tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post7806526646649548546..comments2024-03-28T04:23:30.371+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: New Year, old perfume, musings on (all kinds of!) ageing, and other random retrospective stuffVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-64906917094292157022018-01-07T19:25:18.427+00:002018-01-07T19:25:18.427+00:00Hi Pats,
Many apologies to you too for missing yo...Hi Pats,<br /><br />Many apologies to you too for missing your comment last year. That is terrible and I don't rightly know how it happened. And yes, we both know the meaning of 'bap' very well, haha. Hope you had a good 2017, now that it is well and truly over! xVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-44207051255876564872018-01-07T19:22:57.937+00:002018-01-07T19:22:57.937+00:00Hi Yuki,
How have I missed your comment for a who...Hi Yuki,<br /><br />How have I missed your comment for a whole year?! Shockingly poor, but a hideously belated thank you for leaving it. And I can also wish you Happy New Year as it is fortuitously that time again. Ooh er!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-37200524805628553252017-01-10T17:14:02.425+00:002017-01-10T17:14:02.425+00:00Dear Vanessa - i'm trying to catch up on my m...Dear Vanessa - i'm trying to catch up on my mail (had my bro and his wife visit from Boston), so i'm all behind. But family are important, and perfume, and cats and bands and travel and eye cream and lots of stuff. Thats why i love your blog - so keep it just as it is missus! Portia's BAP comment made me laugh - I'd love a big crusty belfast bap right now! Happy New Year Vanessa Patshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00556837049145356619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-55467948579631735552017-01-08T20:48:45.656+00:002017-01-08T20:48:45.656+00:00Happy New Year! I don't comment on your blog v...Happy New Year! I don't comment on your blog very often, but I wanted to say thank you for blogging because it's always fun to read your thoughts on anything and everything. I also wanted to say I love the red belt+dark dress combo, super fun! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08330851813006632304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-40826030474566999812017-01-07T12:21:25.750+00:002017-01-07T12:21:25.750+00:00Hi Ingeborg,
Thanks for commenting on this one, a...Hi Ingeborg,<br /><br />Thanks for commenting on this one, and please never worry about writing perfect sentences. I have always been most impressed with your English, but maybe that is because you put in so much time - anyway, I do appreciate it.<br /><br />I think in hindsight I should have just put the age of the bottles and let the buyers infer the rest?<br /><br />Oh yes, there will be a Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-51866439605724134332017-01-07T04:35:38.102+00:002017-01-07T04:35:38.102+00:00Happy new year Vanessa! Please don't make too ...Happy new year Vanessa! Please don't make too many changes to the blog, I really like it as it is. I don't always comment, just because it takes some time to write a near correct sentence in English. I have, however, never had serious problems getting my comments accepted here, so I do wonder why other comments just don't go through.<br /><br />I wonder if you are not too soft on Ingeborgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-32884133484125321892017-01-05T20:05:42.169+00:002017-01-05T20:05:42.169+00:00Dearest Frau Cookie Queen,
Haha - Bonkerness must...Dearest Frau Cookie Queen,<br /><br />Haha - Bonkerness must be preserved in any thematic rejig, I agree, and it seems it isn't going to be needed after all.<br /><br />I think it would be glorious to see your armadillo avatar popping up, but I quite understand that Wordpress and Blogger blogs are incompatible, like Android and Iphones, or MACs and PCs. I myself tried to comment from scratch Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-17159339845843844272017-01-05T15:08:07.882+00:002017-01-05T15:08:07.882+00:00Dearest Frau Bonkers. Obviously you won´t change ...Dearest Frau Bonkers. Obviously you won´t change a bloody thing otherwise it wouldn´t be Bonkers. You know why I seldom comment, because it takes more than 15 seconds and having lost all my attention span over the last year or two I don´t sit down and take the time. You know I read them. I would love to comment as cookie queen along with my armadillo avatar. And although it seems fairly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-7162195053784790972017-01-05T13:06:10.176+00:002017-01-05T13:06:10.176+00:00Oh, that is good about sweet potatoes - I love the...Oh, that is good about sweet potatoes - I love them! I haven't got into juicing, I must say - in fact I am not sure where I have gone and put my smoothie maker!<br /><br />Good luck chasing away the remains of your eczema - it is a blow to have it in different places but it seems you are on top the pesky condition. ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-71479421596519776042017-01-05T12:58:57.537+00:002017-01-05T12:58:57.537+00:00Morning, Sabine. Your clear point is noted, thanks...Morning, Sabine. Your clear point is noted, thanks!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-25370635615690155612017-01-05T12:58:30.167+00:002017-01-05T12:58:30.167+00:00Hi Hayley,
Aw, thanks for explaining the reasons ...Hi Hayley,<br /><br />Aw, thanks for explaining the reasons why you don't tend to comment often on blogs. I appreciate your coming through. All this feedback has definitely fired me up to carry on, and it has taught me that direct contact with readers is a must, at least from time to time. And trust me when I say that I am not at all knowledgeable either. ;)<br /><br />Yes, it wouldn't beVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-72563884586880720652017-01-05T12:54:25.511+00:002017-01-05T12:54:25.511+00:00Hi Hamamelis,
So sorry your comment got lost! Thi...Hi Hamamelis,<br /><br />So sorry your comment got lost! This may well be one of the reasons readers are wary of Blogspot blogs!<br /><br />I am glad to hear you don't mind the 'miscellany' aspect of my topics, and there will be a ramping up of Truffle with immediate effect, hehe.<br /><br />Thanks for the NIOD tip off - I will look into it more closely. A cursory inspection made me Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-69431825635041197512017-01-05T07:44:04.505+00:002017-01-05T07:44:04.505+00:00Morning, Vanessa. Don't change, please.Morning, Vanessa. Don't change, please. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13967920797621584017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-82902727827813153902017-01-04T20:03:53.889+00:002017-01-04T20:03:53.889+00:00Happy new year Vanessa and Truffle ��
I enjoy read...Happy new year Vanessa and Truffle ��<br />I enjoy reading all topics not just perfume, I'm nosey about beauty roUtines, cats, books, travel and all sorts! I read a few blogs and don't comment very often - it's a combo of shyness and not feeling knowledgeable. <br />Anyway here's hoping 2017 is a better year, all the best Hayley <br />hayleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13473922115363004380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-89866715149237774782017-01-04T17:14:30.416+00:002017-01-04T17:14:30.416+00:00Hi Vanessa, I commented yesterday but it got lost ...Hi Vanessa, I commented yesterday but it got lost on the way! I almost always read Bonkers, but don't always comment. As a non native speaker I sometimes do miss some of the finesses of Bonkers blogging but not always, and more often than not I have to grin at your self deprecating humour (ha! now that is a wonderful English word). There can't ever be enough Truffle, of your travels and Hamamelishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04732780667611927231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-81052489754313781682017-01-04T14:37:56.561+00:002017-01-04T14:37:56.561+00:00Hi Lindaloo,
How much did I love your comment! Yo...Hi Lindaloo,<br /><br />How much did I love your comment! You really should be blogging yourself, truly. And if you are already, and your blog has passed me by all these years, please do post a link!<br /><br />Now I have set myself strict guidelines for how I deploy pictures of Truffle, as I promise I don't want her to compete with Rusty in that specific niche that Rusty has so ably Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-16146823971972651212017-01-04T00:56:32.660+00:002017-01-04T00:56:32.660+00:00:):)Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-35832128357227842862017-01-03T22:06:41.977+00:002017-01-03T22:06:41.977+00:00First, let me say how fetching you are three or mo...First, let me say how fetching you are three or more sheets to the wind.<br />I think crikey describes best what I think, and Jillie's blog-reading bloke clearly appreciates miscellany.<br /><br />More pictures of Truffle are a must, if only to compete with Rusty. There is after all a large segment of perfume lovers who is also devoted to cats and bloggers too. You have a great blog roll -- Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-16344183434697053442017-01-03T13:17:30.775+00:002017-01-03T13:17:30.775+00:00Now that is interesting. Maybe I have been too sof...Now that is interesting. Maybe I have been too soft - I was wondering about the same conundrum for when I start to sell clothes on eBay. There is such a high likelihood of something not fitting, yet it is a pain to keep getting stuff back again!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-54329507707386293202017-01-03T13:16:28.064+00:002017-01-03T13:16:28.064+00:00Hi sunnlitt,
Thanks for coming through, and for y...Hi sunnlitt,<br /><br />Thanks for coming through, and for your kind comment. I truly did expect more people to say 'Stick to the perfume' - and certainly not to say 'Stick to the knitting', haha, not that I have blogged about that so far in earnest, so the feedback so far is reassuring. I just hope any dissenters would feel bold enough to comment too.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-20146321371535098232017-01-03T13:13:45.632+00:002017-01-03T13:13:45.632+00:00Hi Portia,
You were a hoot of a highlight in 2016...Hi Portia,<br /><br />You were a hoot of a highlight in 2016, no question!<br /><br />I love how you call Bonkers 'BAP' for reasons that may not be immediately apparent. ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-27511671836698520412017-01-03T13:12:07.671+00:002017-01-03T13:12:07.671+00:00Hi Crikey,
I love the term 'miscellany'! ...Hi Crikey,<br /><br />I love the term 'miscellany'! I also like 'melange'- both sound so much more legit than 'mishmash'. At a stroke you have given me licence to carry on with this eclectic topic mix, so thank you. ;)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-21175822384146031752017-01-03T05:11:50.696+00:002017-01-03T05:11:50.696+00:00Oh, and when I sell on EBay, it is stated: No Retu...Oh, and when I sell on EBay, it is stated: No Returns. <br />They are buying a used bottle. There are no guarantees. I am honest and informative in my description, and will answer any questions. But, once I sell it, it's gone for good. sunnlitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350123948334631661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-32369507188205654412017-01-03T05:09:01.858+00:002017-01-03T05:09:01.858+00:00I so enjoy your blog. I don't subscribe, but I...I so enjoy your blog. I don't subscribe, but I do stop by most weeks. <br />You are a very entertaining writer and I think that's a great thing to be. I will read whatever you write about. <br />Thanks for all your humor and insight. sunnlitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350123948334631661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-12800171240373987502017-01-03T01:41:07.653+00:002017-01-03T01:41:07.653+00:00YAY!! I made a PHOTO! Thanks Vanessa for including...YAY!! I made a PHOTO! Thanks Vanessa for including that.<br />Please keep going with BAP exactly as you are, I love it.<br />Portia xxAustralianPerfumeJunkieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404313441040574550noreply@blogger.com