Today I am wearing The Scent of Departure New York
City. The nose behind this Scent of
Departure range is Gérald Ghislain, he of the hugely interesting Histoires de
Parfums range.
The Scent of Departures range features perfumes representing
the indigenous and imaginary aromas over 20 different cities. New York features apple – so good he includes
it twice in the form of green and red apples.
The overall aroma is sweet and juicy - more red apple in
here than green then. It is red apple
laced with caramel, vanilla, white musk, jasmine, lilac, rose and lotus flower
giving a sweet, juicy, fresh, watery aroma.
If it conjures up any imagery of New York then I guess I’m
strolling through Central Park in spring time, the smell of blossom is in the
air, the breeze is warm and the anticipation of a few days in the big city is
thrilling me.
I think if I was to pick smells that remind me of New York
I’d pick a very different set. I’d include cinnamon, coffee, hot dogs,
doughnuts, traffic, dollar bills, steam escaping from manhole covers. I‘d love to smell those aromas but I’m not
sure I’d want to wear them as a scent though!
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