tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post9004911402791243682..comments2024-03-28T04:23:30.371+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: We Three Kings: Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh - FrankincenseVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-80640602725466620922010-12-24T11:17:00.839+00:002010-12-24T11:17:00.839+00:00Hi CF,
Tbh, Eau Duelle is the very first Diptyque...Hi CF,<br /><br />Tbh, Eau Duelle is the very first Diptyque to move me, so it must have something about it, you would say...<br /><br />Interesting insights on the season's greetings malarkey. We do use Happy Christmas extensively here. "Merry Christmas" is considered a little wooden and greetings card-speak in some circles.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-74515405881759644182010-12-24T08:46:19.187+00:002010-12-24T08:46:19.187+00:00I'm happily giggling over "Blenkinsop&quo...I'm happily giggling over "Blenkinsop". And now I have something to try at the Diptyque boutique--so far, sadly, this line has left me cold.<br /><br />It is interesting how Christmas greetings have diverged. For Americans it's always "merry Christmas" or "happy holidays", never ever "merry holidays" or "happy Christmas". In fact, I don&#Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115821731964909442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-10413042011908473312010-12-23T12:16:31.477+00:002010-12-23T12:16:31.477+00:00Hi Tommasina,
I thought of you on my travels - I ...Hi Tommasina,<br /><br />I thought of you on my travels - I met a man in Denny's from your adopted State! (I use the term "met" loosely, obviously.)<br /><br />I don't think Lacoste pour Femme is similar in terms of how it smells actually, only in the intensity of its vanilla note. Not even quite how that note smells either! Bois d'Armenie is a nuttier, paperier, woodier Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-62912894876500289542010-12-23T02:52:27.952+00:002010-12-23T02:52:27.952+00:00Hello, Vanessa,
Eau Duelle is a new love of mine ...Hello, Vanessa,<br /><br />Eau Duelle is a new love of mine - and of my husband's. I found a good online deal so bought it for us for Christmas (not "the holidays"), and it arrived a couple of days ago. I must say I find it difficult not being able to abbreviate its name as I do with many 'fumes, though: ED has unfortunate Other Connotations which will be recognized by anyone Tommasinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-88354064955302003672010-12-23T01:28:13.102+00:002010-12-23T01:28:13.102+00:00Hi Anna,
Yes, I'm back, and I must say I did ...Hi Anna,<br /><br />Yes, I'm back, and I must say I did appreciate your virtual travel companionship while I was away. Your ongoing concern buoyed me up during those darkest cocoa-deprived moments in motels by freeway intersections. Though for the record I prefer milk chocolate.<br /><br />Haha, yes, I suppose frankincense was a very formative smell in my childhood, right up there with Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-44893179975939013412010-12-22T23:29:59.952+00:002010-12-22T23:29:59.952+00:00Ah, you're back safe and sound and enjoying wo...Ah, you're back safe and sound and enjoying word-play, V, so all is well in the perfume-world. Hooray.<br /><br />Frankincense is the real deal, isn't it? Nothing like having a socking-great smouldering censer of the stuff swung perilously close to your infant nose at too-frequent intervals to give you a taste for liturgical thrills with this hard stuff. By gum!<br /><br />Now, if you - Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-49314590847630339142010-12-22T18:19:29.596+00:002010-12-22T18:19:29.596+00:00Hey, thanks, Marina!
Yours was one of the two big...Hey, thanks, Marina!<br /><br />Yours was one of the two big "ST"s on which I cut my teeth when sudden onset perfume mania first struck in 2008 - the other one of course being NST...Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-73718418870378769772010-12-22T17:31:41.471+00:002010-12-22T17:31:41.471+00:00"and....er....some myrrh" LOL Love your ..."and....er....some myrrh" LOL Love your writing!Marinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168398261092564498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-23758617757693690642010-12-22T10:57:49.159+00:002010-12-22T10:57:49.159+00:00Hi Rose,
The green one was fresh and brisk, but I...Hi Rose,<br /><br />The green one was fresh and brisk, but I agree that it didn't move me in the way Eau Duelle did. Perhaps it might appeal more in spring?Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-13324798921897065982010-12-22T10:56:05.883+00:002010-12-22T10:56:05.883+00:00Hi Angela,
I am all for specificity in greetings ...Hi Angela,<br /><br />I am all for specificity in greetings myself. I got chatting to a chap on the plane from San Francisco who was headed home to Mumbai. He told me about their Diwali Festival and how the date always shifts around, like our Easter. He said they don't in fact have any religious holiday around the (Christmas) "holiday" season, so I guess to be completely Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-450220633810432182010-12-22T10:49:54.820+00:002010-12-22T10:49:54.820+00:00Hi Ines,
I do hope Sibling Claus delivers! Some ...Hi Ines,<br /><br />I do hope Sibling Claus delivers! Some reviewers have found this scent pleasant but uneventful - though as I said in an earlier post, bland doesn't have to mean bad in my book, not that I would call Eau Duelle that.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-81151026548283370882010-12-22T10:46:39.355+00:002010-12-22T10:46:39.355+00:00Hi EauMG
Yes, I clocked the SF base of Ineke, whi...Hi EauMG<br /><br />Yes, I clocked the SF base of Ineke, which intrigued me, having just come from there on my travels. And Evening Edged in Gold did look suitably festive all right!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-90585495690783817002010-12-22T10:45:00.954+00:002010-12-22T10:45:00.954+00:00Hi JoanElaine,
"Hockey player interview"...Hi JoanElaine,<br /><br />"Hockey player interview" is good! I'm normally the one doing the interviewing, of course... : - )<br /><br />Now I should warn you that Eau Duelle is pretty vanilla-y. You could try taking a gentle run up with Lacoste pour Femme first as it has a similar level of the stuff in it, I'd say.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-53124308839503741682010-12-22T10:40:06.687+00:002010-12-22T10:40:06.687+00:00Hi Olenksa,
Thanks - your name trips off the tong...Hi Olenksa,<br /><br />Thanks - your name trips off the tongue rather nicely too, if I may say so...Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-21215661133516453172010-12-22T09:20:21.759+00:002010-12-22T09:20:21.759+00:00I'm also a great Frankincense lover- I haven&#...I'm also a great Frankincense lover- I haven't spent enough time with the new Diptuque actually and you've re pricked my interest- I wasn't so keen on their new green but this I think I need to try again- happy Christmas!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459305021803770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-70211954080880719302010-12-22T08:47:13.625+00:002010-12-22T08:47:13.625+00:00Bah humbug indeed , lol ! I do so agree that sayin...Bah humbug indeed , lol ! I do so agree that saying "happy holiday" is so very difficult . An asian girl served us at the supermarket yesterday and I tried to say it then decided "happy Christmas " is fine after all I wish the local Muslims "happy Eid" . <br /><br />Your review has done what they are all doing , adding more names to my want list !Angela Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08261754187289326772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-2788497158692606422010-12-22T08:23:32.496+00:002010-12-22T08:23:32.496+00:00I still haven't tried Eau Duelle but you make ...I still haven't tried Eau Duelle but you make it sound bottle worthy. :) <br />Love the review!Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-8599169203438504932010-12-22T01:44:12.816+00:002010-12-22T01:44:12.816+00:00I couldn't decide between Evening Edged in Gol...I couldn't decide between Evening Edged in Gold or Gilded Lily. After sampling, I realized that EEiG seems more "festive". <br />It's a San Francisco based house :)EauMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13434594415447725872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-75377334054322770532010-12-22T01:28:32.142+00:002010-12-22T01:28:32.142+00:00I once watched an interview of Eau Duelle's pe...I once watched an interview of Eau Duelle's perfumer and translator discussing the "duality" of the fragrance. It was the fragrance industry's version of the hockey player interview...no real insight, just a bunch of words. You should have been interviewed instead!<br /><br />Vanilla is a touchy note for me, but I am very drawn to this fragrance. Juniper, tea, saffron, JoanElainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01356174815156243516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-85870198276019861542010-12-22T01:06:43.670+00:002010-12-22T01:06:43.670+00:00Gorgeous review. But then, you had me at Blenkins...Gorgeous review. But then, you had me at Blenkinsop. :Dolenskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02476948850792084856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-24404426087214630612010-12-22T00:07:59.683+00:002010-12-22T00:07:59.683+00:00Decided the monochrome icon would be more apt for ...Decided the monochrome icon would be more apt for this post!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-61985884017210033502010-12-22T00:02:41.474+00:002010-12-22T00:02:41.474+00:00Hi EauMG,
Haha - I must do the typing test!
I...Hi EauMG,<br /><br />Haha - I must do the typing test!<br /><br />I've just been over on your blog reading your very comprehensive review of Ineke's Evening Edged In Gold. Coincidentally, I tested pretty much the whole Ineke line yesterday at Newark airport, except for this one! Which took some Derring-Do when you are about to sit in a confined space for 7 hours...<br /><br />Now there Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-23238694574723893512010-12-21T23:46:17.005+00:002010-12-21T23:46:17.005+00:00Another beautiful review.
I really do like this f...Another beautiful review. <br />I really do like this fragrance and it's a wonderful choice for frankincense, which types just as well as it sounds :)EauMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13434594415447725872noreply@blogger.com