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Taurus1967
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Taurus1967
A book full of fig leaves
Books should not be judged only by the cover and fragrances not only by the name. However, I was wondering what the young perfumer's intention was with this eau de parfum.
First I had to think of Geza Schöns "Paper Passion", which he created with the subtitle "Perfume for Booklovers" for Steidl Verlag and whose bottle was designed by Karl Lagerfeld. Well, the fragrance will never receive a design Oscar anyway, and Geza Schön once told at an event that the collaboration with the Göttingen publisher Gerhard Steidl would have been anything but uncomplicated, which explains that "Paper Passion" with its synthetic-woody, fresh aura is more reminiscent of sterile, brand-new paper than of the passion of printed matter.
At Book from Comodity geht´s in a completely different direction. Here, the first chapter opens with a surge of fresh, green and spicy notes that are more like dill cucumbers than eucalyptus, but in the second chapter they undergo a metamorphosis to cowardice without this being officially stated.
Fortunately, the fig aroma doesn't drift into the coconut-like, which can happen all too often, but remains seriously greenish-herbaceous and then glides from side to side and chapter to chapter into the woody with a light blow into the musk amber-like and indeed velvety finish. At least in the last part, the association with the theme of the freshly printed book is somewhat comprehensible.
I don't know why Book has to smell so intensely like figs and to what extent this may come from the Nootka fake cypress or Alaska cypress, whose firewood is quite popular because of its aroma. Conceptually the whole thing limps a little, but detached from it the fragrance with its unusual development is remarkable.
First I had to think of Geza Schöns "Paper Passion", which he created with the subtitle "Perfume for Booklovers" for Steidl Verlag and whose bottle was designed by Karl Lagerfeld. Well, the fragrance will never receive a design Oscar anyway, and Geza Schön once told at an event that the collaboration with the Göttingen publisher Gerhard Steidl would have been anything but uncomplicated, which explains that "Paper Passion" with its synthetic-woody, fresh aura is more reminiscent of sterile, brand-new paper than of the passion of printed matter.
At Book from Comodity geht´s in a completely different direction. Here, the first chapter opens with a surge of fresh, green and spicy notes that are more like dill cucumbers than eucalyptus, but in the second chapter they undergo a metamorphosis to cowardice without this being officially stated.
Fortunately, the fig aroma doesn't drift into the coconut-like, which can happen all too often, but remains seriously greenish-herbaceous and then glides from side to side and chapter to chapter into the woody with a light blow into the musk amber-like and indeed velvety finish. At least in the last part, the association with the theme of the freshly printed book is somewhat comprehensible.
I don't know why Book has to smell so intensely like figs and to what extent this may come from the Nootka fake cypress or Alaska cypress, whose firewood is quite popular because of its aroma. Conceptually the whole thing limps a little, but detached from it the fragrance with its unusual development is remarkable.
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