Sunday, November 17, 2013

Love, The Key to Life by Linda Gerlach

Here is a review I have done for a perfume that has been out only for a few years (2008 ), I found it of great significance and perfect to feature on Cleopatra's Boudoir.





Love, The Key to Life.

I cannot describe all of the emotions I am feeling while wearing this unusual perfume. This is the most exquisite perfume I have ever owned and am very proud to have had the chance, with generous thanks to you. Words cannot explain, I feel divine, Like a female Pharaoh, Hatshepsut or Cleopatra would have approved of this woody, sensuous, honeyed, ambery perfume. I imagine priests anointing their golden gods with this perfume which would waft into the temple every morning and last all day. The inspiration, the ankh, the key to eternal life is very fitting as this can be a signature fragrance for any woman or a daring man in any stage of life.

Inhaling this fine fragrance I can conjure up images of the sun god Aten, praised by Pharaoh Akhenaten and his beloved wife Nefertiti, their arms raised up offering bouquets of roses and jasmines and holding censers of burning incense of exotic woods; patchouli, cedar, sandalwood , honey and sensual amber.

Another anointing oil made up of sheer and sultry musks, delicate orange flowers and ylang ylang combined with violet leaves and bergamot, make up the Queen's perfume which due to the sun god's gleaming rays, make the perfume exude from her skin.

International trading has made the ancient Egyptians and our modern Perfumer Linda Gerlach masters of perfume.

Love, The Key to Life, is composed of:

Egyptian violet leaves that give the fragrance a very intense, green, leafy herbaceous, peppery odor which displays iris and violet notes. The Italian bergamot has a clear, fresh, lively odor, somewhat fruity and sweet which displays great originality. The black currant buds and pink peppercorns from France both give a sharp, spicy note which awakens your senses.

Also from France, in the area of Grasse, is the Rosa centafolia, the Queen of all roses, that gives this perfume its oomph. Combined with the honey, fruity herbaceous notes of jasmine sambac from India, the narcotic ylang ylang from Madagascar and citrusy sweet Tunisian orange blossoms embrace a touch of femininity that can never be equaled.

A bright, harmonious soft, notes of Virginian cedar and powdery, sweet Indian sandalwood, and the earthy, intense scent of Indonesian patchouli, bring a gorgeous blend of woods and balsamic odor to the dry down.

Following the woody and earthy notes, we are treated to an erogenous accord of sheer and sultry musks and the ancient white amber which rounds out the perfume and brings it all together into a sweeping masterpiece.

A huge thank you goes out to Linda Gerlach for sending me the perfume so that I might savor it's intensity. The fragrance is housed inside of a demilune crystal bottle which is rayed like the sun, when the lucite loop stopper is in place, you can make out the beautiful Ankh of the ancient Egyptians. The bottle is presented in a black lacquered box with gilded serigraphy.

On a more personal note, I have worn an ankh necklace for almost 20 years and find the symbol to be powerful and the key to longevity.

Please visit this link to purchase or learn more about this fragrance: http://www.lovethekeytolife.com/index.php?splash=0&page=home

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