04/10/2021
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"The Thorn Birds" or "He who will not hear must feel" ... ;-)
-"You were and will always be my rose. The loveliest picture of a man, the loveliest thought..."
-"Oh, a picture, a thought, that's all I am to you, you dreaming romantic fool. You have no idea what love really is. Oh, go away. I can't stand the sight of you anymore. You forgot one thing in your picture of the rose. It has sharp, prickly thorns."
For me, this quote from the novel "The Thorn Birds" pretty much sums up the emotions associated with perfume. Why? Well, there are several reasons.
I like to buy "blind" and orient myself on the chords, the notes, the perfumer, but also on reviews on different platforms. Usually the strategy works, but unfortunately not always - so it happened with this fragrance.
While searching for my "perfect" rose scent, I came across a few reviews of this perfume. It was usually described as an oriental-warm vanilla rose, which for me was in effect a call to buy. The notes fit too, and I love Alberto Morillas anyway. After a lot of back-and-forth (the price is quite high after all), I decided to buy it. The package arrived and...wait, is this the right perfume? Where's the vanilla, the wärem and above all - where's the rose? What came to me was a bitter-sour patchouli scent. Dry, very dry in fact. The rose comes out a little more with time, but so minimally that I can hardly call the perfume a rose scent.
I tried it a few more times, but nothing changed. My skin simply refuses to accept the perfume.
The disappointment passed, of course. What remained is the (but again) confirmation that "blind purchases" are fun, but just can hurt :).
So, always brav before test and do not forget: every rose has thorns ;-)
-"Oh, a picture, a thought, that's all I am to you, you dreaming romantic fool. You have no idea what love really is. Oh, go away. I can't stand the sight of you anymore. You forgot one thing in your picture of the rose. It has sharp, prickly thorns."
For me, this quote from the novel "The Thorn Birds" pretty much sums up the emotions associated with perfume. Why? Well, there are several reasons.
I like to buy "blind" and orient myself on the chords, the notes, the perfumer, but also on reviews on different platforms. Usually the strategy works, but unfortunately not always - so it happened with this fragrance.
While searching for my "perfect" rose scent, I came across a few reviews of this perfume. It was usually described as an oriental-warm vanilla rose, which for me was in effect a call to buy. The notes fit too, and I love Alberto Morillas anyway. After a lot of back-and-forth (the price is quite high after all), I decided to buy it. The package arrived and...wait, is this the right perfume? Where's the vanilla, the wärem and above all - where's the rose? What came to me was a bitter-sour patchouli scent. Dry, very dry in fact. The rose comes out a little more with time, but so minimally that I can hardly call the perfume a rose scent.
I tried it a few more times, but nothing changed. My skin simply refuses to accept the perfume.
The disappointment passed, of course. What remained is the (but again) confirmation that "blind purchases" are fun, but just can hurt :).
So, always brav before test and do not forget: every rose has thorns ;-)
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