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Euphoria and aftershave
As for the accidentia, a.k.a. the trappings to Trumpers 'Eucris', its James Bond references have been mentioned several times: Appropriately, it appears in a film as a Bond scent; in turn, in a novel, Bond finds Eucris in a villain's bathroom. The recipe's age of over 100 years and the unusual opaque black bottle with its unusual spout - a kind of hollow steel needle - have also been topics of discussion.
So today, before I get to the fragrance itself, I'd like to delve a little into its mysterious name. What, by jingo, is 'Eucris' supposed to mean?
Somewhere in the depths of the web, there is a theory that it is supposed to be a corruption of the word 'Eucharist'. 'Eucharist' literally means 'thanksgiving' in ancient Greek, and even today you can thank your trusted Greek for his Poseidon record with a confidently belted "Evcharisto!". When one says 'Eucharist', however, one actually usually means, especially among Catholics, the celebration of the Lord's Supper.
I think this theory is absurd. Firstly, the English (and 'Eucris' is very English) are so un-Catholic that even today, by law, no Prime Minister there can be a Papist; secondly, 'Eucris' does not smell of incense; and thirdly, you have to have a lot of hosts in your mouth or Mass wine to pronounce 'Eucharist' as 'Eucris'.
So what then? The Greek prefix 'eu' means 'good' or 'beautiful'. It is familiar from foreign words such as eurhythmy ('beautiful movement'; the youth hobby of Annie Lennox), euthanasia ('beautiful dying', no longer innocuous in Germany for obvious reasons) and eudaemonia (roughly: 'good living'). Or also from names like 'Eugen' ('of good origin') or 'Eulalia' ('the beautifully speaking one', also a Spanish scent mark). 'Beautiful' is, after all, in advertising terms, also a suitable word element for a cosmetic product.
But who is Cris? The current leading candidate of the FDP is undoubtedly convinced that 'handsome Chris' can only mean himself, but both he and Chris Howland, Chris de Burgh, Kris Kristoffersen and the (incidentally strong rather than beautiful) Cris Cyborg were not cutting edge in 1912 and therefore could not have been envisaged by Geo F. Trumper when he chose his name.
So the intriguing question remains open tonight. Perhaps later reviewers will be able to build on these modest, tentative preliminaries.
Eucris is a very beautiful scent and an equally distinctive one. It's so dry it's dusty, and so tart, that every now and then you catch yourself in the unmanly weakness of wanting to put a spoonful of sugar in it. Yet Eucris, though black as night, is not sinister. It is a friendly black, almost one full of: euphoria ('good mood'). Eucris is an extremely vegetal, almost vegan scent, as little animalic as a herbarium. I perceive dominantly dry cloves (are in the pyramid) and equally dry juniper berries (are not listed). Of course, there are blackcurrants in it. Their astringent bitterness can be felt (but it's softened by the floral notes that it doesn't hurt), their fruity juiciness cannot. Eucris is currant dust: it behaves to currant juice like powdered milk to whole milk.
Others describe 'Eucris' as durable, Mrs. von Spee and I represent in rare olfactory harmony the opposite party. After one to two hours, the fragrance is perdu with me, despite splashing. I used Eucris less often than the beauty of its aromas would suggest, but then I found the egg of (Cris!) Columbus: I now use Eucris as an aftershave. It can be perfectly poured into the hand through the steel spout, gives the day a masculine-tart and at the same time optimistic basis and at the latest after lunch there is room for the right scent of the day.
So today, before I get to the fragrance itself, I'd like to delve a little into its mysterious name. What, by jingo, is 'Eucris' supposed to mean?
Somewhere in the depths of the web, there is a theory that it is supposed to be a corruption of the word 'Eucharist'. 'Eucharist' literally means 'thanksgiving' in ancient Greek, and even today you can thank your trusted Greek for his Poseidon record with a confidently belted "Evcharisto!". When one says 'Eucharist', however, one actually usually means, especially among Catholics, the celebration of the Lord's Supper.
I think this theory is absurd. Firstly, the English (and 'Eucris' is very English) are so un-Catholic that even today, by law, no Prime Minister there can be a Papist; secondly, 'Eucris' does not smell of incense; and thirdly, you have to have a lot of hosts in your mouth or Mass wine to pronounce 'Eucharist' as 'Eucris'.
So what then? The Greek prefix 'eu' means 'good' or 'beautiful'. It is familiar from foreign words such as eurhythmy ('beautiful movement'; the youth hobby of Annie Lennox), euthanasia ('beautiful dying', no longer innocuous in Germany for obvious reasons) and eudaemonia (roughly: 'good living'). Or also from names like 'Eugen' ('of good origin') or 'Eulalia' ('the beautifully speaking one', also a Spanish scent mark). 'Beautiful' is, after all, in advertising terms, also a suitable word element for a cosmetic product.
But who is Cris? The current leading candidate of the FDP is undoubtedly convinced that 'handsome Chris' can only mean himself, but both he and Chris Howland, Chris de Burgh, Kris Kristoffersen and the (incidentally strong rather than beautiful) Cris Cyborg were not cutting edge in 1912 and therefore could not have been envisaged by Geo F. Trumper when he chose his name.
So the intriguing question remains open tonight. Perhaps later reviewers will be able to build on these modest, tentative preliminaries.
Eucris is a very beautiful scent and an equally distinctive one. It's so dry it's dusty, and so tart, that every now and then you catch yourself in the unmanly weakness of wanting to put a spoonful of sugar in it. Yet Eucris, though black as night, is not sinister. It is a friendly black, almost one full of: euphoria ('good mood'). Eucris is an extremely vegetal, almost vegan scent, as little animalic as a herbarium. I perceive dominantly dry cloves (are in the pyramid) and equally dry juniper berries (are not listed). Of course, there are blackcurrants in it. Their astringent bitterness can be felt (but it's softened by the floral notes that it doesn't hurt), their fruity juiciness cannot. Eucris is currant dust: it behaves to currant juice like powdered milk to whole milk.
Others describe 'Eucris' as durable, Mrs. von Spee and I represent in rare olfactory harmony the opposite party. After one to two hours, the fragrance is perdu with me, despite splashing. I used Eucris less often than the beauty of its aromas would suggest, but then I found the egg of (Cris!) Columbus: I now use Eucris as an aftershave. It can be perfectly poured into the hand through the steel spout, gives the day a masculine-tart and at the same time optimistic basis and at the latest after lunch there is room for the right scent of the day.
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