tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post709091734700738610..comments2024-03-28T23:25:17.414+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: Ajne Calypso - Embrace Your Inner Nymph(o)!Vanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-47393281577787391232010-07-28T17:09:29.286+01:002010-07-28T17:09:29.286+01:00Hi ScentScelf,
I am not sure I quite follow your ...Hi ScentScelf,<br /><br />I am not sure I quite follow your multi-nuanced use of gyrations, or rather the first instance still has me foxed. In your last comment I take it to mean "design variants".<br /><br />I was most interested to learn of the etymological roots of ScentScelf, to which I would never have otherwise tumbled.<br /><br />No "yergh" necessary! I am happy to Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-83575053363787798972010-07-28T09:36:03.930+01:002010-07-28T09:36:03.930+01:00Bravo for under the bed. I went through gyrations...Bravo for under the bed. I went through gyrations a while back, and am still staying the course, to borrow a phrase.<br /><br />Yes, always two "c"s. It's an interior nod to the Old English (supposedly) that started it all, "Scelfleah," and then plays with the fact that neither the "sc" in scent or scelfleah are pronounced as they look.<br /><br />You are the ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-34656018763059987752010-07-27T22:03:40.373+01:002010-07-27T22:03:40.373+01:00Hi ScentScelf,
Good grief - have you always had t...Hi ScentScelf,<br /><br />Good grief - have you always had two "c"s in your name? In that case, I may have been misspelling you for months. Or possibly on occasions spelling you correctly quite by accident. Selective dyslexia is my rather poor defence.<br /><br />Have just checked out Les Tuileries, a blog I had not heard of before, I must admit, so my choice of a similar background Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-73590553532683670132010-07-26T23:01:08.605+01:002010-07-26T23:01:08.605+01:00Hee, but there are so many partners...erm, templat...Hee, but there are so many partners...erm, templates...to choose from...<br /><br />This one (the washed wall with the paintings) is currently being employed by AlbertCAN over at Les Tuilieries, I do believe. Lovely, but used.<br /><br />Which suggests you should drop this partner like a hot potato and move on to another, unused one. Tart. ;)<br /><br />And what's that you say about the ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-5268240752599028222010-07-26T10:32:28.524+01:002010-07-26T10:32:28.524+01:00Okay chaps, am experimenting with a "non-avia...Okay chaps, am experimenting with a "non-aviation-themed travel format". <br /><br />Let me know what you think... <br /><br />I believe I am fast becoming what is known in graphic design circles as a "template tart".Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-4017269931104718352010-07-26T09:54:49.518+01:002010-07-26T09:54:49.518+01:00Hi lovethescents,
I do love Printemps too, and I ...Hi lovethescents,<br /><br />I do love Printemps too, and I remember your not falling for this one in the same way. There are Ajnes that I don't find smooth (it is something to do with the intensity of the essential oils - Lakshmi and Aphrodite being two cases in point), but this one behaves like a "regular" perfume on me once it gets going, and I have received compliments from Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-21185885794748743982010-07-26T09:46:26.566+01:002010-07-26T09:46:26.566+01:00Hi Suzanne,
I believe Ajne's ingredients are ...Hi Suzanne,<br /><br />I believe Ajne's ingredients are pretty luxurious generally, and I guess jasmine in particular and possibly the Madagascan vanilla may have bumped up the cost of this one.<br /><br />I guess it is some small consolation that if you lived in Stockholm, and Ajne ever found its way into the city's perfume outlets, you'd have to save your pennies for ten years Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-3107967999576680262010-07-26T09:37:45.403+01:002010-07-26T09:37:45.403+01:00Hi ScentSelf,
Thanks for stopping by from your li...Hi ScentSelf,<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by from your lit de maladie! I am making full allowances for your currently feverish imagination, whose workings appear to be broadly similar to those of your imagination in rude good health. : - ) <br /><br />..."thorough teachings of my 5th grade Sex Ed teacher". Very good! <br /><br />I can't actually see more than a cm of the Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-24637611564627064202010-07-26T02:01:50.655+01:002010-07-26T02:01:50.655+01:00Ajne is sooooo painfully pricey. Even the samples...Ajne is sooooo painfully pricey. Even the samples are out of my budget most of the time.<br /><br />I, as you are aware, don't get that same smoothness you do from Calypso, no matter how much I wanted to love it. I'll stick with my beautiful Printemps and enjoy the last drops of de Lavande (courtesy of my equally beautiful friend).<br /><br />Loved reading your review!lovethescentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12382961211263766637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-58825828776297399532010-07-25T21:14:45.853+01:002010-07-25T21:14:45.853+01:00Oooh!!! A fragrance similar to OJ Frangipani but w...Oooh!!! A fragrance similar to OJ Frangipani but with greater heft? I'd say that's definitely worth the $$$. (Of course, I am easily enslaved by Calypso's kind...even when it means I'll be saving my pennies for the next seven years for the pleasure of said enslavement.)<br /><br />Thanks for the review, Flittersniffer. I'm completely unfamiliar with this perfume line, but Suzannehttp://www.eiderdownpress.com/Perfume_Journal.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-45888199736802174562010-07-25T20:23:23.842+01:002010-07-25T20:23:23.842+01:00Incidentally, what has happened to your background...Incidentally, what has happened to your background? Don't mess with a febrile mind. Are we aloft? <br /><br />;) It's kind of fun, actually...is this blog journey making you feel you are flying?? :)ScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-1072945546947171472010-07-25T20:21:50.640+01:002010-07-25T20:21:50.640+01:00My top-of-the-head quick association blob that is ...My top-of-the-head quick association blob that is "calypso" includes steel drum at the top of the music. In fact, I heard one (steel drum) playing the Habanera from Carmen along the Seine the other day, a conflation of concepts nearly worthy of palm-fringed resorts and the Baader-Meinhof gang. (Remember, I am feverish, so sometimes what is arch is merely a short bridge easily bringingScentScelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264276265890227820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-72841704155273190572010-07-25T19:06:54.080+01:002010-07-25T19:06:54.080+01:00Hi LBV,
I am not surprised that you have heard of...Hi LBV,<br /><br />I am not surprised that you have heard of Calypso the goddess/nymph, with a great aunt who was a Professor of Classics! : - ) By contrast, my knowledge of the myth is "Wikifresh", though I do know my Scylla from my Charybdis.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-27264977283293704532010-07-25T14:46:47.111+01:002010-07-25T14:46:47.111+01:00"double-wristedly - pioneering the fashion re..."double-wristedly - pioneering the fashion revival of yellow gold jewellery." Love that!<br /><br />I think of Calypso the goddess/nymph when I hear this word, but I think her name ties in quite well with the lotus-eating, hedonistic Caribbean resort culture. Great post! I now want to try this...La Bonne Vivantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826781060994198215noreply@blogger.com