Coromandal

My wife – since half a year member of the parfumo community – tries constantly to get me hooked on scents (as she already is!). So, from time to time she buys scents for men just to put them under my nose asking what I would think about it. Usually, my standard answer is “Well, I guess it’s cinnamon” – of course not even having tried to identify what it could be! (Why should I? She’s mad about perfumes, not me! I just shy away from giving no answer at all so I mumble my standard cinnamon reply). Usually, she raises her eyebrows then, shakes her head in disapproval and murmurs something like “pahh, you’ll never get it” and leaves with her sample.
But this time she responded with delight “Yes, honey, you are absolutely right! It is cinnamon, indeed! It’s just great how you got that!”. So, I was startled! I took a second sniff. This time I got a nice harmony of coriander with a whiff of tangerine, and a little bit later some flowers, not to many though (maybe rose or carnation). Later in the basenotes Egoiste develops a very fine, warm and smooth woody basis with a hint of vanilla which makes it very attractive (to women). Well, this smell was really nice. However, before I could comment on the scent or give my opinion, she went off with the closing remark “Allright darling, I guess we’ll buy this scent”. And everyone of you guys who is married to such a strong-willed lady knows exactly what happened next. Two days later the perfume was delivered and since then I have to struggle whenever I want to use Egoiste (as she puts it away to her cabinet where she has all her scents stored).
This was my start into the world of fragrances as, of course, I had to stock up on scents myself. Since then I am testing perfumes and on and off I come across some nice fragrance which I really like. And slowly my perfume collection is growing.
What did not change however, is my standard cinnamon answer. Hey guys, don’t we want to keep a little secret for ourselves? ;-)