2 reviews for Jasmin d’Egypte L’Occitane en Provence

1. 

   andrew_ter – 2022-07-02:

   4 out of 5

   Cool to warm spring evenings, jasmine flowers seeping their sultry scent into the breeze. This perfume encapsulates this smell from home…
   JASMINE
   When they cried of freedom, when the sweet
   mingling of woodsmoke and jasmine
   with dust: grass, granite, antelope
   bone: gathered into wrists which turned
   light the colour of blood, darkness
   a memory of the colour
   of blood – when their voices lifted
   that song and sent it echoing
   across Africa, I knew it.
   Sibanda had taught it to me.
   Polishing the family’s shoes,
   squatting outside the scullery
   door. We both wore khaki trousers
   many sizes too big; no shirt,
   no shoes. I spat on the toecaps
   while he brushed; and while he brushed
   we sang: “Nkosi sikele’
   iAfrica . . . ” over and over
   till the birds joined in. August birds.
   ” . . . maluphakamiso phondo lwayo . . . ” *
   It comes back to me, this August,
   now that the jasmine is blooming
   and the air is stilled by woodsmoke;
   how they cried freedom, and how I
   knew their song. A lingering chill
   pinches Zimbabwean sunsets
   in the cheeks of my children
   squatting beside me as I write.
   It is their song too. I teach it
   to them, over and over, till
   my tired eyes are pricked with tears
   held back, sweet smoke, dust and jasmine.
   © 1995, John Eppel
2. 

   Mizumi – 2022-07-02:

   4 out of 5

   I have this one since many years. I was crazy about it at beginning but it quickly made me feel sick. It’s a powerful white floral, quite juicy and sensual, but it leaves a fresh trail which is not out of place in a summer night. It has a soft Middle Eastern vibe.
   Not natural, of course, but quite well-made and very longlasting and projecting.
   I really don’t know what makes me feel queasy and clenches my throat into headache.