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The magic of the stars
If I am completely honest, I must confess that for me so far the formula
Tiziana Terenzi fragrances + me = not compatible
applied.
No, it's certainly not because the scents are badly made. On the contrary, I always find them to be of very high quality and in some respects unique. They all stick very long and are usually equipped with a clear projection. Actually, all characteristics I like to jump at. I experienced them only very often as self-willed dominant and sometimes scratchy, so that rather rarely the desire arose to have a TT-fragrance in my collection.
But by the new smells of the Luna-Collection and by "Porpora" (constant inner fight whether I want it or not) my point of view has changed a little bit
"Sirrah" (star in constellation Andromeda) came into my personal test - orbit:
Immediately after spraying on, I have the impression of standing ankle-deep in sourish-harsh fruits (quince / passion fruit). Actually, I'm not a big fruit scent fan, especially not when they seem sticky-sweet. But I appreciate the sour fruits, because they seem particularly vital and alive to me and therefore often provide a pleasant freshness kick.
Already at this time I am impressed by what Paolo and Tiziana Terenzi have created here. The predicate "the two can be fruit" is safe from my point of view.
Very gradually and slowly the fruits "ripen", gaining fruitiness and restrained sweetness.
Very fine saffron threads and tingling pepper penetrate the fruit and create a very special twist. In general, all fragrance components seem to be very agile, tumble wildly and do not adhere to any order. But that's exactly what makes this fragrance so alive.
Rose and amber throw their virtues into the ring and provide a fine-flowered ambry climate. Not too much and not too little, but balanced to the point.
You have to be able to do that and the Terenzis seem to be able to do it.
Aromas of light woods and fluffy soft musk underline the lively hustle and bustle.
There is still no real order in sight, all participants are dancing together and still manage to create a uniformity and synchronicity that is extremely good for the fragrance.
And then there is a special note that is present throughout the entire (very long) scent. First of all, I was guessing light oud. During my research however I found out, it must be that special oxygen-molecule, which is responsible for that especially light and light cutting scent impression. How's that work? I don't know, I don't know. But it's also one, because it does a pretty good job.
"Sirrah" to me is far from a classic fruit scent. For a long time I find it rather bitter-freshly acidic. This changes in the course of the fragrance when the other fragrance protagonists join in and provide for restrained sweetness, floridity and spiciness. Sirrah" isn't really sweet for me, but it is milder, finer and equipped with a feel-good base.
Personally, I like "Sirrah" best when it is a little warmer and the fragrance can play its refreshing side to the full. This is also supported by the Sillage, which is clearly perceptible, but not exaggerated. Based on my personal test experiences, I would classify it as unisex, because the sour-fruity is in the foreground. But of course this can be different for everyone.
As usual with the Terenzis, "Sirrah" is also an Extrait de Parfum, which has an ambitious price with 365€ for 100ml. Whether the really high-quality ingredients and the pretty bottle are worth it, must be decided each for himself.
However, I will (gladly) change my formula mentioned at the beginning...
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Tiziana Terenzi fragrances + me = not compatible
applied.
No, it's certainly not because the scents are badly made. On the contrary, I always find them to be of very high quality and in some respects unique. They all stick very long and are usually equipped with a clear projection. Actually, all characteristics I like to jump at. I experienced them only very often as self-willed dominant and sometimes scratchy, so that rather rarely the desire arose to have a TT-fragrance in my collection.
But by the new smells of the Luna-Collection and by "Porpora" (constant inner fight whether I want it or not) my point of view has changed a little bit
"Sirrah" (star in constellation Andromeda) came into my personal test - orbit:
Immediately after spraying on, I have the impression of standing ankle-deep in sourish-harsh fruits (quince / passion fruit). Actually, I'm not a big fruit scent fan, especially not when they seem sticky-sweet. But I appreciate the sour fruits, because they seem particularly vital and alive to me and therefore often provide a pleasant freshness kick.
Already at this time I am impressed by what Paolo and Tiziana Terenzi have created here. The predicate "the two can be fruit" is safe from my point of view.
Very gradually and slowly the fruits "ripen", gaining fruitiness and restrained sweetness.
Very fine saffron threads and tingling pepper penetrate the fruit and create a very special twist. In general, all fragrance components seem to be very agile, tumble wildly and do not adhere to any order. But that's exactly what makes this fragrance so alive.
Rose and amber throw their virtues into the ring and provide a fine-flowered ambry climate. Not too much and not too little, but balanced to the point.
You have to be able to do that and the Terenzis seem to be able to do it.
Aromas of light woods and fluffy soft musk underline the lively hustle and bustle.
There is still no real order in sight, all participants are dancing together and still manage to create a uniformity and synchronicity that is extremely good for the fragrance.
And then there is a special note that is present throughout the entire (very long) scent. First of all, I was guessing light oud. During my research however I found out, it must be that special oxygen-molecule, which is responsible for that especially light and light cutting scent impression. How's that work? I don't know, I don't know. But it's also one, because it does a pretty good job.
"Sirrah" to me is far from a classic fruit scent. For a long time I find it rather bitter-freshly acidic. This changes in the course of the fragrance when the other fragrance protagonists join in and provide for restrained sweetness, floridity and spiciness. Sirrah" isn't really sweet for me, but it is milder, finer and equipped with a feel-good base.
Personally, I like "Sirrah" best when it is a little warmer and the fragrance can play its refreshing side to the full. This is also supported by the Sillage, which is clearly perceptible, but not exaggerated. Based on my personal test experiences, I would classify it as unisex, because the sour-fruity is in the foreground. But of course this can be different for everyone.
As usual with the Terenzis, "Sirrah" is also an Extrait de Parfum, which has an ambitious price with 365€ for 100ml. Whether the really high-quality ingredients and the pretty bottle are worth it, must be decided each for himself.
However, I will (gladly) change my formula mentioned at the beginning...
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Holiday impressions of Calice and Yves
Dear Calice,
dear Yves,
thank you very much for your great holiday impressions from the Orient. Your powerful words and images made your experiences so real that I felt like I was part of your small travel group. In one photo you are wearing a caftan. Very unusual, as you are otherwise associated with high fashion and haute couture. But it fits to your attitude that always the small details have to be right as well.
Just the description of your hotel (Yves, the casual mention that it was a 5-star resort, would not have been necessary, because you wouldn't be Yves if it wasn't a luxury hotel) with the wonderful scent of freshly tangy mandarin orange peppered with a lot of pepper impressed me. The pleasant difference between the heat outside and the pleasantly cool freshness inside I could feel immediately.
The markets there must also have been a special experience. The smell of spices and resins, which unfolded their very own aroma in the shimmering air, was immediately in my nose. Surprisingly, they are not as dominant as I would have imagined. Not brutally spicy and resinous, but more a touch of both. Very invigorating and exactly the right dosage.
Although this was not your first trip to the Orient (I only remember the 1970s when you were already so impressed by the Orient that you launched opium as a fragrance), you are always discovering new things. Calice really seems to be the perfect travel companion, as she seems to share your weakness. How else could her intensive cooperation with Kilian be explained? Of course you visited what could be seen in the short time available. I know how inspiring new impressions are for you
The old sultan's palace must have really done it to you. Thick walls, which inside provide almost something like icy cold and form an exciting contrast to the heat. I also found it remarkable that this palace apparently got along without pomp, rather sober, modest and almost sacral. Your impression that there was an almost clerical, cold smell of incense in the walls fits perfectly into the picture. Usually it shakes me, because I don't like this kind of incense very much, but in this case it must be a special incense. Who knows, maybe the bowls sprinkled with musk have ensured that the incense has something soft and harmonious despite its coldness and severity? But you don't have to reveal every secret. Sometimes the attraction lies precisely in the non-delightenment.
You asked me how I would describe a fragrance that would have the theme of what you had experienced. Well, I would say that it is warm and cool at the same time, yet graceful and noble, dark and light, hard and soft, present yet restrained. But all together in a balanced and very harmonious relationship. What would I call him? Na caftan of course ;-))
I am looking forward to further travel reports and experiences!
dear Yves,
thank you very much for your great holiday impressions from the Orient. Your powerful words and images made your experiences so real that I felt like I was part of your small travel group. In one photo you are wearing a caftan. Very unusual, as you are otherwise associated with high fashion and haute couture. But it fits to your attitude that always the small details have to be right as well.
Just the description of your hotel (Yves, the casual mention that it was a 5-star resort, would not have been necessary, because you wouldn't be Yves if it wasn't a luxury hotel) with the wonderful scent of freshly tangy mandarin orange peppered with a lot of pepper impressed me. The pleasant difference between the heat outside and the pleasantly cool freshness inside I could feel immediately.
The markets there must also have been a special experience. The smell of spices and resins, which unfolded their very own aroma in the shimmering air, was immediately in my nose. Surprisingly, they are not as dominant as I would have imagined. Not brutally spicy and resinous, but more a touch of both. Very invigorating and exactly the right dosage.
Although this was not your first trip to the Orient (I only remember the 1970s when you were already so impressed by the Orient that you launched opium as a fragrance), you are always discovering new things. Calice really seems to be the perfect travel companion, as she seems to share your weakness. How else could her intensive cooperation with Kilian be explained? Of course you visited what could be seen in the short time available. I know how inspiring new impressions are for you
The old sultan's palace must have really done it to you. Thick walls, which inside provide almost something like icy cold and form an exciting contrast to the heat. I also found it remarkable that this palace apparently got along without pomp, rather sober, modest and almost sacral. Your impression that there was an almost clerical, cold smell of incense in the walls fits perfectly into the picture. Usually it shakes me, because I don't like this kind of incense very much, but in this case it must be a special incense. Who knows, maybe the bowls sprinkled with musk have ensured that the incense has something soft and harmonious despite its coldness and severity? But you don't have to reveal every secret. Sometimes the attraction lies precisely in the non-delightenment.
You asked me how I would describe a fragrance that would have the theme of what you had experienced. Well, I would say that it is warm and cool at the same time, yet graceful and noble, dark and light, hard and soft, present yet restrained. But all together in a balanced and very harmonious relationship. What would I call him? Na caftan of course ;-))
I am looking forward to further travel reports and experiences!
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Me and tattoos? No way!! Or ever?
There are fragrances that are the purest attractants for me. Iris is undoubtedly one of them. I find it particularly beautiful that she is used in fragrances in a very multi-faceted way, sometimes extraordinarily cool ("Hiris" by Hermès), sometimes woody (Bois d'Iris by van Cleef & Arpels) and then again spicy (Iris Nazarena by Aedes de Venustas). Iris in combination with violets let me float in the seventh heaven of fragrances. This powderiness à la Dior's Homme or Terry de Gunzburg's Ombre Mercure are real "nose catchers" for me
What I personally can do much less with, however, are tattoos. Firstly, I'm probably not the type for it (I'm already completely satisfied with the pricking at the dentist or taking blood samples) and secondly, in some holidays (and / or on hot days with us) I've seen too many tattoos, which really don't deserve the predicate aesthetically (anymore). Of course, there are also successful examples.
Now then a "Iris Tattoo" by Parle Moi de Parfum. Hm, funny name. Or is the name program, because it should combine the best of both worlds? Anyway, I was very curious. Especially because it is apparently a monothematic fragrance. Would the iris (or iris butter = oil of the iris root) be able to "last a whole fragrance"?
When the envelope arrived from France, there was no stopping it. Immediately I gave a few sprays on the back of my hand. And there it was, immediately and unmistakably in all its beauty: the iris
No soft or even overly sweet powdery dream and no lipstick accord, but rather a rather dry and creamy-fine spicy iris. It is accompanied by a touch of amber and violet (or lavender, I'm not sure).
This iris is not playful and spring-fresh, but mature with an effortless seriousness. A self-evident elegance, which does not seem effortful or artificial, gives it a special charm. It appears fresh and full-bodied, restrained and present at the same time.
In short, this iris interpretation took me by storm.
The test for "wearability in everyday life" was no different. This iris is a faithful companion, which simply ensures well-being. Depending on the outside or body temperature, it is sometimes more and sometimes less present, but always there. It remains rather close to the body, but is still perceptible to the surroundings.
And now I also understand what the tattoo in the name is all about. A tattoo literally gets under the skin and that is what happens with this fragrance. Orris Tattoo doesn't just lie on the skin, it literally melts into it and then gradually unfolds its very special scent.
Of course, you could say that this is boring, because Orris Tattoo is not evolving and certainly can't (and won't) come up with surprising twists and turns. This iris is simply self-sufficient and does not require any decorative accessories. And it is in this monothematic tranquillity that I find the appeal and the special quality of this unagitated and grounded fragrance, which in my opinion is absolutely unisex, year-round and wearable on almost any occasion.
And so there will be something with the tattoos and me ;-))
What I personally can do much less with, however, are tattoos. Firstly, I'm probably not the type for it (I'm already completely satisfied with the pricking at the dentist or taking blood samples) and secondly, in some holidays (and / or on hot days with us) I've seen too many tattoos, which really don't deserve the predicate aesthetically (anymore). Of course, there are also successful examples.
Now then a "Iris Tattoo" by Parle Moi de Parfum. Hm, funny name. Or is the name program, because it should combine the best of both worlds? Anyway, I was very curious. Especially because it is apparently a monothematic fragrance. Would the iris (or iris butter = oil of the iris root) be able to "last a whole fragrance"?
When the envelope arrived from France, there was no stopping it. Immediately I gave a few sprays on the back of my hand. And there it was, immediately and unmistakably in all its beauty: the iris
No soft or even overly sweet powdery dream and no lipstick accord, but rather a rather dry and creamy-fine spicy iris. It is accompanied by a touch of amber and violet (or lavender, I'm not sure).
This iris is not playful and spring-fresh, but mature with an effortless seriousness. A self-evident elegance, which does not seem effortful or artificial, gives it a special charm. It appears fresh and full-bodied, restrained and present at the same time.
In short, this iris interpretation took me by storm.
The test for "wearability in everyday life" was no different. This iris is a faithful companion, which simply ensures well-being. Depending on the outside or body temperature, it is sometimes more and sometimes less present, but always there. It remains rather close to the body, but is still perceptible to the surroundings.
And now I also understand what the tattoo in the name is all about. A tattoo literally gets under the skin and that is what happens with this fragrance. Orris Tattoo doesn't just lie on the skin, it literally melts into it and then gradually unfolds its very special scent.
Of course, you could say that this is boring, because Orris Tattoo is not evolving and certainly can't (and won't) come up with surprising twists and turns. This iris is simply self-sufficient and does not require any decorative accessories. And it is in this monothematic tranquillity that I find the appeal and the special quality of this unagitated and grounded fragrance, which in my opinion is absolutely unisex, year-round and wearable on almost any occasion.
And so there will be something with the tattoos and me ;-))
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