Perfumes are iterations of the same idea until the magnificent one is unveiled to the world with all the splendor. Ideal. Fashion goes, but perfume is eternal.
Many years ago I introduced two royal perfumes launched by Oriflame. That evening, after my speech, I sat at the central table, between one of the most famous opera diva, a good friend with Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Bergé and the Dumas family, and the most powerful woman in the pharmaceutical industry. She was wearing Eau de Merveilles (Hermès), we spoke about perfumes.
A woman's bag is like the secret grey amber - an ocean of mysteries wrapped in leather skin - the mythical story.
Almost a decade ago I explained the difference between the amber and musk concepts in perfumery, an aesthetic and a technical theme I further developed on this blog. Now, the new creation from Hermès is the perfect illustration.
A woman's bag is like the secret grey amber - an ocean of mysteries wrapped in leather skin - the mythical story.
Almost a decade ago I explained the difference between the amber and musk concepts in perfumery, an aesthetic and a technical theme I further developed on this blog. Now, the new creation from Hermès is the perfect illustration.
With notes capturing all the essence of flowers, this creation is not from 2012, it has several centuries behind, that perfume texture only two houses in Paris had before 1919. With Ambre des Merveilles you can experience the perfect definition of sillage in the XXIth century, after Ambre and Sillage created by Jacques Guerlain more than a century ago. Only a modern Prada has the same perfection.
The theme is known - the original formula of Eau de Merveilles, but the way it was rebalanced and the way the amber has been introduced is fantastic. This cannot be explained by words. The same music, but a magnificent piano played by a genius. It has little, if nothing, with ingredients, but with the "nose" behind, the one who selects, writes, compares and makes the final decision with only one idea in mind - the perfection of the original theme.
Imagine now the formula of the perfume with those missing ingredients necessary to perfect any commercial masterpiece - a true elixir sur mesure with just the right dose of pure gray amber and pure musk Tonkin ... plus those secrets from the XVIIIth century.
Imagine now the formula of the perfume with those missing ingredients necessary to perfect any commercial masterpiece - a true elixir sur mesure with just the right dose of pure gray amber and pure musk Tonkin ... plus those secrets from the XVIIIth century.
A cup of dark chocolate served with gray amber, the gloves scented with that famous perfume with a red label, plus the original powder ... With Ambre de Merveilles we are at Louveciennes inside "Le Pavillon de Musique" built for a famous favorite near Paris.
The precious amber, floating like dreams in a drop, brings the secret scents of any woman to light. Amour et Psyché. Un peu d'ambre, s'il vous plaît...
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