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At the Colognist Café: Lime sorbet
Eyüp Sabri Tuncer, which was founded in 1923, almost as long as modern Turkey, sells an enormous amount of Kolonyas in addition to various care products. The assortment is a bit confusing. At the core, two series can be identified: One with a somewhat playful, vintage flacon design and fragrance names that mostly refer to neighborhoods and landmarks in Istanbul. And this one with a more no-nonsense design and (mostly) equally simple names. (It's not quite that simple though, there's also all sorts of overlap and ambiguity, e.g. there seems to be a "White Tea" and "Tobacco" fragrance in both series).
The "plain series", to which this fragrance belongs, comes up with an unconvincing traditional lemon (Klasik Limon), reminiscent of refreshing wipes from the Vienna Woods, plus also a cool-water blend (Okyanus), a lavender variant (Lavanta), a white tea (Beyaz Cay, I've already commented) and several scents that are not typical of colognes, like cherry blossom or amber. My favorites from this range are Tütün, a direction apparently popular with Turkish Kolonyas (variation on Tabac Original), Bodrum Mandalinasi (a mandarin scent), and this scent here, Çeşme Limonu, the lemons from Çeşme.
What is special about the lemons from Çeşme, I don't know. In any case, Çeşme is a small town on the Turkish Aegean Sea near Izmir and probably a rather fashionable seaside resort. The term means "fountain", because the city is said to have had particularly many of them since time immemorial.
Also Çeşme Limonu is a very simple, unpretentious use Kolonya with correspondingly low durability and sillage, but its fragrance is incomparably more beautiful and also a little more complex than, for example, that of Klasik Limon. Here, the tart green, a little bitter notes of lemon are in the foreground: evoked is most likely the image of a grated green lime peel - but that sugared, because a strong shot of sweetness is also there.
Overall, a simple, quick, and inexpensive green-lime treat.
the review is a reprint of a four year old comment I wrote after consuming a sample, I've since gone through an entire bottle as well, though mostly just to sanitize my hands.
Second visit to the Colognist Cafe.
The list in the blog has been updated.
The "plain series", to which this fragrance belongs, comes up with an unconvincing traditional lemon (Klasik Limon), reminiscent of refreshing wipes from the Vienna Woods, plus also a cool-water blend (Okyanus), a lavender variant (Lavanta), a white tea (Beyaz Cay, I've already commented) and several scents that are not typical of colognes, like cherry blossom or amber. My favorites from this range are Tütün, a direction apparently popular with Turkish Kolonyas (variation on Tabac Original), Bodrum Mandalinasi (a mandarin scent), and this scent here, Çeşme Limonu, the lemons from Çeşme.
What is special about the lemons from Çeşme, I don't know. In any case, Çeşme is a small town on the Turkish Aegean Sea near Izmir and probably a rather fashionable seaside resort. The term means "fountain", because the city is said to have had particularly many of them since time immemorial.
Also Çeşme Limonu is a very simple, unpretentious use Kolonya with correspondingly low durability and sillage, but its fragrance is incomparably more beautiful and also a little more complex than, for example, that of Klasik Limon. Here, the tart green, a little bitter notes of lemon are in the foreground: evoked is most likely the image of a grated green lime peel - but that sugared, because a strong shot of sweetness is also there.
Overall, a simple, quick, and inexpensive green-lime treat.
the review is a reprint of a four year old comment I wrote after consuming a sample, I've since gone through an entire bottle as well, though mostly just to sanitize my hands.
Second visit to the Colognist Cafe.
The list in the blog has been updated.
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