Showing posts with label Cinq Mondes. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

SOTD: Eau Egyptienne by Cinq Mondes

Turns out I'm reviewing Ms Giacobetti's work two times in a row without doing it on purpose. I really didn't know it was made by her until I went to check the notes some time into smelling it. Now, I'll have to give it more effort and find her other creations to smell because I love this.
I have no idea what's happening to me that I'm getting more and more into roses.


Notes: lotus, caraway, rose, mint, myrrh, cypress, geranium, jasmine, juniper, pistacchio.


I'm not going into how this came about, there is enough written about that. What I want to talk about is how incredible it smells to me. My initial thought was that it was a surprisingly good citrusy, spicy, flowery, warm thingie. I say thingie because it just seems so delicate, feminine-like but it turns out it's only delicate because I think of it as feminine in the general sense of people who don't understand women. I don't think women are really delicate - quite the contrary. I think they are strong and solid while at the same time they are caring and warm. And this is what I get from this, the warmth in the heart around which the spices and flowers dance making it seem girly and feminine but the warmth giving it solidity and strength. If that makes sense. And the rose-lotus-geranium combo underscored by caraway definitely helps.

It's warm and at the same time fresh with something that makes your senses come alive. And if I got the prices right, it's 48 euros for 100ml. Which seems quite reasonable to me. :)