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02/08/2019
Gelis
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Gelis
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Unpopular Hyacinth
I am currently discovering fragrances from 'l Profumi di Firenze' with great pleasure. This one was on my watch list for a very long time. Chamomile in the fragrance pyramid already makes me very curious. Dear Serenissima made it possible to finally sniff CdM.
And it starts really beautifully: The combination of peach, chamomile and tangerine is dreamy. The two fruits give the clear fresh florality of chamomile a gentle fruity touch.
My dilemma begins when the florals of the heart note interfere. Do you know this too? A single fragrance note that you know you don't like (that much), and it spoils the whole scent for you. For me, with CdM, it's the hyacinth. I like them in the garden when the air just wafts their strong soapy, pungent and almost suffocating scent at me every now and then. I like it then because it tells of spring. As a flower in the living room it is almost unbearable, and this is also true for me in perfume. May it be contained in however slight quantity, it finds my nose in any case, and almost all the time.
Rose and iris, which made me hope that they would already relegate the hyacinth to its place, can be immediately put to flight. The lily of the valley remains, is now also quite sympathetic to me, but in this case reinforces the pungent soapiness of the hyacinth. CdM is kindly not a strong scent with me, so I still liked to test it for a few days, hoping I could just ignore the unloved blossom and maybe still draw out rose and iris. Didn't work out, unfortunately, as much as I kept enjoying the top note. The would be worth me also full 10 points...
Until CdM arrived in the base, the fragrance has become so weak that I have quite a lot of trouble to detect something slightly mossy and greenish.
Sometimes I wish I could just snip my way through the fragrance pyramid. Here I would apply the scissors immediately after the top note: Snip!
And it starts really beautifully: The combination of peach, chamomile and tangerine is dreamy. The two fruits give the clear fresh florality of chamomile a gentle fruity touch.
My dilemma begins when the florals of the heart note interfere. Do you know this too? A single fragrance note that you know you don't like (that much), and it spoils the whole scent for you. For me, with CdM, it's the hyacinth. I like them in the garden when the air just wafts their strong soapy, pungent and almost suffocating scent at me every now and then. I like it then because it tells of spring. As a flower in the living room it is almost unbearable, and this is also true for me in perfume. May it be contained in however slight quantity, it finds my nose in any case, and almost all the time.
Rose and iris, which made me hope that they would already relegate the hyacinth to its place, can be immediately put to flight. The lily of the valley remains, is now also quite sympathetic to me, but in this case reinforces the pungent soapiness of the hyacinth. CdM is kindly not a strong scent with me, so I still liked to test it for a few days, hoping I could just ignore the unloved blossom and maybe still draw out rose and iris. Didn't work out, unfortunately, as much as I kept enjoying the top note. The would be worth me also full 10 points...
Until CdM arrived in the base, the fragrance has become so weak that I have quite a lot of trouble to detect something slightly mossy and greenish.
Sometimes I wish I could just snip my way through the fragrance pyramid. Here I would apply the scissors immediately after the top note: Snip!
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