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07/02/2021
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of austere beauty
Among the for her time quite office-suitable fragrances of my neighbor, which I could save from the container, "Ellipse" takes a special position.
No elegant Chypreduft, but a smoky creature that comes in dark brown and green tones and even spreads a slightly wicked Animalik.
At the same time, the first look at the fragrance pyramids the classic building blocks of a Chypreduftes are present, but the further development is tart, even a bit scratchy.
The fragrance opening is green, fresh-fruity and radiant: the aldehydes do not let themselves down here either.
A first slight bitterness bring the tangerine peels and also the tart-smoky beauty of Galbanum announces itself immediately.
At first, "Ellipse" reminds me slightly of one of those bitter drinks that are not red, but brown, which I like from time to time.
Thus a somewhat unusual, but not unpleasant prelude.
Classically cyprian it continues: warm, ripe rose scent brushes the senses and jasmine does the same. They give "Ellipse" a feminine-sensual charisma, and form with iris and ylang-ylang a flower-friendly floral quartet, in which also honeysuckle with its honey scent briefly once sniffed.
This island of flowers, however, finds itself in the middle of a nest of herbaceous spice.
Lavender, aromatic and yet also always a little herbaceous, builds a purple bridge to earthy vetiver and nutmeg, before the stronger spicy companions find themselves.
First and foremost wormwood, very bitter and therefore well suited to the first impression of the top note.
Also Thuja, the tree of life, and pine go from the aroma in this tart and woody direction.
Oak moss is known to play a significant role in this fragrance league and can not be defeated here: who does not like it - please hands off "Ellipse"!
Something softer come silky-spicy cedar wood and patchouli therefore; they try to sand down some of the strong corners and edges, which this fragrance entity has gotten in the meantime.
Also, a beautiful leather nuance, soaked in warm musk and tonka bean notes, brings softness but at the same time quietly crackling eroticism to this composition.
Harmless and a female is "Ellipse" long ago no longer; it was actually from the beginning not.
If now still a final smoky-spicy and resinous layer of labdanum and amber is put over everything, then this golden-brown yet very fragrant liquid shows its claws.
Good girls certainly did not wear "Ellipse". And also as an everyday fragrance, e.g. in the office, one has certainly not encountered this spicy fragrance fullness too often; although in its smoky-golden personality perhaps even better suited than some "flower child with oranges in her hair", with which many women surrounded themselves at that time. (And I discovered the fragrances of Dior.)
"Ellipse" has style, is elegant and non-conformist.
This fragrance surrounds full-bodied and true to itself for several hours, and eventually just softens without very much change in composition, just as an orchestral piece fades slightly on stage and floats away.
An extraordinary creation; a little too tart for myself.
But when I think of the late neighbour who used to dress in it, these two certainly went very well together.
For she must have been a very stylish personality; a remnant of it still showed in her old age and her fragrances, which I was able to save from the "off", speak a clear language.
Jacques Fath's "Ellipse" is high perfume art and typical of its time.
The "great 68 revolution" with all its consequences and children had calmed down a bit; from this something new emerged, which nevertheless often did not lose sight of the classic.
Fragrances tell stories: not only our own, but also the stories of the time from which they came and in which they lived.
And I just like history and stories; so I also like "Ellipse" and looking back on something I had already forgotten.
So my "Grand Tour" through the world of fragrances will go on and on.
No elegant Chypreduft, but a smoky creature that comes in dark brown and green tones and even spreads a slightly wicked Animalik.
At the same time, the first look at the fragrance pyramids the classic building blocks of a Chypreduftes are present, but the further development is tart, even a bit scratchy.
The fragrance opening is green, fresh-fruity and radiant: the aldehydes do not let themselves down here either.
A first slight bitterness bring the tangerine peels and also the tart-smoky beauty of Galbanum announces itself immediately.
At first, "Ellipse" reminds me slightly of one of those bitter drinks that are not red, but brown, which I like from time to time.
Thus a somewhat unusual, but not unpleasant prelude.
Classically cyprian it continues: warm, ripe rose scent brushes the senses and jasmine does the same. They give "Ellipse" a feminine-sensual charisma, and form with iris and ylang-ylang a flower-friendly floral quartet, in which also honeysuckle with its honey scent briefly once sniffed.
This island of flowers, however, finds itself in the middle of a nest of herbaceous spice.
Lavender, aromatic and yet also always a little herbaceous, builds a purple bridge to earthy vetiver and nutmeg, before the stronger spicy companions find themselves.
First and foremost wormwood, very bitter and therefore well suited to the first impression of the top note.
Also Thuja, the tree of life, and pine go from the aroma in this tart and woody direction.
Oak moss is known to play a significant role in this fragrance league and can not be defeated here: who does not like it - please hands off "Ellipse"!
Something softer come silky-spicy cedar wood and patchouli therefore; they try to sand down some of the strong corners and edges, which this fragrance entity has gotten in the meantime.
Also, a beautiful leather nuance, soaked in warm musk and tonka bean notes, brings softness but at the same time quietly crackling eroticism to this composition.
Harmless and a female is "Ellipse" long ago no longer; it was actually from the beginning not.
If now still a final smoky-spicy and resinous layer of labdanum and amber is put over everything, then this golden-brown yet very fragrant liquid shows its claws.
Good girls certainly did not wear "Ellipse". And also as an everyday fragrance, e.g. in the office, one has certainly not encountered this spicy fragrance fullness too often; although in its smoky-golden personality perhaps even better suited than some "flower child with oranges in her hair", with which many women surrounded themselves at that time. (And I discovered the fragrances of Dior.)
"Ellipse" has style, is elegant and non-conformist.
This fragrance surrounds full-bodied and true to itself for several hours, and eventually just softens without very much change in composition, just as an orchestral piece fades slightly on stage and floats away.
An extraordinary creation; a little too tart for myself.
But when I think of the late neighbour who used to dress in it, these two certainly went very well together.
For she must have been a very stylish personality; a remnant of it still showed in her old age and her fragrances, which I was able to save from the "off", speak a clear language.
Jacques Fath's "Ellipse" is high perfume art and typical of its time.
The "great 68 revolution" with all its consequences and children had calmed down a bit; from this something new emerged, which nevertheless often did not lose sight of the classic.
Fragrances tell stories: not only our own, but also the stories of the time from which they came and in which they lived.
And I just like history and stories; so I also like "Ellipse" and looking back on something I had already forgotten.
So my "Grand Tour" through the world of fragrances will go on and on.
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