Neela Vermeire's line: Trayee, Mohur, Bombay Bling (2/2)
In India, contrasts are very obvious: human misery goes hand in hand with spirituality, wildest modernity with traditions, the most glittering glamour with a primitive spirit still breathing in a luscious nature. It's hard to stick to reality and accept that country as it is, the urge to take refuge in the place that we had dreamed of and wanted to visit is strong. That place, however, only exists within us, it's not a real place. Many India-inspired scents speak of an unreal, imaginal India, a magical place of spirit. I like Neela's three, instead, because I find there a truth, a humanity that I didn't expect : they don't tell a dreamed-of India, but a true, daily one.