“To me heaven would be a big bull ring with me holding two barrera seats and a trout stream outside that no one else was allowed to fish in and two lovely houses in the town; one where I would have my wife and children and be monogamous and love them truly and well and the other where I would have my nine beautiful mistresses on nine different floors”. – ERNEST HEMINGWAY, letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald, July 1, 1925

Perhaps the most influential writer of his time, Ernest Hemingway is the best known of the ex pat artists of The Lost Generation.- the era between the World Wars where America went from Boom to Bust. He was a "man’s man" and was as famous for his machismo and his globe trotting exploits as for his award winning novels and stories. Also known as Papa, Hemingway now comes to life as the 4th masculine character in Gerald Ghislain of Histoires De Parfums Library of Scents.

“Born on the edge of a century that changed the world order, Ernest Hemingway was involved in the u-turn events of his era. He embodied many different men, a soldier, an intellectual, an adventurer, a lover… his vibrant route invites us to travel, imagine and move to action. The top notes of Italian bergamot, juniper and pepper are intended to be the aperitif that sparks the conversation and awakens the palate in anticipation of the meal. Following “Papa” from Spain to Italy with Mediterranean scents that evaporate to leave place to a darker mood, where the amber and vetiver mixed is reminiscent of the waxed wood of a Cuban bar top.  The exotic meets the familiar, the tropical heat is cooled off by a glass of scotch.

Notes:

Head: Italian bergamot, juniper, black pepper

Heart: Orange blossom, Florentine Iris, Cinnamon

Base: Vanilla, Vetiver, yellow amber.

1899, eau de parfum, 120 ml / 4fl oz, $205

Launch date : October 2013

via Histoires de Parfums

–Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief