tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post3858541258979554278..comments2024-03-28T23:25:17.414+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: Mother Much Missed - An Anniversary TributeVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-30394380123107693962013-02-01T20:12:09.283+00:002013-02-01T20:12:09.283+00:00Hi Suzanne,
Ooh, you brought a tear to my eye, sa...Hi Suzanne,<br /><br />Ooh, you brought a tear to my eye, saying Mother would have been proud of the blog. She did indeed have a fantastic (and impish!) sense of humour and I think you totally read her character in that photo. I had never noticed we had similar smiles - sometimes it takes a person outside the family to spot such resemblances!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-86110029923754752292013-02-01T03:40:55.691+00:002013-02-01T03:40:55.691+00:00A very touching post, Vanessa. In the photo of you...A very touching post, Vanessa. In the photo of your mother where she is sitting at the table, I see how you resemble her -- it's in your smile. There is something a bit impish in both your smiles ... it's quiet, but it's there, and I'm betting that your mother loved humor every bit as much as you do.<br /><br />She would have loved reading your blog, I'm certain, and been Suzannehttp://www.eiderdownpress.com/Perfume_Journal.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-84804875068677554162013-01-30T16:08:44.945+00:002013-01-30T16:08:44.945+00:00Hi anotherperfumeblog,
Thanks for your kind words...Hi anotherperfumeblog,<br /><br />Thanks for your kind words. I do feel that many of us are at the stage in our lives where it is not unusual to have lost one or both parents - so there's a lot of missing going on in our community. Even the younger fumehead crowd have probably lost a grandparent or two by now, to whom they may also have been close. : - (Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061118895694909457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-91772447903589107412013-01-30T02:46:04.643+00:002013-01-30T02:46:04.643+00:00I'm too touched by the lovely memories of your...I'm too touched by the lovely memories of your mom, and grateful for your generous thoughts for others of us who have lost parents, to say much more than thanks. But thank you for post. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-65430016285591037732013-01-29T21:14:59.802+00:002013-01-29T21:14:59.802+00:00Hi JoanElaine,
Very kind of you to say so, and th...Hi JoanElaine,<br /><br />Very kind of you to say so, and thanks for your good wishes.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-79807436478318974942013-01-29T21:09:30.637+00:002013-01-29T21:09:30.637+00:00Hi olenska,
Thanks for your sweet comment!Hi olenska,<br /><br />Thanks for your sweet comment!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-61738917141127394152013-01-29T17:27:32.901+00:002013-01-29T17:27:32.901+00:00What a wonderful tribute to your mother. My though...What a wonderful tribute to your mother. My thoughts are with you, Vanessa.JoanElainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01356174815156243516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-27815117238774382992013-01-29T17:17:12.142+00:002013-01-29T17:17:12.142+00:00Comforting thoughts and blessings to you, and prai...Comforting thoughts and blessings to you, and praise for these wonderful words of tribute to your mother. olenskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02476948850792084856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-6381956156631785362013-01-28T19:45:29.755+00:002013-01-28T19:45:29.755+00:00Hi Minnie,
Thanks very much - roost is slowly com...Hi Minnie,<br /><br />Thanks very much - roost is slowly coming together! Definitely feels like home.<br /><br />Ooh, "Stephanotis" by Floris - you don't hear much about that one. There was also a stephanotis note as I recall in their creation for Kate Middleton and William's wedding, "Wedding Bouquet".<br /><br />Although not overtly into perfumes, Mother was a keenVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-8444538840858387282013-01-28T13:24:51.736+00:002013-01-28T13:24:51.736+00:00Thank you for the warm welcome, Vanessa - and all ...Thank you for the warm welcome, Vanessa - and all the best with new roost.<br />PS your dear Mother's scent choices sound wonderful ... I'm getting leather, bergamot, the old standby 'Stephanotis' by Floris, and the Muguet note of so many lovely florals ... Mmm. She must have inspired you to explore perfumes, as well as giving you love and confidence: chapeau, Vanessa's Mama!Minniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031126325323208656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-31594315033099324132013-01-27T21:28:01.197+00:002013-01-27T21:28:01.197+00:00Hi Carol,
Thanks for your lovely comment, and I a...Hi Carol,<br /><br />Thanks for your lovely comment, and I am sorry about your dad. I guess at our age it's the name of the game to lose your parents, but it isn't easy. There must be a big kid still inside us all...Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-50745205798463010482013-01-27T20:32:54.980+00:002013-01-27T20:32:54.980+00:00What a beautiful loving post, Vanessa. I know how...What a beautiful loving post, Vanessa. I know how painful it is to miss a parent - my father's anniversary of his passing is coming up, and I think of him every single day. Many hugs and much love to you, my friend. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394558427981331885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-5472148437487712842013-01-27T18:20:06.023+00:002013-01-27T18:20:06.023+00:00Hi Tara,
I promise that this is the last year I a...Hi Tara,<br /><br />I promise that this is the last year I am going to sweat the small stuff. And thinking about it, the thoughtless perfume gift is probably more a kind of shorthand in fact for a feeling that I could have done more for her generally. <br /><br />Mother was very independent and self-contained, but I still regret that I didn't make the effort to see more of her in her last Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-69241283902958882422013-01-27T18:13:04.758+00:002013-01-27T18:13:04.758+00:00Hi Minnie,
I for one am delighted you de-lurked, ...Hi Minnie,<br /><br />I for one am delighted you de-lurked, especially as your advice is very sound! As Undina and Tara are also encouraging me to do, I should remember the good things about my mother and stop fretting about my filial shortcomings.<br /><br />I am enjoying my new home very much, thanks, and as part of my upcoming 2012 retrospective (scented and otherwise), I may include a coupleVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-56446631728472983022013-01-27T15:45:04.610+00:002013-01-27T15:45:04.610+00:00Dear V,
Such a touching post.
At some point I d...Dear V,<br /><br />Such a touching post. <br /><br />At some point I do hope you can stop feeling so bad about the fragrant gifts you gave your mother. I'm sure it was the last thing on her mind and she wouldn't want you worrying about it. It's not easy though and I am one for focusing on regrets rather than the positives but do try and take Undina's advice.The yellow tulips was aTarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825957684276136205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-19882844633007521062013-01-27T15:34:52.060+00:002013-01-27T15:34:52.060+00:00Very poignant and wistful. Lovely, too: yellow is ...Very poignant and wistful. Lovely, too: yellow is the colour of the sun, the source of life.<br />But - at the risk of sounding like an officious busybody delurking to trot out a patronising platitude (moi? Shome mishtake shurely!) - do remember how fortunate you were to have such a wonderful mother. That's really what counts. Although I know from my own experience that one never, ever, stopsMinniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031126325323208656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-43556083627333519382013-01-27T15:09:19.181+00:002013-01-27T15:09:19.181+00:00Hi Undina,
Thanks for that - I am sure you are ri...Hi Undina,<br /><br />Thanks for that - I am sure you are right and I should stop focusing on my past omissions and hold on to some nice memories of my mother instead! Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061118895694909457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-26007029128943207762013-01-27T15:07:19.647+00:002013-01-27T15:07:19.647+00:00Oh Taffy, I hope the pangs you felt were not too p...Oh Taffy, I hope the pangs you felt were not too painful, and that reading my post helped to bring back good memories of your mother. It seems you lost her at more or less around the same time as me, but the feeling of loss never goes away. Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061118895694909457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-13862374390407506852013-01-27T15:04:01.574+00:002013-01-27T15:04:01.574+00:00Hi Anna,
It seems that so many people have fond m...Hi Anna,<br /><br />It seems that so many people have fond memories of her, which is a comforting thought in itself.<br /><br />And thanks so much for your kind offer to send me some Yardley Honeysuckle EDT, but at the moment I am making a concerted effort to lose perfumes rather than gain them, hehe. If I find myself feeling nostalgic I could always seek out a branch of Boots with a tester. I Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061118895694909457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-3137777725713901432013-01-27T07:51:39.527+00:002013-01-27T07:51:39.527+00:00Dear Vanessa, hugs to you. Please find a beautiful...Dear Vanessa, hugs to you. Please find a beautiful memory of you and your mother and hold on to it.Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-63048087776834984332013-01-27T05:43:57.799+00:002013-01-27T05:43:57.799+00:00Dear Vanessa,
Your essay gave me a pang in my hea...Dear Vanessa,<br /><br />Your essay gave me a pang in my heart, thinking of my own beloved Mother gone for 13 years. <br /><br />Hugs to you. <br /><br />Taffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732175030258490272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-68561579620911779482013-01-26T23:35:13.589+00:002013-01-26T23:35:13.589+00:00Hi Bonks,
It's a great tribute to your mum th...Hi Bonks,<br /><br />It's a great tribute to your mum that you have such fond memories of her.<br /><br />I can send you some Yardley Honeysuckle edt if you'd like to have some "in the air" every now and then.<br /><br />Look after yourself, and enjoy the yellow tulips when you get them.<br /><br />cheerio, Anna in EdinburghAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-18207251450239705042013-01-26T20:00:59.523+00:002013-01-26T20:00:59.523+00:00Hi Ines,
Thanks for saying so - I am glad you cou...Hi Ines,<br /><br />Thanks for saying so - I am glad you could relate. If this post serves to encourage anyone out there reading to make the most of the parents they have, that would be a good job done!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061118895694909457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-37779246957223844612013-01-26T19:57:37.847+00:002013-01-26T19:57:37.847+00:00Hi Liam,
I am fine, thanks - I hope you are too. ...Hi Liam,<br /><br />I am fine, thanks - I hope you are too. I guess it depends how long ago one loses a loved one. After so many years, the memories of may mother are more poignant than painful.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061118895694909457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-43452956735218855112013-01-26T18:06:13.414+00:002013-01-26T18:06:13.414+00:00I believe we all feel at some point we should have...I believe we all feel at some point we should have done something different. <br />Your post is such a lovely bitter-sweet way to remember and honor your mother.Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.com