Citron
by Madini

I am having a devil of a time trying to remember where I smelled this before - or something like it: It’s very familiar and I think it smells like some kind of household cleaning product. It doesn’t smell exactly like citron or lime – I am very familiar with those smells and this ain’t them. Madini’s Citron does have a sort of limey / citron smell to it but, especially at first, it has a strong, bitter, medicinal, synthetic "undertow" to it… it’s there under the surface, and, like an undertow, there’s the distinct message of “This is something it’s best to steer clear of.”

28th August, 2008.