Scented
air from the historic medieval town centre is routed through a maze of tubes and
vessels until every last beakerful of flavour has been concentrated.
Thinking
about giving Šanel Številka
5 or some other
famous fragrance for a loved one’s birthday?
Well
think again. There’s a new kid on
the perfume block and we think you’ll be surprised by its boldness.
Using
a secret vacuum method to capture the romantic bygone atmosphere of old Ptuj
itself, parfumieuse Antonija Glaser has improved on the Haber Process to create
Eau de Ptuj.
Scented
air from the historic medieval town centre is routed through a maze of tubes and
vessels until every last beakerful of flavour has been concentrated.
Over
one and a half litres of Ptuj air are used to make just one 330ml gift bottle.
“At
997 euros it is a bargain,” she says, because of the time-consuming extraction
technique. “We can never be sure
when the air conditions will be favourable to our manufacturing process.
“It
is a very stop start thing. But we
have to keep staff standing by 24/7 so we don’t miss an opportunity to start
the production line. So it’s just
for bonkers rich bitches.”
And the aroma itself? Not for everyone. Vegetarians and vegans won’t find much to inspire with this chicken-waste-themed delight.
“Extraordinary",
"arrogant,” “indelicate”, “eye-watering”, "stupefying"
and simply “very smelly” are some of the words they are using to describe
Eau de Ptuj.
Now at least, even if you can’t afford to visit Slovenia's oldest town, you can have a piece of Ptuj with you in your heart and a wrinkle in your nose, wherever you don’t go.
