tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post1024050807470931..comments2024-03-28T23:25:17.414+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: Perfume Lovers London Meet-Up: “Olfactoria, Queen Of Amber” And An Evening Edged In…A Translucent Golden ColourVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-70068738539202064792012-05-25T10:26:23.362+01:002012-05-25T10:26:23.362+01:00Hi Undina,
1) Birgit is indeed not just popular, ...Hi Undina,<br /><br />1) Birgit is indeed not just popular, poised and polished, but also perfectly pretty too!<br /><br />2) We would have loved to have had you there, and your name was mentioned, along with those of other absent fumie friends.<br /><br />3) See 1). ; - ) I will continue to do my best here!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-57500561932125226962012-05-24T23:21:45.016+01:002012-05-24T23:21:45.016+01:00I'll try not to repeat everybody else too much...I'll try not to repeat everybody else too much :) but I should say that 1) Birgit is beautiful (even on those pictures where her face appears in the more distorted area of the lense); 2) I envy you all and wish I could be there and 3) I enjoyed your story (and a special thanks goes to to you for all those playful alliterations throughout the post).Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-29448612322593027462012-05-22T08:41:58.180+01:002012-05-22T08:41:58.180+01:00Hi Olfactoria,
Ha! I missed "honoured"...Hi Olfactoria,<br /><br />Ha! I missed "honoured"! I must have been subconsciously cutting you some mid-Atlantic slack already. But by the same token, "belaboured" is a nice concession, firmly confirming your HB status (note that the acronym nicely sidesteps the issue altogether). <br /><br />: - ) : - )<br /><br />PS And of course this is all just a bit of silliness Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-4598956133203411532012-05-22T07:21:35.485+01:002012-05-22T07:21:35.485+01:00As I have written honored instead of honoured in m...As I have written honored instead of honoured in my previous comment, I was fearing my HB status might be swiftly revoked again, but since you are allowing me to keep my feet firmly in both camps, I am quite relieved. But without belabouring (see!) the point, I'm glad my English didn't betray me when it counted. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-73840143789495459602012-05-21T20:28:09.724+01:002012-05-21T20:28:09.724+01:00Hi Lila,
Lovely to see - and sniff! - you again, ...Hi Lila,<br /><br />Lovely to see - and sniff! - you again, and thanks so much for all your efforts behind the scenes to make this event such a success. It was as packed a house as I have seen.<br /><br />I agree that Birgit may need more therapy on the Serge Lutens front, and possibly also to help her deal with her Pierre Guillaume fixation. Actually, where PG is concerned, I'd say we ALL Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-58635210008889472962012-05-21T20:21:09.058+01:002012-05-21T20:21:09.058+01:00Hi Tara,
Thanks for your kind comment - I enjoyed...Hi Tara,<br /><br />Thanks for your kind comment - I enjoyed your own account of the evening very much too.<br /><br />And it was no hardship choosing flattering pics - there are several other nice ones of you that ended up on the cutting room floor just because I didn't write enough text to accommodate them all. : - ) I'll send you a couple!<br /><br />I reckon that our confusion over Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-74236236289056720122012-05-21T19:47:38.005+01:002012-05-21T19:47:38.005+01:00Hi Vanessa,
that was such a great account of the n...Hi Vanessa,<br />that was such a great account of the night. Thank you for writing it, I had a smile on my face re-living it again through your words. I certainly enjoyed myself and I think that Birgit did too - apart from the bit about her psychological tussles with Serge Lutens, which may need further therapy! Birgit has a lovely turn of phrase, I think we will have to give her the key to theLila Das Guptahttp://www.meetup.com/Perfume-Lovers-London/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-5413910957597958962012-05-21T19:16:18.627+01:002012-05-21T19:16:18.627+01:00Glorious write-up, V (as always) and you choose th...Glorious write-up, V (as always) and you choose the most flattering pics for which - I for one - am very grateful!<br /><br />It was lovely reading about the evening again from your perspective and those little things that I missed/forgot about. Very much looking forward to Thomas's talk in July already!<br /><br />P.S. I will now always think of Opus VI as "the surprise amber".Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825957684276136205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-13321806612173052882012-05-21T15:16:37.498+01:002012-05-21T15:16:37.498+01:00Hi Ines,
I do hope you get the chance to meet Bir...Hi Ines,<br /><br />I do hope you get the chance to meet Birgit some time - I feel spoilt to have had several opportunities already, on both "hair up" and "hair down days"... ; - )<br /><br />And you have been such a near miss on my travels - both in Paris and Croatia itself - that I feel sure that we will get to meet in the end...fingers crossed. Maybe even in Paris again, Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-26553712149316708632012-05-21T15:12:39.220+01:002012-05-21T15:12:39.220+01:00Hi lovethescents,
"Ambery blobs of all types...Hi lovethescents,<br /><br />"Ambery blobs of all types" is spot on! Preferably without insect insert... ; - )Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-53134002735383512162012-05-21T15:11:33.451+01:002012-05-21T15:11:33.451+01:00Hi Candy Perfume Boy,
It was a pleasure hanging o...Hi Candy Perfume Boy,<br /><br />It was a pleasure hanging out with you and Tara again, and I enjoyed meeting Nigel for the first time. He is, as they say in Norn Iron, the very epitome of "a sound man", and I feel his unstinting culinary efforts deserve wider recognition. : - )<br /><br />And oh wow! You have been to Malbork - what are the chances of that? I had a meeting in the Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-71012570109122760572012-05-21T15:10:56.114+01:002012-05-21T15:10:56.114+01:00It's great to read all your posts on how the e...It's great to read all your posts on how the evening went. :)<br />I knew it would be great, I just wish I could have taken part.<br />I sincerely hope I'll get to meet Birgit eventually.<br /><br />P.S. You're already on my list what with your visits to Croatia's neighbouring countries. ;)Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-8535781720499836112012-05-21T15:05:27.106+01:002012-05-21T15:05:27.106+01:00Hi Olfactoria,
We really appreciated your visit, ...Hi Olfactoria,<br /><br />We really appreciated your visit, both in terms of what we learnt - and smelt - thanks to you, and the fact that you just popped up in our midst (no hire car from Klagenfurt, negotiating all those Guertels blah, blah ; - ) ). That said, I very much hope my work takes me back to the "Ambre Orient" that is your Eastern part of Austria.<br /><br />The title of &Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-33549889088464753172012-05-21T14:40:47.536+01:002012-05-21T14:40:47.536+01:00Thank you for the detailed account of your experie...Thank you for the detailed account of your experiences, Vee. It sounds like you had a chance to enjoy ambery blobs of all types!lovethescentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12382961211263766637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-18853468110054711592012-05-21T13:49:52.612+01:002012-05-21T13:49:52.612+01:00Ahhh, what a lovely write up Vanessa! Nigel and I ...Ahhh, what a lovely write up Vanessa! Nigel and I so enjoyed ourselves at before the talk, at the talk and during our food encounter of the lebanese kind!<br /><br />On a side note - I've also found myself at Malbork Castle before, but I didn't know there was an amber museum there :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-18251392965143051972012-05-21T13:36:25.106+01:002012-05-21T13:36:25.106+01:00Thank you for another wonderful Bonkers classic! I...Thank you for another wonderful Bonkers classic! I, as ever, enjoyed your post very much and being the center of attention in it was lovely. ;)<br />I am still most honored by my new title of honorary Brit and I will carry it proudly and wow from now on to never write cosy with a z or closet instead of wardrobe again. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com