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Powdery me gourmand for foggy days
Today is a rainy day (actually it's summer), but it feels like it's already November (and has been for weeks). Outside it is gray and dreary.
I also notice how the customers in the tea store where I work are already in the autumn mood. Black tea Viva Vanilla, green tea Kashmir Chai, black tea Tonka cream - quasi the tea equivalents to the Gourmands here - are already being bought.
And I, too, after a briefly rearing up, coming out of nowhere, sudden interest in fruity-aquatic scents with an indoor pool feeling, which was perhaps due to melancholy after the summer that was never quite there this year and is now already leaving again, at the moment I'm more in the mood for the cuddly gourmands, the soft ones, the sweet ones that wrap around you like winter scarves. As tea I drink at the moment also "Gourmand", green tea walnut with milk, that fits the weather.
And then I look in my small collection for something suitable and this sample of Sensual Grace catches my eye. I got it at a flea market as a gift from a woman who was certainly just happy to get rid of all the Grusch. It was already late in the evening and she was already closing and then said "Oh come on, just take it with you, it fits"
And it really fits, just a little sweet, a little powdery, a reminder of chocolate cream, a little autumn fruity (more pear for me). I have grown surprisingly fond of this fragrance. On the right person in the right lighting mood, the is certainly also very sensual...
He is very tame in the sillage, even I as someone who sprays only once or once runs into the sprayed fragrance mist, sprayed three times.
To me, this meets, thereby he can be dosed much more accurately - and I mean, for that he is yes a Cheapie.
In my collection has come and gone in the years already a lot, but this little sample is still here, even that is already what.
I also notice how the customers in the tea store where I work are already in the autumn mood. Black tea Viva Vanilla, green tea Kashmir Chai, black tea Tonka cream - quasi the tea equivalents to the Gourmands here - are already being bought.
And I, too, after a briefly rearing up, coming out of nowhere, sudden interest in fruity-aquatic scents with an indoor pool feeling, which was perhaps due to melancholy after the summer that was never quite there this year and is now already leaving again, at the moment I'm more in the mood for the cuddly gourmands, the soft ones, the sweet ones that wrap around you like winter scarves. As tea I drink at the moment also "Gourmand", green tea walnut with milk, that fits the weather.
And then I look in my small collection for something suitable and this sample of Sensual Grace catches my eye. I got it at a flea market as a gift from a woman who was certainly just happy to get rid of all the Grusch. It was already late in the evening and she was already closing and then said "Oh come on, just take it with you, it fits"
And it really fits, just a little sweet, a little powdery, a reminder of chocolate cream, a little autumn fruity (more pear for me). I have grown surprisingly fond of this fragrance. On the right person in the right lighting mood, the is certainly also very sensual...
He is very tame in the sillage, even I as someone who sprays only once or once runs into the sprayed fragrance mist, sprayed three times.
To me, this meets, thereby he can be dosed much more accurately - and I mean, for that he is yes a Cheapie.
In my collection has come and gone in the years already a lot, but this little sample is still here, even that is already what.
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The nose very deep in the lilac
... that is the feeling that this fragrance gives. Heliotrope is dense, very dense. The vanilla flower lives up to its reputation and dusts the nose with jackfruit-like force.
Something greenish also clings to the fragrance, this is the anchor that keeps it in reality, which nevertheless identifies it as a floral fragrance and not a gourmand. A huge portion of coumarin.... mmmh... understand if some here also smell woodruff.
It could also be an ancient vintage, grabbed at the flea market, somehow forgotten. The work of a perfumer, which anno 1920 has not quite met the taste, because no cat was in it. At that time, he would certainly have been designated as a men's fragrance, as I have come to know the Vintages so far...
The very dominant almond macaron note could have been dimmed a bit because of me, I think then Heliotrope would have even more charm. What can I say, powder, Peru balsam, tonka bean and vanilla flowers, this is just a hammer combination for my nose. A pinch of powder makeup, a pinch of avant-garde, a pinch of ballet & glass figures - and I'm a hypnotized butterfly on the lilac bush. For me, it is more related to fragrances like "Teint de Neige (Eau de Toilette) | Lorenzo Villoresi" or "Les Notes Gourmandes - Héliotrope / Do Ré | Réminiscence" than to amaretto / marzipan hammers.
Already ne Wucht, rather what for the evening.
Something greenish also clings to the fragrance, this is the anchor that keeps it in reality, which nevertheless identifies it as a floral fragrance and not a gourmand. A huge portion of coumarin.... mmmh... understand if some here also smell woodruff.
It could also be an ancient vintage, grabbed at the flea market, somehow forgotten. The work of a perfumer, which anno 1920 has not quite met the taste, because no cat was in it. At that time, he would certainly have been designated as a men's fragrance, as I have come to know the Vintages so far...
The very dominant almond macaron note could have been dimmed a bit because of me, I think then Heliotrope would have even more charm. What can I say, powder, Peru balsam, tonka bean and vanilla flowers, this is just a hammer combination for my nose. A pinch of powder makeup, a pinch of avant-garde, a pinch of ballet & glass figures - and I'm a hypnotized butterfly on the lilac bush. For me, it is more related to fragrances like "Teint de Neige (Eau de Toilette) | Lorenzo Villoresi" or "Les Notes Gourmandes - Héliotrope / Do Ré | Réminiscence" than to amaretto / marzipan hammers.
Already ne Wucht, rather what for the evening.
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It shall be no more
We've grown apart. What happened during that time? We loved each other, unconditionally, blinded by love.
Maybe too blind
I love you, lavender, forever, you know that. But your aftershave is making me uncomfortable. Your aftershave that's still all over your clothes
The candle smoke that you gently release into the air.
Your candlewarm.
Gone.
Maybe too blind
I love you, lavender, forever, you know that. But your aftershave is making me uncomfortable. Your aftershave that's still all over your clothes
The candle smoke that you gently release into the air.
Your candlewarm.
Gone.
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Just there
Yeah, that's what I thought. My sample contains the reformulated scent. Too bad. I had been very much looking forward to the promised notes, to rice pudding, childhood memories, moments of well-being. But what I smell is first very fruity-sour, "green apple", shampoo. Stinging. Artificial. Green.
On flaconi.de a new fragrance pyramid is specified, which reads as follows:
Top notes: Nettle flower, raspberry, bergamot
Heart notes: vanilla, orange blossom, jasmine
Base notes: tonka bean, amber, cedar
And I think so, too. The raspberry in the top note seems to be very dominant and responsible for the apple shampoo impression. The rest is a standard drugstore floret office scent, somehow not good, but not even so annoying that I have to wash it off. Just there. I perceive vanilla only minimally - the scent is really mainly sour-fruity.
It's funny.
You must have been a special scent, huh? Exactly the right amount of beige, colourless, skin-coloured, that you can snuggle up to your wearer without becoming insignificant.
The way you are now, I can't even dislike you, because you're okay, but still nothing that I remotely like.
Is that why you took off so fast? So shy, so intimidated because you know you're not what you used to be? After twenty minutes you are already very closely and I must go look for you on my arm.
Hmm. Maybe you could have been with us if they hadn't screwed you up. But so you are only a lot of loud, sour fruit and then only a breath - no more rice pudding, no more feeling good, no more coming home, no more cuddling, no more comforting.
Just there.
On flaconi.de a new fragrance pyramid is specified, which reads as follows:
Top notes: Nettle flower, raspberry, bergamot
Heart notes: vanilla, orange blossom, jasmine
Base notes: tonka bean, amber, cedar
And I think so, too. The raspberry in the top note seems to be very dominant and responsible for the apple shampoo impression. The rest is a standard drugstore floret office scent, somehow not good, but not even so annoying that I have to wash it off. Just there. I perceive vanilla only minimally - the scent is really mainly sour-fruity.
It's funny.
You must have been a special scent, huh? Exactly the right amount of beige, colourless, skin-coloured, that you can snuggle up to your wearer without becoming insignificant.
The way you are now, I can't even dislike you, because you're okay, but still nothing that I remotely like.
Is that why you took off so fast? So shy, so intimidated because you know you're not what you used to be? After twenty minutes you are already very closely and I must go look for you on my arm.
Hmm. Maybe you could have been with us if they hadn't screwed you up. But so you are only a lot of loud, sour fruit and then only a breath - no more rice pudding, no more feeling good, no more coming home, no more cuddling, no more comforting.
Just there.
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Controversial discourse between author & imaginary reader about marzipan cake. An outline in 8 paragraphs
Already after briefly dealing with my new hobby "perfume" I came across (of course) the brand Guerlain and the mysterious so-called "Guerlinade". After a short research it seems to be a mixture of rose, jasmine, neroli, iris, tonka & vanilla (& bergamot? Depending on the source) and is described as "almondy" or "iris+vanilla" or "buttery". Now, I've been able to test a few Guerlains so far and yes, even my untrained nose imagines to smell some kind of red thread. Especially with "Mon précieux Nectar" and the recently tested "Après l'Ondée" the following note overlaps ALL notes of the pyramid after a very short time: light-fluffy, powdery-sugary, freshly baked sponge cake and buttery marzipan cake. Why cake? I don't know, but the scents both go in a sweet-gourmand direction for me.
imaginary reader: Hey, wait a minute with your amateurish comments about Guerlain. I thought I was here on a comment about a Prada! What does that have to do with "Infusion d'Iris" now anyway!
Well, well, dear reader.
Also with "Infusion d'Iris" I smell after a short time this special marzipan cake touch. First fresh-fruity tangerine and a delicate green blossom on a pond, but only very briefly, then the marzipan comes along and butter, warm butter, and overlays like the two Guerlains ALL other notes of the pyramid.
imaginary reader: Mmm, okay, is your subjective impression, but, times purely factually, I thought the Guerlinade consists of rose, jasmine, neroli, iris, tonka & vanilla? Of which is here yes only iris & neroli in it!
Jaja, I do not understand it either!!! However, the benzoin is vanilla, right? Maybe that's good as a substitute for vanilla & tonka - anyway - anyway, now you've brought me out.
Clears throat. The "Infusion d'Iris" manages not to become too cakey on me. Something pleasantly citrusy remains throughout the fragrance. Somehow, the fragrance is pleasant - and sorry again to all Guerlain lovers and Parfumos with far greater knowledge of fragrances than I - this infusion reminds me of "Après l'Ondée", only in better.
imaginary reader: Ah, now slowly I see your point. But did you like the fragrance now? That's why I read this whole comment. Actually, I just want to know how you can imagine the approximately and what do I get? Unfounded gibberish about Guerlinaden and cake--
Okay Then just the standard comment content: at first I liked it, tangerine & flower was nice, then it became too buttery marzipan cake-like for me, I did not like that, but then that got a bit in and now it's nice again, still cake, but with citrus and more watery.
Imaginary Reader: Ah, finally, was that so hard, my face -- and don't you dare say Guerlain again --
Guerlain!
Imaginary reader: that's not too --
Guerlain!
....
( Guerlain.)
imaginary reader: Hey, wait a minute with your amateurish comments about Guerlain. I thought I was here on a comment about a Prada! What does that have to do with "Infusion d'Iris" now anyway!
Well, well, dear reader.
Also with "Infusion d'Iris" I smell after a short time this special marzipan cake touch. First fresh-fruity tangerine and a delicate green blossom on a pond, but only very briefly, then the marzipan comes along and butter, warm butter, and overlays like the two Guerlains ALL other notes of the pyramid.
imaginary reader: Mmm, okay, is your subjective impression, but, times purely factually, I thought the Guerlinade consists of rose, jasmine, neroli, iris, tonka & vanilla? Of which is here yes only iris & neroli in it!
Jaja, I do not understand it either!!! However, the benzoin is vanilla, right? Maybe that's good as a substitute for vanilla & tonka - anyway - anyway, now you've brought me out.
Clears throat. The "Infusion d'Iris" manages not to become too cakey on me. Something pleasantly citrusy remains throughout the fragrance. Somehow, the fragrance is pleasant - and sorry again to all Guerlain lovers and Parfumos with far greater knowledge of fragrances than I - this infusion reminds me of "Après l'Ondée", only in better.
imaginary reader: Ah, now slowly I see your point. But did you like the fragrance now? That's why I read this whole comment. Actually, I just want to know how you can imagine the approximately and what do I get? Unfounded gibberish about Guerlinaden and cake--
Okay Then just the standard comment content: at first I liked it, tangerine & flower was nice, then it became too buttery marzipan cake-like for me, I did not like that, but then that got a bit in and now it's nice again, still cake, but with citrus and more watery.
Imaginary Reader: Ah, finally, was that so hard, my face -- and don't you dare say Guerlain again --
Guerlain!
Imaginary reader: that's not too --
Guerlain!
....
( Guerlain.)
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