tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post1745975664486709574..comments2024-03-28T23:25:17.414+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: La Perla edp - A dainty basque-ing shark of a chypreVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-16548887993890323652013-08-23T17:14:14.769+01:002013-08-23T17:14:14.769+01:00Hey Birdie,
Ooh, 'wanna swap'? as they sa...Hey Birdie,<br /><br />Ooh, 'wanna swap'? as they say on MUA. I would be most curious to retry PP with my more evolved nose on. ;-) If you don't mind one of my snap on plastic test tube thingies I can send you La Perla now. Otherwise, when my atomisers come in a bit. Will FB you about it...Knowing a bit about your taste, I'd say this one could be called 'Sarah Jessica Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-84177159309029618292013-08-23T16:39:00.554+01:002013-08-23T16:39:00.554+01:00I shall have to try this one!
I recently snagged a...I shall have to try this one!<br />I recently snagged a bottle of Paloma Picasso in a sale (woo-hoo!) and while I am a notoriously game (and gamey) old gal, it is a great big bull of a perfume that makes me step back and say 'whoa!'. So I suspect you'd say 'ew!'<br />Though hey, I've got some vials now, so I can post you a dab for trial purposes if you like?Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031850587719361167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-25913072242486964502013-08-15T00:46:02.004+01:002013-08-15T00:46:02.004+01:00Susie it is, which will further help differentiate...Susie it is, which will further help differentiate you from USA-based-Suzanne-whom-I-may-meet-in-Sutton Coldfield. ;-)<br /><br />Thanks for confirming my kneejerk response to In Rosa. I would have deffed out the whole La Perla range to be perfectly truthful, had this sample not landed in my lap. And landing alone isn't necessarily enough, but I happened not to be wearing any perfume that Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-34125133289104841872013-08-15T00:25:25.910+01:002013-08-15T00:25:25.910+01:00Call me Susie, and yes I wouldn't bother with ...Call me Susie, and yes I wouldn't bother with In Rosa, it is bland in the extreme. Prissy, pink petals and other less polite p words ;) I'll be back here soon to check out more of your musings...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078508389825906536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-81046669630328585702013-08-15T00:05:15.749+01:002013-08-15T00:05:15.749+01:00Hi Susannah,
I am likewise very pleased to meet a...Hi Susannah,<br /><br />I am likewise very pleased to meet another UK blogger! Thanks for the link to your own blog and to Kafka for pointing you in the direction of Bonkers. ;-)<br /><br />How apt that your ballet teacher wore La Perla! I was interested to get your take on the In Rosa flanker. I will be honest and say I can summon up no interest in trying any of the subsequent launches to LaVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061118895694909457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-15004450011709881092013-08-14T23:30:07.179+01:002013-08-14T23:30:07.179+01:00Hi Vanessa,
I've just discovered your blog, re...Hi Vanessa,<br />I've just discovered your blog, recommended to to me by Kafka. I write at scentepiphany.wordpress.com and it's really lovely to connect with other uk bloggers!<br /><br />As for La Perla... I have a very vague memory of my ballet teacher wearing this perfume. I was recently given a sample of La Perla In Rosa and it instantly whisked me back in time. In Rosa is a far more Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078508389825906536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-9212068930831194652013-08-13T13:30:35.336+01:002013-08-13T13:30:35.336+01:00Hi Undina,
I figured Real Life was going to be th...Hi Undina,<br /><br />I figured Real Life was going to be the right answer... ;-)<br /><br />And you make a very good point that Lavanya should consult the London section of our Perfume Shopping Guide for a comprehensive list of suggestions. That said, we have yet to link perfumeries to hotel accommodation in the immediate vicinity - or book shops indeed, so I will make inquiries for her on thatVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-37344888485107679022013-08-12T22:18:26.795+01:002013-08-12T22:18:26.795+01:00Vanessa, I chuckled on your suggestions about what...Vanessa, I chuckled on your suggestions about what RL means but it's the least interesting out of them - <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=RL" rel="nofollow">real life</a>.<br /><br />On a separate note, you do remember there is a link on your side bar to that special page with all the possible perfume shopping recommendations where London is one of the mostly Undinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292100499371921334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-8445448133880877952013-08-11T11:30:24.823+01:002013-08-11T11:30:24.823+01:00Hi Kafka,
I realise the postal regs sound more da...Hi Kafka,<br /><br />I realise the postal regs sound more daunting these days, so please don't apologise for not feeling in a position to offload your La Perla. I think I will get it on eBay, or failing that, it's under £25 on the discount sites here, which is very reasonable.<br /><br />It seems we are on the same page in terms of our take on La Perla, just that it is much more my thingVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-49049315879126799982013-08-11T01:08:18.414+01:002013-08-11T01:08:18.414+01:00If there weren't those annoying issues with th...If there weren't those annoying issues with the Royal Mail, shipping to the UK, and perfumes being consistently destroyed (x-rayed packages even!), then I would gladly send it to you, sweetie. It's the Eau de Parfum of La Perla. No cap/lid, and I still haven't tried it yet as I'm currently testing something else, but I did pull it out from the perfume Siberia section of my armoireKafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04359049176470709839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-85394423474047815512013-08-10T17:41:02.002+01:002013-08-10T17:41:02.002+01:00And Kafka, if I don't win this on Ebay, I migh...And Kafka, if I don't win this on Ebay, I might be back to make you an offer for your bottle, especially if it is the edp! ;-)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-85206394781961993112013-08-10T17:39:08.826+01:002013-08-10T17:39:08.826+01:00Or, for that matter, to disparage any ingenues who...Or, for that matter, to disparage any ingenues who may be reading! :-)Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-72105119640303122372013-08-10T17:36:57.188+01:002013-08-10T17:36:57.188+01:00Hi Suzanne,
Yes, that is exactly the style of chy...Hi Suzanne,<br /><br />Yes, that is exactly the style of chypre I am trying to evoke. :-). In case my comment wasn't clear, I was trying to say that La Perla is at the wimpy / wispy end of the spectrum with just a hint of femme fatale, while Paloma Picasso - from my vague recollection of it - is more full-bodied, more grown up, type of thing. Not the sort of chypre a newbie would probably Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-92213604012454105982013-08-10T16:44:42.668+01:002013-08-10T16:44:42.668+01:00Hi, Vanessa! So, this is sort of a filmy, delicate...Hi, Vanessa! So, this is sort of a filmy, delicate take on chypre? I'm impressed that they matched the fragrance to the company so well, and by your description, this sounds not only lovely, but softly, um, intriguing. ;) With that real or phantom civet!<br /><br />(I'm all the more intrigued by your comment to Kafka, of it resembling "a slightly corrupt ingenue.")<br /><br />**Suzannehttp://www.eiderdownpress.com/Perfume_Journal.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-80148350259241759292013-08-10T10:30:43.712+01:002013-08-10T10:30:43.712+01:00Hi Kafka,
I am not at all surprised this one wasn...Hi Kafka,<br /><br />I am not at all surprised this one wasn't for you, as you do prefer more 'robust' scents on the whole, so the fact that you were unimpressed will be helpful corroboration for readers familiar with our respective tastes.<br /><br />As I was saying to Tara above, I think La Perla is a very dainty and quiet scent, more of a 'slightly corrupt ingenue' vs Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-36974793069825416512013-08-10T10:27:50.583+01:002013-08-10T10:27:50.583+01:00Hi Lavanya,
On the Charing Cross Road you have go...Hi Lavanya,<br /><br />On the Charing Cross Road you have got Foyle's famous bookshop, though it isn't secondhand as far as I know. Well worth a visit though. I am not sure where the secondhand bookshops are exactly - though there is that one that features in the film Notting Hill, and also one from the comedy series Black Books, which I do know is somewhere near Kings Cross if it is Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-53702938976464809672013-08-10T10:12:41.040+01:002013-08-10T10:12:41.040+01:00Hi Olfacta,
You are welcome!
I will look out for...Hi Olfacta,<br /><br />You are welcome!<br /><br />I will look out for the woody notes next time - cedar usually reads quite strongly to my nose. I haven't fathomed what variant of the scent is in which bottle, but the edp bottle for the 30ml appears to be a totally different shape to the 50ml (the style pictured). At least I hope so, as that is what I am bidding on on eBay! Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-77022151451028951112013-08-10T10:10:07.902+01:002013-08-10T10:10:07.902+01:00Hi Tara,
Yes, this is absolutely a scent in keepi...Hi Tara,<br /><br />Yes, this is absolutely a scent in keeping with a brand producing classy undies! Gaia may have been making a comparison purely with the retro chypre style of the three scents rather than how they actually smell, for La Perla doesn't smell like the modern chypres of Coco Mlle or Shalimar Parfum Initial, say.<br /><br />Ref those perfume categories to which I am drawn, I amVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-18922790902491588232013-08-10T07:18:01.620+01:002013-08-10T07:18:01.620+01:00I actually own a bottle of this! It was a blind-bu...I actually own a bottle of this! It was a blind-buy that I bought based on the comparisons to Paloma Picasso (which I love) and to something else that I can't recall now. It arrived, I sprayed it on, took a few sniffs, decided I was singularly unimpressed, and put the bottle away. <br /><br />I don't think I've taken it out or tried it since, so I have little memory of its nuance or Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04359049176470709839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-54784830391162159762013-08-09T19:20:38.238+01:002013-08-09T19:20:38.238+01:00Hi Vanessa,
Thanks so much for all the recommenda...Hi Vanessa,<br /><br />Thanks so much for all the recommendations..If you have recommendations for second hand bookstores, those would be welcome too (no rush, though). I found some on Charring Cross Road- is that a good place to stay (Covent Garden?) on a visit? My secret evil plan is to stay next door to either a bookstore or a perfume store, so I can live there if the weather sucks..;-). I amLavanyahttp://purplepaperplanes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-86071927408770746042013-08-09T18:01:29.839+01:002013-08-09T18:01:29.839+01:00Hi Vanessa! Thanks for the mention!
I get woody n...Hi Vanessa! Thanks for the mention!<br /><br />I get woody notes from La Perla, too. Cedar, maybe Atlas cedar. And have found it for a very reasonable price on online discount sites, although not in the original bottle you picture, so maybe the juice is a little different, too. It still smells wonderful. Olfactahttp://olfactarama.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-32258622982324433562013-08-09T15:03:33.161+01:002013-08-09T15:03:33.161+01:00Hi V,
I remember Fendi being extremely loud, whic...Hi V,<br /><br />I remember Fendi being extremely loud, which doesn't sound like your experience of La Perla at all. What you get sounds much more in keeping with what you'd expect from a brand producing classy undies. Gaia is usually so on the money though, you wonder if she had a different forumulation. <br /><br />Anyway I'm glad it's proved such a hit for you. Hope you get Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825957684276136205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-58704792114439239322013-08-09T14:10:32.832+01:002013-08-09T14:10:32.832+01:00Hi Lavanya,
I hope you can find this - I like La ...Hi Lavanya,<br /><br />I hope you can find this - I like La Perla so much that I have almost drained my sample, though it is hard to tell with those opaque black vials. I do hope I win a bottle on Ebay, or else I shall have to hunt further afield. I am getting civet again today, curiously. As Tommasina pointed out, as I am undoubtedly a 'travelling woman', this has my name on it. ;-)<br Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-39802591434806717762013-08-09T13:36:23.604+01:002013-08-09T13:36:23.604+01:00haha-your last line made me laugh. I am always int...haha-your last line made me laugh. I am always intrigued nowadays by the mention of chypre. I will try and sample this. <br /><br />Oh and I wanted to ask you: This December on our way back from India, we are stopping in London for a few days. This will be the last few days in December. Please tell me that that was not the craziest decision ever (especially with the baby and considering we live Lavanyahttp://purplepaperplanes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-21263798375596975442013-08-09T08:04:00.117+01:002013-08-09T08:04:00.117+01:00Hi Undina,
Is RL a bra size or a place? Or a fab...Hi Undina,<br /><br />Is RL a bra size or a place? Or a fabric even? Or Real Life maybe? ;-)<br /><br />You could be right at that about this being a rare instance for me of congenial civet, so I probably shouldn't rush to embrace the note in any long term label!<br /><br />La Perla perfume and its many flankers is fairly well known here. It is one of the few bottles my friend Clare had toVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.com