Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Perfumes and Emotions

It's a no secret that a perfume has a significant impact on our mood. It is recommended that when attending a business meeting to wear a perfume that empowers you; the scent of the perfume you're wearing can set the pace of the meeting and sends the right messages about your general demeanor.

Perfumes and emotions have always been linked together, usually emotions of love and desire are portrayed in perfumes TV commercials, however, is that it? Is that all the perfume can say? Humiecki & Graef is a niche luxury perfume brand that took this link to a new level and looked beyond the usual propaganda about perfumes and emotions. A wide range of human emotions that we all experience in our daily lives such as melancholy, joy, pride, and more are interpreted in H&G collection of perfumes. Enjoy this journey of emotions:


Skarb a fragrance about melancholia
Inspired by a deep Slavic soul, this perfume is melancholic, mystic, rough and yet tender. With a wooden cap and a woven textile ribbon
Notes include: Lovage, sensual muck, barley extract, incense, myrrh, roman chamomile, absinth. 

Geste a fragrance about intensity
Inspired by a mature woman who loves an adolescent, the perfume is as soft as the skin of a young adolescent, has the pureness of white shirts and the sweetness of fresh bread and the mystery of a mature love. With a porcelain cap and a woven textile ribbon
Notes include: Soft amber, musky, soft violet petals, soft fir resin

Eau Radieuse a fragrance about desire
It is a futuristic take on an Eau de Cologne. It is spherical, light and full of clarity and the longing for ease. It takes you to a fantastic world on an unknown planet. With a metal cap and translucent iridescent tape
Notes include: Green banana skin, fresh mandarin peel, fresh Italian lemon, fresh mint leaves, rhubarb juice, bamboo sap accord


Multiple Rouge a fragrance about extreme folly and fun
It is inspired by carefreeness and craziness. It has a fruity note like a futuristic wild strawberry somehow it reminds you of certain moments that make you forget the world around you. It makes you behave the way you always wanted to. With a high gloss, lacquered top and glossy red tape
Notes include: Cinnamon bark, frozen orange note, green pineapple, immortelle absolute, Vietnamese cilantro, green violet, peach kernel, freshness of ozonic and berries

Askew a fragrance about fury
It is inspired by the deconstruction and destruction of the classical perfume for men. It is full of fire and explosion, energy and vitality. With a silver coloured top and leather tape
Notes include: Birch tar, cardamom guatemala, soft leather, ginger, grapefruit, vétiver, egyptian mimosa

Clemency a fragrance about pride
A disassembled rose note lends the scent to the clear metallic aspect. The added warmth of the lime tree blossoms create an overall evocation of feminine stringency and reserve. Cold blooded, majestic, dignity. With a clay top and metallic tape
Notes include: Lime tree blossom, cassie absolute, wood notes, Spanish leather, milk

Bosque a fragrance about contentment.
The scent describes the feeling of being fully at one with the moment, immersed in all-encompassing relaxation. Being at one with yourself.
Notes include: Primrose notes symbolize both contentment and new beginnings their softness together with Narcise Absolute creates a subtle floral scent. The unusual combination of buffalo grass and musk notes is reminiscent of the smell of warm skin. Grapefruit, vetiver and saffron notes complete the sensual experience, conjuring the palette of glowing, warm yellow tones that give BOSQUE its radiant grace
Blask a fragrance about trust 
‘Blask’ is a polish word that means glow, brilliance, glory and glamour, the shine of the sun and the gleam of moonlight. The new H&G fragrance speaks of the warm radiance that comes from trust.
Notes include: Dry, savory tang of bay leaf oil together with the full, elegant body notes of rich red grapes and a woody walnut note to give a deep, solid sense of maturity and intimacy. Eclectic floral notes add a softer, playfully enticing touch along with the sweet smell of marron glace

The collection is available in the UAE here.