10/01/2023
Florblanca
39 Reviews
Florblanca
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The same family, and yet...
A wonderfully fragrant package from two parfumo friends contained a vial containing an original Acaciosa perfume sample. You two probably have no idea how much joy you have given me, I thank you very much for that. In the meantime, a small perfume bottle was allowed to move in with me and I will guard it like a treasure.
Acacias belong to the mimosa family and these in turn belong to the legumes. In contrast to mimosas, acacias are almost only found in Australia and New Zealand and almost always have sharp thorns on the branches. They are shrub plants that become woody over time, but rarely form trees. Their leaves can be very different - some leaves can almost be compared with those of the mimosa, others look like the leaves of eucalyptus trees and others have very bizarre shapes. Whatever their form, they do not respond to touch, like mimosa leaves, whose sensitivity to touch has given rise to the common expression "sensitive like mimosa".
In our part of the world, robinias are often referred to as acacias, but they have nothing to do with acacias.
Both Acaciosa and Caron's wonderful Farnesiana smell like mimosa and acacia respectively and yet they are very different. Where Farnesiana reproduces the lush scent of Mediterranean mimosa with all its honey sweetness and a good dose of powdery, in Acaciosa the bees have long since licked away the honey.
Acaciosa is significantly fresher and clearer than Farnesiana, without any powderiness and only with a certain sweetness at the beginning. This makes Acaciosa - at least for me - more elegant than Farnesiana, which I would describe as cozy and gourmand and is more likely to be worn in winter. Acaciosa has a certain green note, on which the scent of the acacia flowers is embedded. I thought for a long time whether I should classify it as "resinous" or "smoky", but then decided on resinous. The fine smokiness that is inherent in Acaciosa has more of a resinous overtone.
I can't see a great progression with either scent. They probably have small facets that form a nice addition, but basically remain the same throughout the entire fragrance period. Personally, I like Acaciosa better because of its lower sweetness. It is a real shame that Caron no longer has Acaciosa on the website, unlike Farnesiana. Acaciosa is much less common and therefore more expensive, unless you are lucky, like I was in this case.
Caron scents are really something special, and each one enriches my collection.
Acacias belong to the mimosa family and these in turn belong to the legumes. In contrast to mimosas, acacias are almost only found in Australia and New Zealand and almost always have sharp thorns on the branches. They are shrub plants that become woody over time, but rarely form trees. Their leaves can be very different - some leaves can almost be compared with those of the mimosa, others look like the leaves of eucalyptus trees and others have very bizarre shapes. Whatever their form, they do not respond to touch, like mimosa leaves, whose sensitivity to touch has given rise to the common expression "sensitive like mimosa".
In our part of the world, robinias are often referred to as acacias, but they have nothing to do with acacias.
Both Acaciosa and Caron's wonderful Farnesiana smell like mimosa and acacia respectively and yet they are very different. Where Farnesiana reproduces the lush scent of Mediterranean mimosa with all its honey sweetness and a good dose of powdery, in Acaciosa the bees have long since licked away the honey.
Acaciosa is significantly fresher and clearer than Farnesiana, without any powderiness and only with a certain sweetness at the beginning. This makes Acaciosa - at least for me - more elegant than Farnesiana, which I would describe as cozy and gourmand and is more likely to be worn in winter. Acaciosa has a certain green note, on which the scent of the acacia flowers is embedded. I thought for a long time whether I should classify it as "resinous" or "smoky", but then decided on resinous. The fine smokiness that is inherent in Acaciosa has more of a resinous overtone.
I can't see a great progression with either scent. They probably have small facets that form a nice addition, but basically remain the same throughout the entire fragrance period. Personally, I like Acaciosa better because of its lower sweetness. It is a real shame that Caron no longer has Acaciosa on the website, unlike Farnesiana. Acaciosa is much less common and therefore more expensive, unless you are lucky, like I was in this case.
Caron scents are really something special, and each one enriches my collection.
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