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Picture: Sloe berries November 2024
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The Scent of Christmas Eve (grey outside and daytime temprature ca + 8 C) like an ordinary late autumnday. I was wearing Hyacinth and a Mechanic from Andy Tauers subline with limited editions, Tauerville. This is the most realistic scent of hyacinth I've smelled so far in a fragrance, I imagine a cold, crisp blue hyacinth. The hyacinth is the star during the whole dry down, soon also light leathery and oily/greasy notes apperas contrasting the crispy, clean flower with some dirtyness. Hyacinth and a Mechanic is an EDT but appears more concentrated, similar to an EDP. An intriguing fragrance for special occasions, like a cloudy, grey and warm Christmas Eve. This Christmas was really a celebration of the house of Andy Tauer as Mr Parfumista was wearing the beautiful, dry, cold, sacred very well balanced Incense Extreme one of the very best from Andy Tauer according to my opinion .
Below the updated list of the fragrances I've worn for the last twentyone Christmas Eves:
2023: L'Eau Scandaleause Anatole Lebreton (a dry raw smoky leather mixed with a cold tubereuse)
2022: Nuit Etoilée Edt Annick Goutal (pine needles, natural minty with contrasting citric notes)
2021: Tobacco Rose Papillion Artisan Perfumes ( dark red rose, over fresh moss, beewax, juniper)
2020: Rubikona Puredistance (contemporary chypre fresh - earthy and green accord, surounded and contrasted by smooth ,elegant creamy flowers).
2019: Gold Puredistance (with a beautiful myrrhnote, a sort of smooth resin/sap and a cold (but not freezing) outdoor -in the wood - impression
2018: Rubj Extrait by Vero Kern (warm, glowing orange in spices and elegant white flowers)
2017: Vert de Fleur by Tom Ford (elegant retro but also contemporary austere flowery-green.)
2016: Oud Sublime Parfums de Nicolaï (quality "forest-refreshing" dark green, mossy, woody)
2015: Rose de Taif Extrait Perris Monte Carlo (high class smooth velvety rose petals)
2014: Impossible Iris Ramòn Monegal (an elegant, contempory iris with a delicious rasperrynote)
2013: Quintaesensia Ramòn Monegal, (a special retro styled blend, furry, ambery, herbal/spicy)
2012: Nothing, knocked down by the worst flu in ten years+.
2011: Betrothal, Grossmith (classic, light and exquisite florals)
2010: Cuir Mauresque, Serge Lutens (saddle leather, orangeblossom, jasmine, spices)
2009: Tribute Attar, Amouage (dark leather, smoke, oud, excellent spices)
2008: Incense rosé, Andy Tauer (rose, mandarine, cardamom, myrrh cedar, incense)
2007: Ambre Russe, Parfum d'Empires (boozy amber, the, wood, oriental)
2006: Jil Sander 4, Jil Sander (dark, overripe fruits, white almost withering flowers, oriental spices)
2005: Nuit de Noël, Caron (dusky, retro flowers, moss and a furry note)
2004: Cabochard, Parfums Grès (leathery chypre, harsh green notes and retro flowers)
2003: Fracas Robert Piguet (the ultimate classic grand tubereuse)
As this was published afterwards I hope your Christmas was Great and scented with some beautiful fragrances!
PS For New Years Eve I was wearing the dark, camphorious Rose Acrasia by BeauFort London. Mr Parfumista was (just like last years New Years Eve) wearing the nosepleasing Byredo Black Saffron a sucessful blend of rose and saffron ending up in a comforting, creamy, leathery accord.
PPS Just as last year, I've also forgotten the Midsummerfragrancepost - a half of a year later I can announce it was Amouage - Beloved Woman, which I think is one of the better contemporary chypres elegant and if gently spritzed also suitiable for a quite warm summer eveningparty.
