Nahema by Guerlain

Nahema “the daughter of fire” was mentioned in the fabulous tale 1001 Nights by Scheherazade.

“Once upon a time, far away in the Orient, a sultan had twin daughters. They were so much alike that their father gave them each names that were formed using the same letters: Mahane and Nahema. Their beauty was soon renowned throughout the land. But their resemblance was only skin-deep, for insofar as Mahane was gentle, timid and obedient, Nahema, whose symbol of femininity was the flower, was filled with fire, indomitable and passionate. One day a prince came to court them, but his heart was divided and he did not know which sister to choose. The fiery Nahema, whose nature was to devour everything, understood her fate and let her gentle sister marry the prince, then departed for a faraway land. Nahema is the perfume of provocation, seduction and absolute femininity"

Likewise Nahema also devoured my heart in my first encounter, a very peculiar attribute of secrecy lies dormant in it's opening, like a misty haze which piqued my curiosity further with a powdery peach like candy aligning with tangy passion fruit bids you welcome to the sultans court.

Within the haze lies a very subtle sweet dormant rose waiting to emerge and blossom. Patience allows us to clear the thick fog of obscurity since Nahema is truely appreciated in it's blissful drydown with a emerging diaphanous and atmospheric rose, a complete contradiction from it's previous concealment. Manifestating as Nahema herself the indominable rose devours the nebulous of fruits becoming the focal point. Sensual and soft but also evolving and fluctuating mid air like a living flame, sometimes a honeyed floral to a romantic silky rose...akin to her fickleness in the matters of the prince's love.

It's projection is tantalising, it flickers like a candle begging your attention for a moment then subsides to tease you further.

I have no regrets for this being my first Guerlain.