I’m not certain of the reasons why, but the strength of my sense of smell varies directly with the temperature outside. As a result, I’m far more aware smells, odors, and fragrances in the warmer months than during winter. Perhaps this explains the hibernation of my desire to write perfume reviews this past mid-winter. Or perhaps, like the smell strength and temperature correlation, there were other forces at work.
Now outward signs suggest that winter is drawing to a close and my nose has awoken hungry and roaring. It happened when I tried Lolita Lempicka’s new fragrance Fleur de Corail. Longings for summer instantly invaded my head especially because the initial burst of this fragrance resembles precisely the smell of those giant soap bubbles we used to make in our neighbors’ yard as kids. They had this large contraption that we’d dip in a concoction made from top-secret recipe, and then proceed to spin in circles until we collapsed from dizziness. Even after the scent of soap bubbles dissipates, nostalgia for such impossibly long summer afternoons, those that can only be experienced by those between the ages of four and nine, continues to be a theme of Fleur de Corail. It proceeds to tell the story of kiddie block, Technicolor ice pops, and the plastic of a Slip’N’Slide, all baking in the sun and embellished with a healthy dose of garden hose water. Oh, to have just one more of those perfect summer days!
