Roller coaster perfumes

Roller coaster perfumes
I love my red mandarin essential oil. I adore it, orange shining liquid, and a scent like pealing a not quite ripe mandarin, fresh, fruity, sunny and sweet, a trace of orange flower, green hints coming through very early. It is a darling scent to work with and blends in almost everywhere. I have just ordered a batch of CO2 extracted Clementine oil from Eden Botanicals and I can’t wait to get it. The description on Will’s homepage sounds as if this one is going to extend my portfolio of citrus scents by another corner stone.

The collection of new scents is for sure a major driving force in my perfumery work. Hunters and gatherers we all are; and we also hunt for emotions….which brings me closer to my topic of today: I wanted to write about the challenge of bringing any perfume creations to an equal balance from top to base note without having one single line in it, to make a composition which is not overwhelmed by a dominant note and to tell a story which is emotionally touching from the start to the very end. A good perfume is like riding on a roller coaster. You enter the cabin of pain together with yelling youngsters and are lifted all the way up until you make out why evolution has not equipped us with wings. Then you start falling down, getting the chance to realise what gravity really means. The very moment you get used to falling down you are allowed to feel the pleasures of your inner organs trying to rearrange close to your knees while going up again. It’s all about emotions….The same is true for any well composed perfume. It will ultimately fade away, forced by laws of nature, but on its way towards disappearance it will give you the pleasure of twist and turn, of up and down.

Thus, test your favourite perfume for this element: Is it a roller coaster ride? I’ll bet it is!