tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post2128498329047106392..comments2024-03-28T23:25:17.414+00:00Comments on Bonkers about Perfume: Housekeeping - And House Leaving - Issues, And Penhaligon's Juniper Sling RevisitedVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-69864940919549789302012-07-05T22:34:21.319+01:002012-07-05T22:34:21.319+01:00Hi Tee cake,
Charlie Bonkers and I really appreci...Hi Tee cake,<br /><br />Charlie Bonkers and I really appreciate your stopping by to wish us well for the move! As you rightly say, we humans - and probably cats too - don't care for change too much, but Mr Bonkers has kindly agreed to keep Charlie for the first week or so till the initial chaos has subsided a little. ; - )Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-84005050426613194202012-07-05T20:45:57.757+01:002012-07-05T20:45:57.757+01:00Hi Vanessa,
I only came across this today. I'v...Hi Vanessa,<br />I only came across this today. I've had to try and wean myself of getting completely enveloped in the world of perfume and beauty blogs!<br />I just wanted to say I wish you all the very best . I hope you and Charlie will be very happy in your new home. We humans don't like change but it's funny how we adapt to new and different environments and situations. Best Tee cakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-22428223057218693862012-06-25T23:47:48.768+01:002012-06-25T23:47:48.768+01:00Hi Lady Jane Grey,
Thanks for your warm wishes - ...Hi Lady Jane Grey,<br /><br />Thanks for your warm wishes - your catlady is exactly a year older than Charlie - well, her birthday is 11th March '95. Funny to think our pets are nearly as old as Ari - that is quite a good innings for a moggy! Perhaps it is cats' modern diet of things like IAMS crunchies - or their Austrian equivalent : - ) - which promotes long life.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-69766461959099424422012-06-25T19:56:36.341+01:002012-06-25T19:56:36.341+01:00All the best for the housemoving - to Charlie as w...All the best for the housemoving - to Charlie as well (I have a catlady at home - we celebrated her 18th birthday March 15th...). Bonkers Towers sounds great (and I like Haemoglobyn a lot :-) ) !Lady Jane Greynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-74839147053200344632012-06-21T15:15:23.357+01:002012-06-21T15:15:23.357+01:00Hi Candy Perfume Boy,
Thanks for your good wishes...Hi Candy Perfume Boy,<br /><br />Thanks for your good wishes and those of Nigel, Rupert and Paddington - I will pass them on to "fur indoors".<br /><br />And I do hope to make it to your talk, provided Charlie has acclimatised sufficiently to her new surroundings, such that I could slip down for 24 hours...Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-10860131844407087322012-06-21T10:41:15.451+01:002012-06-21T10:41:15.451+01:00Hi Vanessa!
Wishing you all the best in your new ...Hi Vanessa!<br /><br />Wishing you all the best in your new home, I hope the move and everything goes well! Both Nigel and I (and the cats too) are thinking of you and Charlie Bonkers!<br /><br />The JS packaging would make rather smart wallpaper, we agree!The Candy Perfume Boyhttp://thecandyperfumeboy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-19686240157968172302012-06-21T10:26:22.217+01:002012-06-21T10:26:22.217+01:00Hi Anne,
Thanks for stopping by! And you have hi...Hi Anne,<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by! And you have hit the nail on the head with your comment about my stretching out ideas. I hadn't even noticed that that *was* my "authorial M.O.", but it so clearly is! : - )Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-28414088078137523102012-06-21T04:47:25.557+01:002012-06-21T04:47:25.557+01:00Fabulous patters. I just love how you stretch out ...Fabulous patters. I just love how you stretch out your ideas. Very great! :)Anne Meyerhttp://www.pinkreef.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-101736398499851402012-06-20T20:24:38.883+01:002012-06-20T20:24:38.883+01:00Hi Ari,
Thanks so much for your kind offer of a h...Hi Ari,<br /><br />Thanks so much for your kind offer of a housewarming package - I will PM you. Indeed I have been meaning to write to say thank you for your fun "rally round Bonks tweet", which made me smile on a particularly frantic day earlier this week! : - )Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-72856360997750405542012-06-20T20:22:17.267+01:002012-06-20T20:22:17.267+01:00Hi Lila,
I am bonkers at the moment where wallpap...Hi Lila,<br /><br />I am bonkers at the moment where wallpaper and fabric are concerned - definitely suffering from "obsessive compulsive online swatch scrolling". I can thoroughly recommend the website of Kingdom Interiors in Gloucestershire. They only have 58000 different designs of upholstery fabric, for example...<br /><br />As for the idea of using perfume packaging as wallpaper,Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-24954804574349841312012-06-20T18:30:57.597+01:002012-06-20T18:30:57.597+01:00Vanessa, whenever you have a chance, please email ...Vanessa, whenever you have a chance, please email me with your new mailing address. I would love to send you a housewarming package. And I'm so glad that Charlie Bonkers will be right by your side as you take this big step.Arihttp://thescentsofself.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-23507791482563827582012-06-20T12:40:34.481+01:002012-06-20T12:40:34.481+01:00The best of luck V, onwards and upwards!
This post...The best of luck V, onwards and upwards!<br />This post did make me laugh - I thought only you would be bonkers enough to try to find out what the pattern is on the box - pretty good detective work either way. But look what you did: now I am bonkers enough to go and look at all my boxes and wonder if any of them would make good wallpaper - I think the Escentric/Molecules series would be my Lila Das Guptahttp://www.meetup.com/Perfume-Lovers-London/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-63871658637861501632012-06-19T19:17:51.523+01:002012-06-19T19:17:51.523+01:00Hi anotherperfumeblog,
Thanks so much for these a...Hi anotherperfumeblog,<br /><br />Thanks so much for these additional reinforcements of tea and biscuits. Thanks to you all, I am going to be just fine, I can tell.. : - )Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-14886498068894034612012-06-19T19:10:02.567+01:002012-06-19T19:10:02.567+01:00Hi mals86,
It is fabulous packaging, I agree. Th...Hi mals86,<br /><br />It is fabulous packaging, I agree. The home office I am leaving behind is actually painted Juniper Sling green, though I am probably going to go for a different colour scheme in the new house, whilst ensuring that the box will tone in with the decor of at least one room where it could feasibly be stored!<br /><br />And thanks for my virtual house-warming present - much Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-42724718758922140202012-06-19T19:06:06.860+01:002012-06-19T19:06:06.860+01:00Oh, and flavourfanatic, apologies for muddling you...Oh, and flavourfanatic, apologies for muddling you up with the name of your blog. I have done that before in my head, but so far never in print!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-52128420002418496302012-06-19T19:04:54.770+01:002012-06-19T19:04:54.770+01:00Hi Victoria,
Thanks for your kind wishes! I hope...Hi Victoria,<br /><br />Thanks for your kind wishes! I hope to maintain at least a skeletal posting schedule in the next few weeks, though I guess the possibility of a sudden hiatus cannot be ruled out.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-22973902310098918962012-06-19T19:01:27.887+01:002012-06-19T19:01:27.887+01:00Hi Undina,
Funny you should mention the safe pack...Hi Undina,<br /><br />Funny you should mention the safe packing of appliances...my first visitor to my previous house (whose father was a plumber), helped correct my attempts to position the washing machine, and wrote in my Visitors' Book:<br /><br />"Always remember to remove your transit brackets." Subsequent visitors have puzzled over that entry ever since.<br /><br />This time Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-78942278436217697092012-06-19T17:30:38.306+01:002012-06-19T17:30:38.306+01:00Hi Lindaloo,
As may be inferred from my previous ...Hi Lindaloo,<br /><br />As may be inferred from my previous comment, some "spritzing and swigging" may well be on the cards - and "bracing" is just the word to describe Juniper Sling.<br /><br />And as I was saying to Tarleisio just now, I reckon decorating posts may also "unroll" in due course - hopefully with some tenuous perfume link at least!<br /><br />Loving Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-15284685034840478092012-06-19T17:09:06.068+01:002012-06-19T17:09:06.068+01:00You said that a virtual cuppa and chocolate digest...You said that a virtual cuppa and chocolate digestives would be welcome, so I came back with some! :)<br /><br />http://wp.me/p1uz5q-sYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-79536344497536757232012-06-19T16:58:45.035+01:002012-06-19T16:58:45.035+01:00Hi Eva S,
Oh wow, I am touched that you should as...Hi Eva S,<br /><br />Oh wow, I am touched that you should associate me with Juniper Sling - that would be from my earlier review I take it? I must say that my gin drinking predilection is arguably grounds alone for such a link, never mind the period home and possible period wallpaper! : - )<br /><br />I would very much like to meet you also, if I swing a cat-sitting job next year in my friend&#Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-68289148208219205742012-06-19T16:53:13.591+01:002012-06-19T16:53:13.591+01:00Hi Tarleisio,
Your fragrant and diabolical benedi...Hi Tarleisio,<br /><br />Your fragrant and diabolical benedictions are gratefully received! Something tells me that wallpaper may feature in another post some time...<br /><br />Oh, and I am also drawn to some rather regal Scandinavian design ideas, but I have to restrain myself - this is an English semi, not Carl XI's palace. : - )Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-28721248007085213622012-06-19T15:33:36.956+01:002012-06-19T15:33:36.956+01:00Best wishes for the move and for finding a new dir...Best wishes for the move and for finding a new direction in your personal life. And may I say that the Juniper Sling bottle packaging is stunning? It so, so is.<br /><br />Sending virtual Towers-warming gifts of tea and cookies and cat treats.mals86http://themuseinwoodenshoes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-6994317079008289822012-06-19T15:08:23.385+01:002012-06-19T15:08:23.385+01:00Hi lovethescents,
Thanks very much for your lovel...Hi lovethescents,<br /><br />Thanks very much for your lovely comment - and for my birthday bottle, which I shall also very much associate with this new phase. You have been a great morale booster along the way, I must say!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-60288451300891827162012-06-19T12:38:41.368+01:002012-06-19T12:38:41.368+01:00Hi Portia,
I smell that perfume, haha! Thanks fo...Hi Portia,<br /><br />I smell that perfume, haha! Thanks for thinking of me. : - ) And you may be interested to know that as well as Charlie Bonkers, a toy koala called Mosman is making the move, a souvenir from a happy holiday in Sydney and the surrounding area. My mum was Australian too, btw! She used to live (amongst other places), in Parramatta, and as a little girl presented The Duchess Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026359168982468373.post-24966428610644639522012-06-19T10:44:50.973+01:002012-06-19T10:44:50.973+01:00Hi Tara,
Thanks so much and also for being such a...Hi Tara,<br /><br />Thanks so much and also for being such a wonderful sounding board and listening ear in recent months. If a person can be a board and an ear at the same time, that is? <br /><br />I must say, I do rather like the idea of calling the house Bonkers Towers... : - )Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847145282522572183noreply@blogger.com