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- 7 scents from around the world for the New Year mood
- Russia: Christmas tree with champagne
- Netherlands: ginger, grapefruit and … film
- China: tangerines and caramel
- Brazil: palm trees, ocean and dancing
- Italy: Christmas tree, Christmas cupcake and chocolate
- Switzerland: gold and hugs
- Sweden: Christmas tree and ginger cookies
7 scents from around the world for the New Year mood
Winter holidays in different countries have their own special flavor. It’s all about Christmas and New Year’s decorations and rituals, as well as a festive table, where you can find a variety of traditional dishes with unique smells.
Russia: Christmas tree with champagne
Yes, a Christmas tree in Russia is good in itself. And if it is natural, then its aroma will fill the whole apartment. Here you can add variations with tangerines, chocolates and champagne. And if you add to this the aroma of firecrackers and sparklers, then the feeling of the holiday will be even brighter.
Comme des Garcons x Monocle Scent Four Yoyogi, Comme des Garcons, 9800 рублей
The composition was created by Givaudan perfumer Natalie Grazia-Setto, who has collaborated with Chloe, Jean Paul Gaultier and Ex Nihilo. The aroma is perfectly balanced in terms of sweetness and bitterness. The main ingredients here are wormwood, chamomile, coniferous aromas of thuja and cypress, bitter earthy vetiver, tart green moss, smoky incense and cool vermouth. Invigorating and intoxicating at the same time. The density and persistence of the aroma is amazing. It can be safely called a Christmas tree concentrate with alcoholic nuances.
Netherlands: ginger, grapefruit and … film
A Christmas tree in the Netherlands for the New Year holidays is not an obligatory attribute. It is much more important to have a hot drink with cardamom, ginger, grapefruit and sweets on the table, close friends nearby, and a retro film on the screen. After all, under it it is so pleasant to nostalgia and indulge in good memories.
Super 8, Salle Privee, 17 468 rubles
Dedicated to documentary films from the 1965s and the famous camera, which was released in 1965 and was popular in the 70s. The composition is based on the contrast of hot and cold chords. The cool freshness of grapefruit and neroli contrasts sharply with the spicy cardamom and ginger. Smoky incense, warm sandalwood and leather create a flickering, fragrant fire.
China: tangerines and caramel
It is customary to celebrate the Chinese New Year on the second new moon after the winter solstice, which falls between January 21 and February 21. There may not be a Christmas tree for Chinese New Year. But there will definitely be tangerines. For the holiday, it is customary to give two tangerines, which symbolize wealth and abundance. Before leaving home, the guest is also presented with two tangerines. Thus, a mutual desire for prosperity is obtained. There are traditional sweets on the tables: apples and bananas in caramel, peanuts in sweet glaze, fried bananas in batter, rice balls with honey and caramelized peaches.
Use Abuse, Jusbox, 14500 рублей
The main ingredients of the fragrance are bright and exciting – they are tuberose and tangerine, to which the perfumer has added sambac jasmine, peony and a sweet-animalistic opponent. Somewhere in the distance, an amber-woody accord is heard with an edible salty root note. The composition is rounded off by musk and sandalwood. The scent is so bright and unusual that it can be compared to the Chinese New Year, where there are many lights, garlands, huge paper figures, tangerines and traditional Chinese sweets.
Brazil: palm trees, ocean and dancing
In Brazil and throughout Latin America, there are no trees and never have been. But there are palm trees, ocean and fruit. On the evening of December 31, residents put on white outfits, light candles and go to the ocean to honor the goddess of the sea and the ocean, Yemanja. People bring her flowers and fruits, thank her for the events of the year and ask for blessings for the next. And then everyone eats sweets and fruits, drinks rum cocktails and dances the dance of a happy life.
Ilha do Mel, Memo, 18 525 rubles
The fragrance is dedicated to the Honey Island in Brazil, where the founders of the brand Clara and John Molloy celebrated the New Year. The fragrance captures the whole spirit of the Brazilian New Year, when the air is filled with the honey aroma of sugarcane with a salty taste of the ocean, and everything around is decorated with garlands. The composition of the fragrance is built around three main notes: gorse flowers, juniper berries and vanilla. White flowers combined with sweet honey accords are complemented by tart juniper berries, with hints of refreshing spices and soft vanilla.
Italy: Christmas tree, Christmas cupcake and chocolate
Italians prefer artificial Christmas trees as they are economical and practical, and they love sweets. It is not for nothing that “dolce vita” (or “sweet life”) came to us from Italy. Locals know how to enjoy everything. On Christmas and New Year’s holidays, each hostess bakes a panettone cupcake with raisins, candied fruits, chocolate and nuts. She also prepares a nougat-like torrone delicacy. It contains raisins, honey, three types of nuts and egg white. With such a set of sweets, Italians visit each other and stock up on glucose for a whole year.
Hysteric, LM Parfums, 36 900 rubles
Whatever happens in your life, you can eat sweet and return to a harmonious state. No matter how deeply dark feelings take you, there is a way out in a cup of coffee or cocoa with tiramisu. This is what this fragrance is about. There is a lot of chocolate with whiskey and coffee – a bright accord against which everything else fades. Somewhere distantly heard cardamom, rose and patchouli. But the main place remains behind the heady gourmand notes. Chocolate and coffee New Year.
Switzerland: gold and hugs
An artificial Christmas tree is preferred in Switzerland so as not to cut down the forest and not to buy it every year. The Swiss are practical and pragmatic people. They will not waste money on unnecessary things, but they spare no effort and money to decorate the Christmas tree, where the shade of gold becomes the main thing. The whole family gathers at the golden Christmas tree, eats Swiss chocolate, exchanges gifts and warm hugs.
Poudre d’Or, Mizensir, 10 599 rubles
“Golden Pollen” from the Swiss brand Mizensir is dedicated to the New Year’s Eve. When the whole family meets together, the space shines with golden garlands, a sense of wonder reigns in the air. When adults read fairy tales to children about wizards with magic pollen, and children sincerely believe that all this can actually happen. The scent conveys the sensation of golden radiance through the tiare flower, powderiness through iris, and softness and tenderness through sandalwood.
In Sweden, they love a Christmas tree, but they cannot imagine it without gingerbread cookies, the aroma of which is so strong that no one remembers how the Christmas tree itself smells. Every Swedish family has their own recipe, where the essential ingredients are ginger, cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves.
Sweet Taboo, Chris Collins, 14280 рублей
The fragrance is dedicated to sweets, ginger, cookies and delight. Therefore, it can be safely called a sexy gourmet. While working on the composition, Natalie Feistauer drew inspiration from the velvety and spicy scent of soft leather. And its name is inspired by Shade’s song “Sweetest taboo”. The fragrance has turned out with milky, oily and sandalwood notes, set off by the spicy freshness of cardamom and geranium. Coffee and cocoa absolutes are enhanced by silk vanilla, benzoin and vibrant musk.