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02/05/2021
BorderCollie
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BorderCollie
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Tintin et le lac aux requins
I am certainly not whispering an illuminatingly masterful proclamation into the round when I exlexly state for the record that subjectively disposed attributes play an elementary role in the choice of a perfume per se. In addition to skin type, individual sudor, any nostalgic aberrations, et cetera, one's own personality in rerum natura shows itself inclined to become the decisive factor. Thus, one's own tastes, land upon land, always nonchalantly postulate often indecent relevance! Or as my good old friend Curtie used to say, "tastes and slaps differ". What/who I myself like to smell of may bother someone else. So I think that in considering whether or how copiously one makes use of which odorant, it is an expression of consideration, but of course also a matter of occasion and intention, as to how benevolently the distinguished man seeks to transport his presumably exclusive bouquet across the olfactory threshold of omnipresent or alternate receptors.
After this epically moiré prologue, now to the actual subject: Didier Gaglewski has his business in a small shop in the south of France. By profession, he is what the French call "le nez", "the nose". He learned his trade at the perfumery school in Grasse, known from Patrick Süskind's novel "Perfume". Almost all noses come from there, because there are only two of this kind of school in Europe; the one in Grasse and a smaller one near Paris. Gaglewski is rather one of the very small ones in his line. Ten fragrances, bottled in square bottles on the large table in the middle of the room, have been created in eight years of freelancing. "Creating a perfume, that takes time. Usually a few months," he says. More and more people don't want a mainstream smell, just a good perfume that tells a story. "When you spray it on, it's an olfactory explosion. The smell doesn't just get less over the course of a day. The individual components dissipate at different rates. That's why it always smells different. It's like a story - even a good perfume has to be coherent until the end."
"Journaliste" opens the eye to a world full of elegance and many a mystery. Projecting citrus essences of the essential oils petitgrain barbaryadier and mandarin, obtained by water distillation of leaves and twig tips, give the woody, spicy fragrance a liveliness and freshness that takes the curious and open mind on a journey to distant lands. Accompanied by ginger and cardamom, oakmoss and dry tonka bean awaken the hint of sophistication for those who, like "Tintin and Milou", go all the way to the end of the adventure, mingling inspiringly with stimulating explorer journalism. Hschhhh! Is there an occasional stubborn cinnamon peering through the leaves in the undergrowth, and does the rising sun elicit a fine musky haze from the ground in the twilight? It is left to the inclined agent - whether in knickerbockers or classic trousers - to set sail and do their own research. With a fair degree of certainty, I suspect that there's about to be Schulze and Schultze shooting around the corner and ... "Hail and shells!" Captain Haddock and his bad manners will create an unholy mess. But, against all odds, here is a likeable and resourceful hero with an instinctively sure nose for sleuthing who has won not a few lovers for his neat little series of genuine works of art. And, to be continued, right?
Épilogue d'ingrédients: Alcohol, Parfum (Fragrance), Aqua (Water), Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Benzoate, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Cinnamal, Citral, Citronellol, Coumarin, Eugenol, Farnesol, Geraniol, Isoeugenol, d-Limonene, Linalool.
After this epically moiré prologue, now to the actual subject: Didier Gaglewski has his business in a small shop in the south of France. By profession, he is what the French call "le nez", "the nose". He learned his trade at the perfumery school in Grasse, known from Patrick Süskind's novel "Perfume". Almost all noses come from there, because there are only two of this kind of school in Europe; the one in Grasse and a smaller one near Paris. Gaglewski is rather one of the very small ones in his line. Ten fragrances, bottled in square bottles on the large table in the middle of the room, have been created in eight years of freelancing. "Creating a perfume, that takes time. Usually a few months," he says. More and more people don't want a mainstream smell, just a good perfume that tells a story. "When you spray it on, it's an olfactory explosion. The smell doesn't just get less over the course of a day. The individual components dissipate at different rates. That's why it always smells different. It's like a story - even a good perfume has to be coherent until the end."
"Journaliste" opens the eye to a world full of elegance and many a mystery. Projecting citrus essences of the essential oils petitgrain barbaryadier and mandarin, obtained by water distillation of leaves and twig tips, give the woody, spicy fragrance a liveliness and freshness that takes the curious and open mind on a journey to distant lands. Accompanied by ginger and cardamom, oakmoss and dry tonka bean awaken the hint of sophistication for those who, like "Tintin and Milou", go all the way to the end of the adventure, mingling inspiringly with stimulating explorer journalism. Hschhhh! Is there an occasional stubborn cinnamon peering through the leaves in the undergrowth, and does the rising sun elicit a fine musky haze from the ground in the twilight? It is left to the inclined agent - whether in knickerbockers or classic trousers - to set sail and do their own research. With a fair degree of certainty, I suspect that there's about to be Schulze and Schultze shooting around the corner and ... "Hail and shells!" Captain Haddock and his bad manners will create an unholy mess. But, against all odds, here is a likeable and resourceful hero with an instinctively sure nose for sleuthing who has won not a few lovers for his neat little series of genuine works of art. And, to be continued, right?
Épilogue d'ingrédients: Alcohol, Parfum (Fragrance), Aqua (Water), Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Benzoate, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Cinnamal, Citral, Citronellol, Coumarin, Eugenol, Farnesol, Geraniol, Isoeugenol, d-Limonene, Linalool.
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