tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post7554466625231061309..comments2024-03-28T04:23:30.371+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: Doorstepping Nick Gilbert At The New Les Senteurs Store, And My Mona Di Orio EpiphanyVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-50460149612358495872012-02-05T23:38:44.315+00:002012-02-05T23:38:44.315+00:00Hi tara,
Yes, Nick did a great job of merchandisi...Hi tara,<br /><br />Yes, Nick did a great job of merchandising the store and is an asset to the company, as I am sure they know.<br /><br />So we have a dislike of grapefruit as well? I should start a list...<br /><br />I think I might get over the licorice problem in Myrrhiad, it is just so remarkable overall - hard to put my finger on why. Something about the vanilla, maybe.<br /><br />Do tryVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-39874654847879282382012-02-05T23:35:32.915+00:002012-02-05T23:35:32.915+00:00Hi Natalie,
Thanks for being here! : - )
A like...Hi Natalie,<br /><br />Thanks for being here! : - )<br /><br />A like button would be handy - indeed Blogger needs a lot of things, including a smack in the face tonight, when I lost three hours' work...!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-77248362470274365902012-02-05T04:47:58.193+00:002012-02-05T04:47:58.193+00:00I was here. Blogger needs a like button. :)I was here. Blogger needs a like button. :)Nataliehttp://anotherperfumeblog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-25530946281674375572012-02-04T21:03:07.364+00:002012-02-04T21:03:07.364+00:00It's so great to have Nick at the Marble Arch ...It's so great to have Nick at the Marble Arch Les Senteurs store. He's not only really knowledgeable and helpful but he's done such a gorgeous table display too! <br /><br />I haven't tried Mona di Orio's Tubereuse or Ambre but I'm thinking now maybe I should. As you know I'd like less licorice in Myrrhiad too but that stuff is gooood. I'm hoping the up-and-coming Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825957684276136205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-27060506176405645012012-02-04T21:00:53.276+00:002012-02-04T21:00:53.276+00:00Hi Kate,
Nice to hear from you again, and hope yo...Hi Kate,<br /><br />Nice to hear from you again, and hope your greens are small and various. Have just been out for a bag of salad myself - quite an undertaking in this snow!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-33762833584717180962012-02-04T20:56:14.841+00:002012-02-04T20:56:14.841+00:00"Urinous curried straw" - choke! I'v..."Urinous curried straw" - choke! I've been away for far too long, hope you're well. Have just followed you on Twitter. KateKatehttp://mixedbabygreens.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-58253540293990503122012-02-04T16:39:52.971+00:002012-02-04T16:39:52.971+00:00Hi Asali,
I am glad you enjoy these sniffing repo...Hi Asali,<br /><br />I am glad you enjoy these sniffing reports, as I did yours and Ines's from Paris, when our paths so nearly crossed.<br /><br />I think Ambre may be shaping up to be my favourite too, though I won't stick my neck out and say so just yet. It could be Tubereuse or possibly even the Vanille or Oud!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-44194348142286265562012-02-04T16:36:18.838+00:002012-02-04T16:36:18.838+00:00Hi Candy Perfume Boy,
Nick is so good about being...Hi Candy Perfume Boy,<br /><br />Nick is so good about being hassled, isn't he? I hassled him for two and a half hours straight in Boots one time when he was still in Bristol. I became such a part of the fixture after a while that customers even started to approach me with questions. : - )<br /><br />Thanks very much for filling me in on my mental blank about the White Pentachord in Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-1177106123806456842012-02-04T15:26:01.450+00:002012-02-04T15:26:01.450+00:00Hi Cymbaline,
Yes, I think Mona di Orio's Tub...Hi Cymbaline,<br /><br />Yes, I think Mona di Orio's Tubereuse will be especially nice in spring. Congrats on your Vanille bottle - vanilla scents abound in my own collection, but am still working up to that one, or any of the range... : - )<br /><br />The Harrods Blitz report will be along soon! We tested so many things that I am mindful I may have forgotten what half of them smelt like, Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-53680758171671551652012-02-04T15:20:19.251+00:002012-02-04T15:20:19.251+00:00Hi lovethescents,
Ambre is amazing, but I don'...Hi lovethescents,<br /><br />Ambre is amazing, but I don't think you are missing much in the Cuir, personally.<br /><br />Am retesting the Myrrhiad today - I think it is very special, notwithstanding the licorice. It is funny how this one has caught people's imaginations in a way that the earlier releases didn't seem to.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-43879123691920896152012-02-04T10:57:10.063+00:002012-02-04T10:57:10.063+00:00Thanks for yet another virtual trip to a must-go d...Thanks for yet another virtual trip to a must-go destination. I enjoy reading them so much, and can't wait for the follow-up on you and Tara @ Harrods :-D<br />I am very glad that the pentachords weren't a complete miss with you, and that Mona's Ambre got some love. People seem to pick other ones from her Nombre d'Or line over it, but although I am generally not one for quiet Asalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12522693265217204063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-66035220991551413552012-02-04T09:50:30.782+00:002012-02-04T09:50:30.782+00:00Hassling Nick whilst he is at work is one of my fa...Hassling Nick whilst he is at work is one of my favourite past times! But on a serious note, he really knows his stuff and he's introduced me to loads of new perfumes (and even entire lines) that I hadn't tried before.<br /><br />The Pentachords are a bit weird aren't they? I love White, it's a beautiful, powdery, rooty and boozy iris/vanilla. Verdant is amazingly green and Auburnthecandyperfumeboyhttp://thecandyperfumeboy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-69441678762091673242012-02-04T05:19:15.623+00:002012-02-04T05:19:15.623+00:00I've always had a "thang" for a blue...I've always had a "thang" for a blue and white decor so I love the Les Senteurs look, no matter what that blue is called :D<br /><br />I thought the MdO Tubereuse was lovely also and will have to revisit again, especially when our weather gets a bit more spring-like. My true-love is MdO Vanille. I actually bought a FB which was quite a big deal as there are no other vanilla Cymbalinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869997513487478698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-62589970455411504242012-02-03T23:27:00.593+00:002012-02-03T23:27:00.593+00:00Aren't these Monas exciting! Well I adore Van...Aren't these Monas exciting! Well I adore Vanille and Musc. I still haven't tried Cuir and Ambre. Tubereuse was fine but not particularly interesting on my skin. <br /><br />That Myrrhiad is a dream. Am guarding every precious drop :-)lovethescentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12382961211263766637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-26696666800643015502012-02-03T19:57:53.109+00:002012-02-03T19:57:53.109+00:00Hi Olfactoria,
Hello? Did somebody speak?
: - )
...Hi Olfactoria,<br /><br />Hello? Did somebody speak?<br /><br />: - )<br /><br />Seriously though, I have only given this the blotter test (in Vienna) and the nozzle test in London, so it *could be* that my opinion would change if I tested it properly on skin. And I love bland as a rule, though I don't go a bundle on almonds, admittedly.<br /><br />Also, I don't like Barbara Bui, Musc Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-38339883406222336372012-02-03T19:43:25.273+00:002012-02-03T19:43:25.273+00:00Loved this virtual trip to Les Senteurs II. I can&...Loved this virtual trip to Les Senteurs II. I can't wait to go there myself, you made beautiful pictures.<br /><br />But I have to take issue with your analysis of Tonkamande. Being neither an alsatian nor a teenager, but the proud owner of an already half-empty bottle of Tonkamande, I must come to its rescue. It is a wonderful perfume that has a lot going on! The aldehydes ingeniously Olfactoria's Travelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15982970836831541271noreply@blogger.com