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Pollita
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Pollita
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Mrs. Polly and the hired help. Today: Alchemy
My Outlook calendar tells me that today is my former colleague's birthday. But I don't even have her contact details anymore. I never wrote them down. Nevertheless, Outlook hasn't forgotten that she can celebrate her special day today. And I still haven't forgotten how she used to hang from my neck when I wore Alchimie by Rochas. The right incentive, then, to dedicate a comment today to this sadly discontinued fragrance.
Composed in 1998 by Belletrud, I bought this sweet-spicy oriental, like so many others, on holiday in Ibiza. I suspect it was in 2004 or 2005, as I was holding that job at the time. Looking at the fragrance pyramid today, I really wonder what I liked about it back then. Coconut? Yuck! Cucumber? Oh my! And then lily of the valley? All not exactly the notes I favor. But when I take a second look at the notes, I immediately see why the little Rochas in this adorable bottle has taken my heart by storm. Peach and plum, in fact, are what I find in the top notes, along with the goofy cucumber. As well as a blackcurrant. One look at my collection is enough and you can quickly see that I was on the right track with Alchimie. At the heart, we have lily of the valley, which by the way I quite tolerate in many a fragrance, as well as jasmine and heliotrope, now much appreciated by me. Roses also work for me occasionally, as long as they are skilfully interwoven and we don't have a floral whopper par excellence. And we don't have that with Alchimie, of course.
In the base is then pretty much everything in it, which likes Ms. Pollita anyway. Musk, vanilla and tonka are mostly welcome with me, although tonka must also always hold back a bit. The only thing that makes me a bit suspicious is the sandalwood, but for a nineties fragrance, I assume that cashmeran was not used here, but something of higher quality. This may also be the reason why I parted with all the fragrances similar to my then beloved Alchimie. We had cashmeran everywhere. And it always started to annoy me at some point, at least once the initial enthusiasm had worn off.
Alchemy, on the other hand, never bugged me. Even if I felt the permanent sniffing and Dahinschmelzen my colleague sometimes already as a small bissl annoying. Nevertheless, I've secretly pleased of course, that my perfume has pleased her (and the chicken probably as well ;))
Yes, that was definitely one of the really good ones too. Maybe he may also move back in with me at some point? Am currently anyway on the vintage trip.
Composed in 1998 by Belletrud, I bought this sweet-spicy oriental, like so many others, on holiday in Ibiza. I suspect it was in 2004 or 2005, as I was holding that job at the time. Looking at the fragrance pyramid today, I really wonder what I liked about it back then. Coconut? Yuck! Cucumber? Oh my! And then lily of the valley? All not exactly the notes I favor. But when I take a second look at the notes, I immediately see why the little Rochas in this adorable bottle has taken my heart by storm. Peach and plum, in fact, are what I find in the top notes, along with the goofy cucumber. As well as a blackcurrant. One look at my collection is enough and you can quickly see that I was on the right track with Alchimie. At the heart, we have lily of the valley, which by the way I quite tolerate in many a fragrance, as well as jasmine and heliotrope, now much appreciated by me. Roses also work for me occasionally, as long as they are skilfully interwoven and we don't have a floral whopper par excellence. And we don't have that with Alchimie, of course.
In the base is then pretty much everything in it, which likes Ms. Pollita anyway. Musk, vanilla and tonka are mostly welcome with me, although tonka must also always hold back a bit. The only thing that makes me a bit suspicious is the sandalwood, but for a nineties fragrance, I assume that cashmeran was not used here, but something of higher quality. This may also be the reason why I parted with all the fragrances similar to my then beloved Alchimie. We had cashmeran everywhere. And it always started to annoy me at some point, at least once the initial enthusiasm had worn off.
Alchemy, on the other hand, never bugged me. Even if I felt the permanent sniffing and Dahinschmelzen my colleague sometimes already as a small bissl annoying. Nevertheless, I've secretly pleased of course, that my perfume has pleased her (and the chicken probably as well ;))
Yes, that was definitely one of the really good ones too. Maybe he may also move back in with me at some point? Am currently anyway on the vintage trip.
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