Serafina

How can you describe the color yellow to a blind person? "Yellow - it's like warm stones in the sun..." I think I remember seeing such a (or similar) scene in a German movie. But, there is something to it...This smell has something of "yellow" for me, although I definitely do not belong to the synaesthetists.

"Heideginster" smells slightly spicy and aromatic and radiates a friendly, bright warmth. But for me not the warmth of a fire but the warmth of the sun's rays. The perfume is a little bitter and a little sweet at the same time. I cannot say whether broom actually smells that way, nor can I say whether it smells different than the broom bushes in my Franconian homeland. I don't really remember their scent, although in my youth, during Whitsun trips with my parents, I often met the yellow flowering broom bushes. But I mean that the smell was rather harsh.

The fragrance certainly goes well with sunny, warm days in late summer or early autumn - or even with the first days of early summer.

Unfortunately, the content of my old, second-hand bottle hardly shows its original intensity and expressiveness anymore. But it is/was in any case an unusual scent, which is not yet begenet me in the kind yet.

A thread from Scorpio reminded me of these little brown bottles. My "perfume oil phase" was at the age of 12-15, that was the beginning of the 80s. That was the time when these Indian junk shops were the order of the day: Incense sticks, flavoured teas, natural cosmetics, Asian/oriental nipples, tea accessories, batik clothes and slabber skirts, ethnic jewellery and even these scented oils (in addition to Sirykid also from Diggers Garden, HimaLaya, Beautiful Sky and other manufacturers). As a teenager, what money I didn't leave in those stores! Today you can hardly find this kind of shops anymore...

Actually, I thought that these monothematic oils had to be completely rancid or lost in fragrance after about 35 years. But it was a mistake! I have picked up most of that time, only the old teas were discarded, and tested for the Scorpio impulse generator. They still smell - at least on the vial - like they did then! So much for the durability of fragrances...even in this low price segment.

"Cloves" was one of my favorites back then. Obviously I already had a penchant for spicy aromas at that time, even though I later preferred floral fragrances in my "real perfumes" for a long time and Orientals were more of a shadowy existence until I came to Parfumo. I'm guessing the oil just had a little eugenol added to it. As I learned later in my studies in organic chemistry, this substance from the substance class of terpenes is responsible for the scent of cloves. Eugenol is probably also used in dentistry, but I only used it once or twice, so it does not cause any negative associations in me.

However, I have to admit that the test of the aging oil on the skin shows a somewhat strange, plastic-like note, probably a tribute to the old age. Otherwise the content smells just like the cloves on the shelf do - spicy with light spiciness.

Of course this oil is not comparable with complex perfumes, but I can already see a distant resemblance, e.g. "Asja", which I find very cloves-heavy, even if carnation is listed there, or also "L'Eau de l'Eau" from Diptyque.

Of course I won't wear the old oils anymore! But occasionally sniff it to remind me of my teenage years (even if they were certainly not carefree).

Sounds awful for now, doesn't it? But this title and also my somewhat hastily sent statement don't really do justice to this complex perfume.

"Green" starts with clear roasted aromas, coffee and nuts are quite easily recognizable in the beginning. I don't know what marijuana smells like - alcohol has always been enough for me as a soft drug! In addition, the sour notes of mango and especially rhubarb serve as a counterpoint. Although this combination is exciting, it is a bit too discrepant for my nose. But then the roast aromas change and I actually have to think a little about roast set. No negative smell in itself, but who wants to smell as if he just came out of the canteen? At this stage I had sent my statement - was once again too impatient. Because later the roast sentence impression disappears again and the rhubarb note comes back. I find "Green" to be an acidically fruity perfume, quite pleasant and harmonious. A bit like the initial phase of "Ciel mon Jardin" - before the gourmand notes become present.

In the end I stick to a rating of "just still good", that is 7.5. I would buy myself from the series certainly only "Blue", but exciting and worth testing are the fragrances of this brand from my point of view in any case!

Before I get to the description of the fragrance, I would like to make a few remarks. There are already 4 versions of this fragrance listed here by concentration (EDT, EDP, EDP concentree, Extrait), all without naming a fragrance pyramid. Then there is "Fiori Bianchi" (also in 2 concentrations), which appears identical to the flacon design. I also own an otherwise optically identical EDT bottle with "Laura Biagiotti Bath & Body" on it. My comment (it was one of my first here) had I at that time under "Fiori bianchi" adjusted, since it seemed completely clear to me from the smell impression that it must concern this perfume.

But now to the extrait: what I smell here seems to me to be equivalent to the fragrance pyramid, which stands under "Fiori Bianchi" and what I also sniff in my "Laura Biagiotti Bath & Beauty": an unsweet bouquet of elegant white flowers with green hints, which seems slightly "scratchy" to me. This impression probably comes from hyacinth and galbanum, reinforced by the moss in the base.

I dare therefore to say that "Fiori Bianchi" is only a name chosen later for the original "Laura Biagiotti". But of course it remains only a strong assumption on my part, which is based on my fragrance impression and which I cannot prove.

Anyway, this timelessly beautiful and elegant perfume suits me well for the time when spring passes into early summer. Due to the concentration it seems more suitable for the evening or for going out.

With my parents I was only once at the sea...in August 1978, when I was 9 years old - it was the big holidays after the fourth grade. 2 weeks in Sweden, also in Malmö, where a friend of my parents lived. A carefree time, even before the forthcoming change to grammar school, the puberty problems of the following years and also before my father (already in spring) became seriously ill and his illness overshadowed the following 7 years of my life. These few days at the beach of Malmö I like to think back!

This perfume gives you the feeling of a Baltic Sea beach on a sunny summer day. It has a salty note that is reminiscent of seawater. The flowery notes remind me a little of sun cream - although at that time, 1978, the hole in the ozone layer and the dangers of UV rays were not yet an issue. Two-digit sun protection factors were really something exotic back then!

All in all, the perfume seems bright, transparent and in no way synthetic to me. A beautiful light summer scent with very good durability. My personal favorite from the "Perfum.Sucks Series".