Description

“The tarot cards. The history of the Gypsies is marked by mysteries and gloomy secrets of history. It dominated the forests and the steppes for centuries. They celebrated intoxicating parties to the whimpering song of the violins around the campfire. They cursed people who did not favor them or, at best, healed their sorrows. The Gift of Prophecy has been yours for generations. They read from the hand or laid the cards. Most widespread were the tarot cards. The cards of fate.Nickolay Eremin has superbly captured this ritual with La Gitane “The Gypsy” from the Bohemian Collection of Nimerè. Let’s draw three cards!

The top note or let’s call it “The Tower” collapse of the illusionary.

A short citrus start of bergamot seems like a lightning strike. Sparks of spicy-bitter nutmeg and allspice spray around, and add sweet saffron like a dagger sharpened on a whetstone. A bitter-green cardamom underlines the entry.

The heart note or what we call “the lover” trust in your heart and your emotions.

Bouquets of dried herbs and flowers hang on the horse-drawn carriages like memorabilia of the departed souls. Spicy thyme mixes with tart clove and dark roses. A passionate-morbid potpourri of dried jasmine and orris root. A gloomy sea of sweet sadness comes over the perfume like a lament. With dark tones of herbaceous coriander in the voices.

The base note or let’s call it “The Devil” – Free yourself from captivity-

The smell of birch and oak moss pervades the night. The fires are ignited and the horses are given the most beautiful bridles made of leather. The forest floor smells of patchouli and the warm golden body of the violins shines like amber in the glow of the fire. The wedding of the gypsy princess is being prepared. The air is filled with the smell of spices and resins made of myrrh, coumarin and benzoin, which are burned in the fire to ward off evil spirits. The anointing of the princess is completed and the smoky air mixes with musk, vanilla and the smell of the animals to a feast of the senses. Freedom, lust and passion dominate the scenery.

Conclusion

La Gitane is the fragrance of one of the most mystical peoples in the world. A journey through time into the mysteries and secrets of the ever-wandering people. This perfume is not a perfume, it’s an atmosphere. A portal into a bygone era. Gloomy, bitter and original. A scent of shocked and at the same time fascinated. Rough and full of green-resinous passion shaped like the bundle of tarot cards of a fortune-teller or like a horse-drawn carriage full of mysterious magic and occultism.

At one time I was with a fortune teller. When she puts the first card on the table, I’ll never forget her first sentence, which she said.-You will die poor, but good-smelling! – Was she right?” – Review by JC Look.

La Gitane was launched in 2016. The nose behind this fragrance is Nikolay Eremin.