WATER
It is the symbol par excellence of life, rebirth and purification. It embodies the feminine principle, both for aspects linked to fertility and for its character as a liquid, pure, adaptable and receptive element.
Fire needs Air and Earth to best express itself, while it fears Water, which will tend to calm its exuberance and regenerative force. Precisely because of his particular tendency to reject this part, he will be inexorably attracted to it. In its introspective research, the fire needs a moist and not dry fragrance, which otherwise would fuel its exuberance already inherent in it. Its temperament represents the age of adolescence and youth, and among the four seasons it is associated with summer. With a proud bearing and resolute step, Fire is excitable and prone to outbursts of anger, passionate but also ambitious, strong-willed and determined, generally expansive and energetic, sometimes obstinate, cunning, changeable, extravagant . That is, he combines a strong reactivity to external stimuli with a high degree of affirmation of his own personality. The fragrances that best express this symbol belong to the aromatic notes, which convey freshness and liveliness, such as thyme, basil, sage, rosemary, mint, but also the more sophisticated oriental notes of tea, Ylang Ylang, lotus flower, saffron, wax 'Bees, Myrtle and Rose. Floral notes such as Lavender and Iris, the fresh and captivating Lily, which blends easily with the skin, but also notes capable of toning down its eccentricity such as marine or aquatic ones.
Water loves earthy smells and warm heart notes which are found at a more internal level of the olfactory pyramid and are generally stronger than the top notes but less so than the base notes, in fact these fragrances have a medium persistence. Water lives both in the depths and in the extreme heights. His research winds into the depths of the earth, to quench the thirst of roots and snow-capped peaks. In particular, he loves slowness and meekness. Water is associated with notes of the head, from where it descends into the lungs, to finally flow out of the nose and mouth. Its season is winter, and among the colors it represents white. The perfumes associated with her are evocations, which recall warmth, roundness, and purity. The smell of citrus combined with fruit and green elements. The notes that best resemble water are the White Rose, which represents hope, virtue and purity. The Giglio spirituality and trust. The Orchid, the Tulips and the Carnation.
AIR
Air, sometimes identified as ether, is an element to which the properties of spirit and purity have often been attributed. Its importance, for numerous traditions of thought, consists in allowing one to breathe and therefore, allowing life, in instilling knowledge of the soul.
The air prefers earthy, warm and intense fragrances, capable of raising into spiritual dimensions that express passion and sacredness such as incense, myrrh, and styrax. The air fears closed and stagnant places, where it cannot soar upwards, but will somehow be attracted to it, and there are deep fragrances of Musk, Mushrooms and Amber. Air is the messenger of the gods, and purifying fire is its chord par excellence. Fire and Air transmit their fusion by spreading their loving effusion for kilometers away. The air therefore desires persistent scents like passionate hormonal recalls, capable of leaving memories in a loving wake. The characterizing notes are those of the head and the deep ones found at the base of the pyramid. Notes that last longer, even entire days, such as truffle, civet, ylang-ylang flower, Bergamot, Pepper and Blackcurrant, which manage to mix freshness and sweetness. Air represents an extroverted, impulsive and jovial personality which is heat and humidity, from which the red humor of arterial blood originates in the human microcosm. His temperament is characterized by childhood and is associated with spring.
EARTH
The Earth is the element of all nature, in its three mineral, vegetal and animal kingdoms, as it symbolizes primordial matter. The Earth is at the same time maternal and nourishing, and also practical, concrete, solid and powerful. Fertile and creative, nourishing and lush, the Earth embodies the characteristics of the maternal womb which welcomes life and nourishes it, and in a practical sense has the qualities of constancy, patience and strength
The earth loves the sweet notes of ripe fruits, which give it a carefree, happy and sunny character. His agreement is the water that can quench his infinite thirst. He prefers "clean-smelling perfumes" which are characterized by their incredible ozonated and oceanic tones. The fragrances that give a wonderful sense of lightness and freedom and give a feeling of inner peace that only the sea can convey. The common characteristic is that unmistakable "wet" soul, capable of immediately bringing us back to our thoughts towards the water. In particular, the earth has a melancholic, sad, introverted and reflective prevalence, which corresponds on the macrocosmic level to the cold and the dry, from which originates in the human microcosm to the venous and aged blood, for be purified by it. Its season is adult maturity and is associated with autumn, and among the colors black and dark blue are associated. Its scents best express its temperament, they are sweet and enveloping and velvety like Lavender, Plum, Currant and Blackberry. But it also prefers notes of Rum, Oak, citrus notes of Orange and Cedar but also touches of refined incense.
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Fire
On the spiritual level it symbolizes energy, passion, freedom, power, anger, strength, will, assertiveness, courage and dynamism. It is associated with the summer season and the corresponding direction is South.
