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Heaven can wait
What?! "Apparently production has been stopped"? So Samsara Shine is no more? I start researching and I can't actually find it anywhere except on ebay. That's a shame Such a good smell. But on the other hand: When was the last time I bought it or wore it? That was a long time ago. Obviously Samsara Shine really doesn't fit into our time anymore. But why?
The day is winterly cold. So cold that the fruit growers in the Wachau set up small ovens between the trees so that the apricot blossoms do not freeze, which have already hastily left their protective buds, as I have just seen on the news. At these temperatures it is not difficult for me to spray Samsara Shine again. Because this scent suggests warmth and security, as they give vanilla, amber, sandalwood and tonka bean.
But actually it all started with Samsara EdP, the original. I bought it because I like oriental perfumes, because I like Guerlain and because I liked the meaningful Hindu name. Maybe too spontaneous and not thought about enough. Because it soon turned out that samsara with all its sandalwood, vanilla, musk and jasmine was too heavy for me. So I was all the more pleased when I later came across Samsara Shine. The two sisters have a lot in common. Like many guerlains, they start with fresh, citric notes, then become floral and finish with sandalwood, vanilla, amber and tonka bean. So you can see the kinship. But I liked Samsara Shine much better. It's lighter, brighter and more radiant, as the name suggests.
It does contain spicy notes, but the many nuances of samsara one - such as carnation, musk, rose and narcissus - have been reduced, which has visibly benefited the fragrance. It has become clearer, you could say more defined.
Right at the beginning the fragrance is pleasantly fresh, green and citric. But the green or citric freshness soon becomes flowery sweet. Jasmine and ylang-ylang blossom abundantly and now dominate everything. The heart note is not quite as opulent as the original samsara, but jasmine and ylang-ylang have it all. It is hard to imagine a more powerful flowering magic. Both try to outdo each other with intense sweetness.
Okay, I've had my problems with Ylang-Ylang before. Ylang-Ylang is too - yeah what? Too sweet, too exotic, too intense not to mention pushy. Jasmine, on the other hand, is a thoroughly enchanting scent for me. I fondly remember a holiday in Tunisia, when suddenly in the evening a little girl came into the lobby of our hotel. She was carrying a basket full of little jasmine bouquets and immediately everything was filled with her wonderful scent. The guests paused, enjoyed this lovely scent and many - myself included - bought their goods from the little girl. Apparently, Tunisia is still very tolerant of child labour. The situation was comparable to that mild summer evening at a Heurigen in Oberlaa, when suddenly in the middle of the night a nightingale began to sing from the darkness of the surrounding vineyards and the people, who were talking quite animatedly before, all fell silent and listened to the singing of the little bird. Beautiful, rare and sublime things obviously make us become silent and devout.
Since this late summer in Tunisia I understand that the small white flower from Northern India is described as aphrodisiac and euphoric. However, jasmine and ylang-ylang together - that reminds a little bit of Obelix and his involuntary bath in the magic potion. Too much is too much.
Today I ask myself how I could feel Samsara Shine as light at that time. Obviously, the sensation of smell changes over time.
Samsara - the Sanskrit word emphasized on the middle "a", which is not pronounced in French - means "continuous migration" and refers to the cycle of life of all beings between birth, death and rebirth, as known from the teachings of Hinduism and Buddhism.
Does the name match the scent? Not really. Having to live many painful lives again and again seems to me to be exhausting and tiring. The Buddhist teachings also speak decidedly of a wheel of suffering. The scent doesn't know anything about that. It is too "heavenly", sweet and aloof. Perhaps Nirvana would have been the more appropriate name. But even that does not describe a paradise waiting for well-behaved Christians in heaven, but the final extinction - not a particularly pleasant idea for Christians.
Samsara Shine radiates something heavenly. The fragrance is sweet, warm, floral, heavy, oriental and cuddly soft. There is something soothing and comforting about it, but it still appears noble, elegant and precious.
The reason why I stopped using the shine I preferred over the first samsara at some point is that the fragrance is too paradisiacal. If you are not (yet) enlightened, you just can't stand so much heavenly things in the long run.
For me the fragrance is a typical Guerlain fragrance with the famous flowery-powdery Guerlinade.
The flacon appears delicate and original. With its angular shape and the golden cap in the shape of a dome it reminds me somehow of a pagoda in ancient China. But it looks more modern than the flacon of the first samsara.
Consciously or unconsciously, many may apparently feel the same way I do about the tolerability of the heavenly. Therefore, Samsara Shine in its ethereal sweetness does not quite fit into our time.
The durability is okay, in any case better than the Sillage. However, the scent loses its intensity quickly. The nuances of the base - especially sandalwood - remain on the skin for a long time, but very soft and subtle
For me, Samsara Shine is more of a fragrance for the evening or for going out, despite its reserved durability. For men it is too feminine and sweet.
There is no need to be afraid of the oriental type of scent, it is completely adapted to the western taste.
Lovely, heavenly scents like Samsara Shine are obviously not compatible with our ideal, the performance society or the omnipresent stress and hectic pace associated with it. Heaven must wait ...
The day is winterly cold. So cold that the fruit growers in the Wachau set up small ovens between the trees so that the apricot blossoms do not freeze, which have already hastily left their protective buds, as I have just seen on the news. At these temperatures it is not difficult for me to spray Samsara Shine again. Because this scent suggests warmth and security, as they give vanilla, amber, sandalwood and tonka bean.
But actually it all started with Samsara EdP, the original. I bought it because I like oriental perfumes, because I like Guerlain and because I liked the meaningful Hindu name. Maybe too spontaneous and not thought about enough. Because it soon turned out that samsara with all its sandalwood, vanilla, musk and jasmine was too heavy for me. So I was all the more pleased when I later came across Samsara Shine. The two sisters have a lot in common. Like many guerlains, they start with fresh, citric notes, then become floral and finish with sandalwood, vanilla, amber and tonka bean. So you can see the kinship. But I liked Samsara Shine much better. It's lighter, brighter and more radiant, as the name suggests.
It does contain spicy notes, but the many nuances of samsara one - such as carnation, musk, rose and narcissus - have been reduced, which has visibly benefited the fragrance. It has become clearer, you could say more defined.
Right at the beginning the fragrance is pleasantly fresh, green and citric. But the green or citric freshness soon becomes flowery sweet. Jasmine and ylang-ylang blossom abundantly and now dominate everything. The heart note is not quite as opulent as the original samsara, but jasmine and ylang-ylang have it all. It is hard to imagine a more powerful flowering magic. Both try to outdo each other with intense sweetness.
Okay, I've had my problems with Ylang-Ylang before. Ylang-Ylang is too - yeah what? Too sweet, too exotic, too intense not to mention pushy. Jasmine, on the other hand, is a thoroughly enchanting scent for me. I fondly remember a holiday in Tunisia, when suddenly in the evening a little girl came into the lobby of our hotel. She was carrying a basket full of little jasmine bouquets and immediately everything was filled with her wonderful scent. The guests paused, enjoyed this lovely scent and many - myself included - bought their goods from the little girl. Apparently, Tunisia is still very tolerant of child labour. The situation was comparable to that mild summer evening at a Heurigen in Oberlaa, when suddenly in the middle of the night a nightingale began to sing from the darkness of the surrounding vineyards and the people, who were talking quite animatedly before, all fell silent and listened to the singing of the little bird. Beautiful, rare and sublime things obviously make us become silent and devout.
Since this late summer in Tunisia I understand that the small white flower from Northern India is described as aphrodisiac and euphoric. However, jasmine and ylang-ylang together - that reminds a little bit of Obelix and his involuntary bath in the magic potion. Too much is too much.
Today I ask myself how I could feel Samsara Shine as light at that time. Obviously, the sensation of smell changes over time.
Samsara - the Sanskrit word emphasized on the middle "a", which is not pronounced in French - means "continuous migration" and refers to the cycle of life of all beings between birth, death and rebirth, as known from the teachings of Hinduism and Buddhism.
Does the name match the scent? Not really. Having to live many painful lives again and again seems to me to be exhausting and tiring. The Buddhist teachings also speak decidedly of a wheel of suffering. The scent doesn't know anything about that. It is too "heavenly", sweet and aloof. Perhaps Nirvana would have been the more appropriate name. But even that does not describe a paradise waiting for well-behaved Christians in heaven, but the final extinction - not a particularly pleasant idea for Christians.
Samsara Shine radiates something heavenly. The fragrance is sweet, warm, floral, heavy, oriental and cuddly soft. There is something soothing and comforting about it, but it still appears noble, elegant and precious.
The reason why I stopped using the shine I preferred over the first samsara at some point is that the fragrance is too paradisiacal. If you are not (yet) enlightened, you just can't stand so much heavenly things in the long run.
For me the fragrance is a typical Guerlain fragrance with the famous flowery-powdery Guerlinade.
The flacon appears delicate and original. With its angular shape and the golden cap in the shape of a dome it reminds me somehow of a pagoda in ancient China. But it looks more modern than the flacon of the first samsara.
Consciously or unconsciously, many may apparently feel the same way I do about the tolerability of the heavenly. Therefore, Samsara Shine in its ethereal sweetness does not quite fit into our time.
The durability is okay, in any case better than the Sillage. However, the scent loses its intensity quickly. The nuances of the base - especially sandalwood - remain on the skin for a long time, but very soft and subtle
For me, Samsara Shine is more of a fragrance for the evening or for going out, despite its reserved durability. For men it is too feminine and sweet.
There is no need to be afraid of the oriental type of scent, it is completely adapted to the western taste.
Lovely, heavenly scents like Samsara Shine are obviously not compatible with our ideal, the performance society or the omnipresent stress and hectic pace associated with it. Heaven must wait ...
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