The complexity is still there,
but it is more unified, if that makes any sense. Like if an orchestra plays out of sync, you might hear more of the
instruments because they all stick out like sore thumbs. If it plays well, the instruments are still all there, but
not so separate sounding. They play together. A whole sound emerges that wasn't there before, when it was just
the separate instruments. That's like what it is. The smell of the perfume becomes clearer and emerges. It's
something with parts as opposed to just parts. The parts do become less important.
With the organicity
and complexity of the formula being what it is, there is no way it's going to be simplistic like Rochas, however.
With synthetic perfumes you get a two dimensinal digital snapshot; whereas with complex organic perfumes, it's more
like a movie, or a dream sequence.
There is a small tradeoff in the same sense as in a good romantic
relationship, where there are some compromises made with each person's individualism, but the relationship is more
than worth it. for example, instead of smelling cinnamon and having it smell very clearly like cinnamon, you smell a
cinnamon aspect of it or angle on it -- a cinnamon note. You might have to smell a bit longer to recognize
the cinnamon, as it receeds for the overall smell; but you can find easily it if you look for it. On the other hand,
some smells become smellable that weren't before, as the mix is more balanced and things aren't lost as easily in
the mix.
I love when people challenge me to explain things that are hard to put into words, as it throws me into
a kind of meditation! Thanks.
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