tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post1137525066683638840..comments2024-03-28T04:23:30.371+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: Perfectly Pungent Planting: A Gardeners' World Scent SpecialVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-42665478457711517862013-09-21T07:48:15.528+01:002013-09-21T07:48:15.528+01:00The information shared is quite useful for the gar...The information shared is quite useful for the gardeners!!gardening giftshttp://www.home2garden.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-5911981565572299632012-08-06T19:45:03.382+01:002012-08-06T19:45:03.382+01:00Hi Rose,
If you have any probs getting hold of th...Hi Rose,<br /><br />If you have any probs getting hold of this back issue, come back to me, as I have hung on to my copy. As I am sadly not much of a gardener, you would be very welcome to it!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-73551060683395835942012-08-06T14:33:55.339+01:002012-08-06T14:33:55.339+01:00this is why I shouldn't get out of touch with ...this is why I shouldn't get out of touch with my blogging- this sounds wonderful and I'm going to try and get a copy on ebay asap!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-85969620798365092772012-06-13T01:03:44.611+01:002012-06-13T01:03:44.611+01:00Hi Suzanne,
Yes, I guess I am rarely "backwa...Hi Suzanne,<br /><br />Yes, I guess I am rarely "backwards in coming forwards" about my thoughts on a scent, though I do sometimes follow my mother's maxim of hanging fire altogether if I can't think of anything nice to say!<br /><br />Unicorn Spell was also very cold as I recall. I can only assume that the celery stick must have been standing in a glass of water before it Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-17045443930682516272012-06-13T00:54:35.323+01:002012-06-13T00:54:35.323+01:00Hi tara,
Felanilla is one of those "Marmite&...Hi tara,<br /><br />Felanilla is one of those "Marmite" scents, I agree.<br /><br />But I really think you might like Rose Poivre - it is clods of sod central!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-30581063288687146732012-06-12T18:15:24.103+01:002012-06-12T18:15:24.103+01:00Vanessa, I quite agree that you have few inhibitio...Vanessa, I quite agree that you have few inhibitions when describing scents (and I love that Lila identified that as one of the keys to success in learning to describe them). I've never smelled The Unicorn Spell but your description of it as "a stick of celery peeping coyly through a freshly creosoted fence" makes me think that I must!!Suzannehttp://www.eiderdownpress.com/Perfume_Journal.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-59225409525419063062012-06-12T11:22:31.828+01:002012-06-12T11:22:31.828+01:00V, I do very much like Iris Silver Mist but I didn...V, I do very much like Iris Silver Mist but I didn't get on with the salty cat fur of Felanilla. Don't know Rose Poivre, but maybe I should!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825957684276136205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-61264622702291060172012-06-11T12:07:25.526+01:002012-06-11T12:07:25.526+01:00Hi tara,
Yes, wasn't that fun about Lila? Ac...Hi tara,<br /><br />Yes, wasn't that fun about Lila? Actually, I remember her tweeting recently about being in on a beautiful hot day writing a gardening feature - maybe that was this? <br /><br />You like compost, hehe? Then I bet you are also a fan of TDC Rose Poivre and Iris Silver Mist (for soil scents generally), and PG Felanilla (for that slight hint of fermenting hay / silage). Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-17692677768286819942012-06-11T11:48:37.208+01:002012-06-11T11:48:37.208+01:00Fun article. Nice to see Lila was part of it. I ob...Fun article. Nice to see Lila was part of it. I obviously need to shake my many inhibitions so I can describe scents better - I think that's a valid point. I can relate to the 3% with a thing for the smell of compost though, so maybe I'm on the right track!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825957684276136205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-85628146180796911582012-06-11T11:08:47.332+01:002012-06-11T11:08:47.332+01:00Hi Undina,
They haven't come flat out and sai...Hi Undina,<br /><br />They haven't come flat out and said it, however, I just did the online scent survey reporting my impressions of the other three plants plus the mystery one, and there you are asked if you think the mystery scent most resembles:<br /><br />Eucalyptus<br />Jasmine<br />Lemon Verbena<br />Sage<br /><br />Which tells me it has to be jasmine!, one I did toy with tbh, also Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-66249245756111963662012-06-11T07:01:03.062+01:002012-06-11T07:01:03.062+01:00When/how will you know what that mistery scent was...When/how will you know what that mistery scent was?<br /><br />I'm sure you'd have done much better with flowers than with herbs.<br /><br />Lavender isn't sweet! At least, I've never smelled anything sweet at all in any form of lavender - as a perfume, body lotion, shower gel, etc.Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-13276620166988440932012-06-10T22:30:53.373+01:002012-06-10T22:30:53.373+01:00Hi Anna the Cynic in Edinburgh!
You are so right ...Hi Anna the Cynic in Edinburgh!<br /><br />You are so right - just send £4.90 for P & P. Those lavender plants are heavy, right? I mean there are 36 of them, and they may have big clods of soil attached? As in really, really big sods... : - )<br /><br />I may need to check out Gardeners' Question Time at this rate, just to snigger at the Latin names. That one in particular.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-84011835379235136342012-06-10T20:19:37.776+01:002012-06-10T20:19:37.776+01:00You're making me pine for a garden, Vanessa, e...You're making me pine for a garden, Vanessa, especially as I *do* like lavender very much.<br /><br />I seem to recall that the Radio 4 programme Gardeners' Question Time was big on "trachelospermum jasminoides”: they were not ones for avoiding lengthy Latin names!<br /><br />Go on, you can tell us how the reader obtained their "free" plants: send in £x for Post and PackingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com