08/24/2019
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Tulip beds in spring
First of all I would like to mention that I was fascinated by all the scents of Jean-Michel Duriez that I got to know.
They have something very special and modern, which I find very attractive.
This makes them a class of their own and luckily it is not a good idea to compare them with other fragrance creations.
Every fragrance has its own personality - and that's a good thing!
So also "Mes Fleur de Tulipes".
We are carried away into the very early spring, when flower beds and borders in parks, green areas and gardens still consist mainly of prepared soil, which is occupied with some flowers that still look quite lost. Dark brown dominates the delicate first green.
The earth spreads its own scent, displaced by the - nobly spoken - "Manure"; in plain language: the sublime manure plays a small role in the first appeal.
In this context I sometimes ask myself: How are the numerous tomato plants fertilized, when nowadays there are only rarely horse droppings.
Vienna and Salzburg still have "Rossäpfel-Männer" (rose apple men), who are underway with brooms, shovels and buckets.
I remember a story Christine Kaufmann once told: She was on the Fiaker Route in Vienna with her granddaughter Dido, who was visiting from America, and it smelled accordingly. Dido curled her nose and said: "It smells strange; but I like it!"
Are we really so far away from nature?
So also the prelude to "Mes Fleurs de Tulipe" is a bit earthy for me and is astonishingly quickly impregnated by bergamot and osmanthus.
Both are rather "subdued" fragrances that do not shine and radiate, but impress with their depth.
The typical aroma of the green apple, again somewhat bizzelnd, is restrained by a generous spoonful of creamy honey.
The lime blossoms with their early summer sweetness make themselves comfortable on this fragrance development.
The result is a very attractive mixture, to which many flowering tulips, so different in colour and shape, add their very fine, always somewhat virgin scent.
The first warm rays of the sun strengthen this scent tissue and prepare it to absorb the base note.
Pink pepper now easily competes with quite intense Ambrettesamen: musky, peppery and tart awakens the earth's heaviness again; here on my skin a fragrance circle closes.
Whereby the white musk (otherwise from me always a somewhat critically eyed friend) puts this time quite excellently and quite fittingly a fluffy final scent blanket over this composition.
Especially in spring, when the sun is not yet strong enough, a warming soft jacket is very welcome.
"Mes Fleurs de Tulipe" brings nature to life in a promising way; this fragrance carries the promise of the developing annual cycle within it - somewhere, far away, summer already beckons with all its colourfulness and warmth.
But he still has to wait; his time will come ...
The first days of spring are not long, so I don't expect "Mes Fleurs de Tulipe" to last for hours.
But I'm always pleasantly surprised by the astonishing fragrance that develops: I find the earthy nuance of the opening in the final theme.
Something astonishing has emerged here that really deserves attention.
I am curious how the scents of Jean-Michel Duriez will be perceived by other scent noses.
Because they will continue to travel as a collection and hopefully provide occasion for many more surprises.
They have something very special and modern, which I find very attractive.
This makes them a class of their own and luckily it is not a good idea to compare them with other fragrance creations.
Every fragrance has its own personality - and that's a good thing!
So also "Mes Fleur de Tulipes".
We are carried away into the very early spring, when flower beds and borders in parks, green areas and gardens still consist mainly of prepared soil, which is occupied with some flowers that still look quite lost. Dark brown dominates the delicate first green.
The earth spreads its own scent, displaced by the - nobly spoken - "Manure"; in plain language: the sublime manure plays a small role in the first appeal.
In this context I sometimes ask myself: How are the numerous tomato plants fertilized, when nowadays there are only rarely horse droppings.
Vienna and Salzburg still have "Rossäpfel-Männer" (rose apple men), who are underway with brooms, shovels and buckets.
I remember a story Christine Kaufmann once told: She was on the Fiaker Route in Vienna with her granddaughter Dido, who was visiting from America, and it smelled accordingly. Dido curled her nose and said: "It smells strange; but I like it!"
Are we really so far away from nature?
So also the prelude to "Mes Fleurs de Tulipe" is a bit earthy for me and is astonishingly quickly impregnated by bergamot and osmanthus.
Both are rather "subdued" fragrances that do not shine and radiate, but impress with their depth.
The typical aroma of the green apple, again somewhat bizzelnd, is restrained by a generous spoonful of creamy honey.
The lime blossoms with their early summer sweetness make themselves comfortable on this fragrance development.
The result is a very attractive mixture, to which many flowering tulips, so different in colour and shape, add their very fine, always somewhat virgin scent.
The first warm rays of the sun strengthen this scent tissue and prepare it to absorb the base note.
Pink pepper now easily competes with quite intense Ambrettesamen: musky, peppery and tart awakens the earth's heaviness again; here on my skin a fragrance circle closes.
Whereby the white musk (otherwise from me always a somewhat critically eyed friend) puts this time quite excellently and quite fittingly a fluffy final scent blanket over this composition.
Especially in spring, when the sun is not yet strong enough, a warming soft jacket is very welcome.
"Mes Fleurs de Tulipe" brings nature to life in a promising way; this fragrance carries the promise of the developing annual cycle within it - somewhere, far away, summer already beckons with all its colourfulness and warmth.
But he still has to wait; his time will come ...
The first days of spring are not long, so I don't expect "Mes Fleurs de Tulipe" to last for hours.
But I'm always pleasantly surprised by the astonishing fragrance that develops: I find the earthy nuance of the opening in the final theme.
Something astonishing has emerged here that really deserves attention.
I am curious how the scents of Jean-Michel Duriez will be perceived by other scent noses.
Because they will continue to travel as a collection and hopefully provide occasion for many more surprises.
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