense herbaceous orange scent rose up to my nose. So familiar and yet so refreshingly new. Mixed with the lemon trees not far away, it felt invigorating. I smiled at the thought, because my homecoming could not begin better.
But subliminally a constant woody and spicy and sublime scent accompanied me...could it...?
Could that be after all these years? All those years of change, of progress but here they had to be standing somewhere. Like nothing but memorials of tradition, of returning to the roots, of the importance of inner reflection. I took a few steps and finally saw them, the wonderful Virginia cedars. There they stood and I came closer to look at their small, almost needle-like leaves. It smelled wonderfully woody, slightly tart. Occasionally I saw ladybirds buzzing around on the cedars, so I was not alone with my impression.
Now I was ready. The reunion with the old acquaintances from the village was imminent and I had gained enough confidence. One last time I looked around me, soaking up all the smells :
The dominant cedar was the fragrance of bitter orange and lemon, with the lavender playing gently around the fresh notes, as well as the tart element of petitgrain and cedar. I set off and noticed how a spicy and peppery note gradually tried to replace the citric character.
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Acqua di Parma is a label that I appreciate very much. Including this one, I own five fragrances which all combine the natural citrus notes and which often radiate enormous elegance in their simplicity. The Cedro di Taormina is unfortunately no longer produced, but it is a refreshing fragrance of a special kind, as it has the cedar as its nucleus, which receives the refreshing facets from the outside. These are astringent in nature, matching the quiet and serious cedar.
Before the scent here, I was looking for a summery refresher of a slightly different kind. I was looking for a complement to the ones in my collection, something for the office or more precisely for customer appointments, which would radiate more elegance than a simple citrus scent. At Cedro di Taormina I like the above combination very much and I will close my search for summer fragrances with this.
So I walked through the nearby lemon groves and enjoyed the fresh air that made the lemons smell combined with a breeze that seemed to come directly from the sea.
Not far away there were bitter orange trees, which let their branches dance in the wind. I grabbed several leaves and led them to my nose. It was wonderful how this intense herbaceous orange scent rose up to my nose. So familiar and yet so refreshingly new. Mixed with the lemon trees not far away, it felt invigorating. I smiled at the thought, because my homecoming could not begin better.
But subliminally a constant woody and spicy and sublime scent accompanied me...could it...?
Could that be after all these years? All those years of change, of progress but here they had to be standing somewhere. Like nothing but memorials of tradition, of returning to the roots, of the importance of inner reflection. I took a few steps and finally saw them, the wonderful Virginia cedars. There they stood and I came closer to look at their small, almost needle-like leaves. It smelled wonderfully woody, slightly tart. Occasionally I saw ladybirds buzzing around on the cedars, so I was not alone with my impression.
Now I was ready. The reunion with the old acquaintances from the village was imminent and I had gained enough confidence. One last time I looked around me, soaking up all the smells :
The dominant cedar was the fragrance of bitter orange and lemon, with the lavender playing gently around the fresh notes, as well as the tart element of petitgrain and cedar. I set off and noticed how a spicy and peppery note gradually tried to replace the citric character.
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Acqua di Parma is a label that I appreciate very much. Including this one, I own five fragrances which all combine the natural citrus notes and which often radiate enormous elegance in their simplicity. The Cedro di Taormina is unfortunately no longer produced, but it is a refreshing fragrance of a special kind, as it has the cedar as its nucleus, which receives the refreshing facets from the outside. These are astringent in nature, matching the quiet and serious cedar.
Before the scent here, I was looking for a summery refresher of a slightly different kind. I was looking for a complement to the ones in my collection, something for the office or more precisely for customer appointments, which would radiate more elegance than a simple citrus scent. At Cedro di Taormina I like the above combination very much and I will close my search for summer fragrances with this.
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