11/13/2023
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Vicki-Lin is not my lover
the alarm clock reads 2:57 AM when the phone rings. I'm already dressed, of course, but I wait a little longer before answering it. I keep reminding myself: sound sleepy, be surprised. Is there a fire in the abattoir? Oh, of course I come straight away, I like being in the fire department. And I really am, you have to believe me!
In the garage, I quickly take the empty fuel canister out of the trunk and drive off at a leisurely pace. I don't want to arrive too early, I'd rather arrive in the middle, inconspicuously. I can see the glow of the fire from afar and the smell is in the air. Black smoke, acrid and thick for some; full, spicy and warm for me. You can almost hear the fat of the half cattle hissing in the slaughterhouse. The smell in the air is like bacon, it gives you an appetite.
As I get closer, I see that the fire has already spread to the forest. Some fir trees are ablaze like 30-meter-high torches. One treetop is already exploding, going up like a New Year's Eve rocket, spraying sparks of glowing needles and burning resin. A dreamlike sight, even more beautiful than last month's barn.
I slowly get out of the car and walk to my colleagues - after all, putting out the fire is part of the job. On the way, I hum an old Swedish song, I think by Mickl Jaggelson
Vicki-Lin is not my lover
she's just a girl who want's to burn down
all there is around
uh-huh-huuuhu...
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Vicki-Lin is a big party for birch tar lovers, a warm campfire or even a big fire, depending on your level of personal hardening. For me personally, it is even more of a campfire, the smoke is not at all exuberant, although it is certainly dark and dense. Very spicy, bacony birch tar defines it, certainly also supported by juniper, the
Choya Loban (dirty incense) and a salty note from the Choya Nakh (fortunately not fishy). This smoke initially takes away my view of other components, but fortunately clears a little after a few minutes, so that you can then also coyly perceive fresh notes (lemongrass, pine needles) and also dry wood. The fresh notes don't make the smoke any better, smoked bacon doesn't necessarily benefit from a splash of lemon. A little later, you can even recognize something slightly green (probably the fern), although you should not get the wrong idea, all these ingredients (wood, needles, ferns) only serve as food for the flames, the smoke always remains dominant. Only towards the base does the fragrance become a little softer and gentler, the resins come more to the fore and one can at least hope that the entire forest has not burned down.
A note on the skunk cabbage: I haven't the faintest idea what it smells like, but I absolutely believe that it is present and perhaps even a central component of the fragrance. I can't prove it.
So if you like birch tar and have a dark, smoky soul, go for it! Because despite everything I personally don't like about Vicki-Lin, it's still a fantastically composed campfire fragrance that you and the environment can enjoy for a long time.
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Unfortunately, there are no more recordings of the Swedish song. I only found an American cover, but the lyrics are stupid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y
In the garage, I quickly take the empty fuel canister out of the trunk and drive off at a leisurely pace. I don't want to arrive too early, I'd rather arrive in the middle, inconspicuously. I can see the glow of the fire from afar and the smell is in the air. Black smoke, acrid and thick for some; full, spicy and warm for me. You can almost hear the fat of the half cattle hissing in the slaughterhouse. The smell in the air is like bacon, it gives you an appetite.
As I get closer, I see that the fire has already spread to the forest. Some fir trees are ablaze like 30-meter-high torches. One treetop is already exploding, going up like a New Year's Eve rocket, spraying sparks of glowing needles and burning resin. A dreamlike sight, even more beautiful than last month's barn.
I slowly get out of the car and walk to my colleagues - after all, putting out the fire is part of the job. On the way, I hum an old Swedish song, I think by Mickl Jaggelson
Vicki-Lin is not my lover
she's just a girl who want's to burn down
all there is around
uh-huh-huuuhu...
-------------------
Vicki-Lin is a big party for birch tar lovers, a warm campfire or even a big fire, depending on your level of personal hardening. For me personally, it is even more of a campfire, the smoke is not at all exuberant, although it is certainly dark and dense. Very spicy, bacony birch tar defines it, certainly also supported by juniper, the
Choya Loban (dirty incense) and a salty note from the Choya Nakh (fortunately not fishy). This smoke initially takes away my view of other components, but fortunately clears a little after a few minutes, so that you can then also coyly perceive fresh notes (lemongrass, pine needles) and also dry wood. The fresh notes don't make the smoke any better, smoked bacon doesn't necessarily benefit from a splash of lemon. A little later, you can even recognize something slightly green (probably the fern), although you should not get the wrong idea, all these ingredients (wood, needles, ferns) only serve as food for the flames, the smoke always remains dominant. Only towards the base does the fragrance become a little softer and gentler, the resins come more to the fore and one can at least hope that the entire forest has not burned down.
A note on the skunk cabbage: I haven't the faintest idea what it smells like, but I absolutely believe that it is present and perhaps even a central component of the fragrance. I can't prove it.
So if you like birch tar and have a dark, smoky soul, go for it! Because despite everything I personally don't like about Vicki-Lin, it's still a fantastically composed campfire fragrance that you and the environment can enjoy for a long time.
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Unfortunately, there are no more recordings of the Swedish song. I only found an American cover, but the lyrics are stupid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y
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