Chapter 610: Perfume Kingdom
Using a tripe bun to wake up the vitality of the whole day, as a breakfast, is indeed a great pleasure for Sikong Yao, and the most unexpected thing for Sikong Yao is that this shop sells with tripe buns, which is actually a cocktail, Tekira Sunrise.
Also known as the tequila sunrise, the Tequila Sunrise is made with a small amount of Mexican tequila and plenty of fresh orange juice with brown sugar water, decorated with orange horns or red cherries, and the tall champagne glasses give it an elegant temperament.
Although it is a cocktail, because the amount of tequila used is very small, and the alcohol itself is also very low, it gives people a juice feeling, it is a hot drink in Florence, the color is bright and vivid, from yellow to red, like the color of the sky at sunrise, very good-looking, like a young girl's warm and pure sunshine.
The process of making the agave sunrise cocktail is to mix the agave and orange juice into a sour glass, and then slowly pour the pomegranate syrup along the wall of the glass with a bar spoon to sink the pomegranate syrup to the bottom of the glass. The result was a Tequila Sunrise cocktail, which had the same name as the music composed by Igurus. A small amount of pomegranate syrup is poured into the bottom of the sour wine glass, and it is a very beautiful specialty drink when viewed from the side.
The perfect cocktail is paired with a rich and enjoyable tripe.
Sikong Yao, who was awakened by the food, couldn't wait to get the vanilla, so he urged Jean: "Jean, the perfume factory you mentioned. Where exactly? ”
Jean smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's not far from there, I'll take you over after dinner." ”
Sikong Yao shrugged, Jean's tepid temperament really made her feel a little at a loss, but since he was so confident, she had to believe him.
The purpose of the trip was to Lancôme's foundry in Florence, which was born in France in 1935 by Amanda? The brand founded by Petit Jean. As a world-renowned high-end cosmetics brand. Lancôme is involved in a variety of product fields such as skin care, makeup, and fragrance. It is mainly for mature women with high education level and income level, aged 25~40 years old.
Founder of the company.
With a genius for perfumery, a relentless sense of adventure, and his ambition to give the French brand a place in the global cosmetics market, which was then monopolized by American brands, Lancôme wrote a beautiful page in the history of cosmetics in the world. A rose from a French castle. With temperament. In the unpredictable female psyche. In the unpredictable laws of fashion, it has bloomed for sixty years.
It can be said that women's relentless pursuit of their own perfection has made Petit Jean's great dream about Lancôme come true. For these delicate women, he created Lancôme; For them. He chose roses; For their sake, he gathered the best scientists around him; For them, he embarked on an unprecedented journey in the kingdom of passion. Lancôme is a French national treasure makeup brand, with the innate beauty and elegance of France, which is familiar and loved by people all over the world. Lancôme, which started with perfumes, has become a trend-setting all-round makeup brand. Sixty years of history of beauty, always maintained a noble but unobtrusive attitude, giving the most gentle protection and the most plain consideration to all the women who are devoted to it.
The Lancôme Rose, a rose bred by Delbard in 1972, is a very beautiful lilac rose with long cylindrical buds and wide petals that radiate a charming glow.
The sire of the Lancôme Rose, a rose plant called "theOakTree", is a crimson rose known for its tenacious vitality. The mother parent of Lancôme rose is an almost purple-red rose, which is why those rare roses with strong vitality are called Lancôme roses, the unique charm of Lancôme roses, coupled with Lancôme's unique process of extracting vanilla, has made this brand popular all over the world.
However, Lancôme roses are grown in very demanding conditions, and Florence is one of the few places where they can be cultivated.
Spices were used in Egypt around the third millennium BC, much earlier than any other Egyptian civilization. The incense invented by the Egyptians is the earliest perfume of human beings, but because there was no technology to refine high-purity alcohol at that time, it should be called sesame oil, which was specially made by priests and pharaohs.
Although many people think of France when it comes to perfume, in fact, as early as the fifteenth century in Italy, perfume was widely used by Italians and began to use strong animal fat fragrances. This fashion soon spread to France, England and other European countries. In the 17th century, Paul Feminis concocted a wonderful liquid with a strange aroma, which he named "Cologne Water" because he lived in Cologne, Germany. Since then, the French who love clothing and cosmetics have a special love for perfume, and perfume has become an indispensable fashion item in the hands of high-class celebrities.
The time when France will dominate the perfume market is from the second half of the nineteenth century, when the perfume manufacturing technology has been relatively mature, the early distillation method has been replaced by volatile solvents, especially the birth of synthetic fragrances in France, perfume is no longer limited to natural flavors, which makes the perfume industry develop rapidly. Since the French liked to add perfume to leather gloves at the time, and the best way to find such gloves was to go to Grasse, the French city also prospered because of this trade, and its perfume industry was well developed, and France soon became the perfume capital of the world.
Although Jean is a boy, because he is close to his cousin, he has read some knowledge about perfume, and he proudly said, "You know? Generally, the fragrance of perfume can be divided into three parts: top notes, middle notes and base notes. The three notes of perfume were created by the Guerlain family, a famous perfume family, and later became the principle of perfume making. ”
Top notes are the first message that a bottle of perfume reveals, that is, what you smell between tens of seconds and minutes when you come into contact with the perfume, and it goes straight to the inside of your nose. The top notes are usually made up of volatile essential oils and are generally fresher, mostly floral or citrus. But the top smell is not the true taste of a perfume, as it only lasts for a few minutes.
After the top notes, there is the middle note, which is the most important part of the fragrance and the core. In other words, when you sprinkle perfume, you are carrying this smell. The mid-scent is the essence of a perfume, which is usually made of a special floral, woody, and slightly spicy scent, and its scent, whether fresh or intense, must be perfectly connected with the previous scent. Medium aromas generally last for a few hours or longer.
The base note is what we usually call the "after" fragrance. It is usually composed of trace amounts of animal flavors and aromatic resins such as cedar and sandalwood, and the fragrance at this stage has the function of integrating fragrance. The effect of the aftertaste is to give the perfume a depth that lingers for three days, it lasts the longest, up to the whole day or several days, and the fragrance that can be faintly felt after the next day after wiping the perfume is the aftertaste of the perfume, which is the ultimate in perfume making, continuous and endless.
Sikong Yao shrugged, she was not very interested in perfume, so she said with a smile: "I think the taste of dessert is much more charming than perfume." ”
Jean was stunned, but he couldn't refute it: "Well, you're right. ”
With Jean's leadership, the distance between the two and their destinations was gradually shortening, and gradually Sikong Yao also found that the air began to be filled with a faint fragrance.
"Judging by the taste, it shouldn't be far away." Jean smiled.
Sikong Yao nodded, although it was a fact that could be easily judged, but Sikong Yao was indeed a little surprised, looking straight ahead, he couldn't see any buildings that could be called factories at all, but this fragrance was already so strong, it can be seen that the scale is staggering.
After nearly two hours of driving, the Lancôme foundry finally revealed its true colors, and the magnificent factory that Sikong Yao expected was different from the endless flower field, all kinds of colorful flowers gathered together, such as the common lavender and roses are indispensable, jasmine and ambergris are not uncommon, and there are many unnamed flowers, filling the whole flower field, all kinds of fragrances are very skillfully mixed together, not boring, On the contrary, there is a feeling of relaxation.
In the face of such a field of flowers, Mo said that it was a little girl like Sikong Yao, even Jean was touched.
Seeing a visitor coming, a worker from a flower field came up and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the two of you?" ”
Jean identified himself and asked to see the general manager of the factory, and the workers in Hanada signaled to wait a moment before reporting the matter.
When Jean looked back again, Sikong Yao had already looked at the endless sea of flowers and fell into intoxication, with a wisp of wind blowing, the endless flowers at a glance were gently suppressed, and then exuded a charming fragrance, the fragrance drilled into the nose, and as if to rub into the blood in the body, irresistible.
This feeling is very different from the aroma of food, the fragrance of this flower is a gift from nature, unadorned, natural and pure, with a unique beauty. (To be continued......)