Common Scents: Warrior Blue

Warrior Blue Pour Homme Eau de Parfum comes in a plain but attractive bottle manufactured, inevitably, in blue glass. The fragrance’s top notes are mint, green apple and lemon, lending it a sense of freshness. I sometimes wonder if the aroma of perfumes conjure images entirely made from the written descriptions and advertising slogans rather than the power of my nose.

Notwithstanding that doubt, Warrior Blue has connotations of the great outdoors. I am not aware of any major battles of the human race which have taken place indoors. They have always been in valleys, or on hills, or next to rivers or the middle of fields. Warriors are, invariably, an outdoors kind of people. While member of other religions enjoying killing and blowing things up, the Christian, who is also likened to a warrior, often fights indoors. Wrestling against principalities and powers usually takes place in prayer meetings, services of worship and private devotions.

If you find yourself killing folk in the name of God, you are in the wrong religion. If you claim to be a Christian, but never fight temptation, resist the devil or engage or encounter spiritual opposition, you may not yet be truly converted. To be a Christian is to known the hardness and bruising of the warrior, while nurturing the gentleness and innocence of the dove.

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 2 Timothy 2:3

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