tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post107348339167897274..comments2024-03-28T23:25:17.414+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: The Top Sniffs - And Nasty Niffs! - Of 2009Vanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-77875031040891648772010-01-26T10:12:33.365+00:002010-01-26T10:12:33.365+00:00Update on the Chinese above. Have just managed to...Update on the Chinese above. Have just managed to get this translated as:<br /><br />"When you/life feel/is low, try to keep your spirit pure."<br /><br />It is a bit cryptic in English, actually...Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-62241308538291339992010-01-22T11:45:47.467+00:002010-01-22T11:45:47.467+00:00Hello Sarah! Isn't Amaranthine great? There ju...Hello Sarah! Isn't Amaranthine great? There just isn't anything quite like it that I have smelt. I am sorry that your skin does horrid things with lilies. Mine does nice things with lilies by and large, but horrid things with indolic jasmine and orange blossom, and ever horrider things with civet, my all-time top nasty note niff!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-84021403825203638422010-01-22T11:31:05.459+00:002010-01-22T11:31:05.459+00:00I tested Amarinthine for the the first time on Wed...I tested Amarinthine for the the first time on Wednesday and was blown away by how good and dirty it is! Interesting scent choices too, I also love vanillas and musks, but my skin does horrid things with lillies, which is saddening.moviegrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994667289139283994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-84388739884993603302010-01-21T14:51:03.771+00:002010-01-21T14:51:03.771+00:00Fair play to you for chasing the holy grail of any...Fair play to you for chasing the holy grail of any vintage. I wouldn't say I am attached to specific brands particularly, though I have certainly had better luck with some more than others. However, now you mention it, I think I do hope that "the best perfume ever made" will be the next one to hit the stores...which isn't logical, really, unless you believe that the art of Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-86241225524758887802010-01-21T14:15:02.910+00:002010-01-21T14:15:02.910+00:00Yah....It's not a question of access, as you s...Yah....It's not a question of access, as you say. I just think it's that I'm not trying to find the newest scent-- It's that I'm trying to find the most interesting one. So I read a lot, trying to find connotations that speak to me. I guess it's fair to say that I'm less attached to specific brands and to newness. That said, I really am out of the loop!The Left Coast Nosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10102549295051352579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-20518413518479683732010-01-20T16:43:41.739+00:002010-01-20T16:43:41.739+00:00Why, LCN, I am frankly baffled, for you live in a ...Why, LCN, I am frankly baffled, for you live in a sophisticated and olfactorily jumping metropolis, while I live in a small market town with a Lilliputian department store, which only carries designer and celebrity ranges.<br /><br />I did admittedly go to London a few times last year and to a handful of European cities, but I wouldn't have thought you'd have been far behind me living in Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-39687714758457625292010-01-20T14:32:40.214+00:002010-01-20T14:32:40.214+00:00I cannot *believe* how few of these I've smell...I cannot *believe* how few of these I've smelled!! None on your Top 10 list, none on your Next list, none on your Nasty list-- only a few on your Eh list ("Mythique", "Epic", "Baudelaire," and "Filles en Aiguilles"-- with you all the way on all of those...) And only 2 on your Like to Try: "Tiare" & "Field Notes from Paris"!!!<br The Left Coast Nosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10102549295051352579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-84422877756343203032010-01-19T14:22:57.850+00:002010-01-19T14:22:57.850+00:00You're a step ahead of me on the Kurkdjian fro...You're a step ahead of me on the Kurkdjian front, for sure, and have confirmed me in my wish to try this Lumiere Noire, though if it is anything like Amouage Lyric or Epic Woman it may not be for me.<br /><br />I do think the new VC & As, based on the two I have tried, are better than anything they have done to date that I have tried. My civet aversion prevents me from appreciating theirVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-90595284398906997272010-01-19T13:53:00.390+00:002010-01-19T13:53:00.390+00:00I decided not to do a best of 2009 list, because I...I decided not to do a best of 2009 list, because I did not test sooo many of the year's offerings. I've been preoccupied with classics and vintage and good stuff from the recent past, and I'm not caught up yet.<br /><br />I could probably do a post similar to yours on 2009 releases I liked, those I hated, and those I didn't sniff... but the Those I Didn't Sniff list would be Mals86https://www.blogger.com/profile/09757305840611623427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-71158371229102313912010-01-19T10:36:41.745+00:002010-01-19T10:36:41.745+00:00Oh Ines, I am so pleased to meet another Flora-hat...Oh Ines, I am so pleased to meet another Flora-hater! I thought I was going quietly mad, as this scent has been lauded as one of the best designer offerings of last year. Love the dress but that is about it.<br /><br />If you don't manage to track down Amaranthine, let me know, as I could always send you a sample. I feel positively evangelical about this one!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-70155311314395471562010-01-19T09:50:33.917+00:002010-01-19T09:50:33.917+00:00I can't believe I haven't smelled anything...I can't believe I haven't smelled anything from your list of the best! I couldn't find Amaranthine the last time I was in a niche store here, but I hope I'll remedy that soon.<br />And I couldn't agree more on Flora. I still can't believe there are people out there who like this! :)Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-27685473497311189642010-01-19T09:40:19.626+00:002010-01-19T09:40:19.626+00:00Lovethescents - will enclose a sample of the MH wi...Lovethescents - will enclose a sample of the MH with my next package, if you don't get to it first!<br /><br />ChickenFreak - I think my taste is much more mimsy than yours on the whole, so you may not in fact be missing much...Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-38315689965052787912010-01-18T23:16:42.226+00:002010-01-18T23:16:42.226+00:00A very interesting summary. And, I've never sn...A very interesting summary. And, I've never sniffed six of your top ten. I'll have to get moving.Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-59833733561033820632010-01-18T21:46:27.702+00:002010-01-18T21:46:27.702+00:00Well that was a lot of fun to read. I'm actua...Well that was a lot of fun to read. I'm actually pleased you 'came late to the party' as you put it. All the best-ofs came out at the same time, overwhelming us, no? Now we have time to rethink and retest, etc. <br /><br />Love your top tens except for the MH and TF, which I still haven't tried.lovethescentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12382961211263766637noreply@blogger.com