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01/18/2024
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Charming Jeanni
How many of you remember the 1960s series of the same name? It starred Larry Hagman and Barbara Eden. Sometimes the series is still repeated on television today.
After a failed landing, astronaut Tony Nelson is sent to a deserted island in the Pacific, where he finds a strange bottle. This bottle has been inhabited for 2000 years by an oriental female djinni called Jeanni, who possesses magical powers. Jeannie takes the form of a beautiful blonde woman and must obey whoever opens the bottle.
A Jeanni conjured up this scent for me in cold, snowy Germany. Oh, I wish I was a Jeanni too and could do magic. Cross my arms, nod my head and beautiful things happen. But like Jeanni, I would perhaps also do some nonsense, e.g. conjure up warts on stupid people's noses, nail teeth, donkey ears and other attractive embellishments.
Sahar is an Oriental and a real one at that. I mean now that it comes from the Orient. Many other fragrances from the Occident also call themselves Orientals, such as Poison, Shalimar, Casmir etc.. But Sahar comes from Bahrain and you can't get more oriental than that. At least not on the globe.
Sahar starts very floral. But Jeanni doesn't tell me which flowers are at work here. I'm guessing ylang ylang, frangipani and perhaps roses. Surprisingly not very sweet as is usual with other Orientals. Fresh lychee is clearly discernible. After quite a while, a smoky note fills the air. No, it's not incense, although that also comes from the Orient. Here, Berber nomads are sitting with their camels in front of a caravanserai and have built a fire. The wood is still damp and they have poured oil on the fire to make it burn better. No, camel dung is not burned down.
After a while, the smoke dissipates and what remains is a floral, powdery coziness.
The unusual bottle is still sitting on my coffee table. My other fragrances will make eyes when I put it on the perfume shelf later. Almost all of them are pretty straightforward. They haven't seen anything like it either.
Thank you dear Jeanni, I'll find you a magic lamp, then you can move in with me.
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