Olibere parfums: Chemical Love (2018.)
Wordless eloquence of perfumes empowers me to scream other ways whispering protests: in times like this, I douse myself in loud, extroverted perfume character to create a cloud of penetrating directness before stepping out in the world. Or only in the other room, given the circumstances. " Hit me! ", says bitter orange, joined in the opening accord with cocaine aroma: quite bitter and piercing, but so am I. Chemical Love Maison Olibere (Luca Maffei, 2018.) is my scent of the day. Top notes: bitter orange, davana, elemi, cocaine accord. Middle notes: ylang-ylang, orange blossom, Baileys cream. Base notes: patchouly, sandalwood, labdanum, vanilla, musk Chemical love is overwhelming and deep, creamy appealing and coldly distanced, truly somehow artificial in a most refined expressive way. It reminded me of 1970ies hair buns - sculptured to be big, firm, high, artificial, dominant, sophisticated. But, it also brought to mind the fragile side of the women who wore
