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sergeyfarber – :
We redheads love to fantasize that we are mermaids. Ariel made a lasting impression…long before Merida (even though Merida also had the curls)…so anything made for mermaids is bound to attract me. 😉 I had the shampoo, conditioner and hair shine spray long before I realized the actual Mermaid No. 1 “perfume” smells quite different from the hair products with the same name! The hair products are along the lines of Bobbi Brown Beach, but with a heavy dose of coconut. The perfume, however, (I have the oil), is pure, clear California orange blossom. No neroli…no syruppy Florida orange blossoms…it’s the smell that used to penetrate through freeway smog when you drove through Redlands…and long before that, it was the aroma of my homeland, Orange County. All the trees were pushed out by land developers and it really was the world Don Henley mourned throughout the Hotel California album. Everyone remembers the innocence being taken over by the “Tiffany Twisted” drivers of Mercedes Benz…but it would be a stunning thing if people revisit the final song of the album, The Last Resort. It is one of the most potent, tragic examples of a time in life when nobody ever believes the true prophet, instead following the fake, easy way out.
As I sit here tonight, on a windy night, quite cold for April, I am inhaling the smell of a beautiful place and time that is forever lost. Lost before anybody realized its magic.The smells float me to memories in Dana Point, Doheny, Capo Beach, San Clemente, and Laguna Beach …places that used to be exquisite, use to be paradise, seem more like movie sets of bland suburbia, and their vibrant life has melted away with the fires and the floods.. The ugly boxes and shallow materialism obliterated the California life, and all that’s left behind are memories like smells of orange blossoms.
So I’m going to type the lyrics of The Last Resort, and maybe you’ll think of them when you smell orange blossoms.
She came from Providence
The one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hang
Heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams
Like a refugee
Just as her father came across the sea
She heard about a place people were smiling
They spoke about the red man’s way
And how they loved the land
And they came from everywhere
To the Great Divide
Seeking a place to stand
Or a place to hide
Down in the crowded bars
Out for a good time
Can’t wait to tell you all
What it’s like up there
And they called it paradise
I don’t know why
Somebody laid the mountains low
While the town got high
Then the chilly winds blew down
Across the desert
Through the canyons of the coast
To the Malibu
Where the pretty people play
Hungry for power
To light their neon way
And give them things to do
Some rich men came and raped the land
Nobody caught them
Put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and
Jesus People bought them
And they called it paradise
The place to be
They watched the hazy sun, sinking in the sea
You can leave it all behind
And sail to Lahaina
Just like the missionaries did, so many years ago
They even brought a neon sign said “Jesus is coming”
Brought the white man’s burden down
Brought the white man’s reign
Who will provide the grand design?
What is yours and what is mine?
Because there is no more new frontier
We have got to make it here
We satisfy our endless needs and
Justify our bloody deeds
In the name of destiny
And in the name of God
And you can see them there
On Sunday morning
Stand up and sing about
What it’s like up there
They call it paradise
I don’t know why
You call someplace paradise
Kiss it goodbye….
Don Henley, The Last Resort Hotel California
boozy-woozy – :
This one is tricky! I very much want to like it so I can smell like mermaids and have the bottle on my vanity. But this one is too floral for me. It’s not very oceanic either. I was expecting seaweed and maybe a briny note. Instead, it’s quite fresh and floral. Not beachy at all, so I don’t think the title of “Mermaid” is very fitting.
Curelajek – :
I love anything with orange blossom so this was perfect! I was also definitely reeled in by the title. I remember I was in a store with my friend and she kept trying on clothes, and I was trying to browse around the store, but I kept coming back to their display bottle to smell it over and over! I finally knew I had to buy it. I wear it almost every day in the spring and summer.
szb954speagoessenda – :
Orange Blossom. That’s all. I love orange blossom so I like this one, think I will try layering it though to make it a little more exciting.
beVOgr – :
Anthropologie was carrying this fragrance last spring (2015). From what I’ve read it’s essentially a single note of orange blossom however I was instantly reminded of the blooming tea olive trees at my childhood home. Sweet, floral, and intoxicating. (I have since come to learn that tea olive and orange blossom are similar smells, so I guess I wasn’t crazy in that misidentification) Because it’s one note, I sometimes layer Mermaid with other perfumes. So far it’s worked well with Cartier’s La Panthère Légère, Marc Jacob’s Daisy Dream, and Guerlain’s Idylle.
urann – :
Fresh orange blossom. Not too florally but more of a fresh creamy orange smell. Definitely going to wear this during the summer!